Dr. John Oakes is  now leading a church planting in Merced, California.  Please join us 11:00 Sundays at 500 Buena Vista Ave., Merced or on zoom at 342-225-5971 pw 857096.  Also, join us for midweek devotional Wed. 7:30 at UC Merced Rm GLCR 120 or the same zoom. Also, visit our website at www.mercedchurch.com. 11/17  […]

Dr. John Oakes is giving a public lecture at UC Merced in Rm SSB 120 Friday 9/27 at 7:00 on the relationship between History, Archaeology and the Bible, showing the historical reliability of the Bible.  If the Bible is reliable history, then the stories of Abraham, Moses and David are a record of how God […]

Dr. John Oakes is teaching a class on answering difficult questions for the West Coast School of Ministry Fall, 2024.  Audio and Power Point are here: Answering Difficult Questions PPT    Hard Questions Audio I      Hard Questions Audio II    Hard Questions Audio III    Hard Questions Audio IV You May Also Like: Answering […]

Question: Hello Dr. John! I’m young in my faith (it’s been only 4 and around 1/2 months since I got baptized) and I read the a lot of the Bible.  Now I’m restarting the book of Genesis. I just wanted to ask a question of the order of Creation. I find it quite difficult to […]

Question: What does Haggai 2:6-9 mean? Answer: I believe that Haggai 2:6-9 is a prophecy about the coming of the kingdom of God, most likely being a reference to the ministry of Christ and the establishment of the church.  Evidence for this interpretation is found, particularly, in 2:9, “And in this place I will grant peace.”  […]

Question: The Gospels’ writers fabricated stories about Jesus which have no strong evidence, e.g., the sky grows dark for 3 hours at midday at the crucifixion, an earthquake rips the curtain in the Jewish temple & opens the tombs of the saints, from which dead people resurrect and then appear throughout Jerusalem. This is an […]

Dr. John Oakes will be taught an in-depth Christian Evidence class, sponsored by the Western US ICOC Teachers Service Committee, Sept/Oct, 2024. All notes, power points and audio for the students are here. Existence of God Power Point    Existence of God Notes    Existence of God Audio      Evidence For Jesus PPT    Evidence […]

Dr. John Oakes taught a series of classes at the Univ. of California, Merced for the campus group.   Notes, Power Point and audio are here.     Revelation PPT     Revelation Notes    Revelation Audio I    Revelation Audio II    Revelation Audio III     Revelation Audio IV    Revelation Audio V    Revelation VI Audio    […]

Dr. John Oakes gave a class at a recent teacher’s conference in Antelope Valley, California Jesus, the Master Teacher  The class was titled the Humility of the Christian Teacher, in which he discussed the qualities necessary to the Christian teacher.  This includes, of course, humility, but also passion, giftedness for teaching, training, an open-mindedness. patience for […]