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. 10/16  […]

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: 1. I read more than a couple of your articles about Krishna a deity in Hinduism.  You said that Krishna is a mythical figure demanding details like where did he live? Where was he born? When was he born? What did he look like? Who were his parents and where did they come from?  These […]

Editor’s note: This is a series of two questions and two answers. Question #1: How do we demonstrate to non-Christians the Christian understanding of life after death – that we will either be sent to hell or go to heaven based on whether or not we have accepted God’s gift of eternal life in this […]

Question: My school friend told me:    The Big Bang Theory arrived in 1931, but God declared 1,400 years ago by the mouth of an unschooled prophet in Sura 21:30 that “the heavens and the earth were joined together as one mass, then he clove them asunder.” God even said in Sura 51:47 that “he […]

Dr. John Oakes is teaching a series of classes at the Univ. of California, Merced for the campus group. The class will be on several consecutive Wednesdays, beginning 9/11 in Rm GLCR 120 and is available at 7:30 on zoom 342 225 5971 pw 857096   Notes, Power Point and audio will be made available here.  […]

Dr. John Oakes will be teaching an in-depth Christian Evidence class, sponsored by the Western US ICOC Teachers Service Committee, beginning Thursday 9/12, and running seven consecutive weeks.  The class will be 7:30-9:00 Pacific Time on zoom at 342 225 5971 pw 857096.  There will be no cost for the class.  Once the class begins, […]

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 […]