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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. 6/15 […]
Dr. John Oakes is teaching a two-part lesson on the role of the Holy Spirit in the lives of Christians for the Iglesia de Cristo in Guadalajara, Mexico. He is also teaching a series of sermons from the Book of Hebrews. The classes will be in English, and translated into Spanish. Materials are posted here: […]
Dr. John Oakes is teaching a short series of classes on the Church for the Merced Christian Church and the Alpha Omega Club April – June, 2025. Notes, PPTs and audio will be posted here. The Church Notes The Church PPT The Church Audio I The Church Audio II […]
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[Editor’s Note: This Q & A is about matters internal to the Christian group known as the International Churches of Christ (ICOC). I normally do not post such in-house articles, but think that it might be relevant to others as well, so take it for what it is worth!] Question: I have been going through […]
Question: Martin Luther said that Virgin Mary was a perpetual virgin. Do you agree or disagree? Answer: No. Certainly not. Luther did teach the perpetual virginity of Mary earlier in his career, when he was reflecting his Roman Catholic heritage. Earlier in his career he had a very high view of Mary, but later he […]
Question: Christians only have the written record of a few prophets in their Bible. It seems Jews did not have a complete record of prophetic speeches, otherwise Jesus would not be rejected. What’s your say? Answer: The Old Testament includes the words of at least 16 prophets. That is quite a few prophets! What would […]
Dr. John Oakes gave a lecture titled “The Bible and Evolution” at UC Merced 2/28/2025. He presented the idea that evolution is a viable scientific theory, but that the evidence points very strongly to the conclusion that the process is not a fully natural, random one, but that God has intervened at various times and […]
Dr. John Oakes is teaching a class on Church History for the West Coast School of Ministry this Spring. All notes, PPT and audio will be posted here: Church History Notes Notes Church History PPT Church History I Audio Church History II Church History III Church History IV Genesis […]
Dr. John Oakes is teaching a seven-week class on Christian Theology at UC Merced, Wednesday nights at 7:30 in Rm GLCR 120, beginning on 2/5/2025. For those not in the Merced area (most of you!), I will be posting the notes, power point and audio here: Christian Theology Notes Christian-Theology Merced Christian Theology […]

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by John Clayton, Dr. Kevin Anderson, Dr. John Oakes, & Dr. Denis Lamoureux

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Vol 07 ARS Archaeological and Apologetics
by John Wilson, Douglas Jacoby, Dr. John Oakes, & Foster Stanback

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How to Interpret, Understand and Faithfully Apply the Scriptures
by Dr. John Oakes & Mark Wilkinson

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Four Christian Views of Evolution
by John Clayton, Dr. Kevin Anderson, Dr. John Oakes, & Dr. Denis Lamoureux

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And He Shall Reign Forever and Ever Bringing Truth and Clarity to the Study of Revelation
by Dr. John Oakes

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