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 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 You May Also Like: Answering the Hard Questions Answering the Hard Questions Power Point […]

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. 10/9  […]

Question: The Koran said 1,400 years ago that God warned the Israelites that he would raise against them those who would afflict them till the day of Resurrection. Whatever is happening today in the Middle East, does it not provide evidence of the truth of this statement? How do Christians see this? Answer: If I […]

Question: Why do we consider God perfect and that God’s plan is perfect if we have the example of Noah’s ark? He claims to know that he has a plan for all of us but was it part of his plan to wipe out humanity in Noah’s ark? And if he knew that that would […]

Question: I have a question about Daniel. I believe that the book of Daniel was create in 6BC, but this is the most problematic passage. Is Daniel 11:40-45 a fail prophecy ? Read this. Verse 40 is generally regarded by the majority of critical scholars to mark the transition from ex eventu prophecy to a […]

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 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 […]

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, […]