Question: Mark 11:24 is a verse I find difficult to because the favors I ask of God in faith do not materialize more often. Could you kindly explain what it really means? Answer: Mark 11:24 is true, of course, but we should not forget that there are other passages on the topic which would help […]
Question: How could God bless all nations through Jacob after he deceitfully won Esau’s blessing in Genesis 27. I thought lying was a sin. Answer: The same way he could use Abraham, despite his lack of faith at first when he heard that he would have a child and despite his dishonesty about his wife […]
Question: Genesis 5 states that the patriarchs prior to the flood lived as long as 900 years. How exactly is anyone supposed to take this into consideration when during ancient times, life span was actually shorter than it is now? Only now are humans living longer, not shorter. So in the face of this how […]
Dr. John Oakes taught a five-part series on the Book of Ezekiel for the singles ministry in San Diego May and June, 2014. This class covers Ch 34-48 and is the most encouraging part as it reveals God’s plan to restore his people to a right relationship with him and to protect his people. ...
Dr. John Oakes taught a five-part series on the Book of Ezekiel for the singles ministry in San Diego May and June, 2014. This class covers Ch 18-34 which finishes the section on God’s righteous judgement on Judah and begins to discuss the restoration of God’s people to a relationship with him. The power...
Dr. John Oakes taught a five-part series on the Book of Ezekiel for the singles ministry in San Diego May and June, 2014. This class covers Ch 8-15, which is a pretty tough class because this material is on God’s judgment for sinful Israel. The power point and notes are available in the power...
Dr. John Oakes taught a five-part series on the Book of Ezekiel for the singles ministry in San Diego May and June, 2014. The second class looks at the dramatic confrontation between Ezekiel and the stubborn and unrighteous in Judah. Ezekiel SD 2...
Dr. John Oakes taught a five part series on the Book of Ezekiel for the singles ministry of the San Diego Church of Christ May and June, 2014. This part is the introduction to Ezekiel and Chapter I. Ezekiel SD 1...
Dr. John Oakes and James Shults taught a class on the Bible books after the exile in Babylon, including Ezra, Nehemiah, Haggai, Zechariah, Esther, and Malachi. The theme of the class was God’s desire for us to repent, return, be restored and rebuilt into what he wants us to be. The last class covers the...
Dr. John Oakes and James Shults taught a class on the Bible books after the exile in Babylon, including Ezra, Nehemiah, Haggai, Zechariah, Esther, and Malachi. The theme of the class was God’s desire for us to repent, return, be restored and rebuilt into what he wants us to be. The fifth class is a...
Dr. John Oakes and James Shults taught a class on the Bible books after the exile in Babylon, including Ezra, Nehemiah, Haggai, Zechariah, Esther, and Malachi. The theme of the class was God’s desire for us to repent, return, be restored and rebuilt into what he wants us to be. The fourth class completes a...
Dr. John Oakes and James Shults taught a class on the Bible books after the exile in Babylon, including Ezra, Nehemiah, Haggai, Zechariah, Esther, and Malachi. The theme of the class was God’s desire for us to repent, return, be restored and rebuilt into what he wants us to be. The third class begins a...
Dr. John Oakes and James Shults taught a class on the Bible books after the exile in Babylon, including Ezra, Nehemiah, Haggai, Zechariah, Esther, and Malachi. The theme of the class was God’s desire for us to repent, return, be restored and rebuilt into what he wants us to be. The second class continues with...
Dr. John Oakes and James Shults taught a class on the Bible books after the exile in Babylon, including Ezra, Nehemiah, Haggai, Zechariah, Esther, and Malachi. The theme of the class was God’s desire for us to repent, return, be restored and rebuilt into what he wants us to be. The first class is a...
Dr. John Oakes and Robert Carrillo taught a four hour class on the Gospel of Luke at San Diego State University May, 2014. Part IV focuses in on the Passion of Jesus and the Resurrection. Luke Workshop Part IVl...
Robert Carrillo and Dr. John Oakes taught a four hour workshop on the Gospel of Luke May, 2014 at San Diego State University. In this class Robert finishes the Galilean ministry and begins to cover the road to Jerusalem. Luke workshop partIII
Dr. John Oakes and Robert Carrillo taught a four hour workshop on the Gospel of Luke at San Diego State University May, 2014. Part II is an introduction to the Galilean ministry by John Oakes. Luke Workshop Part II...
Dr. John Oakes and Robert Carrillo taught a four hour workshop on the Gospel of Luke May, 2014 at San Diego State University. Part I is an introduction to Luke. Luke Workshop Part I...
Dr. John Oakes taught a six week class on the classic evidence supporting faith in Jesus Christ in San Diego Feb through April, 2015. Part V is taught by Dan Conder. The fourth section covers the historical reliability of the New Testament accounts of Jesus–especially that of Luke. It also begins a study of the...
Dr. John Oakes taught a six week, nine hour class on the classic evidence supporting faith in Jesus Christ in San Diego Feb through April, 2015. Part V is taught by Dan Conder. The third part continues to explore pagan and Jewish sources on Jesus and begins to explore the Christian sources and argue for...
Dr. John Oakes taught a six week class on the classic evidence supporting faith in Jesus Christ in San Diego Feb through April, 2015. Part V is taught by Dan Conder. The second class refutes the claim that Jesus is a Christian myth. It also covers different views of Jesus (the Mormon, Jehovah Witness, Hindu...
Dr. John Oakes taught a six week class on the classic evidence supporting faith in Jesus Christ in San Diego Feb through April, 2015. Part V is taught by Dan Conder. The first class focuses in on who Jesus is, the claims of other world religious leaders, the sayings of Jesus about himself, the Liar,...
Dr. John Oakes taught a class for the singles group of the San Diego Church of Christ in March, 2015. Luke Singles Part I...
This is part II of a three part class which serves as a general introduction to the Book of Mark. It was given by Dr. John Oakes and Robert Carillo in Feb, March, 2015. This class covers the first two chapters, as well as the apocalpytic material in the book. Mark Part II...
This class was taught for the San Diego Church of Christ staff in February and March, 2015 by Robert Carrillo and Dr. John Oakes. It is intended as a general introduction to Mark. Mark Part I...
Dr. John Oakes gave as sermon in San Diego 3/6/15 which was a general introduction to the Gospel of Mark, as well as covering the first two chapters of the book. Mark Intro CH 1,2 Sermon...
Question: Can you please explain the parable of the unjust steward (Luke 16:1-13). It is confusing to me. Answer: This parable is about God’s desire that we use the things he has given him to advance the Kingdom of God. It is rather similar to the parable in Matthew 25:14-30. In this parable the master […]
Question: Genesis 5 states that the patriarchs prior to the flood lived as long as 900 years. How exactly is anyone supposed to take this into consideration when during ancient times, life span was actually shorter than it is now? Only now are humans living longer, not shorter. So in the face of this how […]
Question: I’ve been discussing different god and the bible with an atheist friend of mine and there were two points which I felt really unsure of. 1. The first was the problem of suffering; I explained the idea that creation was corrupted at the fall of man, but he pointed out that this in no […]
Question: In Gal.3:16 it says, “Now to Abraham and his Seed were the promises made, He does not say, And to seeds, as of many, but as of one, “And to your seed”. Who is Christ.” Did God make a promise to himself? Answer: In Genesis 12:7 and Genesis 13:15 God is making a promise […]
Question: I was just watching this video and would like to ask you (since I never really bothered to looked into this subject in depth) What does it matter if the earth is 6000 or 6.000.000 years? https://l.facebook.com/l/jAQHiGsOvAQGvEzRft5_viI9TFU7Vn-x6iPZ8utGizqWldQ/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DeAy-KTEzzaY Response: The speaker in this video implies that if we do not believe in the 6000 year […]
Question: Hello, I have a couple of questions concerning our souls. If consciousness can be determined to depend on the physical brain, does this mean our consciousness ceases to exist after death? Isn’t it obvious that if the brain is damaged in any way that it directly affects our consciousness immediately. Also, if we have […]
Question: Does 1 Corinthians 12:28 and Ephesians 4:11-12 imply that the church should be led by apostles only? What bearing do these scriptures have on the church today and it’s leadership? Answer: To be honest, I do not see where you could get the idea that the church should be led by apostles only from […]
Question: Are apostles and prophets supposed to be part of Christianity today? Answer: No, apostles and prophets are no longer a part of the New Testament Church. Apostles, by definition, had to be personal witnesses of Jesus Christ (Acts 1:21-24). Obviously, there are no candidates for this office today! As for prophets, these were men […]
Dr. John Oakes taught a class on the existence of God at San Diego State University in 2012. He begins by considering arguments by atheists, followed by the classical arguments for the existence of God. Existence of God SDSU...
This class was taught by Dr. John Oakes focusing in how the Christian World View provides the best approach to ethics of the various world views. Ethics and the Christian World View...
This is a response by Dr. John Oakes to Dawkin’s book “The God Delusion.” He describes the content, refutes several of Dawkins arguments and shows a number of logical fallacies in the book. Dawkins Delusion I Dawkins Delusion II Dawkins Delusion II...
This is a take on discipling relationships by Dr. John Oakes. He spends time coming up with biblical definitions of the words disciple, discipleship and discipling. Discipling...
This is part II in a two-part series on Church History taught by Dr. John Oakes. It focuses principally on the primitive church, the Reformation and the Restoration Movement. Church History Part II ...
This is part one of a two-part 2.5 hour class on Church History by Dr. John Oakes. It mainly concentrates on the primitive church, the Reformation and the Restoration Movement. Church History Part I...
This class was taught by Dr. John Oakes. It is his take on how we, as Christians, can take our personal study of the Scriptures to a deeper level and to know Gods’ Word in a greater way. Taking Our Bible Study Deeper...
This is a class by Dr. John Oakes which covers the Christian doctrine of baptism. It argues that baptism is the only way to get into Christ and is the the point in time at which one is actually saved. Baptism In Christ...
This is a lesson on the Christian World View given by Dr. John Oakes. It discusses what would make for a “good” world view and argues that only the Christian explanation makes sense, as opposed to Eastern, Modern and Postmodern and other world views. Anything True Any More?...
This lesson was given by Dr. John Oakes at San Diego State University in 2009. It is a discussion of postmodernism, scientific materialism and the Christian World View. What is Truth?...
Question: Was Paul married before he became a disciple?. My friend is telling me that he was married and it was because you had to be married in order to be in the Jewish ruling council? She is also saying that because Paul was married and his wife abandoned him, Paul is saying it’s better […]
Question: I am finding it difficult to accept the concept that one could actually have an intimate relationship with God. God in His most simplistic definition is invisible and an immaterial being, additionally why would the very creator of the universe speak a human language. Isn’t that a hint the mankind has formed and molded […]
Although we at ARS do not agree with everything said by the group biologos, we believe the article below provides useful perspective on the history of Christian views of the creation accounts in Genesis 1 and 2. https://biologos.org/questions/early-interpretations-of-genesis will be helpful
One of the most significant Greek New Testament manuscript finds of all time was revealed in a recent article in CNN http://www.cnn.com/2015/01/21/living/gospel-mummy-mask/ . If confirmed, then this will be a game-changer in the way it supports by physical evidence the early date of the writing of the gospels. As will all such claims, it is wise […]
Question: What are the “Powers of the Age to Come”? Answer: I assume that you are quoting from Hebrews 6:5. In context, he is talking about what happens to those who have become Christians but who later fall away. To describe those who have been saved, he talks about “those who have once been enlightened […]
Question: Can you speak on ancient Kemetic religion versus Christianity? Is there any connection between the two? Was one inspired by the other? Answer: I do not know very much about the Kemetic religion. Apparently, it is a modern phenomenon. There is no evidence of Kemetism before the 1970s. I already said that I do […]
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