Classes in Tampa by Dr. John Oakes
Dr. John Oakes did a teaching weekend in Tampa, FL Dec, 2022. Evidence for Jesus and From Shadow to Reality Jesus Evidence Tampa Audio From Shadow to Reality Audio...
Dr. John Oakes did a teaching weekend in Tampa, FL Dec, 2022. Evidence for Jesus and From Shadow to Reality Jesus Evidence Tampa Audio From Shadow to Reality Audio...
Dr. John Oakes gave a series of midweek lessons on the Book of Daniel in Merced, Fall, 2022 Daniel Audio I Daniel Audio II Daniel Audio III Daniel Audio IV Daniel PPT Daniel Notes...
Dr. John Oakes gave a series of four midweek classes on apologetics for the Houston Church of Christ Fall, 2022. Reliablity of the Bible, God and Science, and dealing with Progressive Theology. Science and God Houston Audio Reliability and Inspiration of the Bible Progressive Theology Notes Progressive Theology PPT...
Dr. John Oakes gave a series of midweek classes for the Merced Christian Church on one another relationships Fall, 2022 One Another Passages I One Another Audio II One Another III One another PPT II...
Dr. John Oakes taught a series of classes on how to help people understand and deal with false teachings for the Guadalajara Church of Christ Fall, 2022 GDL False Doctrines I GDL Doctrinas Falsas Audio I Falsas Doctrinas Audio II GDL False Doctrines III Audio GDL False Doctrines IV Audio […]
Dr. John Oakes gave a series of sermons about being In Christ from his book of the same title Fall, 2022 in Merced, CA. In Christ Audio I In Christ Audio II In Christ III In Christ Audio IV In Christ Audio V In Christ PPT In-Christ-Sermon Notes...
Dr. John Oakes gave ten sermons from Hebrews in Merced Fall 2022 and Winter, 2023. Hebrews Ch 1 Audio Hebrews Sermon II Audio Hebrews III Audio Hebrews IV Audio Hebrews Mer V Hebrews V Audio Hebrews The Main Point Audio Hebrews Mer VI Hebrews 9 A...
Dr. John Oakes gave a series of lessons in Merced Fall, 2022 James Audio I James Audio II James Audio III James IV audio James PPT James Notes...
Dr. John Oakes taught a 14 hour class on Church History for the West Coast School of Ministry Fall, 2022 Church History WCSM Audio I Church History WCSM Audio II Church History Audio III Church History Audio IV Church History Audio V Church History Audio VI Church HistoryAudio...
John Oakes gave a series of classes on the Book of Hebrews for the teaching ministry for the LAICC Fall, 2023. Hebrews Audio I Hebrews Audio II-A Hebrews Audio II-A Hebrews LA Audio IV Hebrews V Audio Hebrews Audio VII Hebrews Notes Oakes Hebrews PPT Oakes...
John Oakes taught a series of classes on the Kingdom of God in Merced Summer, 2022 Kingdom Merced Audio I Kingdom of God Audio II Kingdom of God Audio III Kingdom of God ppt Kingdom of God Notes...
Dr. John Oakes and Robert Carrillo have published a book on the Book of Hebrews, Hebrews: Living By Faith. They are teaching an eight hour class on Hebrews for the Los Angeles International Church of Christ Bible School eight consecutive Saturdays at 9:00 Pacific Time. The class will be on zoom at 843 0420 3186 […]
Question: Do you have any apologetic resources in the Russian language? My sons are adopted from Ukraine, and are very skeptical about Christianity. They believe it is all “fake” and unsupported by any logic or science. I think some resources could help them immensely, especially videos because they are not avid readers. Thank you very […]
Question: I have some questions regarding the interpretation and fulfillment of Joseph’s second dream. 1. What do the sun, moon and 11 stars represent in the dream? 2. Was Jacob right at the interpretation of Joseph’s second dream? 3. If Jacob was sun, 11 stars were 11 sons of Jacob, then who was moon? Do […]
[Editor’s Note: This is a two-part question, as the one asking clarified his initial question] Question: Can you explain to me why there is such a difference in the Genesis 5 and 11 chronologies of the antediluvian and post-flood patriarchs? I understand there is about 1380 years difference between the Septuagint and Masoretic translation texts, […]
Question: This question pertains to your response regarding “Evolution” posted on September 15, 2022. I was somewhat surprised that you weighed in on Calvinist theology as the question was not overtly suggestive of that theology. (I was once espousing that theology until I came across your website). But that made me curious of what you […]
Dr. John Oakes is teaching a five part series on how Christians ought to respond to false teachings which are found out there in the “Christian” world for a church in Guadalajara, Mexico. The recording is in both Spanish and English. Areas that will be covered include Roman Catholicism, Calvinism, Evangelicalism, Pentecostalism, Premillennialism, Mormonism and […]
Question: I’m from Cameroon, Africa. I mention this because having been to Africa and in Cameroon in particular you may have noticed that many African families still worship ancestors. The reason for this is that The Bible was one of the powerful tools European Countries used to Conquer Africa. SO my question is: HOW CAN […]
Question: I have a few questions about evolution and the Bible. First of all if we evolved then in 100 million years could humans have evolved into a different animal like how apes apparently evolved into humans? Secondly if evolution is true then that means there were land animals before birds but the Bible says […]
[Editor’s note: These are two questions of a similar nature from the same questioner, so are being put together in one article.] Question: Why does it appear that Matthew’s version of the last supper was copied from Mark? They’re so similar and it wouldn’t make sense for Matthew to copy Mark for the last supper […]
Question: I have a few questions about evolution. First of all evolution means death of animals before sin and that is super inconsistent with the Bible and there is no way God would allow death and suffering. And the last thing is if we evolved over time couldn’t we humans evolve into something else? Would […]
Question: Isaiah 42 does not talk about Jesus if you read with a broad mind, because KJV says. “and the isles shall wait for his law.” But the truth is Jesus did not bring new laws for Jews and he never nullified the laws of the Torah. Paul, who never met Jesus, distorted the true […]
Question: If we don’t know who wrote the gospels then why should we trust them? Anyone could have just made them up. I want to be able to trust the gospels but since their anonymous I don’t know if I can. Answer: First of all, we very likely DO know who wrote the gospels. It […]
Question: The early church is unanimous in attributing the four gospels to Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John but they are also unanimous that Matthew wrote first. However Mark probably wrote first since most of Mark is in Matthew. So my question is if they’re wrong on who wrote first then why should we believe that […]
Dr. John Oakes taught a 12-hour class on the history of Christianity for the West Coast School of Ministry Fall, 2022. All outlines, Power Points and audio are available here. Church History Notes Church History PPT Church History Audio I Church History Audio II Church History Audio III Church History Audio […]
[Editor’s Note: This is a rather long question with a fairly long response] Question: I read your article “Is Chapter 2 of Wisdom (part of the Apocrypha) inspired prophecy of Jesus?” and wanted to address your points. First, you asked where the Messianic prophecy is. Wisdom 2:12-20 contains a very clear Messianic prophecy: “For if […]
Question: I was reading your article on baptism and have a question. What happens to believers who are not baptized e.g the person who repented on the cross next to our Saviour? Answer: The person who repented on the cross is not a particularly helpful example for your question for a couple of reasons. First […]
Question: Hello Dr Oakes. I saw a video about why Muhammad was far more peaceful than Moses. The man claimed that Christian’s don’t read the Quran and Hadith everyday in context from Muslim scholars, so we have no right to say Muhammad was violent or to quote the violent verses without historical context. But he […]
Question: Jews say: “None of God’s prophet came after Malachi among them.” On the contrary, Justin Martyr said to Trypho: “you had prophets in succession until John; there never failed to be a prophet among you, who was lord, and leader, and ruler of your nation.” Who has the correct view in your opinion? Answer: […]
Question; The Ascension of Isaiah mentions unknown Hebrew prophets named Aged, Ananias & Josab. Why did they not get canonical status? Answer: The so-called Ascension of Isaiah is an apocryphal book. One thing we can know with certainty is that it was not written by Isaiah (and therefore it is pseudepigraphal, ie. falsely attributed), as […]
Question: If Jews were such honest keepers of God’s word, then why did they reject and kill true prophets although Deut. 13:1-5 & 18:20-22 tells criteria for judging true prophets? Answer: It is always difficult to judge people’s motives. We can observe what they do and we can observe what they say. However, as Samuel […]
Question: How do you assess the Messianic Jewish movement – what are the things we can learn from them and where are they in error? Answer: I am sure you do not need me to tell you, as you already know, that we can learn from any sincere-minded group of believers, even if we do […]
Question: If Jews had uncorrupted prophetic books, then why are they blamed for rejecting Jesus, albeit they expected what they were told by canonical prophets? It was not their fault but their prophets who spoke overwhelming promises. What do you say? Answer: In John 5:39 Jesus called out the scribes and Pharisees because, as he […]
Question: Hello Dr Oakes. I read your articles about the Zeitgeist movie and they did help a lot. However, after viewing a video by Acharya S, she made a rebuttal to not only your claims but the claims by other apologists. She said there are many details that apologists don’t take into consideration when trying […]
Missionary Teaching Trip to Dominican Republic and Haiti I Am now in Haiti. See below Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 8/7-8/11 This is only my second teaching trip to the Caribbean, and my first visit to either country. It is also my first overseas teaching venture in just under two and a half […]
Dr. John Oakes is traveling for eleven days in the Caribbean, teaching for churches in the Dominican Republic and Haiti. Lessons, including notes, PPT and audio will be made available here. The first five audios are in English and Spanish. The rest are in French and English. Worldview PPT World View Notes World View […]
Question: Please can you clarify about speaking in tongues. Some say it is just fake and is not inspired by the Holy Spirit or by God. If the speaking in tongues is genuine, why do only certain people seem to have this and in most cases there is no interpretation of what is being said, […]
Note: This is a rather long question with a relatively short answer. Question: Recently I found some interesting claims about the Gospel of John. These are quotations of the Muslim critic Misha’al Al-Kadhi and his references to Christian scholars, that should bring doubt about the Gospel of John: 1. “Even at that, it is recognized […]
Question: In what sense, if any, ought I to love myself? The way that our culture defines “self-love” is unbiblical and worldly. And many verses in the Bible make me hesitant to believe that there is anything inherently lovable in me. (“There is none who do good, no not one.”) Nowhere in the Bible can […]
Question: Mark 13:30 has bugged me for some time now. For context, in chapter 13 Jesus predicts the Temple’s destruction, then lists events that signal the end times, saying, “Truly I tell you, this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened.” (NIV) But this doesn’t make sense: how can Jesus’ […]
Question: I have some questions about fasting. First, what is fasting according to the Bible? Second, what is the correct way to do it according to the Bible? Third, can I fast not only from food but also from my favorite activities? Fourth, what are the purposes of fasting other than to increase our faith […]
Dr. John Oakes is teaching several classes at a discipleship conference in Orlando. We will be posting the audio immediately after the classes are offered. After this, he will be in the Dominican Republic and Haiti and will be posting classes. Here is the schedule: Monday 8/1 9:30 AM King Jesus, Human Philosophies, Traditions and […]
Dr. John Oakes is teaching a four hour class on the Book of Daniel for a student group in Merced June 29-30, 2022. Notes, ppt and audio are attached. Daniel Notes Daniel PPT Daniel Merced Audio I Daniel Merced Audio II Daniel Merced III Daniel Merced IV […]
Question: 2 Corinthians 10:5 mentions the ‘casting down of reasonings’ but this phrase is omitted in the Douay-Rheims Vulgate version. Why is this the case, and which translation should we trust? Answer: The Vulgate is a Latin translation of the Greek New Testament, so I am not all that sure why the content of the […]
Dr. John Oakes is teaching a six-hour class on the Book of Genesis for campus interns in Merced, CA June, 2022. The material is here. Genesis Merced Notes Genesis Merced PPT Genesis Merced Audio I Genesis Merced Audio II Genesis Merced Audio III Genesis Merced Audio IV Genesis Merced Audio […]
Question: I watched a debate between a Muslim and a Christian. The New Testament has by far more number of Greek/other manuscripts. The Muslim debater said that 94% of these manuscripts come 9th century onwards. It wasn’t clear if he was referring to the Greek manuscripts alone or every manuscript we have of the New […]
Question: I have questions to ask you. First about angels and humans. If both of us have free will, why is it that God still create human? Does the Bible talk about this topic? Second about soul and spirit. Are these the same things? And if not, what is the differences between them? Also, do […]
Question: I’ve been comparing some “Messianic passages” from the Tanakh (the Hebrew Bible) to the corresponding verses in our Christian Bible (KJV, NKJV, NASB). And I’ve noticed that, in many passages, the Tanakh translation differs significantly from our OT/NT translations. Psalm 22, Isaiah 53, and Zechariah 12, for example, are quite different in the Tanakh, […]
Question: I’m new to your website. I only have three questions: 1. How should we, Christians, react to textual criticism and to what extent we should believe their opinion about the Bible? 2. How should we react to several textual criticism opinion that some Bible verses are “doubtful”? 3. Should we be afraid? Answer: A […]
Question: Can you please explain to me why Baptist think they are the chosen one? Jesus was a Jew, not Baptist. I feel like I’m being condemned because I don’t believe in denominations of today. What I do believe is, I am a child of God, and he is my Heavenly Father. Is the KJV […]