Reasons For Belief:  A class taught by John Oakes, PhD at Harvard University 10/16/2009.  The subject is reasons to believe the Bible is the inspired Word of God. See EFC store for the recording   Reasons For Belief Harvard 2.76 Mb   The Bible: From God or Man? Delos B. McKown:             "Christianity is scientifically unsupported and […]

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 what_is_truth 576.00 KbNotes and Power Point for a lesson taught at San Diego State University 11/14/2008   What is Truth? Is Anything True Any more? John 18:37-38    Jesus:  "I came to testify to the truth.  Everyone on the side of truth listens to me." Pilate:  "What is truth?" Now that is a good question.  This […]

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 Hebrews: Fate or Freedom 21/07/2008,19:41 An outline of the class can be seen by clicking on the link below, or click on the power point icon to see the power point presentation.    by John M. Oakes, PhD   Fate or Freedom June 26, 2008 Outline: I. Extremely brief overview of Hebrews II.  Brief introduction to […]

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  Dealing With the Atheist, Skeptic, & Intellectual Presented By: Kedron Jones, Apologetics Research Society   Note:  To view the power point presentation, scroll to the bottom of the page and click on the appropriate link.   I.                   Introduction: A Brief History of Philosophy 1.      Philosophers have attempted to answer 3 foundational questions in life. […]

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 Power Point: Hebrews, Fate or Freedom? 358.50 Kb   Salvation, Predestination and Falling Away Sept 16, 2007   Theme of Hebrews:                              The preeminence of Jesus   I   Jesus is greater than all the prophets II  Jesus is greater than the angels III Jesus is greater than Moses IV Jesus the great High Priest […]

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  Biomimetic Tissue Engineering:  Scientists’ and Engineer’s Reliance on The Master Designer This Power Point presentation was created for the Apologetics Conference in Irvine, California at Concordia University.  To view of download the power point, scroll to the bottom of the document and click on the link. Tom Hedman, PhD Associate Research Professor Biomedical Engineering […]

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Ethical Answers in an Unethical World  Power Point: What is Truth? World View Apologetics 7.49 Mb  What is Truth? Subtitle:  World View Apologetics   John 18:37-38    Jesus:  ?I came to testify to the truth.  Everyone on the side of truth listens to me.?   Pilate:  ?What is truth??   Now that is a good question.  […]

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Introduction to World Religions:  Judaism. Click on the link below for a Power Point presentation by R. D. Baker (Phoenix, AZ) and Ryan Cartwright (Edmonton, Alberta).  This is a general introduction to a course on world religions, followed by the body of the class, which is on the background of Judaism.  Power Point: Judaism 2.29 […]

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 Power Point: The Da Vinci Code 2.58 Mb Note:  Approximately 2/3 of this power point was created by Jeff Chacon.  Thank you to Jeff for permission to use his work. The Da Vinci Code: A Review               Dan Brown?s book, The Da Vinci Code, has been the best selling book in the past few […]

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   Power Point: Church History 609.00 Kb  CHURCH HISTORY THE FALL OF THE NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH   Theme #1   Learn from the mistakes of history.   Ex:    grace   ?    legalism Ex:    doctrine   ?   zeal, emotion, ?life?    John 4:24  in spirit and in truth?.      Hard to do both. Ex:    asceticism   ?    freedom         be aware of natural […]

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   Power Point: Stone Campbell Movent: Restoration or Reformation? 210.00 Kb   The Stone/Campbell Movement: Reformation or Restoration?   Background:  The religious atmosphere in the early 19th century on the Western Frontier:   1. Puritans.  British Dissenters.  Strongly Calvinistic.  Independent church structure.   The  Great Awakening:  Jonathan Edwards 1740?s, 50?s,  ?Sinners in the Hands of […]

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Abajo son notas para una clase sobre el Islam y Cristianimso   IGLESIA DE CRISTO EN MÉXICO, A. R. ESCUELA DE CAPACITACION BIBLICA UII-M1-211 HISTORIA DE LA IGLESIA III: RELIGIONES Y SECTAS. PROFESOR: DR. JOHN OAKES. ISLAM (literalmente, rendir la voluntad en Arabe). •·        Fundador: Mahoma. Cerca del 570-632 AD, en la Meca, Arabia Saudita […]

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  Power Point: Daniel, Prophet to the Nations 2.87 Mb Notes on Daniel Class:  see below.     NOTES FOR FULL DANIEL CLASS Background to Daniel: Theme:  God Rules the Nations, Do Not Fear! Main messages: 1.  How to stay pure and uncorrupted-to maintain your integrity in a world      in which you are surrounded by […]

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 Power Point: Islam 2.19 Mb  Notes to accompany ISLAM (literally, submit the will in Arabic)   Founder:  Muhammad.  About 570 ? 632 AD, in Mecca, in modern Saudi Arabia.   Roughly 1 billion Muslims in the world.   Location:  Northern Africa, almost the entire Middle East, Pakistan Afghanistan, Bangaladesh, India, Albania, Indonesia and the Phillipines, […]

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