Dear Evidence For Christianity Subscribers:

2016 ICEC, York College

It is getting close.  Our 2016 Conference is only five weeks away.  We have a great lineup of speakers and classes.  The conference is at York College, in York, Nebraska Nov 11-13.  The theme is History, Archaeology and Christianity.  We have two professional archaeologists speaking, as well as a number of other great teachers.  We will also be visiting the brand new John Clayton Museum of Ancient History, featuring the Foster Stanback collection of artifacts.  How great is that?  This will be an inspiring  event. Registration is only $80 and $50 for students.  The schedule is below and the registration form is attached.  For more information contact Jan at joakes01@san.rr.com or 858-505-8841.    2016 ICEC Registration Form    The schedule below is tentative and we have other classes which will be added.

2016 International Christian Evidence Conference

Nov 11-13, 2016

Schedule of Classes and Events

Pre-Conference:

John Oakes will be meeting with York students for an open Q& A session on 11/10

Friday 11/11

8:00 am   Registration:

9:00 am  Welcome:  John Oakes

9:30 – 10:45 am

Keynote:  Dr. Mark Ziese  “The Lively Discipline of Biblical Archaeology”

11 – 12:15 pm  Classes

John Oakes    Class #2

Brian Colon  Manuscript Evidence for the New Testament

Randy Hroziencik  The Mystery of Ancient Man

12:30 -1:30pm           Lunch/Round Table Discussions

1:45 – 2:30 pm  Classes

Foster Stanback  Evidence for the Resurrection

Bob Kurka   Class #2

2:45 – 4:00 pm Classes

Dan Conder  “Missing Persons:  The Search for The Twelve Apostles”

4:30-5:15 Museum visit

Friday night

7:30- 9:30pm   Dinner and Forum

Saturday 11/12

8:00 am    Registration

8:45 am   Welcome:

9:15-10:30  Keynote Address

Robert Kurka   If Christ Has Not Been Resurrected, How Do We Account for the Church?

10:45 – 12:00 pm  Classes

Foster Stanback  Evidence for the Resurrection.

John Oakes  Using Archaeology in Teaching and Preaching

12:00-1:30  Lunch

1:30-2:45

Brian Colon  Internal Evidence for the Reliability of the Bible.

Dan Conder   “Missing Persons:  The Search for The Twelve Apostles”

3:00-4:15  Classes

Dr. Mark Ziese  Walking the Jesus Trail

Randy Hroziencek The Mystery of Ancient Man

4:30-5:15 Museum visit.

Saturday night

Public Lecture   John Oakes:  History and Archaeology: The Evidence

Sunday 11/13

9:30-10:15    Bible Class:  TBA

10:30-12:00  Church: Sermon   TBA

Report of Understanding Baptism Seminar

Our Seminar on baptism with Dr. Jack Cotrell was a great success.  Jack did an epic job of defending the biblical doctrine of baptism in ten hours of teaching, explaining how false teaching on salvation arose and giving us the tools to help those who have been deceived about this important doctrine.  Thanks so much to Kedron Jones for putting the program together and for Jack for pouring his heart out to help us grow in our knowledge of God’s word.  Both the audio and the video will be available in the next couple of weeks.  Be looking for an announcement at evidenceforchristianity.  You are going to want to get this material!

New Materials Available at EFC

We have a lot of new material coming available at EFC.  Dr. John Oakes just finished a four week class on the Book of James.  Audio, power point and notes are available at the web site.  He is two weeks into a five week class on the Reliability and Inspiration of the Bible.  The class includes evidence for the reliability of the Greek and Hebrew text, for the canonization of the Bible, the Apocrypha, the scriptures of other religions, a definition and defense of the inspiration and inerrancy of the Bible.  Audio, notes and power point are being posted for the class the next three weeks.

Let us remind you that there are hundreds of audios available at EFC for an annual subscription of $32.  What a great way to get accesss to some great Bible study and Christian evidence.  At the same time, you can help to support this ministry.

John Oakes