Jan 5, 2015 | Pneumatology
From what you know about the Holy Spirit, what would you say is His most important work? (Regeneration?) After His work in salvation what would you say is His most important work? (Inspiration???) How much can we know about God through human observation? If the Lord...
Jan 5, 2015 | Pneumatology
Let’s create a fictitious and silly situation: Let’s say that I spoke English and you spoke English, and that under ordinary circumstances we have no difficulty communicating. How silly would it be, if I had someone interpret and rephrase every sentence...
Jan 5, 2015 | Pneumatology
Is there a difference between mercy and grace? Is that difference great or small? (Relatively slight.) Describe God’s grace. (God’s doing for us what we do not deserve.) Describe God’s mercy. (God’s not doing to us what we do deserve.) In...
Jan 5, 2015 | Pneumatology
What is the dictionary meaning of the word “regeneration”? (To make alive again.) How often is the word “regeneration” found in our Bibles? (Twice.) Only one of those two directly refers to that aspect of Soteriology which we call...
Jan 5, 2015 | Pneumatology
Can God take sinners to Heaven, glorifying them and giving them eternal life without first converting them? Why, or why not? So God cannot be untrue to His holy nature in order to avoid dealing with our sins? Could God be true to Himself in simply exterminating...
Jan 5, 2015 | Pneumatology
Did I leave the impression, last week, that the Lord could save people without the Holy Spirit indwelling them? Did I leave the impression that the indwelling of the Holy Spirit is not important? Is the indwelling of the Spirit important? What relationship does the...
Jan 5, 2015 | Pneumatology
Who was the first saint of God? How many miracles does the Bible tell us that he performed? Was Abraham a child of God? How many miracles did God perform through him? Was Job a saint? Did the Lord work miracles through him? Did the Lord work miracles through David?...
Jan 5, 2015 | Pneumatology
When the Lord was nearing the crucifixion what did He tell the disciples that He would do in order to bless them in His absence? How much can we know of the Lord without the guidance of the Holy Spirit? How practical is the Bible without the blessing of the Holy...
Jan 5, 2015 | Pneumatology
Have you heard much or read much on the Eschatology of the Holy Spirit? There are several reasons for that: First, the Bible doesn’t say a great deal about the subject. That is one reason that this lesson might be a little short. And then Amillennialists and...
Jan 5, 2015 | Lessons on Bible Trivia
The purpose of animals in creation is to (give diversity; feed humanity; beautify the world; glorify God) All To produce all those animals, God used (His imagination; evolution; man’s imagination; His divine will). God created every (species of; variety of; single;...
Jan 5, 2015 | Apologetics
This morning we begin a series of lessons on Apologetics. Who can define the word “Apologetics”? According to the dictionary, Apologetics is “the branch of theology that is concerned with defending or proving the truth of Christian doctrines.”...
Jan 5, 2015 | Apologetics
Last week we began a new study, dealing with Apologetics. Who can give me the definition of Apologetics? (“The branch of theology which is concerned with defending or proving the truth of Christian doctrines.”) It is the science of defending, in the sense...
Jan 5, 2015 | Apologetics
The best military leaders make it a point to know their enemies as well as they can. If they can think the way that their opponent thinks, then they may be able to anticipate his next move and beat him to the punch. Is this a good military tactic? What could be wrong...
Jan 5, 2015 | Apologetics
How much did a hundred shares of Microsoft stock sell for when it was first issued? Does anyone know how old Microsoft is? The Microsoft corporation is nearing its 25th anniversary. MS-DOS 1.0 came out in August 1981. What are some of the factors which cause the...
Jan 5, 2015 | Apologetics
Which of the following adjectives describe the Bible? Quaint; obsolete; unique; spiritual; unintelligible; esoteric; gibberish; difficult; stupid; timely? How can a book which was completed 2,000 years ago, still be contemporary? What is the theological definition...
Jan 5, 2015 | Apologetics
What is the Biblical doctrine of the inspiration of the scriptures? What is historical reliability? (Whether or not the history under consideration is accurate.) On the lost man’s “I care / I don’t care” scale where do arguments about...
Jan 5, 2015 | Apologetics
What is the Biblical doctrine of the inspiration of the scriptures? How important is the doctrine of Biblical inspiration? What is the difference between inspiration and historical reliability? Are the statements of the Old Testament as reliable as those of the New...
Jan 5, 2015 | Apologetics
You may think that this is a silly question, but I have to ask: Was Jesus of Nazareth a real person or is He a product of our religious imaginations? I am not a student of Bertrand Russell; I’ve never directly read anything that he wrote. But he is quoted,...
Jan 5, 2015 | Apologetics
Was Jesus of Nazareth a real, historical person? How do we know that for sure? (Historical evidence from non-believers.) Is it enough to believe that there was an important man from Nazareth, Galilee whose name was Jesus? Obviously, who Jesus IS, is more important...
Jan 5, 2015 | Apologetics
What do you think is my purpose in these lessons? (Arguments for the “defense” of Christianity.) What is the general description for this group of lessons? (Apologetics.) What is “Apologetics”? (And explanation or “defense” of the...
Jan 5, 2015 | Apologetics
Two weeks ago we looked at the testimony made to Jesus’ deity through His trial. Then last week we studied Jesus’ own statements about His deity. And we took note of other things which Jesus said and did, which are indirect statement about His deity. This...
Jan 5, 2015 | Apologetics
If you were able to take an historical electro-magnet and pull every fragment of Jesus Christ out of human society, how much different would the world be today? From what date do most of the world’s calendars mark time? By what Name do most blasphemers curse?...
Jan 5, 2015 | Apologetics
When the Apostles were first preaching Christ, what three kinds of things did they mention in order to prove His Deity and Messiahship? His miracles. On the day of Pentecost Peter preached: “Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved...
Jan 5, 2015 | Apologetics
When the Apostles were first preaching Christ, what three kinds of things did they mention in order to prove His Deity and Messiahship? His miracles. On the day of Pentecost Peter preached: “Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved...
Jan 5, 2015 | Apologetics
We have seen that Jesus’ resurrection is a very powerful way to prove that He is “special.” And we’ve noticed that the Lord Jesus’ miracles prove to us that He was no mere man. We’ve looked at the fact that both Jesus and His...
Jan 5, 2015 | Apologetics
So far we have looked at the general importance of prophecies in proving the veracity of the Lord. What does the word “veracity” mean? (Truthfulness.) We’ve seen that both the Lord and His disciples used prophecy to authenticate His claims of...
Jan 5, 2015 | Apologetics
Thus far in proving that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, we have looked at His own claims to that fact. Picture a courtroom after two weeks of witnesses. There have been those who have testified that they saw the accused commit the crime. And yet there have been...
Jan 5, 2015 | Apologetics
Thus far in proving that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, we have looked at OUR LORD’S OWN CLAIMS. In a court-of-law how decisive is the profession of innocence by the accused? But should his testimony be written-off? After the testimony of Christ there was...
Jan 4, 2015 | Apologetics
This morning we’ll try to finish up the prophecies about the death, burial and resurrection of Christ. Thus far we’ve notice that He would be betrayed by a friend. It was prophesied that Christ would be sold for how many pieces of silver? What then would...
Jan 4, 2015 | Apologetics
I realize that I’m going to be accused of repeating myself. But that is acceptable behavior among old people. Not only am I an “Old”-field, but at long last, I am a grandfather, so I might qualify now. We have been jumping back and forth throughout...
