Meeting every Sunday morning after worship and fellowship, Christianity 301 focuses on in-depth analysis of Christian doctrine and worldview; how our beliefs play out in the world; and how sin has twisted God's creation. The group’s goal is to learn to love God with all our minds for God's glory and for the edification of His Church.
This group has now begun a new 6 month study of Christian Apologetics. The goal of this study will be to equip Christians to provide a credible defense and meaningful exposition of the faith and to deal with doubt in an approrpiate manner. Text versiosn of the lectures/discussion will be posted here as they become available; just follow the links from the Outline below. The course outline is as follows (and subject to change without notice) we intend to spend 1-2 weeks on each topic:
- Some Philisophical Framework
- The Facts of Christianity
- The Reliability of the Bible
- Jesus Christ
- The Inerrancy of the Bible
- The Gospel
- Implications of Christianity
- Christianity vs. Science?
- The Church
- Abortion & Euthanasia
- Sexuality
- Men & Women
- Love & Justice
- Tolerance & Neutrality
- Politics
- Application of Apologetics
- Actual Challenges 1
- Actual Challenges 2
Past topics of study have included Christian Doctrine by Edward Koehler (an analysis of Lutheran teachings from the Book of Concord); The Problem with Liberalism & The Problem with Conservativism by J. Budziszewski (studies of the common errors Christians fall for in the dominant American political ideologies. Recently, the group examined The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis, an in-depth analysis of the trips that we often fall into that lead us into sin and away from God through the eyes of a demon who's trying to set the traps.
Meeting Time & Location: Sundays, 10:30-11:30; in the church library
Prerequisites:None; readings or lectures are done in class and discussion follows