Keep That Which Is Committed To Thy Trust - Meeting The Challenges Of The Last Days
Comprehensive study on theistic evolution
Classes
Class 1: The Unique Challanges of the Last Days
The class discusses the challenges of the last days, focusing on the decline within the Christadelphian community and the rise of theistic evolution. It emphasizes the importance of maintaining biblical truth and avoiding profane and vain babblings, highlighting the inspiration and reliability of the scriptures.
Class 2: Post Modernism and the Believer - Be Not Decieved
The class explores postmodernism's impact on believers, emphasizing the importance of discernment and holding fast to biblical truth. It discusses how postmodernism challenges traditional beliefs and values, affecting personal and ecclesial life.
Class 3: Theistic Evolution the Sad Compromise
The class discusses the challenges posed by theistic evolution, a belief that God used an evolutionary process to create life, contrasting it with the traditional Christadelphian view. It emphasizes the importance of adhering to the Bible's teachings and the dangers of compromising on core doctrines.
Class 4: Why We Believe What We Believe
The class discusses scriptural proofs for God's miraculous creation, Adam as the first man, and the effects of sin on human nature. It also covers the Birmingham Amended Statement of Faith and addresses challenges posed by theistic evolution to Christadelphian beliefs.
Class 5: Young or Old Earth
The class discusses the age of the Earth and the interpretation of the six days of creation in Genesis. It explores the tension between scientific understanding and biblical literalism, emphasizing that the Bible is not a scientific textbook and that the creation account is from an observer's perspective.
Class 6: The Pioneers and the Watford Situation
The class discusses the historical situation involving Brother Ralph Lovelock's views on evolution within the Christadelphian community in the 1960s, emphasizing the challenges of maintaining doctrinal purity and the importance of brotherly handling of doctrinal disputes.
Class 7: Can Science and the Bible Coexist
The class discusses the compatibility of science and the Bible, focusing on the conflict between evolutionary theory and biblical creation. It emphasizes the reliability of the Bible over scientific theories that exclude divine creation.
Class 8: Implications of Theistic Evolution
The class discusses the implications of theistic evolution on biblical interpretation, focusing on Genesis and the nature of man. It critiques the idea that Genesis is merely a moral story and argues for a literal understanding of creation and human origins.
Class 9: Stimulating Our Intellect
The class explores the importance of an inquiring mind in Bible study, emphasizing the need to understand the Bible's complexities and hidden treasures. It covers unusual expressions, exceptions, and the significance of places and names, using examples from Acts and other biblical texts to illustrate how to approach and interpret the Bible.
Class 10: Where the Evolution Model Fails
The class examines the flaws in the Darwinian model of evolution and contrasts it with the biblical account of creation. It emphasizes the purposeful creation by God and questions why intelligent Christians would incorporate an unproven theory like evolution into their belief system.
Class 11: Contending Earnestly For the Faith
The class discusses the importance of defending the faith delivered once for all, emphasizing that the gospel does not need to be reappraised in light of modern science, particularly evolution. It addresses the challenges posed by theistic evolution and the need to be vigilant against doctrines that contradict clear biblical teachings.
Class 12: The Creator Made Known By His Works
The class discusses evidence for God's existence through the intricate design of the universe and life, emphasizing the complexity of DNA and the Earth's conditions for sustaining life. It contrasts belief in a purposeful Creator with atheistic evolution, encouraging faith and worship.
Class 13: Is God a Moral Monster
The class discusses challenges posed by atheistic thinkers like Richard Dawkins, focusing on their critiques of God's morality and actions in the Old Testament. It addresses issues such as genocide, slavery, and the atonement, emphasizing God's justice and the importance of understanding His purpose.
Class 14: The Philosophy of Simple Trust
The class discusses the philosophy of simple faith, emphasizing the importance of believing in God's word without needing absolute proof. It highlights examples from the Bible, such as Abraham's faith, and contrasts it with the worldview of evolution and atheism.
Class 15: Peace Be Still - Acts 27
The class discusses Paul's journey in Acts 27, emphasizing the metaphor of life's storms and the need for perseverance and faith. It highlights the challenges faced by ecclesias and individuals, encouraging trust in God's provision and the promise of an eternal haven.
Class 16: Exhort - Created in Chirst Jesus Unto Good Works
The class focuses on the concept of grace and its role in salvation and character development, drawing from Ephesians and Titus. It emphasizes the importance of living a life of good works and separation from worldly influences to demonstrate God's grace.