Bibliology

Last year, the leaders in my church developed a program called The Learning Tree. The purpose of this program, I think, is to gather the church family together to learn different things from each other. The classes do not have to be anything theological. Teachers, who are gifted in their own expertise, could teach anything that would be beneficial and edifying for six weeks.

The classes that ran during the 1st module were "Introduction To Psalms" and "Dating & Relationship". The 2nd module had variety of classes such as "Cooking", "Drawing" and "Prayer". The 3rd module had "Money Management" and "Card Making".

In this 4th module, my pastor asked me to teach a class. When he asked me, my mind immediately came up with different courses. The first thing that came into my mind was "Biblical Studies". This subject has been tucked into the back of my mind for two years because I wanted to teach and disciple some infant/growing Christians. Two years ago, it never worked out due to personal circumstances. Now, in prayer and by the grace of God, I am again given an opportunity to teach this class, if there are enough students.

Here is the class description:

"This class introduces one of the fundamental and foundational truths of the Christian faith - The Holy Bible. We will examine the Bible’s preservation, copies and early manuscript, inspiration, authority, sufficiency, canonicity, inerrancy and translation. We will also look at a few helpful methods and principles on how to study and interpret the Bible." 

Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.(Matthew 24:35) 

You can simply register by coming to Oakridge Baptist Church. I will also give you a short syllabus of the class, so you can choose to come to one of these topics if you can't commit to coming every week.

Schedule (every Thursday)
May 1 - Preservation, Copies and Early Manuscript
May 8 - Inspiration, Authority, and Sufficiency
May 15 - Inerrancy and Infallibility
May 22 - Canonicity
May 29 - Translation and Methods
June 5  - Application 

Time: 7PM - 8:30PM

Location: Oakridge Baptist Church

*topics are subject to change without notice* 

The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever.(Isaiah 40:8) 

We will tackle some critical questions: Where did the Bible come from? How did it get here? Is it historically relevant? Why should I trust the Bible? I will do my best to answer these questions.

My prayer is that believers would be strengthened in their faith and would desire to love and read the spoken word of God given by special (divine) revelation. Additionally, may they be thoroughly equipped “to make a defense to anyone who asks [them] for a reason for the hope that is in [them].” (1 Peter 3:15)

The law of the LORD is perfect,
reviving the soul;
the testimony of the LORD is sure,
making wise the simple;
the precepts of the LORD are right,
rejoicing the heart;
the commandment of the LORD is pure,
enlightening the eyes;
the fear of the LORD is clean,
enduring forever;
the rules of the LORD are true,
and righteous altogether.
More to be desired are they than gold,
even much fine gold;
sweeter also than honey
and drippings of the honeycomb.
Moreover, by them is your servant warned;
in keeping them there is great reward.
(Psalm 19:7-11)