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  • Exodus
    Introduction
    • Exodus 12:2 – Their calendar started with the Exodus. This event formed the national identify of Israel.
      • The exodus
      • Exodus 3:7-10 – God heard their cries and was acting on His promises.
      • The ten plagues (Exodus 3:19):
        • Plague
        Scripture
        Blood
        Exodus 7:14-25
        Frogs
        Exodus 8:1-15
        Gnats
        Exodus 8:16-19
        Flies
        Exodus 8:20-32
        Livestock
        Exodus 9:1-7
        Boils
        Exodus 9:8-12
        Hail
        Exodus 9:13-35
        Locusts
        Exodus 10:1-20
        Darkness
        Exodus 10:21-29
        Firstborn
        Exodus 11:1-12:32
        • God designed the plagues to specifically show that the many false gods of Egypt were powerless against Him.
        • Exodus 7:5; 8:19
        • God continually reminded the Israelites of what He did
          • Exodus 12:12
          • Joshua 24:5
          • Judges 6:8
          • I Samuel 10:18
          • II Samuel 7:6
          • II Chronicles 7:19-22
          • Acts 13:16-17, 23, 26, 29
          • Hebrews 10:28-31 – Let us appreciate what God has done for us!
            • The law
            • Exodus 19:4-6
            • The 10 Commandments (Exodus 20; Deuteronomy 5)
              • The covenant included many additional laws – over 600 in al.
              • God entered into a covenant with the people. This covenant was good for the people. The laws God set forth were not arbitrary.
              • Deuteronomy 6:5-7 – They were to learn and obey these laws.
              • Deuteronomy 6:18-25 – These laws were good for them.
              • Jeremiah 11:1-8 – Israel broke the covenant with God.
              • Any time people stray from God’s law, bad things will happen!
              • Jeremiah 31:31
              • Romans 6:20
                • The leader
                Timeline of Moses’ life:
                • First 40 years:
                  • Raised as an Egyptian
                  • Exodus 2:11; Acts 7:23
                  • Second 40 years:
                    • Shepherd in Midian
                    • Exodus 2:15; 7:7; Acts 7:29-30
                    • Third 40 years:
                      • Leaders of Israel
                      • Deuteronomy 34:7
                        • We can grow into greatness!
                        • Exodus 3
                        • Exodus 2:11-15
                        • The reluctance of Moses (Exodus 3:11-4:17)
                          • Exodus 5:22-23
                          • Exodus 11:3
                          • Exodus 12:1, 32
                          • Exodus 14:13-14 – This is a Moses with faith!
                          • Hebrews 11:24-29
                          • The way to grow into greatness is to live by faith.
                            • 37 min
                          • Apologetics, Part 7: Age of the Earth
                            Apparent age
                            • God created things in a mature, functional state.
                            • Apparent Age
                            • Romans 1:18-25
                              • Difficulties with radiometric dating techniques
                              • More Conflicting Evidence from Evolutionary Dating Techniques
                              • New Findings Show Flags in Old-Earth Dating Methods
                              • Radioactive decay rates are not as constant as once thought. Solar weather seems to change the decay rate.
                              • How do we know the decay rates we have computed are accurate?
                                • Soft tissues in dinosaur fossils
                                • Dinosaur Soft Tissue is Here to Stay
                                • Soft tissue has been found in dinosaur fossils, which should not be possible if the fossils are millions of years old.
                                  • Limitations in archaeology
                                  • Dating in Archaeology: Challenges to Biblical Credibility
                                    • Obligatory mutualism
                                    • Many plants and animals have symbiotic relationships such that they cannot survive without the other.
                                    • This means that they must be created very close together or neither would survive. This causes problems for the idea of creation happening over millions of years.
                                      • 41 min
                                    • Surpassing the Scribes and Pharisees
                                      ntroduction
                                      • Matthew 5:20
                                      • Acts 26:5
                                      • Jesus is not saying, “do more of what they are doing.” He is saying, “do things differently than them.”
                                      • We need to be on a different track than what the Pharisees were on.
                                        • Love the lost.
                                        • Luke 18:9
                                        • Luke 7:36-37 – Simon viewed the woman with contempt.
                                          • Love the truth.
                                          • Matthew 12:1-8
                                          • Matthew 12:9 – They were not for truth – they were simply against Jesus.
                                          • Matthew 16:1
                                          • Matthew 19:3; 22:15, 35, 41 – Their attitude was wrong!
                                          • We must do something different than this and love truth.
                                          • Luke 16:14-15
                                          • John 11:48
                                            • Develop humility.
                                            • Luke 14:7-11
                                            • John 4:1-3 – Jesus left, possibly to avoid conflict with the Pharisees.
                                            • John 7:31
                                            • Am I humble enough to learn from whoever might be able to teach me?
                                            • John 9:34
                                              • Be willing to change my mind.
                                              • Luke 6:10
                                              • John 9:16, 24; 10:20 – They didn’t know what they thought they knew!
                                              • Christians should be open-minded and learn.
                                              • My willingness to change my mind must exceed that of the scribes and Pharisees.
                                                • Study God’s word instead of blindly keeping tradition.
                                                • Mark 7:1-9
                                                • John 9:22
                                                • John 12:42
                                                • John 3:1-2; 7:50-52 – Nicodemus was willing to be open-minded.
                                                • We need to be honest and realize we might need to change.
                                                  • 30 min
                                                • Bible 101: God's Laws Through the Ages
                                                  Introduction
                                                  • The context of stop signs.
                                                  • Genesis 3
                                                  • 11 Things the Bible Bans, But You Do Anyway
                                                    • God’s laws through the ages
                                                    • Genesis 1: Laws for patriarchs
                                                      • Genesis 3:3; 6:14; 12
                                                      • Genesis 18:19 – This was intended for Abraham and his family.
                                                      • Exodus 20: Law of Moses for Israel (Old Covenant)
                                                        • Exodus 19:3-6
                                                        • Exodus 20:3-17
                                                        • Deuteronomy 5:3 – This covenant was between God and Israel.
                                                        • This law was limited in applicability and in duration (Jeremiah 31:31).
                                                        • Prophets: Laws for Gentiles
                                                          • Isaiah 13:1; 14:29; 15:1; 18:1; 19:1; 21:11, 13 – Messages for various particular nations.
                                                          • Period of transition: Jesus lived under the Old Covenant, taught the New Covenant
                                                            • Matthew 5:17-18
                                                            • Matthew 4:23
                                                            • Acts 2: Law of CHRIST for ALL (New Covenant)
                                                              • Hebrews 1:1
                                                              • Acts 2:36, 39
                                                              • Acts 10
                                                                • Acts 10:34 – New Covenant opened up to all Gentiles. All nations are now under the same law.
                                                                • John 12:48
                                                                • Romans 1:16
                                                                  • Study each passage in its context to determine its relevance.
                                                                  • Generally the New Testament is for us, the Old Testament is not.
                                                                    • But even that is an oversimplification.
                                                                    • Not everything in the Old Testament is irrelevant.
                                                                    • Not everything in the New Testament is an instruction for us.
                                                                      • Examples
                                                                      • Are we commanded to be vegetarians?
                                                                        • Genesis 1:29
                                                                        • Genesis 9:3
                                                                          • 47 min
                                                                        • The Four D's of Serving Jesus
                                                                          Introduction
                                                                          • Luke 9:23
                                                                            • Desire: “if anyone wishes to come after me”
                                                                            • John 6:58-59, 66-69 – Many did not want to follow Jesus because of what He said. He taught controversial things, but would not alter the message for His audience. Any time truth is taught, some will be offended.
                                                                            • Matthew 10:34-37 – Jesus wants to be first in our lives.
                                                                            • Deuteronomy 6:5
                                                                            • Matthew 22:37
                                                                            • Do I wish to follow Jesus?
                                                                              • Denial: “he must deny himself”
                                                                              • James 1:14-15, 26
                                                                              • James 2:21
                                                                              • James 3:2 – We must practice self-denial with our tongues.
                                                                              • James 3:14
                                                                              • James 4:10 – We must deny ourselves and be humble before God.
                                                                                • Duty: “and take up his cross daily”
                                                                                • Mark 8:31-37
                                                                                • This is something we’re doing on a daily basis in service to God.
                                                                                • Am I doing my duty?
                                                                                  • Discipleship: “and follow Me”
                                                                                  • Luke 18:21-23
                                                                                  • Luke 9:57-62 – We must not let excuses get in our way.
                                                                                  • John 10:27-28
                                                                                  • Am I following Jesus?
                                                                                    • 30 min
                                                                                  • Apologetics, Part 6: Practice
                                                                                    Introduction
                                                                                    • New Book: For This Scientist, Science Did Not Point to Atheism
                                                                                      • Intelligibility
                                                                                      • The founders of modern science assumed the intelligibility of nature.
                                                                                      • “They believed that nature had been designed by the mind of a rational God.”
                                                                                        • Contingency
                                                                                        • “They believed that God had many choices about how to make an orderly world.”
                                                                                          • The fallibility of human reasoning
                                                                                          • “early scientists accepted a biblical understanding of the power and limits of the human mind”
                                                                                            • The purpose of science

                                                                                            “O Thou who by the light of Nature movest in us the desire for the light of grace, so that by it thou mayest bring us over into the light of glory … be gracious and deign to bring about that these my demonstrations may be conducive to Thy glory and to the salvation of souls, and may in no way obstruct it.” – Johannes Kepler

                                                                                            Our purpose
                                                                                            • I Timothy 1:3-7
                                                                                              • Can it make a difference?
                                                                                              • I Timothy 1:13-17
                                                                                                • Tools for the toolbox
                                                                                                Spot the assertions
                                                                                                • ___ million / billion years ago …
                                                                                                • __ evolved from __
                                                                                                  • Spot the assumptions (i.e., unstated assertions)
                                                                                                  • Differentiate between conclusions and evidence
                                                                                                  • Popular science articles tend more toward conclusions
                                                                                                  • Peer-reviewed journal articles tend more toward evidence
                                                                                                  • Misrepresentations / strawman
                                                                                                    • Identify inconsistencies
                                                                                                    Common logical fallacies
                                                                                                    • Appeal to authority (“Science says,” “scientists say,” “evolutionists say”)
                                                                                                    • Ad hominem (a religious person must be biased, intellectual insult, moral critique)
                                                                                                    • Judging an idea by its supporters (crusades, “Christianity has resulted in more deaths than …”)
                                                                                                    • Equivocation – changing meaning of words but reasoning as though you didn’t (“evolution”)
                                                                                                    • Failure to equivocate (“works” in Romans 3, 4; Galatians 2; and James 2)
                                                                                                      • Stealing from God
                                                                                                      • Moral condemnation of the God of the Bible
                                                                                                      • Order in nature
                                                                                                      • Supernatural action – breaking the observed laws of nature
                                                                                                        • Humility
                                                                                                        • Acknowledge faults and our need for grace
                                                                                                        • Be okay with ignorance – you don’t have to know everything to believe anything
                                                                                                          • Leverage your frustration
                                                                                                          • Something is so wrong you can’t even find a hole in it?
                                                                                                          • Your internal system telling you to check your assumptions.
                                                                                                            • Spot the god of the gaps
                                                                                                            Recognize the limits of “science”
                                                                                                            Practice article
                                                                                                            • Materialism Matters: The Role of Philosophy in Science
                                                                                                              • What does God say about Himself?
                                                                                                              • John 14:6
                                                                                                              • John 11:25
                                                                                                                • 42 min
                                                                                                              • Apologetics, Part 5: Faith, Science, and Scripture
                                                                                                                Find the faith / find the assumptions
                                                                                                                • Give examples of something you think you know about the natural world.
                                                                                                                • How did you come to that knowledge?
                                                                                                                • Why do you have confidence in that knowledge?
                                                                                                                  • Does it require faith?
                                                                                                                  • Supernaturalism
                                                                                                                  • Naturalism
                                                                                                                  • Christianity
                                                                                                                  • Atheism
                                                                                                                  • Agnosticism
                                                                                                                  • Creationism
                                                                                                                  • Evolutionism
                                                                                                                  • Young earth
                                                                                                                  • Ancient earth
                                                                                                                    • Are science and religion mutually exclusive?
                                                                                                                    One scientist’s perspective on science and faith.
                                                                                                                    • Sir Isaac Newton – Principia Mathematica
                                                                                                                      • Relevance of scripture
                                                                                                                      What does God say about the opposition?
                                                                                                                      • Psalms 14:1-6
                                                                                                                      • Psalms 2:1-4
                                                                                                                      • Psalms 10:4-6, 11-14
                                                                                                                      • Isaiah 29:9-16
                                                                                                                      • Isaiah 45:7-12
                                                                                                                        • How ought we regard God?
                                                                                                                        • With praise – Psalm 148
                                                                                                                          • The natural world praises Him.
                                                                                                                          • The people of the earth, great and small should praise Him.
                                                                                                                          • With fear – Psalm 1:7
                                                                                                                            • It is the beginning of knowledge.
                                                                                                                              • 42 min

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