Teaching for today

This first lecture looks at the role of rational argument in proclaiming and defending the Christian faith. Whilst the human mind is fallen, it is still possible to appeal to the conscience and use rational argument.

Lesslie Newbigin grew up in Northumberland, became a Christian at University and went on to become a missionary and Bishop in South India. He robustly defended salvation solely through Christ and Christianity as public truth.

This lecture examines the work of one of the foremost Christian thinkers of the twentieth century. Founder of L'Abri, Schaeffer wrote over 20 books on philosophy and theology. He provided a biblical critique of Western culture, teaching that the Bible is true for all of life.

Converted in the 1920s whilst Fellow and Tutor of Magdalen College, Oxford, C.S. Lewis became a powerful Christian apologist capable of speaking simply to people at every level. His best known works include Surprised by Joy, Mere Christianity, and The Narnia Chronicles.

School teacher then lecturer in the Education Department of Newcastle University, Raymond Johnston became the Director of Care Campaigns. He fervently believed that in a collapsing culture Christians must speak out for the truth.

In Christ, we are renewed and equipped for service. Christians, and the whole of creation, long for deliverance from slavery and corruption, eagerly awaiting the freedom promised.

Man is marred by sin and destined for a lost eternity without Christ. The fall has consequences not just for man but also for the created order.

This lecture considers man as both male and female and the complementary nature of the sexes.

Man as steward, entrusted with dominion over all the earth, is the subject of this lecture.

This lecture will explore the essential character of man created in the image of God.