Adult Education Opportunities
Sunday Bible Study Classes
It’s Personal
A Three-week Adult Education Series beginning March 14
Sundays 9:45 – 10:45 am
The Inn at Bethlehem
This series is directed to men and women who desire a personal
connection with God, but who have genuine questions, doubts, and concerns
– or for those of us who know others who have genuine questions, doubts and
concerns. Most adults don’t become followers of Christ by getting all their
questions answered. In most instances, something happens that shrinks those
questions – that makes them less significant. And that something is always
personal. You don't have to understand everything to believe.
It's Personal, Part One - A New Approach
Christianity can seem like a big puzzle. There are parts of
it that we have put together, but for the most part it is a collection of
pieces that we are still trying to figure out. And in our attempt to piece
it together we sometimes get so focused on how one particular piece fits,
that we lose sight of the big picture. In this session we'll discuss some
of the pieces that don't seem to fit and how to deal with them.
It's Personal, Part Two - Coming To Terms
Four thousand years ago people followed their superstitions
hoping that a god or gods would bless their crops and preserve their tribes.
Into this confusion stepped God. And the first move he made was not to hand
down a bunch of laws or to answer all of humanity's theological objections.
No, the first move he made was something different, and it tells us a lot
about who God is and what it means to follow him.
It's Personal, Part Three - A Better Question
Those who resist Christianity often do so because they have many unanswered
questions. But when considering Christianity there is one question that trumps
all the others. It doesn’t answer the others, but it does put them into perspective.
In this session we'll discuss how an influential man was transformed by this
very question.
Islam
Taught by Pastor Haak, the new class on Islam begins April
18. If you Google “Islam will” it will conclude, “dominate the world.” So
how do they believe they will dominate the world? The article concludes:
Most likely by force! If the people do not embrace Islam and implement the
Sharee’ah on their own accord, it becomes an obligation upon the Muslims
to fight and implement Islam. In countries such as Britain and America, their
people have clearly rejected to embrace Islam and will never choose to live
by the Sharee’ah. Therefore, the only two ways in which these countries can
become under the domain of Islam is by the last two options, a group of Muslims
rise and overthrow the government, or an Islamic state is established elsewhere
and comes to conquer these nations.