New Class Starting

January 14th, 2009 by

Last night from 7-9pm we had our first session of the Exploring Scripture class. This class is designed to give a guided tour through the entire Bible from Genesis to Revelation in eight weeks. The intention is to help people to not only discover the core truths of Christianity but also learn how to read the Scriptures on their own. Themes that will be covered include creation, the call of Abraham, the Davidic covenant, the kingdom of God, what happens after death, how to follow Jesus, and much more. Here is an outline of all the sessions:

  1    13-Jan    Tuesday 1    Vince Finnegan    Exploring Scripture  
  2    13-Jan    Tuesday 2    Sean Finnegan    The Bible is Inspired 
  3    18-Jan    Sunday    Vince Finnegan    How It All Began 
  4    20-Jan    Tuesday 1    Jason Benedict    Abraham 
  5    20-Jan    Tuesday 2    Sean Finnegan    The Exodus 
  6    25-Jan    Sunday    Vince Finnegan    The Law 
  7    27-Jan    Tuesday 1    Sean Finnegan    Entering the Land 
  8    27-Jan    Tuesday 2    John Cortright    David and Solomon 
  9    1-Feb    Sunday    Vince Finnegan    The Divided Kingdom 
  10    3-Feb    Tuesday 1    Thom Riley    The Prophets 
  11    3-Feb    Tuesday 2    Sean Finnegan    70 Year Exile 
  12    8-Feb    Sunday    Bill Yaconis    Return from Exile 
  13    10-Feb    Tuesday 1    Sean Finnegan    Between the Testaments 
  14    10-Feb    Tuesday 2    Richard Elton    Kingdom Preachers 
  15    15-Feb    Sunday    Vince Finnegan    The Teachings of Jesus 
  16    17-Feb    Tuesday 1    Richard Wilkinson    Death and Resurrection 
  17    17-Feb    Tuesday 2    Sean Finnegan    God and Jesus 
  18    22-Feb    Sunday    Vince Finnegan    Ascension and Return 
  19    24-Feb    Tuesday 1    Chuck Cumella    Christianity Goes Public 
  20    24-Feb    Tuesday 2    Sean Finnegan    Gentiles are Welcome 
  21    1-Mar    Sunday    Vince Finnegan    Holy Spirit 
  22    3-Mar    Tuesday 1    Chuck Cumella    Christianity 101 
  23    3-Mar    Tuesday 2    Sean Finnegan    Hold Fast 
  24    8-Mar    Sunday    John Cortright    Your Future 

We will be putting up the mp3s of this class each week. Click here to get the audio from the first class. Also, if you would like to attend this class remotely, we are offering live webcasting Tuesdays 7-9pm and Sundays 10:30am-12pm.

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5 Responses to “New Class Starting”

  1. on 24 Aug 2009 at 8:12 am1 Xavier

    don’t know if this is the right place for this post but here it goes:

    “Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am being tempted by God,” for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempts no one.” Jm 1.13

    The OT says YHWH tested men like Abraham [Gen 22] as well as the nation of Israel [Ex 16.4]. YHWH also took His only begotten Son to the desert to be “tempted” [Mat 4].

    What is the difference, if any, between “temptation” and “testing” in the Bible?

  2. on 24 Aug 2009 at 9:36 am2 Sean

    I think in Mat 4 the temptation is not from God but Satan

    perhaps temptation is in relation to sin and testing is in relation to being faithful?

    then of course there is the Lord’s prayer…daily requesting God to lead us not into temptation…

  3. on 24 Aug 2009 at 9:59 am3 Ray

    It seems to me that our faith is to be tested. It’s for our perfection,
    or our promotion. Satan seeks such opportunity to destroy us during such times. God allows it for our good.

    Temptation is something we ought not to want to be led into, but it’s also
    something we can not avoid. It’s also something we can escape from. If we can learn to turn our thoughts to Jesus in the midst of
    the temptation, looking unto him, though it be a struggle at times,
    we can learn how to overcome.

    A man can not look unto Jesus and the worldy things at the same time. One or the other will prevail. The power to prevail comes from
    Jesus. We must choose to make the heavenly connection. To become conditioned to doing that will build in us a strength of God.

    I’m certain that Abraham had to look to the promise of God when he
    prepared to offer up Isaac and walked up the hill. He had to do it
    when he clave the wood and brought the fire. He continued on and
    received the promise. He overcame and gave the place a name.

    Satan wants to lead us into temptation that we may fall. God is willing to lead us out of it that we may overcome.

  4. on 24 Aug 2009 at 7:24 pm4 Xavier

    Sean,

    my point regarding Mat 4 is that “Jesus was led up by the Spirit [God] into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil”, not that God [Spirit] Himself tempted him [cp. Mar 1.12; Lu 4.1].

    so we should pray to the Lord God not to test us via temptation?

  5. on 24 Aug 2009 at 7:28 pm5 Xavier

    PS: The Greek for tempted (peirazō) can also mean “test.” So it looks like the words translated as “test” and “temptation” are synonimous, i.e. powerful, strong, are they not?

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