The call to pastoral work is a call to lead the church to accomplish its work. Called people enter the ministry because they have sensed the hand of God in their lives and because they have heard the voice of God calling them to minister to his people. The ministry is not just a traditional […]
The call to pastoral work is a call to lead the church to accomplish its work. Called people enter the ministry because they have sensed the hand of God in their lives and because they have heard the voice of God calling them to minister to his people. The ministry is not just a traditional […]
Erna Oliver Department of Christian Spirituality, Church History and Missiology, University of South Africa, South Africa ABSTRACT Theology seemingly does not have a major impact on society anymore. However, Christianity did not only change and form the western world over the past 2000 thousand years, it still has a substantial role to play in society. […]
Everyone is busy these days, mostly to earn a living. However, many of them wish to study the Bible or theology, if some method were available to do so via distance-studies. ISDET (The International School for Distance Education in Theology) at www.ISDET.Com was established precisely to meet this demand. Here are the advantages of ISDET: […]
ISDET or the International Seminary for Distance Education in Theology was born out of a felt need for several things: The need for a free seminary The need for quality education The need for offering these programs via distance education The need for a seminary without walls Several scholars, Bible teachers, and people experienced in […]
Christian Apologetics Free Course 01 Introduction To Integrated Apologetics The word "apologetics" confuses many into thinking that it refers to some kind of apologizing. Actually this word is not derived from the English world "apology", but from the Greek word "apologia", which is a word referring to "making a defense". Apologetics is a general term, […]
Christian Apologetics Free Course 02 Presupposition and Classification In Apologetics In any field, whether science or theology, presuppositions are the basic and starting assumptions upon which the rest of the subject is built. At times presuppositions are axiomatic (self proven) in nature. No proof is needed for establishing axiomatic presuppositions. For example, if two rods […]
Christian Apologetics Free Course 03 Historical Apologetics Bible-believing Christians have recognized the perils befalling the Christian if the historical basis of this faith can be shown to be invalid. Consequently, for the last two centuries many thousands of brilliant scholars have devoted their entire lives to examine, clarify, and defend the historicity of the Biblical […]
Christian Apologetics Free Course 04 Reliability of the Canon History tells us that the attempt to find difficulties and contradictions in the Bible is thousands of years old. Over these millennia several thousand alleged difficulties have shaken many Bible-believing Christians, but the actual number of difficulties is far less than it at first appears. […]
Christian Apologetics Free Course 06 Preparation To Become An Apologist Christian apologists are increasingly facing complex and sophisticated attacks against the faith. Thus a good amount of preparation is needed and this lesson discusses the details of such preparation. Christian Apologetics Free Course 06, Lesson 01 Christian Apologetics Free Course 06, Lesson 02 Christian […]
Christian Apologetics Free Course 07 The Tools of Christian Apologetics Christian apologists are increasingly facing complex and sophisticated attacks against the faith. These attacks cannot be handled randomly. Rather, certain well-known tools of discussion, debate, and analysis are needed and we will introduce these tools in this course. This course gives an overview of […]
Christian Apologetics Free Course 11 Analyzing Errors of Interpretation The basic human tendency is to distort the word of God and that is true even among believers. This is due to the ever-present influence of the world, the flesh, and the devil. As a result, a good number of questions that come up against the […]
Christian Apologetics Free Course 12 Analyzing Bible Difficulties History tells us that the attempt to find difficulties and contradictions in the Bible is thousands of years old. Over these millennia several thousand alleged difficulties have shaken many Bible-believing Christians, but the actual number of difficulties is far less than it at first appears. Careful analysis […]
Christian Apologetics Free Course 04, Lesson 06 The Reliability Of The Canon The Evidence From Christ’s Use Of the Old Testament The way in Jesus Christ looked at the Old Testament provides additional insights into the question of inerrancy. Not surprisingly, our Lord used historical incidents in the Old Testament in a manner which […]
Christian Apologetics Free Course 04, Lesson 05 The Reliability Of The Canon The Extent of Biblical Inerrancy It is evident to anyone acquainted with the facts that the biblical text in our hands now is not without some problems. This is why, before going into the objections raised against the doctrine of inerrancy, we should […]
Christian Apologetics Free Course 04, Lesson 04 The Reliability Of The Canon The Inerrancy Of The Bible Right from the time of the Old Testament, believers have held that the Word of God is Inerrant. Inerrancy means that in producing the original manuscripts, the sacred authors were guided by Holy Spirit in such […]
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