What is theology and why should we study it? What if I told you that theology is relevant to everyone? Listen to this episode to find out more! This is the first class in a five week Christian education class called Theo 100, an introduction to Christian Theology. In this episode we talk about what theology is, why it’s relevant to you, and what the sources for theology are. Link to lesson PowerPoint Click here to view all the lesson […]

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Are the Bibles we have today the same as the ones that were written long ago? Can we rely on those texts to be what they say they are? This is the second class in a five week Christian education class called Theo 100, an introduction to Christian Theology. In this episode we talk about how the Christian Bible came together, how the books of the Bible were chosen, and whether the copies we have today are reliable. Link to […]

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Protestants know that Roman Catholics have a section in their bibles called “The Apocrypha.” What is that and what are Christians to make of it? Pastor Tim LeCroy discusses the different kinds of texts that are commonly included under the term Apocrypha and discusses from history how the Church has thought about these texts. Outline I. Athanasius’s Easter Letter of 367 lays out how we are to think of the Apocryphya II. The four categories of the Apocrypha 1. Deuterocanonical […]

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Does the study of Theology start with the Bible? Or do we have to reckon with more fundamental principles? This is the third class in a five week Christian education class called Theo 100, an introduction to Christian Theology. This week we talk about the fundamental building blocks of our faith, our First Principles. Here we discuss how we approach theology if belief in God and the Bible is not something we take for granted, or have doubts in. Link […]

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Building on our first principles, we learn what the Bible teaches us about God and creation. This is the fourth class in a five week Christian education class called Theo 100, an introduction to Christian Theology. This week we see that the Bible reveals what we are to know about God and his creation. 1. God is eternal, Triune, omnipotent, omnipresent, and omnibenevolent 2. God created everything that exists, and his creation is good 3. We were created to work […]

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In the last lesson in our series, we move to the Fall of humanity and Redemption. This is the final class in a five week Christian education class called Theo 100, an introduction to Christian Theology. This week we learn how evil, pain, and sorrow came into the world and what God is going to do about it. We cover: 1. The source of evil in the world from the rebellion of Adam and Eve 2. The judgment of God […]

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Lesson one of our Bible 101 class from New Life University entitled “The Greatest Story Ever Told: An Overview of the Entire Story of the Bible. Please like, follow, or subscribe to our New Life University podcast feed on Apple, Spotify, or Amazon. Lesson PowerPoint If you would like to earn a certificate from New Life U, please leave a comment and we’ll get information to you. This lesson was given at New Life Presbyterian Church in Ithaca, NY. Come […]

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