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Is God Guilt of Fraud (Formerly The Greatness of God: Examining God's CV)
As the series has progressed the concept that God is good and great must be reconciled with his commands to put entire cities to death. The question is then more aptly stated, “Is God Guilty of Fraud?” These lessons and videos are part of a series: Is God Guilty of Fraud (formerly, The Greatness of God) – Mark Lanier, A trial lawyer by trade, examines the truth of God’s greatness by examining His Curriculum Vitae (CV). In consecutive lessons, Mark uses God’s CV to understand who He is, what his greatness has to do with us, why God has done horrible things and allows evil, what is the truth about God’s greatness, does God’s CV indicate that he keeps his promises and does God’s CV include references that back up the claim to His greatness? In consecutive lessons, he uses God’s CV to understand who He is what his greatness has to do with us why God has done horrible things and allows evil what is the truth about God’s greatness whether God’s CV indicate that he keeps his promises does God’s CV include references that back up the claim to His greatness For the YouTube Playlist of this series, go here. For the podcast, go here.
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  • Church History

    CH21 Muhammad and Islam-Part 2

    Church History: Chapter 21 – Turning Points: Mohammad and Islam – Part 2 Although an initial and superficial glance can show Islam and Christianity having great similarities, there are numerous core belief differences. The core Christian truth that we are sinners saved by grace stands in direct opposition to the teaching of Islam; The Qur’an […]
  • Church History

    CH 22 Gregory the Great

    Church History: Chapter 22 – Gregory the Great Gregory the Great was one of the four “Doctors” of the early Latin Church. He was born in 540 A.D. in a well to do Christian family in Rome. He spent six years in Constantinople where he spent a great deal of time teaching and defending the […]
  • Church History

    CH23 Baptist History Part 1 and 2

    Church History: Chapter 23 – Baptist History – Part 1 and 2 Many associate the Baptist Church to the Anabaptist and Mennonite movement, which share the belief of “believer’s baptism”. The Free Church movement in England gave birth to a number of Christian expressions, and was to establish a faith and practice that was free […]
  • Life Group Greek

    LGG 00 – Introduction

    LGG 00 – Introduction to Greek According to Wikipedia there are 104 English translations of the full Bible. Over time the English language usage has changed just as did the Greek language. Translators must try to make the new translations relevant and are forced to choose between “formal equivalence”, which is word for word translation, […]
  • Life Group Greek

    LGG 01 – Vocabulary

    LGG 01 – Vocabulary One of the best ways to illustrate the difficulty on translating Greek into modern English is by considering several words as representative examples. Tetelestai, which is translated as “it is finished” and teleios, which is translated “perfect”, “mature”, or “full”, are investigated in the lesson this week. Key Words Translation, vocabulary, […]
  • Life Group Greek

    LGG 02 – Vocabulary Part 2

    Life Group Greek: Lesson 2 – Vocabulary The vocabulary word for this lesson is elpis, which can be translated hope or confident expectation. This is in contrast to the hope one has in a winning lottery ticket. There are 53 instances where this word is used in the New Testament. The Apostle Paul used the […]
  • Life Group Greek

    LGG 03 – Vocabulary Part 3

    Life Group Greek: Lesson 3 – Vocabulary The vocabulary words for this lesson are dikaios, which can be translated righteousness or justification; Hagios, or Holy; and, Pistis, which is translated as faith, or belief. Many of our English words are mixed from Germanic or Latin roots. In this case righteousness is from the Germanic root […]
  • Life Group Greek

    LGG 04 – Emphasis

  • Life Group Greek

    LGG 05 – Emphasis Part 2

    Life Group Greek: Lesson 5- Balancing In English, and particularly since the introduction of word processors, we have numerous ways of emphasizing our written words. We can use bold font, or underline word, or we can capitalize letters, or we can use punctuation. But the ancient Greek writers did not have these tools at their […]
  • Life Group Greek

    LGG 06 – Balaning (μέν, δέ)

    Life Group Greek: Lesson 6- Balancing Particles: A word expressing a mode of thought, considered either in isolation or in relation to another thought, or a mood of emotion. “Men” and “de”, are often used together as a contrast…on the one hand….and, on the other hand. There are many examples in the New Testament of […]
  • Life Group Greek

    LGG 07 – Vocabulary: Theological Language

    Life Group Greek: Lesson 7- Theological Language There are Greek words that held a common meaning in their day, but also could hold a more specific meaning for the Christian community. This lesson will discuss how this could affect the translation of: “diabolos” or slanderer; “Church (“Ekklesia”), “Apostle”; and, “Grace” (Charis). The dichotomy in usage, […]
  • Life Group Greek

    LGG 08 – Vocabulary: Theological Language

    Life Group Greek: Lesson 8- Theological Language Grace Grace can be translated a number of ways: Favor, as in favorable; or in doing one a favor; or benefit; or, thanks; or gift; or, grateful; or, gracious. Grace is not a ‘homonym’, but is simply one word with a wide range of meaning. ‘Anti’ is a […]

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