Foundations
Matthew 7:24-25
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Foundations
A weekly class designed to help develop a firm foundation of Bible teachings and principles essential for a lasting and fruitful walk with Jesus Christ.
BEGINNING MARCH 23, 2024!
Location
We meet 9 am Saturdays at:
Damazo Amphitheater Centennial Complex
Loma Linda University
24760 Stewart Street
Loma Linda, CA 92354
Class Schedule
Can the Bible be Trusted?
God’s Promises and Prophesies
God of Love
God of Creation
God Our Savior
Lord of the Sabbath I
Lord of the Sabbath II
How did Jesus Pray?
Praying Persistently
Daring to Ask in Prayer
What is Faith?
Salvation by Grace Through Faith
How to Grow in Faith
How to Study the Bible
Why Suffering and Death?
March 23
March 30
April 6
April 13
April 20
April 27
May 4
May 11
May 18
May 25
June 1
June 8
June 15
June 22
June 29
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Inquire | Learn |
Can the Bible be Trusted? | Who wrote the Bible | When was it written and compiled | How was it copied and preserved | Old and New testament manuscripts | Original languages and translations | How archaeology and history confirm the reliability of the Bible text |
Has the Bible been altered or changed over time? Is it historically accurate and consistent with archeology? | |
God's Promises and Prophesies | Specific and detailed Bible predictions that were accurately fulfilled | Prophesies about the rise and fall of nations | Prophesies about the arrival and life of Jesus the Messiah | Bible texts that display knowledge beyond the understanding of the writer's time |
Does God mean what He says? Are the predictions made in the Bible accurate? | |
God of Love | What is God like? | What does he require? | God's character is consistent throughout the Bible | How Jesus revealed the character of God |
What does it mean that God is love? Can he be both loving and just at the same time? Is God's love consistent in both the Old and New Testaments? | |
God of Creation | Amazing facts about nature that reveal God's creative handiwork | How the universe is finely tuned to allow the existence of life | All God's creative power is available able to help and change us today |
Did God really create the earth? How does God being our Creator affect our relationship with Him? | |
God Our Savior | What it means to be saved | What we need to be saved from | How we are saved | What has God done, is doing, and will do to save us | How to experience and have assurance of salvation |
What is salvation? Why is this important? What is God's role in our salvation? | |
Lord of the Sabbath I | When and why was the Sabbath made | Who it was made for | What does the Sabbath teach us | What does it reveal about our Creator and Savior | What does it teach about community and social justice | How Jesus kept the Sabbath |
What is the Sabbath? What is its purpose? How did Jesus keep the Sabbath? | |
Lord of the Sabbath II | Has the Sabbath been abolished | Did Jesus change the Sabbath | Did Jesus break the Sabbath | Has the Sabbath been replaced with another day | What power in history sought to change the Sabbath |
Is the Sabbath still important for us today? | |
How did Jesus pray? | Examples of Jesus' prayer life | How, when and where Jesus' prayed | How Jesus' prayer life helps impact our own | What Jesus taought about prayer | Jesus' famous template for prayer |
How did Jesus pray? What did he teach about prayer? | |
Praying Persistently | Jesus teaching regarding persistence in prayer | If praying persistently shows a lack of faith | What do we learn by persistence and waiting in prayer | When we should refrain from praying about an issue |
Why does Jesus ask us to keep praying? Don't we just need to ask once? | |
Daring to Ask in Prayer | What types of things should we ask for in prayer | Powerful promises regarding answers to prayer | Why do we need to ask for the Holy Spirit | What it means to "pray in the Spirit" |
Can you ask for anything in prayer? What does the Bible say about what we should ask for? | |
What is Faith? | Bible stories that teach us about faith | Biblical faith is not blind faith | Faith is not wishful thinking | The object of faith is a person - ie, our faith is in God | God is worthy of our trust (faith) | God has given hundreds of promises on which to hang our faith | The difference between faith and presumption |
What exaclty is faith? Does the Bible teach blind faith? Why is faith important in how we connect with God? | |
Salvation by Grace Through Faith | The meaning of the phrase "Faith is credited to us as rigtheousness" | The relationship between grace and faith | The relationship between salvation and works | The relationship between salvation by grace and God's law | How our faith is revealed |
What does it mean that faith is credited to us as rigtheousness? Is is by faith or grace that we are saved? | |
How to Grow in Faith | Misconceptions about faith and the Christian life | How to grow in faith | The role of God's word and his promises | The gift of faith | Growing in faith and learning through trials |
How can I have a faith that "move mountains"? How can I increase my faith? | |
How to Study the Bible | The importance and benefits of personal Bible study | How to read the Bible | The role of the Holy Spirit | The role of other books, commentaries, different translations, etc. | The most important goal in Bible Study |
Why should I study the Bible? How should I study it? | |
Why Suffering and Death? | Why there is suffering and death | The origin of evil | Why God temporarily allows sin and evil | The spiritual battle beyond "flesh and blood" | The nature and issues involved in the great conflict | The resolution of the great controversay | The final and eternal end of evil, suffering and death |
If God is all powerful and loving, why does he allow injustice, suffering and death? Did God create evil? |
Foundations
Matthew 7:24-25
The purpose of this class is to lay a firm foundation of Bible teachings and principles that are essential for a lasting and fruitful Christian walk. For many attendees, this class will represent the first steps toward this foundation; for others it will serve as a refresher or confirmation of these principles. For everyone, the pervasive goal is that in all current and future building on the foundation, Jesus Christ will always be the chief cornerstone(Matthew 7:24-25; 1 Timothy 4:16; 2 Peter 3:18; 1 Corinthians 3:10; Ephesians 2:20).