John Rankin teaches
1) The Love of
Hard Questions
Seminar; and 2)
The Only Genesis
Seminar. Contact
the TEI if you are
interested.
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The Love of Hard
Questions Seminar
is designed for
1 1/2 to 2 hours,
where up to half the
time is devoted to
answering questions
from the audience.
The most frequently
requested topics
include:
1. Islam.
2. Creation and
evolution.
3. Homosexuality,
the church and
public policy.
4. Neo-pagan or
new-age religion and
its challenge to the
church.
5. Feminism, the
church and public
policy.
6. Predestination
and choice.
7. Abortion, the
church and public
policy.
8. Spiritual
warfare, witchcraft
and politics.
9. Prayer and the
public schools.
10. Race and class.
The seminars usually
address two or three
topics, and are
posed in the form of
provocative
questions, where
skeptics will feel
as welcome as
Christians. Some
examples include:
"The Bible and the Qur'an
Side by Side."
"Many feminists ask:
Is the God of the
Bible a male
chauvinist?"
"Is same-sex marriage
good for the nation?"
"Do predestination
and choice go
together?"
"What are the days of
creation, and what
is the best way to
address the theory
of macroevolution?"
"Can anything good be
said about human
abortion?"
Topics and questions
are chosen according
to the priority of
the local church,
and may be honed in
a variety of
possibilities.
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The Only Genesis
Seminar covers
the content of
Volume 1 of First
the Gospel, Then
Politics..., and
can be taught in a
succinct 1-3 hour
format; or in a full
12-hour format. It
is also the same as
the first of the
eight TEI Classes (click
here):
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The all-defining
doctrines of
creation, sin and
redemption.
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The four
all-defining
subjects of God,
life, choice and
sex.
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The ten positive
assumptions of
Genesis 1-2: Only
Genesis has a
positive view of
God's nature,
communication,
human nature,
human freedom,
hard questions,
human sexuality,
science and the
scientific method,
verifiable
history,
covenantal law,
and unalienable
rights and the
First Amendment.
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The six pillars of
biblical power:
the power to give,
the power to live
in the light, the
power of informed
choice, the power
to love hard
questions, the
power to love
enemies, the power
to forgive.
This
seminar can also be
expanded to cover
Volume 2 and 3 of
First the Gospel,
Then Politics...,
addressing cultural
issues and spiritual
warfare.
