Student MIT

Winter 2010

Apologetics 2:
The Reason for God by: Timothy Keller
Led by T.J. Weaver
Location:  Room #304
Cost for book:  $15

Overview:  How do you ‘contend for the faith’ in our skeptical culture?  Tim Keller gives us the reasons for believing in our Almighty God and how to defend your faith in Him.  This class will strengthen your resolve and your love for God while equipping you to give a defense for Him.  You’ll enjoy understanding the ‘reasons for God’ for yourself and to share with your circle of influence.

Theology 2:
Christian Beliefs: Twenty basics every Christian should know
by: Wayne Grudem
Led by Randy Breedlove
Location:  Room #302
Cost for book: $9

Overview:  This guide to twenty key Christian beliefs is a condensed version of Grudem’s larger volume on systematic theology.  You will learn about the Bible,
characteristics of God, the purpose of the church, election, what will happen when Christ returns, angels/Satan and demons, and much more.  This class is a must for
every Christian serious about deepening their understanding of their faith.

Christian Worldview
Book:  Total Truth by: Nancy Pearcey
Led by Ben Robinson
Location:  Room #329 (Adult 3)
COst for book:  $15

Overview:  A Christian worldview is necessary for any person who wants to live a Christ-honoring life in a secular society.  This course will apply biblical truth to many areas of public life (law, education, business) that many in the culture consider ‘off limits’ to the church.  The benefit of cultivating a Christian worldview is that believers can know Jesus more intimately as Lord over every aspect of their lives.

Is God’s ultimate glory in creation ever really in danger of being lost?  Are there circumstances or choices that will result in God ultimately getting “less” glory as opposed to “more” glory at the final consummation of all things?  These are interesting questions to say the least, because the answers to these questions reveal Continue reading

Forgiveness can be a very difficult subject for many people.  God has made us to be relational beings, but because of sin, we have become very adept at hurting one another in the midst of our relationships.  And when we are hurt, forgiveness is not our natural response.  Our natural human tendency is to withdraw and retaliate when we have been injured by someone.  We also tend to think that to forgive someone Continue reading

This year’s men’s conference was excellent!  If you are a man who was unable to go, let me encourage you to get the CD and listen to all of brother Tom Ascol’s messages.  I promise that you will be greatly encouraged to press on in faithfulness to the Lord Jesus Christ in the face of Satanic opposition.  Here’s a short recap of what we learned from Tom this past weekend.

Christians have three great enemies: (1) their own sinful natures, (2) this wicked world-system, (3) Satan and his demons.  Satan uses Continue reading

I love the third stanza of the hymn “The Love of God.”  It says, “Could we with ink the ocean fill, and were the skies of parchment made, Were every stalk on earth a quill, and every man a scribe by trade, To write the Love of God above would drain the ocean dry.  Nor could the scroll contain the whole, though stretched from sky to sky. (Refrain) O Love of God, how rich and pure!  How measureless and strong!  It shall forevermore endure the Saints’ and Angels’ song.”

Rarely do we rightly capture the boundlessness of God’s love in this way anymore.  In our modern Christian sub-culture, we have reduced God’s love to a self-serving sentimentality that makes us the center of God’s universe and diminishes the reality of His holy transcendence.  In the end, we are self-assured of His love for us, but we have completely abandoned the force of its biblical meaning and expression.

It is that reality that I sought to bring us back to as I preached on the love of God this past Sunday.  In the hopes of inviting further meditation on the wonder of His love, I am going to reiterate some of those truths here this week. Continue reading