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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