Sinopsis
Biblical teaching to help you be a Christian influence in a secular world.
Episodios
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Libertarianism
30/10/1995 Duración: 01h07minThe twentieth Century has highly prized human freedom. Totalitarian state control in the former Communist countries has been seen to collapse. Is there now a moral danger from the political right where some advocate freedom unfettered by morality?
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God of Praise
28/11/1994 Duración: 01h19min"Yet you are enthroned as the Holy One; you are the praise of Israel." (Psalm 22:3)"Let everything that has breath praise the Lord. Praise the Lord." (Psalm 150:6)
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God of Promise
21/11/1994 Duración: 01h25min"I will also appoint him my first-born, the most exalted of the kings of the earth. I will maintain my love to him for ever, and my covenant with him will never fail." (Psalm 89:27-28)"He will be clothed with majesty and will sit and rule on his throne. And he will be a priest on his throne. And there will be harmony between the two." (Zechariah 6:13)
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God of History
14/11/1994 Duración: 01h28min"With my great power and outstretched arm I made the earth and its people and the animals that are on it, and I give it to anyone I please." (Jeremiah 27:5)"His dominion is an eternal dominion; his kingdom endures from generation to generation. All the peoples of the earth are regarded as nothing. He does as he pleases with the powers of heaven and the peoples of the earth. No-one can hold back his hand or say to him: 'What have you done?'" (Daniel 4:34-35)
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God of the Covenant
07/11/1994 Duración: 01h29min"I will establish my covenant as an everlasting covenant between me and your descendants after you for the generations to come, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you." (Genesis 17:7)"Because of this oath, Jesus has become the guarantee of a better covenant." (Hebrews 7:22)
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God of Creation
31/10/1994 Duración: 01h25min"In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth." (Genesis 1:1)"By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God's command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible." (Hebrews 11:3)
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The biblical framework for the family
13/11/1993 Duración: 01h08minRanald Macaulay introduces this mini-series by looking at the biblical foundations of the family. He also asks how Christians should seek to share their view of the family with others.
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Biblical hermeneutics
19/06/1993 Duración: 01h04minHermeneutics is concerned with how we read and understand the Bible. In the last lecture of the series, Professor Mackay challenges us to be objective in our interpretation of scripture.
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Bible text & translation
19/06/1993 Duración: 53minHow similar is the text we read in our Bibles to that of the original documents? Which of the many available 'texts' should Bibles be translated from, and how should they be translated? John Mackay carefully answers these important questions.
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The Old & New Testament canon
19/06/1993 Duración: 51minProfessor Mackay talks about how and why the 39 books of the Old Testament and 27 books of the New Testament are in our Bible today. Including why certain books, such as those in the Apocrypha, should not be regarded as the Word of God.
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William Carey
09/11/1992 Duración: 01h16minWilliam Carey as the "Father of Modern Missions" started the movement, under God, which was to make Christianity a truly global faith. His wide concept of mission embraced preaching, social, educational and translation work.
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William Wilberforce
02/11/1992 Duración: 01h22minWilliam Wilberforce is chiefly remembered as the reformer who campaigned for the abolition of the slave trade. He was at the heart of British politics for over forty years during the inflammatory times of the French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars.
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Lord Shaftesbury
26/10/1992 Duración: 01h25minLord Shaftesbury had a profound contribution to social reform. He spearheaded countless campaigns to care for the mentally ill, to reduce working hours in factories and to stop children being sent down mines.
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Charles Simeon
12/10/1992 Duración: 01h12minAs a minister of Holy Trinity Church, Cambridge, for 54 years Charles Simeon influenced a whole generation of Christian leaders. It has been said that his influence on the nation and the Church of England is incalculable.
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John and Charles Wesley
05/10/1992 Duración: 01h18minThe Wesleys were both tireless preachers of the gospel, mightily used in the Eighteenth Century revival. Charles is best known for his remarkable work as a Christian hymn writer. In his estimated 250,000 miles on horseback John was to establish a national network of methodist societies to follow-up new converts to Christianity.
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The political implications
09/05/1992 Duración: 01h32minAs a conclusion to the series, John Mackay assesses the application of biblical law to politics today. At the end of the lecture Prof. Mackay answers of questions about the series as a whole.
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The law in the New Testament
09/05/1992 Duración: 01h09minHow does the coming of Christ and the completion of His work effect the relevance and function of the Law in the New Testament? This lecture, among other things, looks at how Jesus himself and the Apostle Paul regarded the Law.