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David Hegg on Starting The Theology Program in Your Church

C Michael Patton — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 19:37:12 +0000

David Hegg, Pastor of and Grace Baptist Church in blogger at HeggThought encourages other churches to use The Theology Program in their church.

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Ed Applegate on Starting The Theology Program in Your Church

C Michael Patton — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 07:45:32 +0000

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Quick Video about The Theology Program

C Michael Patton — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 20:22:19 +0000

C. Michael Patton, founder of The Theology Program and Credo House Ministries discusses the critically acclaimed Theology Program. Take your church, small group, co-workers or family through what J.P. Moreland calls the best apologetics and theological training curriculum available for those outside of a seminary.

Start Today: http://store.reclaimingthemind.org/SearchResults.asp?Cat=21

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Black Friday 26-hour Sale CONCLUDED!

Tim Kimberley — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 13:01:10 +0000

The Black Friday sale exceeded all we had hoped! We are so excited for people all over the world to receive this training over the next few days.

For one day out of the entire year the critically acclaimed Theology Program is only $249. 65% off of the regular price. This is a great opportunity to equip yourself and others for the work of the ministry. Please Click Here for this great deal.

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Online School of Theology: Starts Sept. 12th!

Tim Kimberley — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 15:53:08 +0000

Have you always wanted to learn more about your faith? For whatever reason you haven’t been led to a traditional Seminary but you still want “meat and potatoes” training. Our 10-week School of Theology is designed just for you! Really, YOU can take a seminary class this Fall! It won’t kill your budget. You won’t have to quit your job and sell your house. Our next class: Introduction to Theology begins Monday nights from 8:15-9:00pm CST starting September 12th, 2011. Register Today

Quick Facts: 10-week Study
When: Starting September 12th
Course Cost (option 1): $219 for Tuition; 10 DVD’s, class bound Workbook, program text books (Grudem, Systematic Theology and Olson Mosaic of Christian Belief)
Course Cost (option 2): $189 for Tuition; 10 DVD’s, class bound Workbook
Course Cost (option 3): $100 for Tuition, watch videos online (or on iPhone/Touch/Pad), PDF Workbook.

School of Theology Entails:

All students meet together Monday nights for a LIVE online classroom experience taught by C. Michael Patton, Th.M. (8:15-9pm CST Online).
Students are required to do textbook reading, assignments and quizzes for the week.
Students are tested twice during the ten week semester to help ensure learning.
Students who successfully complete The Theology Program earn a Certificate which is accepted toward advance standing at many Bible Colleges and Seminaries.
Live online classroom located here: www.reclaimingthemind.org/classroom

We would love to have you be part of the Fall 2011 School of Theology Classes.

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Introducing The Theology App!

C Michael Patton — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 15:48:06 +0000

The app is currently available for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. The Android version is in development with a planned summer release.

60 Hours of Theological Training Now Available in One APP for just $6.99!

Yes, you heard it correctly. We’re putting more than $699 worth of theological training into one app for 1% of the regular price!

The Theology Program has been used in more than 1,000 churches. We’re now excited to see this training utilized in coffee shops, living rooms and ahem… offices all over the world

The App Includes:

1. All 60 Video sessions covering our 6 courses (Introduction to Theology; Bibliology & Hermeneutics; Trinitarianism; Soteriology; Humanity & Sin; Ecclesiology & Eschatology)

2. More than 2,000 powerpoint slides that can be flipped through while watching the videos.

3. All 6 Workbooks. More than 1,200 pages of workbooks that can be flipped through while also watching the videos and slides.

4. A "More" section with updating articles that add to your learning experience.

To start using The Theology App on your iPod, iPhone or iPad please Click Here

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Now Enrolling: School of Theology

C Michael Patton — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 19:46:26 +0000

Have you always wanted to learn more about your faith? For whatever reason you haven’t been led to a traditional Bible College or Seminary but you still want “meat and potatoes” training. Our 10-week School of Theology is designed just for you. Our next two classes: Introduction to Theology and Humanity & Sin begin Tuesday nights starting January 25th, 2011. Register Today

Quick Facts: 10-week Study
When: Starting January 25th
Cost: $189 for Tuition, 10 DVD’s and Workbook

School of Theology Entails:

Every student, at your own convenience, watches a 1-hour DVD lecture each week. Students generally take notes during the lecture in their course workbook.
All students meet together Tuesday nights for a LIVE classroom experience with C. Michael Patton, Th.M. (6-6:45pm CST for Intro; 7-7:45pm CST for Humanity & Sin). Students will either meet in our live online classroom environment or in person at the Credo House in Edmond, OK. The Objective for the 45 minute session is to discuss with Michael and fellow classmates the topic of the week.
Students are required to do any textbook reading, assignments and quizzes for the week.
Learning happens best in community, in addition to our Tuesday night meetings students must post once-a-week on our private class Facebook Group. It’s natural, as we learn great truths about God many of us will become great friends.
Students are tested twice during the ten week semester to help ensure learning.
Students who successfully complete The Theology Program earn a Certificate which is accepted toward advance standing at many Bible Colleges and Seminaries.

We would love to have you join the Spring 2011 School of Theology Enrollment.

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HOLIDAY SALE! Entire Theology Program Just $349! (50% off)

Tim Kimberley — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 18:49:37 +0000

Get all 60 DVD’s & 6 Workbooks for yourself or give this deeply meaningful gift to a loved one this Christmas!

Let C. Michael Patton, Th.M. and Rhome Dyck, Th.M. take you through a comprehensive study of Christian belief. It is like seminary for everyone!

Package includes:
Course #1 – Introduction to Theology : laying the crucial ideas for the entire program
Course #2 – Bibliology & Hermeneutics : how we got the Bible and how it is to be read
Course #3 – Trinitarianism : a study of the attributes of God
Course #4 – Humanity & Sin : understanding the purpose, nature, and fall of man
Course #5 – Soteriology : doctrine of salvation
Course #6 – Ecclesiology & Eschatology : doctrine of the church and end times

Each course consists of 10 1-hour DVD’s. Each workbook is full of charts, activities, graphs and discussion questions. Perfect for your small group, Sunday school, friends, and family.

Price:
$349.00 (includes 60 DVD’s and 6 Workbooks) more than 50% off the cover price

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Of Glenn Beck and Beards

Rob Bowman — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 03:57:39 +0000

Last week I blogged here about the recent controversy over evangelical views of TV political commentator and culture warrior Glenn Beck, who is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the Mormons). The issue there was whether and in what sense one might speak of a Mormon such as Beck as a “Christian.” As something of a follow-up to that piece—this time approaching the subject from a somewhat different angle—I would like to comment here on some particularly interesting remarks about the unbiblical theology of Beck’s religion.

The remarks come from James L. Garlow in a guest column at One News Now, an evangelical Internet news outlet. Garlow, a Methodist pastor, author, and activist who sees himself as an advocate for the healing theology of the late John Wimber, came to national prominence earlier this year when Newt Gingrich named him to chair the nonprofit Renewing American Leadership. In his column defending his association with Beck and his “Restoring Honor” rally, Garlow offered the following argument:

Let me ask you a question. Is your theology “off” at all? Even one percent? Only the most arrogant would say, “Oh, my theological understanding is 100% perfect.” No, we all keep growing. God’s Word does not change. God’s truth does not change. But we grow in our understanding of spiritual, biblical truths.
I suspect my theology is off by 1% or 4% or 7%. And, I have news for you: yours is too.
Here is my question: if your theology is off slightly, but you still trust exclusively in Jesus Christ’s death on the cross for your salvation, and in his resurrection, are you still saved? Going to heaven? Yes.
How far off might your theology be – and yet still trust exclusively in Jesus Christ’s death on the cross for your salvation, and believe in his resurrection – and still be saved? Is it 10% or 15% or 20%? Or what?
My point is this: all of us are missing part of God’s full truth. He knows all truth. I don’t. I am striving to understand all truth, but it is a journey of maturing in the understanding of God’s Word.
Someone might truly trust in Jesus Christ’s death on the cross for one’s salvation and believe in Jesus as Lord as demonstrated by the resurrection, yet be lacking in many points of doctrine.

This sounds like a plausible objection to thinking that if someone adheres to a heretical theology, such as Mormonism, that theology would not impede a saving faith relationship with Christ. Unfortunately, the argument is quite fallacious. The specific fallacy on exhibit here is popularly known as the fallacy of the beard. It gets its name from the conundrum that it is impossible to specify how many hairs must be on a man’s face before one may conclude definitively that he has a beard. How unshaven may a man’s face be and still not have a beard? Is it 10% or 15% or 20%? How long must the facial hair be before it’s a beard: 1/32 of an inch? 1/16? 1/4? No one can say. Does this mean, then, that we can never assert truthfully that a particular man has a beard? Of course not. When A. J. Jacobs grew his beard as part of his experiment recounted in The Year of Living Biblically, there was not some arbitrary point of time before which he did not have a beard and after which he did have a beard. Yet eventually there was no denying that he had a beard!

Likewise, we may admit that it is impossible to specify some mathematical measure of false doctrine, such that anyone accepting a greater degree of false doctrine cannot be saved. This admission, however, in no way entails the conclusion that a person can believe practically anything and still be saved. Such an argument is an instance of the fallacy of the beard. Underlying the fallacy is the assumption that what marks a person as spiritually lost is a certain amount of false doctrine. That isn’t the case. Heresy, like beardedness, is a qualitative matter, not a quantitative matter. It isn’t the number of erroneous doctrinal assertions to which one holds that constitutes heresy; it’s the nature of those erroneous doctrinal beliefs and of the whole belief system of which they are parts that results in heresy.

The relevance of understanding this particular fallacy for thinking about a contemporary controversial issue like the faith of Glenn Beck illustrates the great need of the church today for critical thinking skills and a deep, sound understanding of the principles of logic. I am very pleased and privileged to have the opportunity, starting tomorrow night, to teach an eight-week online elective course for the fall 2010 semester of The Theology Program on the subject of Critical Thinking. The course will not be a formal academic course on logic per se, although it will cover some fundamentals of logic. Rather, it will be an orientation to the subject of critical thinking that will include introductory (but not superficial) material regarding logic and the major methods of reasoning. Here are just some of the things we will be discussing in this course:

Does the Bible discourage critical thinking or the use of logic? What about such texts as Proverbs 3:5-6 or Colossians 2:8?
What exactly is critical thinking? Is it a covert form of relativism, always questioning everything and never arriving at settled conclusions?
How do we identify and analyze real arguments “in the wild” of books, articles, and other media, as distinguished from simplistic textbook examples of arguments?
What are legitimate, reasonable ways to challenge someone’s argument? How can we tell if a criticism of an argument is relevant or not?
What are the values and limitations of deductive and inductive kinds of reasoning?
What is “inference to the best explanation” and why is it so popular in evangelical apologetics?
Logicians have identified a plethora of fallacies; how can we get a handle on this subject so we don’t get lost in a maze of technical terms (in Latin!) for all those fallacies?
Are fallacies always poor reasoning, or can some fallacies be legitimate ways of reasoning in some contexts?
How can we develop our Christian minds to be skilled in critical thinking without becoming hypercritical, fault-finding nitpickers?

Those who take this course will have access to some excellent Christian writing on subjects relating to critical thinking as well as the opportunity to work through some exercises to hone their skills in this area. The principles and methods studied in the course will be illustrated using examples from apologetics, theology, biblical studies, and ethics. I hope you’ll join me!Similar Posts:

Will Your Faith Grow this Fall?

Tim Kimberley — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 22:06:51 +0000

Do you wish you could be heading to seminary this Fall? Let’s face it, God will not lead most people to seminary. What if you could still get great theological training right from your home?

The Theology Program was designed just for you. Learn from passionate theological teachers while interacting with fellow students. Each week you will participate in a seminary-level lecture and then come together LIVE online for discussion with your professors and fellow students.

We have had thousands go through The Theology Program. It is for you. The teaching is not watered down, but it is accessible. Our goal is for you to learn the great truths about our God, as you engage your heart as well as your mind. We invite you to join The Theology Program today!

We’re offering 4 courses this Fall. Tuesday nights we’ll be offering: Introduction to Theology; Bibliology and Hermeneutics (study of the Bible and it’s interpretation); and Soteriology (the study of salvation). We’re excited to be offering, for the first time, a course over the lunch hour! We’ll be studying Trinitarianism (study of the Trinity) over lunch every Tuesday. All our courses kick-off Tuesday, September 14th.

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Discipleship Program

Elective: Critical Thinking

Want to have a great time this Fall while also growing in your walk with Christ? We’re kicking off a brand new class called The Discipleship Program. It’s a 10-week Bible study on Wednesday nights which covers the foundational beliefs and practices of a growing disciple of Jesus. The study time will be from 7-7:45pm CST. The program kicks-off in just a few weeks on Sept. 15th. You’ll love the LIVE online classroom where you can chat with others and participate by asking questions and commenting each week. Space is limited so please register today. The cost for the entire program is $25 per person.

Learn more and Register Here Today

Join Robert Bowman this Fall as he takes you through issues in critical thinking in 8 weeks. You can expect a clearer understanding of what logical fallacies entail, common mistakes people make when presenting arguments, and how to avoid these mistakes yourself.

Rob is a well know apologist and author of several books. His teaching approach is thorough and informative yet tangible.

To get the gears turning in your head enroll now.

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