Session 4: The When, What, and How of the Human Soul


Session Overview

Session Assignments
Mosaic of Christian Belief, pp. 199-222
When was the soul created? Does God directly create each soul ex nihilo placing them in the human body or does He create the soul intermediately through the parents as He creates the physical part of man? If he creates the soul directly, when does He “insert” the soul? At conception? Birth? Or sometime in between? This session explores a subject that most Christians have never thought about in a significant and critical manner but has many implications on social issues such as abortion. In the end, the student should leave with a further understanding on how Gnosticism finds its way into Christianity affecting our most fundamental views about man.

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Course Video

Course Audio

Note: The video format contains many slides including graphs, tables, illustrations, and maps that are important for the comprehension of the concepts being taught. Because of this the video will always be the preferred method, but this course works well in either audio or video.