Family Studies
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Answering objections: ‘Appealing to God is circular reasoning’
In this family study, Pastor John Mergy and the class discusses answers to yet another possible objection to the Christian faith: “Appealing to God as an ultimate authority is circular reasoning.”
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Answering objections: ‘The Bible is unclear’
How should Christians respond when someone claims that the Bible is unclear? Our family study works through some ways to answer and engage the questioner in a back-and-forth conversation.
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Answering Objections to the Faith Pt. 2
Pastor Nate and the folks at Trinity at our family study continue answering common objections to the faith. This week: “The Bible is unreliable.”
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Answering Objections to the Faith
Pastor Nate turns the tables on our family study by having all of the attendees answer common objections to the faith.
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Slavery and the Gospel
“Why does the Old Testament condone slavery?” Before answering that question, we Christians need to define the terms as the Bible does. Then we can clearly state what was evil about slavery in the United States and describe how slavery operated in Biblical times.
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Genocide and the Gospel
Does the Bible condone genocide? How should faithful Christians respond when critics of the Bible say the complete destruction of pagan cities of the Promised Land by Joshua and the Israelites prove that God is unjust? Listen as Pastor Nate Harlan works through these passages.
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The Euthyphro dilemma
In this family study, Pastor Nate Harlan addresses the ancient Euthyphro dilemma, which could be stated as: “Is what is morally good commanded by God because it is morally good, or is it morally good because it is commanded by God?”
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More on Great Villains
The attendees of the Trinity family study continue its discussion about good and evil and how good authors create great villains. Pastor Nate Harlan leads the lesson.
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Good Authors Create Great Villains
Why would an omnipotent, omnibenevolent and omniscient God allow evil? But we all realize that a good author always creates a great villain. Without a great villain, we will not have a good story. Join Pastor Nate Harlan as we discuss what is called theodicy.
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The Problem of Evil
We’ve studied truth and beauty, so now we turn to goodness. Does the existence of evil make the existence of God impossible? Quite the opposite, for without God we could have no concept of evil. Listen in to our study led by Pastor Nate Harlan.