.......O Daniel, I have now come forth to give you skill to understand. Daniel 9: 22

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Part 2

We have been able to share many resources with those that attend the BCN church as well as with others. Some of these resources include:
------ “More than a Carpenter” by Josh McDowell. Josh was a skeptic and thought Christians were out of their minds. Then he researched the claims of Jesus Christ with the purpose of disproving them, but he discovered that the evidence suggested exactly the opposite…..that Jesus truly was the God that he claimed to be.
----- “Calvary Chapel Distinctives” by Pastor Chuck Smith. Pastor Chuck explains how Calvary Chapel is different than other Christian churches, although there are many similarities. One such distinctive is the balanced emphasis on teaching the Word of God with an open heart to the work of the Holy Spirit. Another distinctive is teaching the Word verse by verse, chapter by chapter style of teaching the Word within its context.
----- “Hell’s best kept Secret” by Ray Comfort and Kirk Cameron. A teaching DVD where Ray and Kirk discuss the reasons why modern evangelism produces an 80-90% “fall-away rate” from people who accept Christ. Ray and Kirk then detail the Biblical approach to evangelism and the “Way of the Master”. I presented this during a recent evangelism class here at BCN.
----- “The Philosophy of Ministry of Calvary Chapel” by Pastor Chuck Smith. An edited transcription from a message Pastor Chuck gave to leadership at one of the Calvary Chapels. Similar to the “Distinctives” book, but condensed and focuses more on the role and function of the church.
----- “The story of William Carey” who was a missionary to India
----- “The story of Hudson Taylor” who was a missionary to China
----- “Lost Boy” a documentary about Greg Laurie
----- “In the Blink of an eye” about the rapture
----- “Fire Proof” evangelical in nature using the topic of marriage
----- “Facing the Giants” evangelical in nature using the topic of never giving up
----- “Luther” a movie discussing the history of Martin Luther
----- “The Darwin Dilemma” revealing some of the issues in the teachings of Darwin concerning evolution. Specifically talks about the “Cambrian explosion” where life was shown not to slowly evolve, but shows a variety of complex life all appearing at once in time.
----- “Be a man” DVD conference where Pastor Ken Graves discusses “The Man” of Jesus Christ. He is man’s perfect role model and men should be looking to me more like Him, not focusing on man-made systems of self improvement.
----- “Case for Christ”, “Case for a Creation” and “Case for Faith” by Lee Strobel has developed three separate documentary style DVDs (also books). As a journalist and former atheist, Lee investigates the toughest objections to Christianity. While out to prove Christianity wrong, he discovers that Christ is the Son of God and submits to Christ as his Lord and Savior.
I’ve also been studying various resources including:
----- “The Emerging Church” by Charlie Campbell. A great DVD of CC Worldview Conference where Charlie explains the false teaching in the emerging church on topics such as: the gospel, the virgin birth, the Trinity, homosexuality and prayer.
----- “Darwin was Wrong” recorded at CC Costa Mesa. A variety of Ph.D. scientist discuss why Darwin was wrong on virtually every major topic he addressed. Some of the topics are: natural selection, geology, fossil records and the Tree of life. I showed the topic “the complexity of life” at last week’s men’s group and will be showing Pastor Chuck Smith’s discussion of “Darwin was wrong about God” this week.

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