God's Majesty in Education
Each semester, Providence Baptist Church offers a variety of Sunday School classes covering relevant topics, books and Scripture as applicable to the life of the believer and the church. Unlike some churches, our cross-generational adult classes are not segregated by age, college, career, marital status or sex but each consists of a diverse membership, allowing the young and the young-in-Christ alike to benefit from the collective knowledge of other members. The current topics being offered include:
Pilgrim's Progress – Leader: Mike Watson
Pilgrim’s Progress is an outstanding Christian work considering the struggles and triumphs in a truly Christian life. The book is as relevant today as it was in the 1570’s when it was first published. The book is written in two parts: The story of Christian, and the story of Christiana and her children. This class will cover two quarters and will focus on the life of sanctification by God as illustrated in the stories of Christian and Christiana.
Book Used: The Pilgrim's Progress - John Bunyan
Respectable Sins: Confronting the Sins We Tolerate – Leader: Randy Cox
Have Christians become so preoccupied with the major sins of our society that we have lost sight of our need to deal with our own more subtle sins? This is the question Jerry Bridges poses in his book Respectable Sins. In this study we will look at specific “acceptable” sins we tend to tolerate in ourselves such as jealousy, anger, pride, and un-thankfulness. We will review and apply Biblical directions for overcoming our subtle sins relying on our hope in the mercy of the Gospel and the grace of God.
Book Used: Respectable Sins - by Jerry Bridges
The Majesty of God – Leader: Warren Harper
This is the first quarter of the Majesty of God study. We will be following J.I. Packer’s Knowing God. This study will take an in depth look at who God is and how we should respond to God’s character. We will be studying the attributes or characteristics of God so that we may fully know and understand Him in context of our finite capacity to understand the infinite God.
Book Used: Knowing God by J.I. Packer
The Book of Jeremiah – Leader: Jim Moorehead
This class will be a Bible book class using weekly readings from the Book of Jeremiah. Jeremiah provides a study of the end of the Southern Kingdom of Judah and the resulting captivity by the Babylonians. The Book looks at God’s sovereign work in Jeremiah’s life and the stubbornness of man to respond to the Lord’s call for repentance. Jeremiah experiences and witnesses many atrocious acts yet he continues to serve faithfully as God’s prophet to His people.
Understanding the Bible
College and Young Singles – Leader: Dennon Clardy
In this book, respected teacher and scholar John Stott provides Christians with an essential grasp of the Bible's message in the context of its geographical, historical, and ancient Jewish religious settings. Stott enlarges our vision of Christ by revealing him as the focal point of the entire Bible. Stott answers the basic questions "Who wrote the Bible?" "What is its message?" "Why is it thought to be a holy book?" "How does one read and interpret it?" and places Jesus in the geographical, religious, and historical setting in which he came to earth.
Book Used: Understanding the Bible - Dr. John R.W. Stott
Doctrinal Classes
To provide our members a solid foundation on which to grow in the knowledge of our Saviour Jesus Christ, Providence offers a series of doctrinal courses, one of which is taught each term. In addition to a doctrinal course, other classes are taught each session as our education ministry is led to provide. A New Members class is also offered regularly to acquaint those interested in being a part of our body of believers with the Vision, doctrines and history of Providence Baptist Church.
- The Majesty of God (currently being offered)
- The Supremacy of Christ
- The Ministry of the Holy Spirit
- Church History: From Christ to Today
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