Complete Bible Framework

Historical biology. Structural differences between creation and evolution. Inside the Mosaic Law there is a passion to preserve the categories and structures God created. The differences between evolution as “fact” and evolution as theory. Continuity of being versus common design. Problems with mutation and other aspects of evolutionary theory.

The internal Church issue of interpreting Genesis. All reality is the result of God’s language. If you destroy language, you destroy thinking and are left with emotion. Your worldview is determined by your doctrine of language. Scripture shows that Jesus believed in a literal interpretation of Genesis.

The four major events of Genesis chapters one through eleven (Creation, Fall, Flood, Noahic covenant) make up the structure that supports the rest of the Bible. A summary of and key questions from those four events. Either a biblical worldview dominates in our soul or a pagan worldview will dominate. Intelligent unbelievers think in resistance to God's revelation. Evil, suffering, and death are normal for paganism, but not normal if one believes the Bible. All four major events are interlocked.

God reconstituted the Divine Institutions after the flood. Noah and his sons were nation builders, not just survivors of the flood. The oracle of Noah. The new Divine Institution: civil government. Guest speaker: Police Homicide Supervisor. Capital punishment. Questions and answers.

The pagan mind is deceived at the most basic levels, so it’s not surprising that it’s theories are in conflict with the Bible. The structure of man after the flood. The very way man sustains life, in the postdiluvian world, is through substitutionary death.

The nature of biblical covenants. The implications of covenant structure for the environment in which history is to take place. Nature is bounded by the Word of God. God is a trustworthy, covenant-keeping God. “Natural law” is a pagan substitute for the Word of God and His faithfulness.

The Noahic Covenant. The necessary preconditions to have a covenant. Why God enters into covenants. The four parts of a covenant. The rainbow is a physical analogy to the glory of God on His throne. Questions and answers.

The characteristics of biblical salvation. The flood of Noah as a picture of salvation. God perfectly discriminates.

The events of creation, the fall, and the flood shape the rest of the Bible. Arguments for a global flood. Five characteristics of the flood story that provide a picture of salvation. Questions and answers.

The historical nature of the Bible. You cannot have biblical faith without an inerrant Bible. The flood. In Scripture, you cannot have salvation without judgment. The three arguments that show the Bible clearly teaches a radical, global flood. Distinctive features of the antediluvian world. Questions and answers.

The pagan response to evil and suffering. The biblical response to evil and suffering. When you pray for the end of evil and suffering, you are praying for the end of history. Patterns of suffering. Suffering: the steps of the biblical coping strategy.

The effects of the fall of man on nature’s design. Everything produced by man is contaminated by the fall. Pagan strategies and the biblical strategy for coping with suffering and evil. Questions and answers.

Evil and man. In paganism, the universe is and will always be good and evil. The effects of sin on man’s body and spirit. The effects of sin on the Divine Institutions. How modern paganism addresses the problems sin creates. Questions and answers.

Guest speaker: today’s literary criticism, from the university to the public schools, reflects a pagan worldview. The biblical and the pagan views of evil. The intense antagonism toward Christianity betrays that, deep down, pagans know it’s true. Suffering. God has a rational and just answer for what He does, but does not see fit to always reveal that answer to man.

The fall of man. Comparing and contrasting the inspired biblical story of the fall of man with the uninspired pagan myths. In paganism, evil always exists in some form and is a corollary to existence. Paganism always denies personal responsibility. Questions and answers.

Paganism always blurs the distinctions of God, man, and nature. The limitations of man. The secret to life, happiness and meaning is not to be found in nature. Constants are located at the Creator level, not the creature level.

The Divine Institutions. Violating a Divine Institution means you are violating the structure of how God created us and there are consequences. Responsible labor. Marriage. Family. How nature glorifies God.

Distinctions between man and nature. The man-nature distinction separates biblical Christianity from paganism. God didn’t create man the way He created animals. Man’s spirit and the image of God. Features of man that are analogous to features of God. Questions and answers.

The doctrine of man. God is dependent on nothing outside of Himself. The man-nature distinction. The Word of God is the only key authority for the interpretation of all reality. The unique design of man. Man is an image of God in both body and spirit. Man’s body was created with the incarnation of Jesus Christ in mind. Through his body, man rules nature. Questions and answers.

The attributes of God (continued). Holiness. The central weakness in atheism is that no non-Christian can come up with values that are transcendent. God is the standard! Something is right because God says it is right. Love. God’s love is never contingent! Omniscience. Idols are “safe gods” because they are made by man and are comprehensible. Questions and answers.