Plenary and Workshop Session CDs & Tapes
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| Rev. G. Richard Fisher |
Dr. Gary E. Gilley | Dr. Paul L. Maier |
Dr. Ron Rhodes | Rev. Jay Wegter | Dr. Donald S. Whitney |
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Plenary Session Leaders and Titles:
• G. Richard Fisher
• Why Are So Many
Deceived? Understanding What Deception Is
(Tape or CD #0801)
• Staying
Motivated – How to Keep From Running Out of Gas
(Tape or CD #0823)
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Gary E. Gilley
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The Radical Sufficiency of
the Word of God for the Church Today
(Tape or CD #0807)
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Paul L. Maier
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Christianity and the Competition
(Tape or CD #0817)
•
Ron Rhodes
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Unity on the Essentials, Liberty on the Nonessentials, Charity in All
Things (Tape or CD #0812)
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Jay Wegter
• The Power
of Biblical Worldview in Today’s Evangelism
(Tape or CD #0818)
• Donald S.
Whitney
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Postmodern Spirituality
(Tape or CD #0806)
Workshop
Session Leaders and Titles:
Rev. G. Richard Fisher
• The Subtle Error of Beth Moore
(Tape or CD #0808)
Beth Moore is a best-selling author whose Bible study books and
workbooks have sold more than 10 million copies, and she is said to be
an “evangelical superstar” and “one of the most respected and
sought-after Bible teachers.” No doubt much of Moore’s appeal and
success across denominational lines stem from the fact that “she doesn't
get caught up in divisive doctrinal issues” and “purposely steers clear
of topics that could widen existing rifts between different streams in
the body of Christ.” While Moore has admirable qualities,
unfortunately, what sound biblical expressions she offers are often
overcome by faulty interpretations and a lack of adequate scriptural
exposition. This workshop will examine some of these “subtle errors”
and her dangerous drift into mysticism and subjectivism.
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Youth Specialties: Specializing
in Error (Tape or CD #0813)
Youth Specialties is a multimillion dollar parachurch enterprise which
is linked to youth ministries and Bible schools across the country. It
is no secret that Youth Specialties is one of the favorites of the
so-called emerging church movement. When and how did they move toward
Roman Catholicism? Is what they teach young people about centering
prayer, mysticism, God’s voice, and labyrinths drawn from Scripture, or
are they drawn from somewhere else? Is the ancient message of medieval
mysticism what the Church needs today, or is it a gross error leading
away from God? This workshop will answer these and other pertinent
questions.
Richard Fisher is pastor of Laurelton Park Baptist Church in Bricktown, N.J. Pastor Fisher is a long time member of Personal Freedom Outreach’s board of directors, is the senior researcher and writer for its newsletter publication, The Quarterly Journal, and has co-authored The Confusing
World of Benny Hinn.
• The Emergent Church: Revolutionizing the Body of Christ for a
Fast-Changing World?
(Tape or CD #0814)
Does cultural change require the church to redefine and reshape itself
—emerging as fresh expressions of worship and theology? And is the style
of our worship more important than the substance of our worship? If the
seeker-sensitive church epitomizes modernity, then the emergent church
is created in the image of postmodernity. This seminar will examine the
key players, philosophy, and theology of the “emergent church,” along
with its history, future and threat to evangelical Christianity.
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Have We Misunderstood Paul All Along? -
Looking at the New Perspective on Paul
(Tape or CD #0802)
It is the contention of those who promote the “New Perspective on
Paul” that the Christian community has misunderstood the teachings
of the apostle since at least the time of the Reformation and
possibly as far back as Augustine. Predominantly this means
evangelicals have misinterpreted the doctrine of justification. If
the NPP is correct we need to adjust our gospel message. If the NPP
is wrong it is a dangerous heresy.
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Is That You Lord? - Decision Making and
Knowing God’s Will
(Tape or CD #0819)
The quest to “discover the will of God,” discern the mysterious
“prompting of the Spirit,” and “hear the voice of God” are popular
topics in the Christian culture. Much anxiety, confusion and
anguish attend the pursuit of these matters. But is this what God would
have us do? What does the Bible really say about hearing from God
and discovering His will? This seminar will carefully examine these
questions.
Gary Gilley is pastor of Southern View Chapel in Springfield, Ill., and director, researcher, and writer for Personal Freedom Outreach. Dr. Gilley is a graduate of the Moody Bible Institute and Cambridge Graduate School. He is the author of “I Just Wanted More Land” - Jabez, This Little Church Went to Market, This Little Church Stayed Home, and Is That You Lord?
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Christ or Caricature?
(Tape or CD #0809)
Today’s broadcast media like The History Channel and The
Discovery Channel, books like The DaVinci Code and The
Jesus Family Tomb, and news magazines like Time and
Newsweek offer caricatures of Christ. Sensationalism and
profits, rather than truth and fact, have become the driving force
in the recent wave of assaults which come against the very
foundation of the Christian faith. Yet Christians need not retreat
from these attacks. This seminar will show how Christ’s genuine
portrait becomes even clearer with new evidence from history and
archaeology.
• Islam and Christianity
(Tape or CD #0803)
For almost fourteen centuries, the Crescent has opposed the Cross.
And in the past two decades, millions of dollars have been spent in
the United States alone to promote the Muslim faith with remarkable
results in conversions and growth. Yet most Christians are
uninformed as to even a basic understanding of the tenets of Islam.
In this seminar, the world’s two largest religions are contrasted
in terms of founders, history, scriptures, beliefs, and practices.
Paul Maier is Professor of Ancient History at Western Michigan University, the Second Vice-President of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, and a much published author of both scholarly and popular works including Josephus - The Essential Writings, and the theological thriller that became a #1 national bestseller in religious fiction: A Skelton in God's Closet. Several million Maier books are now in print in a dozen languages, as well as over 250 scholarly articles and reviews in professional journals. Dr. Maier appears frequently in national radio, television, and newspaper interviews, and has received numerous awards.
• Interpretive Principles for Unraveling
Alleged Bible Contradictions (Tape or CD #0804)
This
seminar focuses attention on over a dozen crucial principles that
apologetic experts regularly use to unravel and make sense of
alleged Bible contradictions — principles the workshop leader
regularly used during his years of participation on the national
Bible Answer Man radio broadcast. These principles will equip
attendees not only to solve alleged Bible contradictions, but also will give
them the apologetic skills necessary to answer critics who challenge
the trustworthiness of the Bible. Confidence in the Bible’s
reliability will increase as specific examples are examined and
explained.
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Unmasking Today’s Most Popular Psychics
(Tape or CD #0820)
This workshop
focuses attention on James Van Praagh, John Edward, and Sylvia
Browne. These are three of today’s most famous psychics, as
evidenced by their successive New York Times bestsellers, regular
appearances on national television shows (including Larry
King Live and the Montel Williams Show), and filling big
stadiums like rock stars. This workshop will examine details of
their personal lives, how they became psychics, how they actually
engage in the attempt to contact the dead, their “fishing”
techniques, their success rate, and their rationalizations and
excuses when they fail. Most important, an apologetical and biblical
critique will be provided.
Ron Rhodes is the founder and president of Reasoning from the Scriptures Ministries, a Frisco, Texas-based apologetic ministry. He is heard regularly on nationwide radio and is the author of the popular “Reasoning from the Scriptures” series and over fifty other apologetic works including Christianity According to the Bible, Answering the Objections of Atheists, Agnostics and Skeptics, and The 10 Things You Need to Know About Islam. Ron holds a Th.M. and a Th.D. from Dallas Theological Seminary.
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I Love Me, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah
(Tape or CD #0821)
“Bible
teacher” Beth Moore says she suffers from “shaky” self-esteem.
“Life coach” Paula White says we just need to fill our love tanks.
“Megapastor” Joel Osteen contends we’re all basically good and just
need to think positive thoughts. But what say ye the Scriptures?
The dynamics of self-esteem and self-love continue to plague an
already undiscerning Church through the writings and ministries of
many popular Bible teachers and authors. This workshop will examine
the subtle poison of self-esteem and self-love, and how the
Scriptures command us to evaluate ourselves.
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Old Problems - Jung Solutions?
(Tape or CD #0815)
It’s not surprising that the humanistic philosophies of Carl Jung,
Sigmund Freud and Carl Rogers saturate the secular world. But what
is alarming is just how much leaven from these unbiblical
psychologies has permeated the Church. Not everything which hails
under the banner of “Christian” counseling is really Christian or
biblical. This workshop will explore the nature of true biblical
counseling, how the counseling ministry of the Church has been
derailed, and how to rediscover this vital and necessary aspect of
ministry.
David Tyler holds a B.A. in Theology, an M.A. in Pastoral Ministry, and a Ph.D. in Biblical Counseling. Presently, Dr. Tyler is the Director of Gateway Biblical Counseling and Training Center located at Edgemont Bible Church in Fairview Heights, Ill., and the Dean of the Biblical Counseling department of Master’s International School of Divinity. He is certified by the National Association of Nouthetic Counselors and the International Association of Biblical Counselors. He has authored Jesus Christ: Self-Denial or Self-Esteem?, Self Esteem: Are We Really Better Than We Think?, and has co-authored Deceptive Diagnosis: When Sin is Called Sickness.
Rev. Jay Wegter
• Answering Today’s Moral Relativism
(Tape or CD #0805)
By the time most high school students are ready for graduation they
have been thoroughly “relativized.” Right from wrong has become a
very “private” issue akin to situation ethics. Over 80% of students
today believe that something can be “true for you; but not for me.”
In this workshop we will examine how parents and pastors may equip
believers to respond to today’s pervasive relativism by showing that
God’s moral standard flows from God’s character and is therefore
unchanging because God is immutable Moral Governor of His universe.
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Exposing the Myth of Neutrality in
Christian Apologetics
(Tape or CD #0810)
Christian scholarship is frequently pressured to put aside
commitments that are distinctly Christian in the interest of
neutrality. The pressure comes in the form of an appeal to be
non-committal on the truth of Scripture. The Christian apologist is
pressured to search for truth under the guidance of acclaimed
secular thinkers. The unbeliever’s premise is, “The only way to be
open-minded is to be non-committal.” In this workshop we will learn
to answer the six most common objections launched by those who press
for neutrality.
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Seven Biblical Reasons Why Evolution Is a Lie
(Tape or CD #0816)
A majority of Christian high school students now believe that there
is more evidence for evolution than for the Genesis account of
creation. Darwinism has been systematically eroding confidence in
the reliability of the book of Genesis and the Bible as a whole. The
subject of origins is of critical importance if we are to ground
believers in the trustworthiness of the Bible. In this workshop we
will draw support and arguments from Scripture which show that
Darwinism is both unbiblical and unscientific.
Jay Wegter is founder of The Gospel for Life, an organization designed to strengthen local churches in the Gospel ministry. He is also an experienced pastor, Bible teacher, and a professional artist. Pastor Wegter is an adjunct faculty member at The Master’s College in Santa
Clarita, Calif., and is the author of Purity Workbook.
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Confronting One Another in Love - The
Forgotten Command for Church Discipline (Tape or CD #0822)
Most local churches have a section in their constitution (or bylaws)
on discipline, but few people in those churches are even aware that
it’s there, much less know how to practice it. Those churches are
weaker as a result of neglecting this biblical command, and they
miss the blessings the Lord gives through it. This workshop will
explore the Scriptural teaching of church discipline, primarily from
Matthew 18 and 1 Corinthians 5 (although many other passages are
examined), and how this biblically-based practice is a means for
restoration and spiritual health.
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Praying Through Scripture (Tape or CD #0811)
Today
Christians face an onslaught of aberrant forms of prayer, such as
centering and contemplative prayer. And many believers struggle with
drudgery in prayer resulting from habitually saying the same old
things about the same old things. The solution to this problem must
be fundamentally simple, for God’s children have a wide variety of
ages, educational levels, and mental abilities. Because He expects
all of His children to pray and to find prayer meaningful, then
consistently meaningful prayer must be possible for every
Christian. This workshop will detail the simple, biblical solution
to this almost universal problem.
Donald Whitney is Associate Professor of Biblical Spirituality and Senior Associate Dean at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Ky. Dr. Whitney is the founder and president of the Center for Biblical Spirituality and has authored several works including Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life and Simplify Your Spiritual Life.
Cassette Tapes of all sessions are available for a cost of $3.00 each (plus shipping).
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Compact Disks (CDs) of all sessions are available for a cost of $4.00 each (plus shipping).
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The complete set of 23 Conference Sessions on cassette tape is available for $65.00 (plus shipping).
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The complete set of 23 Conference Sessions on compact disk (CDs) is available for $90.00 (plus shipping).
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The 2008 Conference included seven
plenary lectures
and 16 workshops.
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A complete listing of all conference session titles, leaders, biographies, along with workshop descriptions are here provided.
