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Our mission is to provide educational excellence with a biblical focus for the children of those parents desiring a Christian atmosphere, under the ministry of Calvary Chapel of Boston.

Headmaster: Richard Colello
Principal: Kevin Hanlon
 

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 (Page down for 11th and 12th grade class outlines)

 10th Grade Bible Class

Additional Resources: CMI (Creation Ministries International) has great online resource books, study guides and other material available.

CMI online books and study guides:

 a. The Creation Answers Book (click on picture)

b.  Refuting Evolution Book (click on picture)

c.  A number of excellent pamphlets that can be printed out for witnessing, for example:

1. 15 Questions that show how evolution does not answer the big questions that it claims to answer. (click on picture)

2. Two frauds exposed used to support evolution. (click on picture)

 

Class Outline (click on 'handout' for link)

  • I.       Principles of Bible Study (handout)

    a.      Literal, Historical and Grammatical approach - discussion

    b.     The problems with the allegorical approach - discussion

    c.   CMI Creation Answers Book Chapter 1 "Does God Exist?" - (handout)

    II.     The Book of Beginnings (Intro to Genesis, Genesis Record by Henry Morris)

    a.      Intro chapter

                                                        i.     Bible as a Textbook of Science (handout)

                                                      ii.     Biblical Creationism and Scientific Creationism defined - (handout)

                                                    iii.     4 Reasons why the bible is reliable, by David Guzik - (handout)

    III.   The Creation of the World (Gen 1:1-2, Genesis Record by Henry Morris)

    a.      Darwins Theory of Evol - (handout)

    b.     Ontongeny Recapitulates Phylogeny - (handout)

    c.      Evolution and the Bible by Henry Morris - (handout)

    d.     Variation and Natural Selection versus Evolution by Jonathan Sarfati – (handout)

    e.      The Gap Theory Problems and Inconsistencies Part A by Ken Ham – (handout)

    e.      The Gap Theory Problems and Inconsistencies Part B by Ken Ham - (handout)

    e.      The Gap Theory - An Idea with Holes? by Henry Morris - (handout)

    f.       Mutations: The Raw Material for Evolution? By Barney Maddox – (handout)

    g.      The Gap Theory (book – handouts)

    h.      Evidence for a Young World by Russell Humphreys – (handout)

    i.       Why Christians Shouldn’t Accept Millions of Years by Terry Mortenson – (handout)

    j.   'Asa and Bara', 'Was': selected topics from Unformed and Unfilled by Weston Fields - (handouts)

    k.   CMI Creation Answers Book Chapter 3 "What about Gap Theories?" - (handout)

    IV.  The Six Days of Creation (Gen 1:3-2:3, Genesis Record by Henry Morris)

    a.         In Six Days (50 real world scientists that believe in six literal days of creation)

                                                        i.     Chap 3 by John Kramer - (handout)

                                                      ii.     Chap 7 by Ariel Roth - (handout)

                                                    iii.     Chap 8 by Keith Wanser - (handout)

    b.      The Day-Age Theory Revisited by Henry Morris (handout)

    c.     Theistic Evolution and the Day-Age Theory by Richar Niessen – (handout)

    d.      10 Dangers of Theistic Evolution by Werner Gitt – (hangout)

    e.       Why does the universe look so old? By R. Albert Mohler - (handout)

    f.     Various video presentations from Answers for Darwin Conference

    g.    CMI Creation Answers Book Chapter 2 "Six Days? Really?" - (handout)

    h.    CMI Creation Answers Book Chapter 4 "What about Carbon Dating?" - (handout)

    i.     CMI Creation Answers Book Chapter 5 "How Can We See Distant Stars in a Young Universe?" - (handout)

    j.     CMI Creation Answers Book Chapter 19 "What About Dinosaurs?" - (handout)

    V.    The Creation of Man (Gen 2, Genesis Record by Henry Morris)

    a.      Anthropology chap 5 (Collapse of Evolution by Scott Huse)

    b.     An Analysis of the claims by Evolutionists – (handout)

    c.      Was Lucy and Ape-man? By John Morris – (handout)

    d.     Should we search for extraterrestrial intelligence? By David Laughlin – (handout)

    e.      God and the extraterrestrials, Are we alone or is there life elsewhere in the universe? By Werner Gitt – (handout)

    f.       Fossil Record Hoax’s – handout

    g.       Creation, Mutation and Variation (handout)

    h.    Natural Selection is not "Nature's Intelligence" by Randy J. Guliuzza - (handout)

    i.     CMI Creation Answers Book Chapter 7 "What About Arguments For Evolution?" - (handout)

    j.     CMI Creation Answers Book Chapter 15 "Where Are All The Human Fossils?" - (handout)

    VI.  The Fall of Man (Gen 3, Genesis Record by Henry Morris)

    a.     CMI Creation Answers Book Chapter 6 "How Did Bad Things Come About?" - (handout)

    VII.          The Lost World (Gen 4-5, Genesis Record by Henry Morris)

    a.     CMI Creation Answers Book Chapter 8 "Who Was Cain's Wife?" - (handout)

    VIII.        The Days of Noah (Gen 6, Genesis Record by Henry Morris)

    a.      Verses that speak of the giants throughout the bible – (handout)

    b.   Who / what were the Nephilim? - (handout)

    c.   CMI Creation Answers Book Chapter 9 "Were The 'Sons of God' and/or Nephilim Extra-Terrestrials?" - (handouts)

    IX.  The Great Flood (Gen 7-8, Genesis Record by Henry Morris)

    a.      Where are all the human fossils? by Andrew Snelling (handout)

    b.     Geologic Evidences for the Genesis Flood By Andrew Snelling – (handout)

    c.     Carbon-14 in Fossils and Diamonds By Andrew Snelling – (handout)

    d.      Formation of Fossil beds (from The World that Perished by John Whitcomb)

    e.    CMI Creation Answers Book Chapter 10 "Was The Flood Global?" - (handout)

    f.     CMI Creation Answers Book Chapter 11 "What About Continental Drift?" - (handout)

    g.    CMI Creation Answers Book Chapter 12 "Noah's Flood - What About All The Water?" - (handout)

    h.    CMI Creation Answers Book Chapter 13 "How Did The Animals Fit On Noah's Ark?" - (handout)

    i.     CMI Creation Answers Book Chapter 14 "How did Freshwater and Saltwater Fish Survive?" - (handout)

    j.     CMI Creation Answers Book Chapter 16 "What About The Ice Age?" - (handout)

    k.     CMI Creation Answers Book Chapter 17 "How Did The Animals Get To Australia?" - (handout)

    X.    The New World (Gen 9, Genesis Record by Henry Morris)

    a.      Third dispensation chart – handout from bible panorama

    XI.  God and the Nations (Gen 10-11, Genesis Record by Henry Morris)

    a.      The Tragedy of a Tower (OT Survey by Harold Willmington)

    b.     What did the tower look like – Answers in Genesis – (handout)

    c.      Cultural Deities – handout

    d.    CMI Creation Answers Book Chapter 18 "How Did All The Different 'Races' Arise?" - (handout)

     

    10th Grade Apologetics Outline

    I.       What is Apologetics?

    a.  Video presentation - What is Apologetics

    i. Understanding Effective Biblical Apologetics by James Johnson, J.D, ThD. - (handout)

    ii. PowerPoint presentation - Apologetics the Key to Evangelism by Norm Geisler

    b.  Video presentation - The moral argument for Gods existence (click for transcript of video )

    c.  Video presentation - The design argument (teleological argument) for Gods existence (click for transcript of video )

    d.  Video presentation - The cosmological argument for Gods existence (click for transcript of video )

    e.  PowerPoint Presentation - Reasons to believe God exists by Norm Geisler

    II.       Establish the place of the bible in life

    a.  Canonicity

    i. Articles from Baker Encyclopedia of Christian Apologetics by Norman Geisler: Canonicity of the Bible and OT and NT Apocrypha.

    ii. PowerPoint presentation - From God to Us the Biblical Canon by Norm Geisler

    iii. Video Presentation - Is the NT Reliable? (click for transcript of video )

    iv. Video Presentation - Where did the NT come from? (click for transcript of video )

    v. PowerPoint Presentation - Case for the NT by Norm Geisler 

    vi. PowerPoint Presentation - Inspiration of the NT by Norm Geisler

    vi. Video Presentation - Is the OT Reliable? (click for transcript of video )

    b.   Authority of the Canon based on its own merits:

    i.   Predictive prophecy (objective)

    1. 309 Prophecies of the coming of Christ - (handout)

    - Video Presentation  - Has prophecy been fulfilled? (click for transcript of video )

    ii.   Historicity of the document (historical)

    1. Manuscript Support for the Bible's Reliability by Ron Rhodes - (handout)

    iii.   Power of its truth (subjective)

    1. The Deaths of the Apostles - (handout)

    c.   Bible Translations

    i.      PowerPoint Presentation - Bible Translations by Norm Geisler 

    III.     How the cults view the bible and their texts (Page 168 et al, from Rose bible charts)

     a.     The doctrine of the Son (Deity of Christ)

    i.   Printout of the Son from Charts of Christian Theology and Doctrine by Wayne House.

    Video Presentation - Did Jesus Rise from the Dead? (click for transcript of video )

    ii.   How cults distort God by scripture twisting and mixing truth with error

    1.     Cults never describe Jesus as the Bible does

    2.     Salvation is always by works: a distorted view of God, man and sin.

    3.     The Holy Spirit is never a Person, always a force or energy

    b.   How did the early councils (325AD Nicea) view Christ

    i.    Arianism and Sabellianism (from Shaff’s History of the Christian Church pg 622-662) - (handout)

    ii.    Explanation by H. A. Ironside from "Lectures on the Revelation, The Seven Churches" - (handout)

    c.  The doctrine of the Holy Spirit

    i.     Printout from What the Bible Teaches by RA Torrey

    ii.    Charts on the Holy Spirit from Charts of Christian Theology and Doctrine by Wayne House.

    d.  The Trinity

    i.     Printout of the Trinity from Charts of Christian Theology and Doctrine by Wayne House, and Rose bible charts.

    ii.     Biblical Basis for the Doctrine of the Trinity by Rob Bowman - (handout)

    1.     PowerPoint Presentation - The importance of knowing God by Norm Geisler

    IV.   World Views

    i.    7 major worldviews from Charts of Christian Theology and Doctrine by Wayne House, printout from Baker Encyclopedia of Christian Apologetics by Norman Geisler.

    ii.    PowerPoint Presentation - World Views by Norm Geisler

    1.     Theism

    2.     Atheism

    3.     Deism

    4.     Finite Godism

    5.     Panentheism

    6.     Pantheism

    7.     Polytheism

    iii.   Video Presentation - How can we know the Christian God is the one True God? (click for transcript of video )

    iv.   Living is based on worldview

    1.     How it changes behavior and motivation

    2.     How it gives the ability to comprehend the culture

    3.     How it gives values/morals in relation to the culture

    4.     Provides perspective in truth against other views

     

     11th Grade Bible Class

    Old Testament Survey Class

     "A Concise Old Testament Survey"  by *J. Hampton Keathley III, Th. M. is used for the outline of each OT book.

Within each book survey is:

Author and Date of writing and Title

Theme and Purpose

Key words, Verses, Chapters and People

Christ as seen in each book

Outline of each book

Additional Resources:

Book Arrangement Charts

OT Book Categories

Sacrificial System and Commandment details

Judges, Prophets and Kings Analysis

OT Chronology Timeline by Guy P. Duffield, S.T.D., D.D

OT Expanded Panorama Study by Alfred Thompson Eade

 

 

 12th Grade Bible Class

New Testament Survey Class

   "A Popular Survey of the New Testament"  by Norm Geisler

   "A Concise New Testament Survey"  by *J. Hampton Keathley III, Th. M. is used for the outline of each OT book.

Within each book survey is:

Author and Date of writing and Title

Theme and Purpose

Key words, Verses, Chapters and People

Christ as seen in each book

Outline of each book

Additional Resources:

NT Books by Date Written

Basis for Salvation in All Ages Chart

Charts from Christian Theology and Doctrine by Wayne House:

Views Concerning Last Things (multiple categories)

Dispensational Time Line

Key Terms to the Second Coming of Christ

Eternal Punishment

Views on the Rapture

Views on the Millennium (various views and analysis)

Perspectives on Annihilationism

Daniel's 70 Week Chart and General Events

Calvinism and Arminianism (A comparison of their approach to Scripture)

Calvinism, Arminianism & The Word of God by Chuck Smith

 

* J. Hampton Keathley III, Th.M. is a 1966 graduate of Dallas Theological Seminary and a former pastor of 28 years. Hampton currently writes for the Biblical Studies Foundation and on occasion teaches New Testament Greek at Moody Bible Institute, Northwest Extension for External Studies in Spokane, Washington

 

 

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