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What is a heresy?

Is a heresy simply being wrong about something?

What is at stake when a Christian believes a heresy?

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Dr. Blakemore contributes to the faculty with ranging versatility as a pastor and philosopher. He spent fourteen years pastoring in the local church and four years as college chaplain and adjunct professor of religion and philosophy at Hiwassee College and Northeast State Community College in Tennessee. Dr. Blakemore is a contemporary Christian musician and the co-founder of “Resurrection,” a youth convention that annually challenges over 13,000 young people with Christ’s call to radical discipleship. He is passionate about teaching philosophy and apologetics because he agrees with Fyodor Dostoyevsky that “ideas have consequences.” Dr. Blakemore is committed to thinking deeply about “the faith once delivered to the saints” in order to strengthen Christ’s church and to communicate the Gospel in the contemporary world. He and his wife, Carolyn, have four sons.

Recommended reading and resources from Dr. Steve Blakemore:

📘 Recovering the Soul: Aquinas's and Spinoza's Surprising and Helpful Affinity on the Nature of Mind-Body Unity — G. Stephen Blakemore

https://www.amazon.com/Recovering-Soul-Aquinass-Surprising-Mind-Body/dp/1532698127

📘 Sanctitas et Scriptura: Wesley Biblical Seminary's Distinctive Expression of Biblical Wesleyanism — G. Stephen Blakemore, Murray Vasser & Rick Boyd

https://www.amazon.com/Sanctitas-Scriptura-Distinctive-Expression-Wesleyanism/dp/B0G23BBPTF

📘 The Reason for God — Timothy Keller

https://www.amazon.com/Reason-God-Belief-Age-Skepticism/dp/1594483493

https://open.spotify.com/show/1OBPaQj…

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Before we get into "living water," where are we in John's Gospel?

Why does John place this story immediately after Jesus' conversation with Nicodemus in John 3?

What should we know about the relationship between Jews and Samaritans before reading this story?

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Dr. R. Chris Lohrstorfer is Vice President of Academic Affairs and Assistant Professor of Wesleyan Theology at Wesley Biblical Seminary. With more than 25 years of experience in Christian higher education, he has served as both a professor and academic administrator, specializing in Wesleyan theology, biblical interpretation, and ministerial formation. He has also spent decades in pastoral ministry, helping Christians connect biblical scholarship with everyday faith.

Recommended resources from Dr. Chris Lohrstorfer:

Learning to Breathe: Mastering the Art of Spiritual Respiration - by Dr. Chris Lohrstorfer

https://www.amazon.com/Learning-Breathe-Mastering-Spiritual-Respiration/dp/1987584090

There's No Place Like Home by Dr. Chris Lohrstorfer

https://www.amazon.com/Theres-No-Place-Like-Home/dp/1533068801

Surrendered: A 40 day devotional based on the Lenten Prayer of St. Ephrem by Dr. Chris Lohrstorfer

https://www.amazon.com/Surrendered-devotional-Lenten-Prayer-Ephrem/dp/154121322X

📘 Dr. Chris Lohrstorfer's Clips on Youtube: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iU-vkH5mnO4

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What assumptions do we bring to the Bible that the biblical authors themselves never had?

How is that different from the way modern Christians often approach faith?

Have we reduced Christianity to a system of correct beliefs rather than a way of life?

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Jared Byas is a former pastor and professor of philosophy and biblical studies who is passionate about helping people explore new ways of engaging with the Christian faith. He specializes in making complex biblical and theological ideas accessible, showing how they can lead to deeper meaning, stronger relationships, and a more thoughtful faith.
He is the co-host of The Bible for Normal People and also works as a Family Business Advisor, where he helps apply big ideas to real-life challenges. Jared enjoys bridging the gap between academic scholarship and everyday life, making thoughtful conversations practical and engaging.

website: https://thebiblefornormalpeople.com/

Recommended reading from Jared Byas:

📘 Love Matters More - 

https://www.amazon.com/Love-Matters-More-Fighting-Loving/dp/0310358604

📘 Genesis for Normal People - 

https://www.amazon.com/Genesis-Normal-People-Controversial-Misunderstood/dp/1689016841

📘 Jonah for Normal People - 

https://www.amazon.com/Jonah
-Normal-People-Misunderstood-Prophet/dp/B0B2J24ZBM

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How did you discern whether those experiences were genuinely from God?
Why did you decide to tell this story publicly in Impossible Love?
Why does suffering feel abnormal to modern Christians when it seems so normal throughout the Bible?

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Dr. Craig Keener is one of the world's leading New Testament scholars. He holds a Ph.D. from Duke University and serves as F.M. and Ada Thompson Professor of New Testament at Asbury Theological Seminary. He is the author of roughly 40 books, with more than 1.4 million copies in circulation worldwide. His works on biblical backgrounds, miracles, Acts, John, and the historical context of Scripture have earned numerous national and international awards, including multiple Christianity Today Book Awards. Through both his scholarship and ministry, Craig has helped countless readers better understand the Bible within its original cultural setting.

Dr. Médine Moussounga Keener holds a Ph.D. from the University of Paris 7. Born and raised in the Republic of Congo, she survived the Congolese civil war and lived as a refugee for 18 months, enduring displacement, hunger, sickness, and loss while helping care for her family. Her experiences during the war profoundly shaped her understanding of faith, forgiveness, perseverance, and God's presence in suffering. Today, she teaches and speaks internationally alongside Craig on suffering, ethnic reconciliation, and Christianity in both Africa and the United States.
 
Website: https://craigkeener.com/

Recommended reading from Dr. Craig & Medine Keener:

📘Impossible Love  by Craig Keener and Médine Moussounga Keener- 

https://www.amazon.com/Impossible-Love-African-Miracles-against/dp/0800797779

📘 Gift & Giver - Craig Keener

https://www.amazon.com/Gift-Giver-Keener/dp/1540963616

📘 Miracles Today -Craig Keener

https://www.amazon.com/Miracles-Today-Supernatural-Modern-World/dp/1540963837

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What is happening in 1 Timothy?
How does chapter 1 prepare us for chapter 2?
What do we actually know about Ephesus?

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James E. Sedlacek received his BA from God's Bible School & College, his Masters from MDiv Cincinnati Christian University, and his PhD from Nazarene Theological College. James is currently Professor of Biblical Languages at the Israel Institute of Biblical Studies, teaching several levels of Greek and Hebrew and developing exegesis courses. Additionally, James is examining the special syntax of infinitives, certain patterns of repeating conditional clauses, and the lexical meaning of hapax legomena. His interests include examining texts in various languages using linguistic methods and critiquing interpretations of those texts.

James holds a PhD in Biblical Studies that focused on Greek Language and Linguistics
for New Testament, and an MDiv in Biblical Studies that focused on both Hebrew and
Greek languages and text interpretation. James teaches the Hebrew and Greek
languages along with the Bible for Israel Institute of Biblical Studies. James also
teaches Greek Exegesis and Textual Criticism at God’s Bible School and College.
James has scholarly interest in many aspects of interpreting the Bible and is
knowledgeable about the history of its interpretation. Several areas that James has
focused on are Jewish Interpretation of the Bible, 2 nd Temple Jewish Literature,
Grammar, Environment and Theology, Human Nature, and Sanctification. James likes
to do woodworking, gardening, and exploring the outdoors as hobbies.
 
Website: https://sedlacekj6.wixsite.com/mysite

Recommended by Dr. James Sedlacek:

📘 Reading the Letters to Timothy and Titus — Philip H. Towner

https://books.google.com.my/books/about/The_Letters_to_Timothy_and_Titus.html?id=tRwFvpn1a44C&redir_esc=y

📘 The First and Second Letters to Timothy — Luke Timothy Johnson

https://www.amazon.com/Second-Letters-Timothy-Anchor-Commentaries/dp/0300139888

📘 Greek Grammar Beyond the Basics — Daniel B. Wallace

https://www.amazon.com/Greek-Grammar-Beyond-Basics-Exegetical/dp/0310218950

https://open.spotify.com/show/1OBPaQj…