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SoCM conducts classes through out the year except for months of June and December. Many of these talks are recorded. The recordings of these talks are found here.

Caring through our Presence and Listerning

  • 2 Apr 2022
  • Recording
  • Presentation

  • One of the most powerful ways of caring for individuals who are suffering is through our presence and listening. The effective leader, teacher, mentor or counselor will be the person who learns how to listen and to use presence as a reminder to those in need that God has not forgotten or forsaken them.
    Listening skills are important when caring for or comforting persons who are terminally ill, going through a divorce, in a family with a seriously ill member, unemployed, grieving, traumatised by catastrophe, going through teenage adolescence or childhood stress.
    Get Biblical and practical advice for responding to those who are hurting. Become aware of good and poor listening habits. Learn listening skills to build up friendship, marriage and relationship with those you care about

Biblical Theology of Sin

  • 27 Mar 2022
  • Recording
  • Presentation

  • It is hard to avoid the conclusion that there is something fundamentally wrong with the world. Of course, every world religion has its own diagnosis of the problem. So, it is
    important to get the right diagnosis before offering the proper prescription. According to Christianity our biggest problem is sin. What exactly is sin, particularly in view of the
    fact that there are more than fifty different terms used in the Bible to describe this problem? In our study of the biblical theology of sin, we will consider its nature, the personal, social, and cosmic consequences of sin, and God’s offer of salvation in Jesus Christ.

Biblical Theology of Creation

  • 13 Mar 2022
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  • How did the world come to be?

    Where is it headed?

    Every civilization or world regligion offers answers to these and other questions.

    In this lesson on the Biblical Theology of Creation, we consider the message fo the book of Genesis on such matters as the meaning of creation, time, and history.

    The lesson focuses on the Bible’s teaching on sin, judgement and new creation, particularly with reference to the role of Jesus Christ and the apocalyptic vision of a new heaven and earth

How to read the Bible – Part 2

  • 27 Feb 2022
  • Recording
  • Presentation

  • How to read the Bible in Context?

    What do churches that preach a form of prosperity gospel, moralism, or legalism hasve in common? It’s not that these churches don’t believe in the bible. According to leading experts, including Mark Dever, author of Nine Marks of a Healthy Church, they all lack a solid grounding in Biblical Theology

    Spiritually healthy churches are grounded in the Scriptures and teach their people how to read properly Especially when people are reading a long passage, we need to teach them how to interpret, understand, and apply God’s word to their lives.

    In our first two introductory sessions on Biblical Theology, we will discuss how to read the Bible in context by giving negative and positive examples of handling the text.

How to read the Bible – Part 1

  • 13 Feb 2022
  • Recording
  • Presentation

  • How to read the Bible in Context?

    What do churches that preach a form of prosperity gospel, moralism, or legalism hasve in common? It’s not that these churches don’t believe in the bible. According to leading experts, including Mark Dever, author of Nine Marks of a Healthy Church, they all lack a solid grounding in Biblical Theology

    Spiritually healthy churches are grounded in the Scriptures and teach their people how to read properly Especially when people are reading a long passage, we need to teach them how to interpret, understand, and apply God’s word to their lives.

    In our first two introductory sessions on Biblical Theology, we will discuss how to read the Bible in context by giving negative and positive examples of handling the text.

Revelation – Part 2

  • 23 Jan 2022
  • Recording
  • Presentation

  • Living in Light of Christ’s Second Coming

    The Book of Revelation is recognized as apocalyptic literature, narrating a prophet’s symbolic visions that revealed God’s heavenly perspective on human history and current events so that the present could be viewed in light of history’s final outcome.

    It was written as a circular letter to the seven churches in Asia Minor, which were under heavy persecution, to challenge them, and Christians of every generation, to faithfulness until Jesus returns. The letter reveals history’s pattern and that every human kingdom eventually becomes Babylon and must be resisted in the power of the slain Lamb. God’s promise is that Jesus will return one day to remove evil from this world and make all things new.

    The classes will survey different interpretive approaches to the book; as well as highlight its relevance for Christian discipleship today.

Revelation – Part 1

  • 9 Jan 2022
  • Recording
  • Presentation

  • Living in Light of Christ’s Second Coming

    The Book of Revelation is recognized as apocalyptic literature, narrating a prophet’s symbolic visions that revealed God’s heavenly perspective on human history and current events so that the present could be viewed in light of history’s final outcome.

    It was written as a circular letter to the seven churches in Asia Minor, which were under heavy persecution, to challenge them, and Christians of every generation, to faithfulness until Jesus returns. The letter reveals history’s pattern and that every human kingdom eventually becomes Babylon and must be resisted in the power of the slain Lamb. God’s promise is that Jesus will return one day to remove evil from this world and make all things new.

    The classes will survey different interpretive approaches to the book; as well as highlight its relevance for Christian discipleship today.

Growing Together in the face of Doubt – Part 1

  • 17 Nov 2021

  • Have you ever asked these questions or are troubled by similar questions?

    • ls it wrong to have doubts about God or my faith?
    • ls it wrong to ask for more evidence and more assurances?
    • Is the Christian faith based on reason, evidence or spiritual experiences?

    The classes will look at Biblical examples of people who had doubts and help us learn

    • that doubt is not the same as unbelief;
    • how we can deal with doubts: and

    that assurance of salvation lies in the strength of our God, not in the strength of our faith.