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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.

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.

The Epistles of John

 

  • 28 Nov 2021
  • Recording
  • Presentation

  • To Know Jesus is to Know the God of Love 

    The epistles of John reflect the language and style of the gospel of John. Writing in old age and serving as an overseer of house churches in Ephesus, John address a specific crisis. Apparently, some members have left the church and denied Jesus as Messiah (1 Jn 2:18-23; 4:1-3). They even stirred hostility among those who remained in the church. Thus, the letters provide a window to the challenges that John faced in those churches. 

    1 John serves as a prescription to the crisis, while 2 and 3 John focus on the particulars. Nonetheless, these letters were written to assure believers, who remained with the church that God is still with them. John does so by focusing on repeated themes about life, truth, and love in knowing Jesus Christ. 

Growing our faith in the face of Doubt – Part 2

  • 30 Nov 2021
  • Recording
  • Presentation

  • 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.

1 & 2 Peter

 

  • 14 Nov 2021
  • Recording

  • Hope in the midst of suffering

    Peter’s two letters offer different emphases, though both focus on the blessings that the death of Christ brings to a sinful world.

    At the heart of Peter’s first letter is the message of Jesus as the suffering servant passage in Isa 52:13-53:12. Jesus was willing to suffer to accomplish the Father’s plan of salvation, and his costly obedience to God’s will is the example Christians are to follow whenever we encounter trials and sufferings in life. Thus, we have a new identity in Christ. Our lives are no longer defined by our circumstances. We are called to live by the values of the heavenly Father. Peter wants his readers to live as winsome witnesses to God’s redemptive work in all facets of life.

    The purpose of Peter’s second letter is a powerful reminder that God does not intend to destroy the universe, but to expose and remove evil in order to recreate a new heaven and a new earth.

Growing Our Faith in the Face of Death Part III

 

  • 2 Nov 2021
  • Recording

  • 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.

James

 

  • 24 Oct 2021
  • Recording
  • Presentation

  • The letter of James is intensly practical and focus on getting Christian to consistenly live out the faith they proclaim. Writing as a pastor, the letter of James is a series of brief sermons or homilies, that James packages into one letter.

Growing in the fact of death part 2

 

  • 19 Oct 2021
  • Recording
  • Presentation

  • 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.

Hebrews

 

  • 10 Oct 2021
  • Recording
  • Presentation

  • The Superiority of Jesus

    The letter to the Hebrews is an impassionate plea that the readers, who were predominately Jewish converts, must not turn away from Christ and return to their former ways (i.e. Judaism or paganism). The author does so by arguing for the superiority of Jesus Christ, as God’s exalted Son, final revelation, eternal priest, and perfect sacrifice. 

    In spite of intense persecution, these followers of Jesus should follow the great models of faith in the past and remain faithful to Jesus. Thus, one of the most important contributions of Hebrews is its balance of continuity and advance in relating the OT and NT to each other.