Pastor McShaffrey taught an apologetics class entitled “Understanding Islam” during our Family Instruction Hour in the winter of 2011-12.

Study guides are available below:

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For the scientist who has lived by his faith in the power of reason, the story ends like a bad dream.

He has scaled the mountains of ignorance; he is about to conquer the highest peak; as he pulls himself over the final rock, he is greeted by a band of theologians who have been sitting there for centuries.
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Question: How can anyone take the creation account in Genesis chapter 1 literally when it explicitly says that light was created before the sun in verses 3-5?

Answer: It was proper that the light, by means of which the world was to be adorned with such excellent beauty, should be first created; and this also was the commencement of the distinction [among the creatures].

It did not, however, happen from inconsideration or by accident, that the light preceded the sun and the moon. (more…)

Question: Should a Christian celebrate Halloween?

Answer: Before answering the question directly, I need to explain some of the spiritual and historical roots of Halloween as well as a few of its related icons: (more…)

A Calvinist (Charles Simeon) and an Arminian (John Wesley) had this conversation over two hundred years ago and we can all learn much from it today:

Charles:  Sir, I understand that you are called an Arminian; and I have been sometimes called a Calvinist; and therefore I suppose we are to draw daggers. (more…)