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No Other Doctrine Seminars Christianity:

The Reasonable Course

The Seminar Story - Pastor Scott Thom

I have nearly twenty years answering questions in the classroom and recently live on the radio. I designed this seminar with practicality in mind. It did not happen over night though.

It all started with a class that was transformed

After nine years of teaching Bible School classes I wanted more for the students. I mostly taught Systematic Theology. Many students were getting head smart but not street smart. They could give you definitions of words but they did not automatically know how to act on those words. This wisdom was not active and living in their lives to the degree that I wanted.

One thing at a time

I vowed to make at least one major point each hour in class very practical. If they did not learn anything else that hour at least they would know that one point well. I would teach the principles behind the point. We would then work on how it could be used in our everyday lives. It seemed that light bulbs were lighting up over everyone's heads.

We took a good class and made it great but I wanted more

We are called to be disciple makers. I wanted them to be able to teach others what they have learned. The problem was that they were afraid to share. What if someone asked them questions we had not covered yet? What if they were challenged on what they believe? How could they remember all those facts?

The next step

I had used a technique in another class to teach new pastors how to memorize a sermon. The method is highly effective to memorize many points when you cannot use notes.

I began to take that one point each hour in the Systematic Theology class and use these memorization techniques with them. We would go through fun memory procedures to hold onto the major points we learned. After just a few classes something amazing happened. The students overcame their fears about sharing their faith. They became empowered and bold. When they shared people around them got saved.

Here we were studying in a Systematic Theology class but you would have thought it was an evangelism class. Each week students would come to class excited because they had witnessed to someone in their family or at work. We would see ten, twenty or even thirty people saved over the course of a semester.

Now all this experience and teaching is put to good use in our No Other Doctrine Seminar, Christianity: The Reasonable Course.

What to Expect

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