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Saturday School of Theology
the Cambridge Saturday School of Theology is a programme with a two fold purpose:
• To offer an opportunity for evangelical Christians in the Cambridge area to receive first-rate theological and apologetic teaching that encourages sustained reflection and integration into everyday life and witness.
• To offer a place for Christians in Cambridge to meet, interact, and begin thinking through the bases of their convictions together.
A list of previous modules gives s fuller picture of the scope of the programme - see the information at the bottom of the page.
Teaching Level
This is open to anyone who wants to deepen their understanding of the faith but the teaching level will assume basic knowledge of and grounding in Christian truth. This course is ideally suited for someone who is involved in or is considering lay leadership within a local church.
Through the Cambridge Saturday School of Theology we hope to foster thoughtful engagement with Christian doctrine, and history as well as with contemporary secular culture. Those taking part in the programme should come away with a deeper understanding of the truth of Christianity, its power as a comprehensive worldview, and its capacity for addressing the difficult questions posed by contemporary culture. The desire is that this will result in a deeper commitment in following our Lord Jesus Christ in all areas of life, an increased confidence in witness, and the further strengthening of local churches.
module VI: Rekindling the Vision
This Autumn, Ranald Macaulay led two Saturday School mornings on Rekindling the Vision
Please follow the links below:
More information on Rekindling the Vision
Audio Downloads of the talks
Handouts from the talks: [1] ~ [2] ~ [3]
Module V: The Reliability of Scripture
Dr Pete Williams, Dr Dirk Jongkind, Rev John Musselman
Information on the lectures
One audio available here for attendees
Module IV: Christian Perspectives on Politics and Art
Dr Jonathan Chaplin, Dr Adrienne Chaplin
Contemporary Political thought & Christian Action:
The lectures provide
· An overview of formative currents in contemporary political thought, a Christian response and how these ideologies and movements have emerged out of key ideas of modernity;
· A suggested map of the current landscape and how Christian political theory helps us critique the limitations of current options;
· New perspectives on the shape of a just political order.
The Christian Response to Art:
The lectures are on the following topics
· Blessing or Curse: Putting Art in its Rightful place;
· Images, Icons and Idols: Iconoclastic; Controversies then and now.
· Transgressive Transcendence in Modern and Post-modern Art
· Beauty Transfigured.
Go to the audio archives and search 'Saturday School'
Module III: God is the Interpreter: Assessing the foundations of modern ideas
Dr Jason Rampelt
The God in Heaven, the Natural World, and the Human Person: An Introduction to Thinking
about Philosophy in a Christian Way.
Lecture One: An Introduction to Christian Interpretation.
Lecture Two: A Christian View of God, Man, and the World.
Nothing But Matter and Motion? Mechanism and Freedom.
Lecture Three: The Mechanical Revolution: Natural Philosophy in the 17th Century.
Lecture Four: Causation, Freedom, and Evil: Malebranche and Leibniz.
Knowing Everything, from the Puritans to the Encyclopaedists.
Lecture Five: Salvation and the Increase of Knowledge.
Lecture Six: The Universe in Thrity-Two Volumes.
Can you really be sure?
Lecture Seven: Hume.
Lecture Eight: Kant.
What to Do with Darwin? Evolution Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow.
Lecture Nine: What did Darwin say, and what did people think about it?
Lecture Ten: The Creation and Evolution Debate Today. Old Story, New Faces.
Mind, Language, and God.
Lecture Eleven: That Grey Pile of Mush Called ‘Me’.
Lecture Twelve: Meaning and the Divine Mind.
Some audio available, please email us.
MODULE TWO: Church History and Theology
From Thomas Aquinas to the post-Reformation period
Dr Chad Van Dixhoorn
1. Thomas Aquinas (Redemption Applied: Sin, Salvation and the Sacraments)
2. Martin Luther (Grace, Faith and the Law)
3. Anabaptists (Scripture and Sacraments); The Council of Trent (Protestants and Catholics on Justification)
4. John Calvin (The making of a theologian; Union with Christ)
5. The Synod of Dort (Arminianism) and the Westminster Assembly (Worship, Church Government, and the Challenge of Creed-making)
Some audio available - please email us
MODULE ONE: Church History and Theology
From the Early Church to Anselm of Canterbury (theological and apologetical issues)
Dr Chad Van Dixhoorn
1. The Church Fathers and the Apologists (Christianity in Conflict with Pagan Culture; The Effects of the Fall)
2. The Early Church and Constantine’s rise to power (Persecution and Power; The Doctrine of the Church)
3. Early Church councils (The Bible; The Trinity; Christology)
4. Augustine and Pelagius (Sin and grace); Anselm of Canterbury (Redemption Accomplished: The Atonement)
Some audio available - please email us |
