Hypocrites. The word carries with it a sneer and a skeptical view of a person’s religious claims. In fact, religious people are still only people; people who are flawed, weak, and sometimes failing. The question is, can someone experience times of spiritual failure and still truly be a person of faith? In this course, we will examine ten converging lines of evidence that can give clarity to a confusing issue, “Ten Reasons to Believe Real Christians Can Look Like They’re Not.”
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- To introduce students to the basic fundamentals of the Christian faith.
- To provide scholarly and historical evidence for the validity of Christianity.
- To encourage logical thinking in evaluating the authenticity of the teachings of Jesus and of the Bible.
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Overall, this is a great course. It presents very applicable and useful information in a simple and straightforward manner, so anyone can easily utilize it immediately to their own life and situation. I highly recommend this course.
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I truly enjoyed this course, it was thought provoking and inspiring. It really challenged your spiritual mindset. Thank you, much appreciated.
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The lectures were very informative. I have started teaching them and I found them very relevant.
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This course gave a very thorough explanation of the subject matter. I was drawn to this course to learn more about Christians who do not appear to be Christians and I feel much more equipped in my thinking on this issue.
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I recently enrolled in ODBU for the first time because something in a daily devotional piqued my interest and lured me in. :) Since I had to pay to finish the course, I looked for other courses and this caught my eye. It's so good, I created a document for myself to allow for regular reflection. I am eager to share this with my home group as it's one of the best lessons on reaching non-believers and not looking like hypocrites. I very much liked the format, especially the lectures and "digging in" sections.
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I liked the video presentations. It seems to make it more real. I wanted to put my feet in the Lake of Galilee too. Very helpful course. Thank you.
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This course is good for all Christians to take, in order to understand and be less judgemental of one another.
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Excellent course that I would recommend to my fellow brothers and sisters.
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Great reminder of what I need to work on in my walk with Christ and reaffirming my beliefs
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I liked that I didn't have to memorize a lot of verses - the information was direct and relatable.
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I've taken several ODBU courses, I found this one to be very relatable and applicable. Thank you!
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Very interesting material and opened my eyes to why certain believers behave the way they do.
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Packed full of a lot of practical and relatable content.
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I've already recommended this course to others. The readings were outstanding and meaningful, and very reinforcing to what I believe. Thank you so much for the opportunity to study this way. Just uplifting during these COVID times!
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Thoroughly read this course, which exposes the weakness and self-centeredness and makes you examine yourself, if you are walking on God's path or your own path.
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Good information to keep pondering. All 10 reasons to believe courses are excellent.
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This was my first course under the certificate program. I was very pleased with it.
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The opportunity for deeper study was wonderful. The questions for personal reflection had depth and a bit hard to answer. It was a course that definitely gave me some in-depth wisdom into the human race and how we think as individuals. I'm glad I took this course after completing 10 reasons to Believe the Bible. They seem to somewhat relate to one another. Excellent course. Glad I chose to take it.
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Interesting on what I knew and what I didn't know. Great study.
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Good use of my time off in the summer to dig a little deeper in my faith.
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I love these courses, they not only help me learn but I love taking the quizzes to show me that I am learning and when I may have misunderstood.
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Great! It is excellent...all of them are good lessons.