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The Christian Faith and Contemporary Challenges (Spring 2021)

In this Sunday School class, Rev. Aaron Messner and Dr. Carlton Wynne discuss some contemporary issues and their philosophical underpinnings which subtly challenge Christian beliefs. The class is presented in three parts: Biblical foundations, philosophical background, and contemporary issues.

Week 1:  Introduction (audio)
Rev. Aaron Messner

Week 2:  The Five Great Calls (audio)
Rev. Aaron Messner

Week 3:  Creation and Culture (audio | handout)
Dr. Carlton Wynne

Week 4:  The Fall and Culture (audio | handout)
Dr. Carlton Wynne

Week 5:  Redemption and Culture (audio | handout)
Dr. Carlton Wynne

Week 6:  Q&A (audio)
Rev. Aaron Messner, Dr. Carlton Wynne

Week 7:  Modernism (audio)
Rev. Aaron Messner

Week 8:  Reckoning with Modernism: Rousseau, Hegel, & Nietzsche (audio | handout)
Dr. Carlton Wynne

Week 9:  The Atheistic Challenge: Marx, Gramsci, & the Frankfurt School (audio | handout)
Rev. Aaron Messner, Dr. Carlton Wynne

Week 10:  Postmodernism (audio | handout)
Rev. Aaron Messner, Dr. Carlton Wynne

Week 11:  Q&A (audio)
Rev. Aaron Messner, Dr. Carlton Wynne

Week 12:  Navigating the Social Justice Wave (audio | handout)
Rev. Aaron Messner, Dr. Carlton Wynne

Week 13:  Critical Race Theory, Part 1 (audio | handout)
Dr. Carlton Wynne

Week 14:  Critical Race Theory, Part 2 (audio)
Rev. Aaron Messner

Week 15:  Transgenderism, Part 1 (audio | handout)
Dr. Carlton Wynne

Week 16:  Transgenderism, Part 2 (audio | handout)
Dr. Carlton Wynne

Week 17:  Homosexuality (audio | handout)
Dr. Carlton Wynne

Week 18:  Q&A (audio)
Rev. Aaron Messner

Week 19:  Christian Nationalism, Part 1 (audio | handout)
Dr. Carlton Wynne

Week 20:  Christian Nationalism, Part 2 (audio | handout)
Dr. Carlton Wynne

Week 21:  PCA General Assembly Overtures (audio | handout)
Dr. Carlton Wynne