JUNE
2008
"Social Darwinism." A talk by Dr. Clyde Billington concerrning
the impact of social Darwinism, that is on the effects of
evolutionary ideas on our culture.
April
2008
"The
Bible, the Apocrypha, and the Formation of the Biblical Canon"
A
talk by Dr. Ed Glenny
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October 2007
Hollywood
vs. Christmas. Presented by Rick Dack of A.D. Communications and C.A.M.
September
2007
Is the Roman Catholic
Pope Infallible? Pastor
Steve Lagoon
August 2007
Apocalpyse Code
Answered by Dr. Ron McRoberts.
July 2007
“Study Bibles: The Good, The
Bad, and the Ugly!” by
Pastor Steve Lagoon
June 2007
“Jehovah’s Witnesses & The Real Jesus." A video presentation by
MacGregor Ministries.
May 2007
April
2007
"Evidence for The Resurrection"
by Steve Lagoon and Rick Dack.
March
2007
"An examination of the ministry of
Evangelist Bob Larson." Presented by Rev. Keith Winter.
February
2007
“Responding to the Jehovah’s Witness
at your door.” Presented
by Pastor Steve Lagoon
January
2007
Hinduism. Presented by Chatru
Mohinani.
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December
2006
The Fascinating Background of Christmas.
Presented by Pastor Steve Lagoon
November
2006
21st Century Mormonism: Accentuate
the Positive.
Presented by Sharon Lindbloom.
October
2006
Hollywood vs.
The Bible.
Presented by Rick Dack.
Sept
2006
August
2006
July
2006
Update
on the Emerging Church. Presented
by Pastor
Bob DeWaay.
June 2006
The Jehovah's Witnesses. Presented by Martin and Nicholas Hentges.
May 2006
The Da Vinci Code.
Presented by Dr. Randy Nelson.
April 2006
Joseph in Egypt.
Presented by Dr. Charles Aling.
March 2006
“The Trial of Jesus:
Historical Evidence for the Biblical Portrayal of the Life of Jesus Christ.”
Presented by Dr. Randy Nelson.
February 2006
"Disasters and the
Judgment of God." Presented by Pastor Bob DeWaay.
January 2006
Reincarnation: A Critical
Examination in Light of the Bible and Reason. Presented by Pastor Steve
Lagoon.
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December 2005
No Topic
November 2005
Hell under Condemnation.
Presented by Keith Winter of C.A.M.
October 2005
The Age of the Earth and the Classroom. Presented by Jeff McCallum
of Reason's to Believe.
September 2005
The Nazareth Inscription and the Resurrection. Presented by Dr. Clyde
Billington. Pt. 1 Pt.
2
August 2005
The Baha'i Faith. Presented by Pastor Steve Lagoon (Audio
Clip 1)
July
2005
Christianity
and Physics. A
video presentation by Darrell Ayers.
June
2005
Hollywood vs. The Bible. Presented by Rick Dack of A.D. Communications
and C.A.M.
May 2005
Cults and Mind Control. Presented
by Bruce Laughton, Director of Answers Inc.
April 2005
Dangers of the Contemplative Prayer Movement was discussed by Brian
Flynn of One Truth Ministries.
March
2005
Rick Warren and the Purpose Driven Life:A Debate on the Dangers and
Blessings of this Movement. A debate between Pastor Bob DeWaay of Twin City
Fellowship http://twincityfellowship.com and Pastor Steve Lagoon of Faith
Community Church of Independence on Rick Warren and the Purpose Driven Life
movement.
February
2005
How to Share Your Faith with a Skeptic. Presented by Pastor Steve Lagoon.
Steve shared ways to more effectively share your faith with friends, family
or acquaintances who are skeptical about the claims of the Bible.
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January 2005
Cancelled
December 2004
Christmas Party
November 2004
The New Age Cult known as The Unity School of Christianity Presented by Jay
Howard of The Religious Research Project
Jay is a national conference speaker and the author of Confronting the Cultist
in the New Age. He has been researching cults and the occult since 1975.
October 2004
How to Accurately Interpret the Bible. Presented by Keith Winter, MDIV (CAM
Board Member) Keith will explain the use of Hermeneutics when studying the
Bible, which is the theory and methodology of Biblical Interpretation. This
is necessary for accurate understanding of the teachings of the Bible.
September 2004
The Da Vinci Code: Historical or Imaginary? Presented by Pastor Steve Lagoon
Steve examined Dan Brown's best-selling novel The Da Vinci Code to see if
there is any substance to the claim that the story line has historical basis.
Audio.
August 2004
Can You Prove That God Exists? A Logical Argument for the Existence of God.
Presented by Gannon Murphy Gannon Murphy is the Founder and Director of the
Minnesota Apologetics Project.
Gannon has had articles published in several publications including the Christian
Research Journal and Plain Truth Magazine. Gannon has been a featured speaker
at several Twin City events. He is also heard as the narrator of two video
series produced by Faith Studies International. Gannon holds several degrees
including an M.A. in Theology.
July 2004
What Is So Special About The Bible? Presented by Pastor Steve Lagoon. How
did we get the Bible? and other questions raised by the Bibles critics will
be answered. NOTE: Jay Howard had been scheduled for the July meeting and
was prevented from coming. We hope to reschedule his presentation on the Unity
School of Christianity for November 2004.
June 2004
The Boston Movement (International Church of Christ) Presented by John Kelly
John Kelly is an associate of Answers, Inc; former member of the Boston Movement;
Exit Counselor and teacher on cult mind control and manipulation.
May 2004
Rick Dack - A.D. Communications Multimedia
Bible Archaeology Seminar. Current Discoveries in Bible Archaeology and
The Bible According to Hollywood
April 2004
The Problem of Evil and Suffering Presented by Steve Lagoon, Director of C.A.M.
How do we reconcile a loving and sovereign God with the evil and suffering
we see in the world in light of Scripture. Also the fact that ethical standards
are impossible in a atheistic or completely secular society will be discussed.
March 2004
Does the Bible contain a false prophecy? A debate: "Will the inquiring Skeptic"
will be arguing that the Old Testament predictions concerning Tyre are failed
prophecies. Steve Lagoon will defend the accuracy of the Bible.
February 2004
A Lesson in Discernment Facilitated by Cory LaVasseur, Board Member of Word
for the Weary. Cory invited group participation in the process of discernment.
We exposd Mormon (LDS) texts to the Light of Scripture to see the problematic
doctrines they teach.
January 2004
Examining Theophostic Counseling Presented by Bob DeWaay, Pastor of Twin
City Fellowship Pastor Bob talked about Theophostics and how it perpetuates
lies about human nature and makes promises that the Bible and the Gospel do
not and is actually another "gospel". Read Pastor Bob's CIC article online:
THEOPHOSTICS: Unbiblical Teaching Wedded to Mystical Experience http://www.twincityfellowship.com/cic/articles/issue79.htm
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December
2003
The “gods” of the Old Testament: Who or what were they? Presented by NWC Professor
Ronn Johnson Professor Johnson presented his Doctoral Dissertation which he
will be defending at Dallas Seminary for his Doctorate Degree. He was then
be open for questions.
November
2003
Jehovah’s Witnesses: Examining the teachings of the Watchtower Bible and Tract
Society in the Light of the Bible. Presented by Pastor Steve Lagoon, C.A.M.
Founder and Director
October
2003
Debate: Is the Pope Infallible? Pastor Steve Lagoon v. Gerald Hunt, Catholic
Apologist Is the Catholic Church’s claim of infallibility of the Pope valid?
Steve and Gerald will be debating this claim in light of Scripture and the
past record of Papal declarations.
September
2003
Is the Open Theism viewpoint outside of Biblical Christianity? Presented by
Keith Winter, MDIV
August
2003
Rick Dack - A.D. Communications Multimedia
Bible Archaeology Seminar. What archaeology has revealed concerning the
Resurrection of Jesus and the Book of Acts. A.D. Communications seminars use
3D simulations, virtual tours, sound clips and animated slides in order to
equip the Church to defend its faith against the critics.
July
2003
Video: Do Roman Catholics and Evangelical Protestants Now Agree? A John Ankerberg
Program looking at the background and purpose of the Evangelicals and Catholics
Together document. This video is a panel discussion with D. James Kennedy,
John McArthur and R.C. Sproul.
June
2003
Is the Church the New Israel? A Consideration of ‘Replacement Theology’ Presented
by our special guest Jan Markell of Olive
Tree Ministries and AM980
KKMS radio personalities.
May
2003
Is War Ever Justified? Presented by our special guest Tom Marsland.
April
2003
Did Jesus Christ Really Rise From The Dead? Answering the Critics of the Bodily
Resurrection. Presented by Pastor Steve Lagoon, C.A.M. Director. Related article:
Did
Jesus Christ Really Rise From The Dead? A Response to Critics of the Bodily
Resurrection. by Steve Lagoon
March
2003
Is the Saturday Sabbath Still Binding for Christians Today? A debate between
Pastor Henry Bechthold ("Pastor Hank") of H.E. H.A.D. Faith Ministries and
Pastor Steve Lagoon, Director of C.A.M. Related article: The
Sabbath Question A Response to Seventh-day Advocate Pastor Henry Bechthold
by Steve Lagoon
February
2003
Are Prophets for today? “The Colossian Heresy” Presented by our special guest:
Pastor Bob DeWaay of
Twin City Fellowship. You may read Pastor Bob's articles about this topic
on his web site:
The Colossian
Heresy - Pt 1
The Colossian
Heresy - Pt 2
The Colossian
Heresy - Pt 3
January
2003
The Problems of Evil and Suffering. Presented by our special guest: Dr.
David Clark - Professor of Theology; Dean, Center for Biblical and Theological
Foundations at Bethel Seminary, St Paul
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December 2002
A Christmas Tapestry - The True Origins of Christmas Fascinating and little
known historical facts that bring the Christmas story alive. Presented by
Ed Field, C.A.M. Board Member
November 2002
Is Free Masonry Compatible with Biblical Christianity? Should a Christian
be a member of the Masonic Lodge? Presented by Pastor Steve Lagoon, C.A.M.
Director For information check these articles on John Ankerberg's web site:
Is
Masonry A Cult? The
Masonic Lodge (Free Masonry)
October 2002
Divorce & Remarriage in a Believers Life Presented by Rev. Keith Winter, MDIV
Bethel Seminary
September 2002
Christian Counterfeiters: An examination of strange teaching past and present.
a video presentation from MacGregor
Ministries. We saw why the teachings of the following people are unbiblical
and dangerous: C.T. Russell, Joseph Smith, Ellen G. White, Mary Baker Eddy,
Herbert W. Armstrong, Robert Roberts, E.W. Kenyon, Kenneth Hagin, Kenneth
Copeland, Oral & Richard Roberts, Crefflo Dollar, Tommy Tenney, Kathryn Kuhlman,
Benny Hinn, Fred Price, Paul & Jan Crouch, David Cho, Marilyn Hickey, John
Kilpatric, Rory Alec, Rodney Howard Brown, John Bevere, Charles Capps, John
Avanzini, John Wimber, William Branham and Rick Joiner.
August 2002
Falun Gong: Harmless Exercise Program or Occult Practice? Presented by Pastor
Steve Lagoon For information, check out this Apologetics Index article: Falun
Gong, Falun Dafa, Falungong.
July 2002
The Biblical Canon and the Apocrypha - Inspired or Not? Presented by Prof.
Ronn A. Johnson, MDIV, STM Instructor of Bible at Northwestern College
June 2002
Eternal Security for the Believer. - Is it Scriptural? Presented by Rev. Keith
Winter, MDIV Bethel Seminary Some pastors teach that we can lose our salvation,
some teach that we cannot. What does Scripture say about this important issue.
We explored both sides of this difficult question.
May 2002
Keeping Up With Jehovah’s Witnesses: An Update on Recent Changes in the Watchtower
and What They Mean. Presented by Pastor Steve Lagoon Tracing important changes
in the teachings of Jehovah’s Witnesses in the past generation and how the
entire doctrinal structure of the Watchtower is being rewritten. How to use
this information to effectively Witness to Jehovah’s Witnesses. See Steve
Lagoon’s article on how to witness to Witnesses: Jehovah’s
Witnesses, Jesus Christ, and Michael the Archangel
April 2002
What is the Gospel? Presented by Steve Devore What does one have to believe
and accept in order to be saved? Also, the current controversy among counter-cult
ministries concerning the question "Does the Deity of Christ have to be explicitly
affirmed for Salvation?" was examined. See the article about this by Steve
Devore & Steve Lagoon. The
Counter-Cult Salvation Controversy
March 2002
Is Jesus God? Our Director, Pastor Steve Lagoon debated our guest, Lay Pastor
Michael Prahm who does not believe in the Deity of Jesus Christ.
February 2002
The Truth about Joseph Smith and Mormonism (LDS) Presented by Cory LaVasseur
January 2002
Taking a Stand for THE TRUTH in a Post-Modern
World. Presented by Scott Kimball
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December 2001
A Christmas Tapestry - The True Origins of Christmas Fascinating and little
known historical facts that bring the Christmas story alive. Presented by
Ed Field
November 2001
The Rapture of the Church Presented by Rev. Keith Winter Master of Divinity,
Bethel Theological Seminary Prison Pastor with Midwest Challenge
October 2001
Harry Potter: Witchcraft Repackaged, Making Evil Look Innocent (Video Presentation)
For more information including ordering your own copy, check out the following
website: http://www.carylmatrisciana.com/shop/harrypotter.php.
September 2001
Ethical Questions Facing Today's Medical Sciences Presented by Steve Lagoon
Read Steve's Article: What
Ever Happened to the Hippocratic Oath?
2008