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"The mind of the rash will know and understand, and the stammering tongue will be fluent and clear." — Isaiah 32:4

Downloadable free ppt presentations used in classes and seminars by Howard Culbertson

Bible study

7 Ideas for Enriching Bible Understanding (Approaching the Bible)
Factors that affect understanding the Bible.
Why I accept the Bible as authoritative
Eight reasons to consider the Bible as divinely inspired and authoritative
7 common errors made in interpreting the Bible
Common errors that are often made in trying to explain Scripture passages
Inadequate uses of the Bible
Uses of the Bible that are not necessarily bad, but are inadequate if that's the only approach an individual uses to Scripture
Themes of the Bible
Key Biblical themes
Bible book summaries
Old Testament writings
New Testament books

Other faiths, fringe Christian groups

Forum: The occult and demonic
Presentation at a church on the occult and demonic in Scripture and the implications for today
Worldview boutique
A look at several worldviews as explained by James Sire in The Universe Next Door
The U.S.'s "fertile soil" for new religious movements
10 reasons for the lengthy list of options populating America's religious menu
Zoroastrianism: history, beliefs and practices
Student presentation in World's Living Religions
Jehovah's Witnesses
A look at the history, development and beliefs of the Jehovah's Witnesses including a suggested approach in trying to dialog with them (note: sometimes the organization will be erroneously called Jehovahs Witnesses)

Short-term missions

Commission Unto Mexico advertisement
One slide advertisement for regional Work and Witness trip over the New Year's holiday
Creating links in the chain of experiences that lead to faith
Fund raising for mission trips
Raising support for short-term missionary work
Spiritual warfare
Relational or friendship evangelism

Presentations for missions courses including Cultural anthropology, church growth and linguistics

7 Theological trends in missions
7 trends in theology of missions as enunciated by Alan Tippett
Local Church pathology
Eight "diseases" that afflict local churches, inhibiting their growth
Cultural evolution models and their tragic flaws
A look at the cultural evolution proposals of L.H. Morgan and others
Cultural Anthropology's big names
Photos and brief descriptions of 10 key figures in Cultural Anthropology history
Christian Community Development
Fulfilling the cultural mandate (a presentation for "Perspectives")
Defining cultural anthropology
Initial lecture to introduce cultural anthropology
The iceberg of culture
A look at how much lies below the surface
Epochs of Christian missions
Eras of the church's missionary expansion and the major cultural basins affected in each period
Language learning alphabet
An ABC look at strategies for language learning by adults
Unreached People groups — A sampling
Brief descriptions of 20 major groupings of people who have not yet heard the gospel
Viewing other cultures: the attitude spectrum
Five major attitudes adopted by people as they look at other cultures
World missions
Brief, one-class period overview of world missions prepared for MCS (covers Biblical basis, history and current state of world evangelization)
Bible and missions
Biblical basis of missions: Visualizing the call to world evangelism in the Bible using some symbols
Describing God
How well do the "omni" doctrines communicate cross-culturally? Alan Tippett's proposal for a cross-cultural description of God.
Obstacles churches face in accomplishing their mission
Five things that can keep local churches from growing and from being truly the Church of Jesus Christ
updateDonald McGavran and the history of the Church Growth movement
Donald McGavran -- edition for Ministry, Church and Society
Student presentations on To Spread the Power by George G. Hunter III
Multiplying recruiting units
Summary of material in chapter six
Indigenizing the church's ministries — Hadaway
How religious groups see the dominant culture (issue of Christ and culture)
Summary of material in chapter eight
Strategy
Summary of material in chapter eight

Nazarene missions

"Through you all nations will be blessed" — Nazarene missions in context
Ralph Winter's "epochs" of missions history sets the background for a look at Nazarene missions history
World Evangelism Fund -- Where does it go?

Ministry, Church and Society

Case studies: principles for using a unique teaching tool
Introduction to case studies and a specific look at "To Drink or Not to Drink"
Your Faith Journey (giving your testimony)
3 men: On whose shoulders do we stand?
Biographical sketches of Martin Luther, John Wesley and Phineas F. Bresee
Relational evangelism
Friendship evangelism
Your volunteer ministry hours
OKC Compassion

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SNU missions course materials and syllabi

Cultural Anthropology    Introduction to Missions    Linguistics    Mexican Field Studies    Missions Strategies    Modern Missionary Movement (History of Missions)    Nazarene Missions    Church Growth and Christian Missions    Theology of Missions    Traditional Religions    World Religions
 
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