Contending for the Faith
Against the Winds of Doctrine
Jude 3; Ephesians 4:14-16
October 12, 2020
Theme: The current social turmoil sweeping our nation is based on philosophical ideas of social justice and critical race theory that have been building in our colleges and seminaries for many years. These same ideas have religious components that have invaded many Christian colleges and Seminaries that were once considered to be evangelical and conservative. The combination has had a very negative effect in many churches and its influence is growing. Even those within fundamental churches can be in danger if they are not prepared to understand and stand against current heresies. We also need to be able to go beyond that to reach those caught in these false doctrines and bring them back to the truth of the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Speaker: Jonathan E. Harris, B.A. History (Edison University), M.Div. (South Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary), M.A. History (Liberty University). Jonathan has become a somewhat unwilling expert in the area of apologetics against Social Justice and Critical Race Theory due to his experiences at SEBTS which has been very negatively affected by these winds of doctrine and now espouses them. He exposed what was happening in a podcast after graduation in 2018 and has been research and dealing with those subject ever since. (See: http://www.worldviewconversation.com/)
Links to sessions and resources:
Audio and Video of Session 1: The Challenge of Critical Theory (History & Definitions)
Powerpoint of Session 1 – download link
Audio and Video of Session 2: The Consequence of Critical Theory (Dangers)
Powerpoints for Session 2-3 – download link
Audio and Video of Session 3: The Confronting of Critical Theory (Apologetic Answers)
Audio and Video of final Q & A
Resources:
Jonathan Harris’ web page: http://www.worldviewconversation.com/ & his new book: Social Justice Goes to Church
Additional Book Recommendations:
Christian Authors:
- Social Justice vs Biblical Justice: How Good Intentions Undermine Justice and Gospel – E. Calvin Beisner
- Why Social Justice Is Not Biblical Justice – Scott Allen
- Social Justice and the Christian Church – Ronald Nash
Non-Christian Authors
- Cynical Theories: How Activist Scholarship Made Everything about Race, Gender, and Identity—and Why This Harms Everybody – Helen Pluckrose and James Lindsay
- The Quest for Cosmic Justice – Thomas Sowell