Abstracts for The Light Talks

by
   
Dr. Robert C. Newman
RCNewman@ibri.org

Talks are arranged alphabetically by title with topic noted in left column:

B: Bible; E: Evidences/Education; G: Government/Geography; H: History; I: Intelligent Design;

O: Origins; R: Responses; S: Science/Science & Christianity; T: Theology

 

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B, S, T

Light 1: The Creation of Light.  The first in a series of eight talks on light as it occurs in Scripture.  The first two talks deal with physical light.  In this talk we discuss the creation of light (Gen 1:3-5) and the appearance of light sources (Gen 1:14-19).  What are the purposes of light for our benefit as humans?

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B, E, T

Light 2: Light Revealing God. A discussion of Psalm 19:1-6.  What are the heavenly lights telling us about God?

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B, T

Light 3: God’s Word is Light  The remaining six talks deal with light as a picture for various spiritual truths.  Here, we discuss Psalm 119, especially verses 130 and 105, where God’s Word (the Bible) is compared to light in illuminating the world spiritually and providing guidance for our lives.

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Light 4: Messiah, the Light.    Here we discuss the closing verses of Isaiah 8 and the opening verses of Isaiah 9, in which the Messiah is pictured as a light to the nation Israel (and we briefly mention Isaiah 49, where he is a light to the nations).  We see here something of how this was fulfilled in Jesus.

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B, T

Light 5: God, our Light in Bad Times.    A look at Micah 7:1-13, where we see how God was a light to his people in Micah’s time, with some lessons for our own times.

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Light 6: God Is Light.    A discussion of selected verses in 1 John 1 and 2, how God’s character, compared to light, should influence our own attitudes and actions.

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Light 7: Walk as Children of Light.    A look at Ephesians 5:1-20, in which the apostle Paul urges Christians to live so as to be God’s children, characterized, as He is, by light.

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Light 8: Let Your Light Shine.   In his Sermon on the Mount, Jesus tells us that we by our lifestyle are to be like salt and light.  What is salt like and what does it do?  What does light do?

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Last Update August, 2011.