ACSI Continuing Education Units (CEU)

The ICR School of Biblical Apologetics offers periodic ACSI-accredited CEU in-service opportunities for ACSI teachers and administrators. Now you can obtain continuing education credit from an organization dedicated to upholding the authority and accuracy of God’s Word. Not only that, you’ll receive biblical and apologetics training that will aid you as you minister to students and colleagues.

The next available classes will be:

Greek and Hebrew Scripture Smörgåsbord:

The Diamonds are in the Details (of the Original Texts)

(ICR-SOBA's Back to Genesis lecture series #ACSI-202452906)

• Dates: November 14 & 21, 2024 (2 Thursdays)
• Time: 6:00 - 9:00 p.m.
• Location: Institute for Creation Research, 1806 Royal Lane, Dallas, TX 75229 (Classroom A)
• Credit: Attending both sessions = ACSI-approved CEU (Bible or Educational/Professional)

Overview

God diversely displays His glorious genius and caring providence in how He has given us His holy Scriptures (the written Word of God, sowing us the living Word of God). The Holy Bible, especially when examined in its original texts (i.e., the providentially preserved texts of the Old and New Testament) is our spiritual food (Matthew 4:4), like a never-ending magnificent spiritual smörgåsbord! The information in the Holy Bible is clear and understandable to readers, worldwide, in its many carefully translated versions. Yet, there are some details of precision/connotation “gems” somewhat “hidden in plain view,” unless one examines the “high definition” original texts of the Old and New Testaments. (For further explanation on this, see www.icr.org/article/biblical-truth-high-definition/).

Accordingly, some precious and precise details (of Scripture’s passages) can be better appreciated by looking “microscopically” (i.e., philologically) at the exact vocabulary and syntax used in the Bible’s original Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek texts, particularly using helpful linguistic reference.

The first evening lecture will cover exemplary passages of “nuggets” in Old Testament Hebrew and Aramaic. The second evening lecture will cover exemplary passages of “nuggets” in New Testament Greek. Special attention is to given to Genesis-based creation science and apologetics insights (until time runs out!), linked to Biblical creation stewardship aspects of both the Genesis Mandate and Great Commission. In the Providential history portion of this program, review of Bible passages and big-picture history examples will illustrate the importance of the Genesis Mandate (Genesis 9:1-7) and the Great Commission (Matthew 28:18-20).

Cost

Lightning, Lions, Goose, and Gales:

Exploring Creation Highlights in Providential History

(ICR-SOBA's Back to Genesis lecture series)

• Dates: TBA
• Time: 6:00 - 9:00 p.m.
• Location: Institute for Creation Research, 1806 Royal Lane, Dallas, TX 75229 (Classroom A)
• Credit: Attending both sessions = 1.0 ACSI-approved CEU (Bible or Educational/Professional)
• Instructor: Dr. James J.S. Johnson (ICR-SOBA, ACSI-credentialed CEU provider 2153)

Overview

This course blends Bible exposition, creation science, and Providential history and explores various examples of how God diversely and gloriously works in Providential history, including events in Biblical history and church history (e.g., A.D1500s & A.D.1600s), as God sovereignly rules and providentially interacts with peoples in various lands (Acts 17:26; Isaiah 55:10-11), including displays of His careful and caring provision of natural forces (e.g., lightning, gale-force winds, fog, etc.) in providential ways, in support of God’s Genesis Mandate (Genesis 9:1-7) and the Great Commission (Matthew 28:18-20). In the Providential history part of this program examples of God’s providence will be reviewed, especially historic persons and events contributing to the preservation and transmission of the Holy Bible, including gits translation and distribution, to the “uttermost parts of the earth,” with several illustrations from the AD1500s and AD1600s.  In the creation highlights part of this program includes information about how lightning, thunder, and stormy winds are vital to Earth’s weather systems, as well as information about how animals (such as lions, geese, swans, doves, etc.).  These topical studies are presented with the intent of blending the authoritative information given in Scripture with the corroborative facts learned via relevant science. Genesis-based creation science and apologetics insights are analyzed (until time runs out!), linked to Biblical creation stewardship aspects of both the Genesis Mandate and Great Commission. 

The main presenter of this course is ICR’s Dr. James J. S. Johnson, whose relevant credentials include doctoral degrees in Bible and theology (ThD, DMin), plus NST certifications in geopolitical history (CNHG), international studies/geography (CNIA), and wildlife ecology (CNWE), ecology-related credentials in limnology (CWQM) and geography (MSGeog), post-doc certifications in forensic sciences (CIHE, CPEE), and specialized service (historian, Scottish Society of Dallas; historian-naturalist for 3 international cruise lines; Bicentennial Protestant Chaplain for the Nation’s Capital area, Boys Scouts of America; Rekefest Lecturer, Norwegian Society of Texas; scholar awardee, American Bible Society Award for excellence in Biblical studies and Biblical languages), etc. 

For more information, email msmith@icr.edu, or call 214.615.8322.

For more information about ICR's School of Biblical Apologetics, visit  www.icr.edu.

For more information about the Association of Christian Schools International, visit  www.acsi.org.