by Vern Sheridan Poythress
My family and I have been worshiping for years at Lansdale Presbyterian Church, in the Presbyterian Church in America. I am a teaching elder in the East Pennsylvania Presbytery of the Presbyterian Church in America. (For those not familiar with the differences, the Presbyterian Church in America is a major conservative denomination, committed to the authority of the Bible. It is to be distinguished from the Presbyterian Church USA, a mainline denomination with a mixed record concerning the Bible.) In the course of time I have taught a number of adult Sunday School classes. It is intended that I will gradually add to the material below. I have also taught from time to time at St. John the Evangelist Anglican Church (Anglican Mission in America).
I have also included material from special lectures.
Let me remind you that these materials are very much works in progress. They are tentative in nature, and subject to repeated alteration and improvement. Not everything in them represents settled views on my part.
You may use all the materials under the GNU Free Documentation License. For details, you must read this license. Briefly, the license allows you to use and pass on both unaltered and altered files, provided that you give credit to the author and that you grant to others the same freedom given to you.
| Title | Writable Files | PDF or RTF File |
| Christ in the OT | PChrist.odp | PChrist.pdf |
| Christ in Chronicles | PChronicles.odp | PChronicles.pdf |
| Introduction to Psalms | PPsalms.odp | PPsalms.pdf |
| Introduction to Isaiah | PIsaiah.odp | PIsaiah.pdf |
| The Bible and Versions | W11Bible.odp | W11Bible.pdf |
| Translating | W12Translating.odp | W13Translating.pdf |
| Types of Translating | W13Types.odp | W13Types.pdf |
| Title | Writable Files | PDF or RTF File |
| Election | TElection.odp | TElection.pdf |
| Summary on Election | TElection.odt | TElection.rtf |
The following files come from a special lecture for doctoral students at WTS.
| Title | Writable Files | PDF or RTF File |
| All files | ||
| Doing a Dissertation (outline) | TDissertation.odt | TDissertation.pdf
TDissertation.rtf |
| Doing a Dissertation (slides) | TDissertation.odp | TDissertationS.pdf |
The following ideas are condensed from the book Language: A God-Centered Approach (Wheaton, IL: Crossway, forthcoming).
| Title | Writable Files | |
| All files | Langodp.zip | Langpdf.zip |
| Importance of Language | 1L1Importance.odp | 1L1Importance.pdf |
| Exploring Language | 1L2Exploring.odp | 1L2Exploring.pdf |
| God Creating | 1L3Creating.odp | 1L3Creating.pdf |
| Mankind | 1L4Mankind.odp | 1L4Mankind.pdf |
| Rules of Language | 1L5Rules.odp | 1L5Rules.pdf |
| The Fall | 1L6Fall.odp | 1L6Fall.pdf |
| God Producing the Bible | 1L7Bible.odp |
1L7Bible.pdf |
| Seeking Wisdom | 1L8Wisdom.odp | 1L8Wisdom.pdf |
| Cultures | 1L9Cultures.odp | 1L9Cultures.pdf |
| Bridging Languages | 1L10Bridging.odp | 1L10Bridging.pdf |
| Stories | 1L11Stories.odp | 1L11Stories.pdf |
| Words | 1L12Words.odp | 1L12Words.pdf |
The lessons on science are condensations from Vern S. Poythress, Redeeming Science: A God-Centered Approach (Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2006).
| Title | Writable Files | PDF or RTF File |
| All files | Science.odp.zip | Science.pdf.zip |
| Why Scientists Must Believe in God | TV2Must.odp | TV2Must.pdf |
| Days of Creation | TV4aDaysOfCreation.odp | TV4aDaysOfCreation.pdf |
| Life | TV7Life.odp | TV7Life.pdf |
| Physical Displays | TV8Physics.odp | TV8Physics.pdf |
| Mathematics | TV9Math.odp | TV9Math.pdf |
Below is a condensation that focuses on Christ's role as God and as man
| Title | Writable Files | PDF or RTF File |
| Christ in Science: 1. Christ as Word | TVChristInScience1.odp | TVChristInScience1.pdf |
| Christ in Science: 2. Christ as Last Adam | TVChristInScience2.odp | TVChristInScience2.pdf |
| Title | Writable Files | PDF or RTF File |
| Theft | 2005Theft.odp | 2005Theft.pdf |
| Theft (outline) | 2005TheftOutline.odt | 2005TheftOutline.rtf |
The Open Document formats (.odp and .odt) are preferred, for the benefit of permanent public accessibility. You can view open document files with OpenOffice 2.2, which is available for free. You can view the PDF files with Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is probably already on your computer. For further discussion of the issues of accessibility, see my article on "Digital Ethics and File Formats."
Some files use Greek and Hebrew fonts. Others use special Roman alphabet fonts. See my base page for access to these fonts.
by Dr. Vern S. Poythress
Westminster Theological Seminary
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania