COLLEGE-MASTERS
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MODULE: 1
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NOTES-MASTERS-Hermeneutics
Written by: Gavin Paynter on 1 January 2024
Synopsis: After this lesson you should be able to:
- Understand the definition and role of hermeneutics.
- Explain the difference between exegesis and eisegesis.
- Understand the different hermeneutics.....
MASTERS-L1- Hermeneutics
Lecture by: Gavin Paynter on 23 January 2024
Synopsis: Hermeneutics is defined in one dictionary as “the art of finding the meaning of an author’s words and phrases, and of explaining it to others.”
The word hermeneutics comes from a Greek root meaning.....
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MODULE: 2
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NOTES-MASTERS-World religions
Written by: Gavin Paynter on 22 February 2024
Synopsis: After this lesson you should be able to:
• Be aware of the demographics of the major and medium-sized world religions.
• Understand the differences between monotheism, dualism, henotheism,.....
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MODULE: 3
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NOTES-MASTERS-World religions 2-Islam
Sermon by Gavin Paynter on 8 April 2024
Synopsis: After this lesson you should be able to:
• Understand some of the key differences between Islam and Christianity.
• Understand some of the key differences between the Quran and the Bible.
• Be.....
MASTERS-L2- World religions 2-Islam-Treatment of infidels
Sermon by Gavin Paynter on 17 April 2024
Synopsis: At face value, Islam appears to share common roots with both Judaism and Christianity.
Muslims believe in a single, personal Creator God.
Islam too is an Abrahamic religion and honours Adam, Noah,.....
MASTERS-L3- World religions 2-Islam -Jesus and Muhammad
Sermon by Gavin Paynter on 24 April 2024
Synopsis: Islam’s Jesus is not the same as Christianity’s Jesus. He was not God’s Son, never died on the cross, was never resurrected and was just a prophet in the same fashion as Moses and Abraham.
The.....
MASTERS-L4- World religions 2-Islam-The Bible and the Quran
Sermon by Gavin Paynter on 8 May 2024
Synopsis: The Bible consists of 66 individual books, 39 books in the Old Testament and 27 in the New Testament. The books are each divided into chapters (1,189 chapters altogether). The Quran contains 114.....
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MODULE: 5
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NOTES-MASTERS-Church History 1
Sermon by RWBC on 7 July 2024
Synopsis: We will be covering the period from the time of Christ until AD 1517 – just before the Protestant Reformation.
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MODULE: 6
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NOTES-MASTERS-The Book of Hebrews
Sermon by Gavin Paynter on 1 August 2024
Synopsis: An overview of the Epistle to the Hebrews.
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MODULE: 7
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NOTES-MASTERS-Church History 2
Sermon by RWBC on 1 November 2024
Synopsis: We will be covering the period from the Protestant Reformation until present.
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MODULE: 11
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NOTES-MASTERS-Cults
Sermon by RWBC on 31 March 2025
Synopsis: Reference notes for Masters module on cults.
Here are the chapters you need to read.
5. Jehovah’s Witnesses and the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society
6. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day.....
Y5-M13-L1- The problem of evil - Part 1
Sermon by Gavin Paynter on 6 May 2025
Synopsis: One of the most common questions people ask Christians is how a good, all-knowing and all-powerful God could allow evil in the world.
The problem of evil in the world and why a righteous God.....
Y5-M13-L2- The problem of evil - Part 2
Sermon by Gavin Paynter on 7 May 2025
Synopsis: Arminius taught that Calvinist predestination and unconditional election made God the author of evil.
But making God the author of evil is not something we have to infer into Calvin’s doctrine......
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