This is a transcript of a lecture given at Lake Erie College On April 6, 2021 and is the first of a three part series entitled “The Offensive Christ.” I was unable to accomplish what I had hoped in this lecture series for several reasons, but this transcript does set…

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. For by it the elders obtained a good testimony. …

And I set my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under heaven; this burdensome task God has given to the sons of man, by which they may be exercised. …