Basic Creation Training Course.
This one-day course is designed to prepare Christians to speak about and defend the biblical account of creation with confidence and be better equipped to present the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Target Audience: Ninth grade and above (A great course for getting your high school student trained to defend their faith).
Certification: This course is certified for one Continuing Education Unit (CEU) for Christian school teachers.
Course Goal: To prepare Christians to be able to speak about and defend the biblical account of creation with confidence and be better equipped to present the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Instructional Method/Format: Lecture, class participation, and exercises.
Course Outline
Chapter 1: Establishing and Defending a Biblical Worldview
Chapter 2: Handling Objections
Chapter 3: Science and Time
Chapter 4: The Genesis Flood, Geology, and the Fossil Record
Chapter 5: Biblical Apologetics (Answering Challenges)
Chapter 6: Dismantling Two Foundations of Evolution
Course Length: 1 day (8:30 am – 5:30 pm)
Course Cost: $45 per student ($35 for each additional family member) $25 Students.
Instructor: Mike Riddle, Founder and President of CTI.
More information on the course and how to register can be found here. You can also call Cornerstone Bible Church at 360-386-9871 to reserve your place in this course.
Details on the Basic Creation Training course can be found here.
Mike Riddle – President of CTI & Education Specialist
Mike is an international speaker and educator on Christian education and apologetics. He holds a degree in mathematics and a graduate degree in education and has been involved in creation ministry for more than thirty years. Prior to getting involved in creation ministry, Mike was a Captain in the U.S. Marines and a national champion in track and field. Mike’s experience in the education field includes:
- Teaching junior high and senior high school mathematics.
- An instructor at the Northwest Graduate School of the Ministry and the Institute for Creation Research Graduate School.
- Managing U.S. Sprint’s world-wide technical training.
- Managing Microsoft’s world-wide engineer training.
- Development and delivery of courses on presentation skills and teaching methods.
- Mike currently lectures and teaches world-wide on creation apologetics, Christian education, science and the Bible, and developing a biblical worldview.
He resides in Boise, ID with his wife Lesley.
Meeting Documents:
- Basic Creation Training (BCT) Course Poster
- Announcement Slide
- Complete schedule for Mike Riddle, Nov. 20-22
Mike Riddle, Founder and President of Creation Training Initiative (CTI), will be back in the Greater Seattle area November 18-22.
- Mike’s complete schedule can be found here.
If you have an interest in having Mike speak at your church or another venue, or know of someone who might have an interest, please call Heinz at 425-501-5075 or email him at heinz@osta.com. A list and brief description of many of the seminars and sermons that Mike gives are provided on his website. More details here:
- Mike Riddle Bio – http://creationwiki.org/Mike_Riddle
- Mike Riddle Talks – http://www.creationtraining.org/seminars/
Basic Creation Training Course.
This one-day course is designed to prepare Christians to speak about and defend the biblical account of creation with confidence and be better equipped to present the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Target Audience: Ninth grade and above (A great course for getting your high school student trained to defend their faith).
Certification: This course is certified for one Continuing Education Unit (CEU) for Christian school teachers.
Course Goal: To prepare Christians to be able to speak about and defend the biblical account of creation with confidence and be better equipped to present the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Instructional Method/Format: Lecture, class participation, and exercises.
Course Outline
Chapter 1: Establishing and Defending a Biblical Worldview
Chapter 2: Handling Objections
Chapter 3: Science and Time
Chapter 4: The Genesis Flood, Geology, and the Fossil Record
Chapter 5: Biblical Apologetics (Answering Challenges)
Chapter 6: Dismantling Two Foundations of Evolution
Course Length: 1 day (8:30 am – 5:30 pm)
Course Cost: $45 per student ($35 for each additional family member) $25 Students.
Instructor: Mike Riddle, Founder and President of CTI.
More information on the course and how to register can be found here. You can also call Snohomish Emmanuel Baptist Church at 360-568-2987 to reserve your place in this course.
Details on the Basic Creation Training course can be found here.
Mike Riddle – President of CTI & Education Specialist
Mike is an international speaker and educator on Christian education and apologetics. He holds a degree in mathematics and a graduate degree in education and has been involved in creation ministry for more than thirty years. Prior to getting involved in creation ministry, Mike was a Captain in the U.S. Marines and a national champion in track and field. Mike’s experience in the education field includes:
- Teaching junior high and senior high school mathematics.
- An instructor at the Northwest Graduate School of the Ministry and the Institute for Creation Research Graduate School.
- Managing U.S. Sprint’s world-wide technical training.
- Managing Microsoft’s world-wide engineer training.
- Development and delivery of courses on presentation skills and teaching methods.
- Mike currently lectures and teaches world-wide on creation apologetics, Christian education, science and the Bible, and developing a biblical worldview.
He resides in Boise, ID with his wife Lesley.
Meeting Documents:
- Basic Creation Training (BCT) Course Poster
- Announcement Slide
- Complete schedule for Mike Riddle, September 22-26
Mike Riddle, Founder and President of Creation Training Initiative (CTI), will be back in the Greater Seattle area September 22-26.
- Mike’s complete schedule can be found here.
If you have an interest in having Mike speak at your church or another venue, or know of someone who might have an interest, please call Heinz at 425-501-5075 or email him at heinz@osta.com. A list and brief description of many of the seminars and sermons that Mike gives are provided on his website. More details here:
- Mike Riddle Bio – http://creationwiki.org/Mike_Riddle
- Mike Riddle Talks – http://www.creationtraining.org/seminars/
Become an apologetics leader in your church and community
This 5-day course is held at the Ridgecrest Christian Conference Center in Black Mountain, NC (near Asheville). The course is designed to equip Christians with 7 steps to become an effective creation speaker/teacher. The price of $450 includes the course workbook, 5 nights of lodging, and all meals.
Topics
| Monday Evening (7:00 pm) | Introduction to biblical creation and apologetics |
| Tuesday | The days of creation, sin and death Handling objections to a literal 6-day creation Workshop: group presentations Basic apologetics – part 1 Basic apologetics – part 2 Introduction to presuppositional apologetics Communication and teaching skills |
| Wednesday | Student presentations (3-5 minutes each) Why the Bible is true The Genesis Flood and the Bible Geology, time and the fossil record |
| Thursday | Advanced apologetics – part 1 Life-long learning tools (critical thinking skills) Discernment and the emergent church movement Workshop: defense presentation The origin of life The moral argument for God |
| Friday | Student presentations (3-5 minutes each) Advanced apologetics – part 2 (the rights fight) Defense of biblical marriage Dinosaurs and the Bible (a talk for children) A critique of evolution (mutations and natural selection) Defending the sanctity of human life |
| Saturday | Dating methods: carbon-14 and assumptions Course review Final exam |
More information on the Training Course can be found here:
Basic Creation Training Course
This one-day course is designed to prepare Christians to speak about and defend the biblical account of creation with confidence and be better equipped to present the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Target Audience: Ninth grade and above (A great course for getting your high school student trained to defend their faith).
Certification: This course is certified for one Continuing Education Unit (CEU) for Christian school teachers.
Course Goal: To prepare Christians to be able to speak about and defend the biblical account of creation with confidence and be better equipped to present the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Instructional Method/Format: Lecture, class participation, and exercises.
Course Outline
Chapter 1: Biblical Foundations
Chapter 2: Genesis and the Days of Creation
Chapter 3: Theological Problems with an Old Earth
Chapter 4: Science and Time
Chapter 5: Biblical Apologetics
Chapter 6: The Genesis Flood and Geology
Chapter 7: The Fossil Record and the Bible
Chapter 8: Dismantling Two Foundations of Evolution
Course Length: 1 day (8:30 am – 5:30 pm)
Course Cost: $45 per student ($35 for each additional family member) $25 Students.
Instructor: Mike Riddle, Founder and President of CTI.
More information on the course and how to register can be found here. You can also call Barry at (425) 870-8682 to reserve your place in this course.
Details on the Basic Creation Training course can be found here.
Mike Riddle – President of CTI & Education Specialist
Mike is an international speaker and educator on Christian education and apologetics. He holds a degree in mathematics and a graduate degree in education and has been involved in creation ministry for more than thirty years. Prior to getting involved in creation ministry, Mike was a Captain in the U.S. Marines and a national champion in track and field. Mike’s experience in the education field includes:
- Teaching junior high and senior high school mathematics.
- An instructor at the Northwest Graduate School of the Ministry and the Institute for Creation Research Graduate School.
- Managing U.S. Sprint’s world-wide technical training.
- Managing Microsoft’s world-wide engineer training.
- Development and delivery of courses on presentation skills and teaching methods.
- Mike currently lectures and teaches world-wide on creation apologetics, Christian education, science and the Bible, and developing a biblical worldview.
He resides in Boise, ID with his wife Lesley.
Meeting Documents:
- Basic Creation Training (BCT) Course Poster
- Announcement Slide
- Complete schedule for Mike Riddle, September 21-25
Mike Riddle, Founder and President of Creation Training Initiative (CTI), will be back in the Greater Seattle area September 21-25.
- Mike’s complete schedule can be found here.
If you have an interest in having Mike speak at your church or another venue, or know of someone who might have an interest, please call Heinz at 425-501-5075 or email him at heinz@osta.com. A list and brief description of many of the seminars and sermons that Mike gives are provided on his website. More details here:
- Mike Riddle Bio – http://creationwiki.org/Mike_Riddle
- Mike Riddle Talks – http://www.creationtraining.org/seminars/
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