From a biblical perspective, “the environment” is God’s creation. Creation care does not just mean caring for “nature,” apart from humanity. It means caring for the entire creation: the environment and “all creatures great and small” including humanity. As those who confess Jesus Christ to be Savior and Lord, our relationship with all of creation must be in keeping with Christ’s relationship with all of creation.

There is no more explosive issue in the 21st century than how those who call themselves followers of Jesus relate to homosexuality and homosexuals. This has been an area of tremendous confusion and pain, and for the most part, the church has done a dreadful job in representing Jesus to homosexuals.

The evangelical church failed to take an active role in the civil rights issue of the 1960’s. Immigration is the civil rights issue of today. In this course, Rich Nathan addresses this topic from a Biblical perspective as he answers the question "How should Christians think about immigration and illegal immigrants?"

Sadly, most Christians begin discussions regarding public policy with the insights of popular commentators or politicians. At the front end of any controversial issue, Christians should be asking, "What does the Bible teach?"

Women in church leadership is a controversial topic among conservative evangelicals in the United States today. This course gives you an overall, biblical framework for interpreting God’s word concerning women leading God's people. Learn seven principles for interpreting any biblical passage and how each principle sheds light on this difficult issue. You also will hear in-depth teaching on how to treat the three most challenging passages at the heart of the controversy: 1 Timothy 2, 1 Corinthians 14 and 11.