Introduction: Part 4 Class Information

This is the focus of our study: The Story of Man. Our study will be loosely divided into 3 parts:

The Biblical Chronology

We will begin with what we know is TRUE in our biblical worldview...the overview of man's origin and history as given in the Word of God.

Thus, we will develop a chronology from the events recorded in the Bible. Yes, it is possible. While an absolute, unquestionable, inerrant, perfect chronology is NOT possible, we CAN create a generally accurate chronology that will become the foundation for interpreting the evidence found by archaeologists.

The Historical Events recorded in the Bible

The chronology is like a skeleton. It is the framework upon which we will flesh out our Story of Man. We'll look at the major events in human history that God has recorded for us, like...
...creation
...the flood
...the tower of Babel
...Israel's sojourn in Egypt
...the judges
...the united and divided kingdoms
...the exile and return from exile
...the coming of Christ and the beginning of the church

The Historical Events that we have little or no record of in Scripture

We'll look at samples of actual evidence and compare the interpretations of competing worldviews. Some of the evidence we'll look at is...
...the ice age
...the beginnings of civilizations
...buried civilizations and the myth of Atlantis
...cave man and Neanderthal man
...the stone age, bronze age, and iron age
...Egypt's timeline, since that is the basis for dating most other cultures
...ancient peoples living in the Americas (Columbus wasn't the first, and neither were the Vikings)
...Archaeological artifacts that are too advanced for the supposed timeframe where they were found
...astronomy and astrology

We will always evaluate which worldview best matches reality. It is my goal to present this information in chronological order, but sometimes that becomes difficult. However, we WILL be looking at the difference between what we always hear about these topics...in the media, in school, in books...and what we understand about them when they are properly placed in a biblical worldview.