School of the Scriptures Philosophy
Without knowledge of the Word of God, believers cannot be faithful or fruitful in their spiritual walk nor can they “draw nigh to God” as scripture admonishes them to do (James 4:8). Bible ignorance is epidemic and is a major cause of spiritual confusion, compromise and corruption among God’s people. The Apostle Paul prayed that believers would abound in a love for God and others based on knowledge and judgment (discernment). This can only happen as the heart and mind are immersed in the truth of the Bible.
The School of the Scriptures ministry was founded in 2010 as a means to nourish men, women and young people to a strong, healthy and useful Christian life. All of these courses of study are pursued from an unapologetic Biblicist, Baptist, separatist, literalist, TR position with the ultimate aim of learning, loving, and be loyal to the Word of God and the God of the Word.
SOS convenes in two semesters annually (Fall/Spring) meeting each Monday evening for twelve consecutive weeks. Normally three (3) courses are offered each semester. Students have the option to audit or credit courses and may pursue a four – year track of study earning a completed Community Baptist School of the Scriptures diploma.
Winter/Spring 2026 Class
Cults & Current Trends
Monday, February 16 thru Monday, May 11
As the imminent event of the rapture of the saints’ approaches, we are witnessing a surge of religious confusion, chaos, compromise and corruption. No surprise, for from the first century on, there has been and will continue to be an attack against Christ and the authority of His Word.
Behind it is the Evil One himself, as the NT says, …Satan… is transformed into an angel of light. Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works’ (II Cor. 11:13-14).
The world is on a fast-paced conveyer belt toward one-world government and one-world religion. The ultimate representation of this apostasy will be the regime of the antichrist and global worship of his image. The stage is now being set for the incarnation of Satan in the person of the ‘man of sin’.
Across America and around the world, Satan’s agenda is a religious one. His primary tactic is to so cleverly ‘mimic’, imitate and counterfeit Christ’s work and Word, that the deceived and deluded masses will worship him. We see this occurring right before our eyes as even so-called evangelical ‘Christians’ embrace biblical error, endorsing the teachings of heretics.
Cults and Current Trends points out a tsunami of false ‘Gospels’ and unscriptural teachings stemming not just from spurious cults but among contemporary, mainline religious bodies like Catholicism, Protestantism and Evangelicalism.
In these ‘last days’ of the Last Days, when spiritual deception is widespread, Bible ignorance abounds, and accelerating apostasy runs deep, true believers need to be armed with understanding of truth and spiritual discernment. Prayerfully, the SOS course CULTS AND CURRENT TRENDS will move all of us toward this goal.
Sessions 1 & 2 – Intro to Cults, Roman Catholicism with Pastor Smith
Session 3 Jehovah’s Witnesses with Bill Gotwals
Sessions 4 & 5 Islam I & II with Ted Daub
Session 6 Mormonism with Bill Gotwals
Sessions 7 & 8 Seventh Day Adventism, Christian Science, New Age with Dick Prue
Sessions 9 & 10 Fundamentalism, Calvinism, Charismatics, Experientialism, Signs & Wonders with Pastor Smith
Sessions 11 & 12 Ecumenism, Interdenominationalism, Emerging Church with Pastor David
School of the Scriptures Seminary Modules
Each spring a seminary module is offered. These are offered in one full week in the month of June, Monday – Friday, 5:00 – 10:00 p.m. Each module is worth three (3) credit hours toward a *seminary degree – may be audited $75.00 per course; Credited at $300.00 a course.