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Smoky Mountain Bible Institute (SMBI)
“Scientific disciplines
through a Biblical view”

 Welcome

Welcome to SMBI

Admissions Building

01 Who is God?
02 Who is Jesus?

Archeology Wing

101 Introduction
102 Digs
103 Tells and Artifacts
104 Cities and Artifacts
105 Old Testament Artifacts
106 Cities, Churches and Towns
107 Places and Artifacts I
108 Places and Artifacts II
109 New Testament People
110 Early Church I
111 Early Church II

Biblical Studies Wing

101 Introduction
102 How We Look at Scripture
103 How We Got the Bible I
104 How We Got the Bible II
105 How We Got the Bible III
106 External and Extant Witnesses
107 Rurning Up Straw Men
108 Departures
109 Hermeneutics
110 Hermeneutics II
111 Ladders
112 Ladders II
113 Ladders III
114 Heresy
115 Heresy II
116 Heresy III

Biology Wing

101 Introduction
102 Cosmology, Logics and Chemistry
103 Thermodynamics
104 Dating Methods
105 Carbon 14 Dating
106 Radiometric Dating
107 Young Earth Dating Methods
108 Botany
109 Zoology
110 Genetics
111 Natural Selection

Geology Wing

101 Introduction
102 Our Planet's Context
103 The Age of the Earth
104 The World-wide Flood
105 Plate Tectonics
106 Ice Ages
107 Ice Age Evidence
108 Fossils
109 Dragons
110 Dragons II
111 Volcanoes and Canyons
112 Erosion, Silt and Dust

History Wing

101 Introduction
102 Prehistory
103 The First 1000 Years
104 3000 to 2350BC
105 Noah's Ark
106 The Flood
107 2343BC to 2000BC
108 Revisit Biology 102
109 Patriarch I
110 Patriarch II
111 1876BC 430 Years in Egypt
112 Moses
113 & 114 Exodus Map
113 Plagues
114 Exodus
115 Forty Years in the Wilderness
116 Judges 1406BC to 1049BC
117 Saul 1049BC to 1009BC
118 David 1009BC to 969BC
119 Solomon 971BC to 932BC
120 Solomon Fixing a Date
121 932BC to 732BC - Divided Monarchy
122 Exile 587BC to 428BC
123 The Time Between the Testaments
124 Timeline Leading to Christ's Birth
125 Timeline of Christ's Life
126 Timeline of Post Resurrection Appearances
127 Christianity in the First Century I
128 Christianity in the First Century II
129 How We Got the Bible I
130 How We Got the Bible II
131 How We Got the Bible III
132 Early Church Fathers I
133 Early Church Fathers II
134 Church Councils
135 Islam
136 The Great Schism
137 The Crusades I
138 The Crusades II
139 500AD to 1500AD Summary
140 Reformation and the Book of Concord
141 Post Reformation Christianity

Philosophy Wing

101 Introduction
102 Epistomology
103 Aesthetics
104 Metaphysics
105 Ethics and Politics
106 Specialized Branches
107 Logic
108 Logical Fallacies I
109 Logical Fallacies II
110 Logical Fallacies III
111 Logical Fallacies IV

Sociology

101 Introduction
102 Sociology
103 Psychology
104 Anthropology
105 Communication & Linguistics
106 Economics, Education, Law, Politics

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Smoky Mountain Reflections
“Random thoughts of an LCMS pastor in the
Smoky Mountains”

01 The Beginnings
02 Local History
03 Local History #2
04 Our Congregation (Evangelism)
05 Our Congregation #2 (Evangelism)
06 Our Congregation #3 (Evangelism)
07 Our Congregation #4 (Evangelism)
08 Our Congregation #5 (Evangelism)
09 Gratitude & Generosity
10 Gratitude & Generosity #2
11 Gratitude & Generosity #3
12 Gratitude & Generosity #4
13 Stewardship
14 Stewardship #2
15 Apologetics
16 Apologetics #2
17 Apologetics #3
18 Apologetics #4
19 Apologetics #5
20 Apologetics #6
21 Sixth Commandmen Stuff (a.k.a. “Sixers”) Tolerance
22 Sixers #2 Two Kingdoms
23 Sixers #3 Isn't it Interesting?
24 Sixers #4 Relationships
25 Sixers #5 The Seven Sisters
26 Sixers #6 BSA GSUSA Thrivent
27 Sixers #7 Love and Tolerance
28 Sixers #8 Laity vs Expert
29 Sixers #9 Alarm Alarm
30 Sixers #10 Not so Supreme Court
31 Sixers #11 Moral Civil Ceremonial
32 Sixers #12 Hormone Therapy
33 Sixers #13 LGBTQ - LMNOP
34 Sixers #14 Consent
35 Sixers #15 One Human Race vs Identity Politics
36 Sixers #16 Gender Madness
37 Thanksgiving
38 Thanksgiving #2
39 Reformation
40 Reformation #2
41 Advent
42 Advent #2
43 Spring
44 Spring #2 (Ash Wednesday & Fasting)
45 Spring #3
46 Easter (Loss or Gain)
47 Easter #2 (Love & Protect Life)
48 Summer (Declaration of Independence)
49 Summer Vacation
50 Does God Care What You Wear?
51 The Nature of God
52 Which Bias Are You Biased With?
53 Who is Jesus?
54 God's Word
55 The Birth of SMBI
56 Favorite Places
57 Education
58 Cursed Creation
59 Sharing Your Faith
60 Sharing Your Faith #2
61 Vocation
62 Words
63 Loss or Gain?
64 Silly Legal Warnings
65 Chicken Little
66 Colors
67 You are Special
68 Worry
69 I am Special
70 Self-defeating Statements
71 We Miss You
72 Communication
73 The Lies of the World
74 Truth is Timeless
75 Communication and Information
76 Live Your Faith as Witness
77 Only Two Ways: In Christ or Out
78 Jesus is the ONLY Way
79 Who is Copying Whom?
80 The Real Jesus: Please Stand Up
81 Christ's Righteousness, Your Response
82 Heresies
83 Heresies #2
84 Engage, Discern, Speak
85 Information, Time, Resources, Faith, and Practice
86 Business and Priorities
87 Words Mean Things
88 Hell
89 Love Your Neighbor
90 Go to Church
91 Good Reasons for Decline
92 Good Host
93 Regular Time With God
94 Christianity Defined
95 Solas
96 Paradox
97 The Six Chief Parts

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