Eric Chabot:
Education: M.A. Southern Evangelical Seminary
Graduate of Cross Examined Instructors Academy-2008-see www.crossexamined.org
Memberships: The Evangelical Philosophical Society
Primary Interests: Motivating God's people to understand the need for outreach and apologetic training, contemporary issues in the culture, the need for Christians to engage the university, confronting the current intellectual crisis in the local congregation, philosophy of religion, the relationship between epistemology and metaphysics, the resurrection, Christian origins, the relationship between early Christology and Jewish monotheism, the relationship between the Tanakh (acronym that is formed from the first three parts of the Hebrew Bible: Torah (the first five books of the Bible), Nevi’ im (the Prophets), and K’ tuvim (the Writings) and the New Testament, the relationship between Israel and the church, Christian theism and other worldviews, apologetic systems, historical method, the genre of the New Testament, the relationship between science and theology, and biblical hermeneutics.
Ministry Experience: Campus outreach minister since 2004. Director of Ratio Christi: website: http://chab123.wordpress.com/what-is-ratio-christi/
Eric and was featured on Alex McFarland's radio show "Truth Talk Live!" To see more about Alex McFarland, see here: http://alexmcfarland.com/
Speaking Experience: Midwest Representative for CJF Ministries- 2005 to present. See www.cjf.org.
Teaching Experience: Instructor: The Messianic Studies Institute- see www.messianicstudiesinstitute.org.
The following courses are offered by Eric Chabot at the Messianic Studies Institute:
The Jewish Essence of the Faith: This class is designed to help Christians from all different denominational backgrounds understand the need to understand the Jewish essence of our faith. This course requires students to read the following text book: Marvin Wilson. Our Father Abraham: The Jewish Roots of the Christian Faith. Grand Rapids, MI: Wm.B.Eerdmans Publishing Co.1989.
Early Understanding of Messiah: This course is an overview of how the earliest Messianic community understood Jesus as the Messiah. Messianic titles such as “Son of God,” “Son of Man,” “Lord,” “Wisdom,” and “Word” are discussed, with an emphasis on their Hebraic versus Hellenistic origin.
Messianic Apologetics: This course addresses the historical, cultural, and theological Jewish objections to Jesus as the Messiah and introduces students to apologetic thinking and methodologies. Many Christians are surprised to hear how many objections Jewish people have to the Messiahship of Jesus. Read more here: www.isca-apologetics.org/Jewish Apologetics.pdf. Students are encouraged to read the following books for the class:
Brown, M. Answering Jewish Objections to Jesus, Vol 1: General and Historical Objections
Brown. M. Answering Jewish Objections to Jesus, Vol 2: Theological Objections
Brown. M. Answering Jewish Objections to Jesus, Vol 3. Messianic Prophecy Objections
Brown, M. Answering Jewish Objections to Jesus, Vol 4: New Testament Objections
Copan, P. and C.A. Evans. Who Was Jesus? A Jewish- Christian Dialogue
The Resurrection- Myth or Fact? An overview of the notion of resurrection as found in the Hebrew Scriptures, select writings of the 2nd Temple period, and the New Testament. Particular emphasis will be placed on the centrality of the resurrection in the NT, the resurrection of Jesus the Messiah, and how the resurrection should affect our daily lives.
Publications: Messianic Literature Outreach: Messiology and Jewish Monotheism/Fall 2006, The Impact of Philosophy on the Jewish Community/Winter 2006, The Resurrection/Spring 2007, The Messianic Task/Spring 2008. The Kingdom Of God/Spring 2009. What is Apologetics?/Fall 2009. The Messiah: A Complex Issue: Fall/ 2009. The Jewish Background Of The Incarnation In The Gospel of John/ Spring 2010. Prayer In The Book Of Acts/Spring 2010.