Why another seminar? Professional seminars in various areas abound today. From child rearing to financial success, we are offered unprecedented opportunities for learning from many experts. Do we need another? Dr. Smith believes we DO! Traveling to scores of churches and speaking, he has concluded that believers are not prepared to utilize the effective tool of God's Word. They know the answers are "in there somewhere", but they don't know how it fits together.

These seminars are not "light weight" approaches. They are not simple meditations and thoughts. These seminars are designed for those that want to be more effective in their walk with God and their outreach to the world, but simply feel inadequate to open the Word and find answers that are consistent and true the text. They offer a level of teaching that can truly equip believers, from the perspective of a Bible teacher that has lived and worked in the places of the text for more than a quarter of his life. Thousands have done this with Dr. Smith on location, now we bring this exciting material direct to your church or school!

Applying the Teachings of Jesus

You know and love Jesus. You trust Him for eternal life - but do you UNDERSTAND Him? Do His sayings about bushes, trees, nets and mountains apply to your life? Do the parables help you define your daily walk with Him. Sadly, for many believers the culture and times of Jesus are a mystery. Because of that, His sayings seem simplistic. For still others, they have been taught to spiritualize each word to the point that consistent and careful study eludes them. This seminar focuses on material accumulated from years of traveling each of the settings of Jesus' teachings. After careful study of the geography, contemporary history, archaeology and textual study - this seminar promises to change your view of Jesus and His teachings. The goal of these sessions is to set the sayings of Jesus in the time and place of Jesus, then to find the application of those sayings to our lives at the dawn of the 21st Century.

Applying the Teachings of Moses

Do the Ten Commandments have anything to do with us today? Should governments utilize capital punishment because of the Torah? Are the kosher laws about health issues as some have suggested? Should we keep Sabbath today as some teach? You read Leviticus, is it a chore in your annual "read through the Bible" schedule? This seminar is designed to peel away the mystery of the law as an ancient rabbi would, and allow you to explore the central theme and purpose of the Law as God revealed it to the children of Israel. Gathered from the many trips Dr. Smith has lead across the Sinai desert sands, this is not a dry study of the past - but a challenge designed to help Leviticus become as exciting in your reading of the Word as any letter of the Apostle Paul. Don't miss this one, it will open a whole new world of truths planted in your Bible!

Applying the Teaching of the Hebrew Prophets

Are the books of the Hebrew prophets a well-worn section of your Bible? Doe the message of men of old stir you to action today? Do you know how these books fit together and how they can help you understand the principles of personal finance, marriage building, child rearing and personal fulfillment? These small books are power packed with words that apply to every believer today - if you can carefully learn to hear them. Let the prophets speak again! Taken from Dr. Smith's courses of study on location in the archaeological sites of ancient Israel, this seminar is designed to carefully set the cultural stage of the prophets, and teach you how to apply the truths in your daily walk.

Applying the Teachings of the Apostle Paul

The Bible of most believers is most worn in the Pauline Epistles; we read them perhaps more than any section (beside the Psalms). Yet most believers have never been to the places Paul wrote to. Dr. Smith has traveled to every city Paul visited, to every archaeological ruin that yields the history of their past. The places, people and their local history affects how Paul wrote to them, and what he told them to do. Follow the journeys of Paul into each local setting as we study his life, journeys and relationships. This seminar is designed to set each epistle into the scheme of Paul's life, and allow you to understand not only what he was saying - but why he was saying it. Each topic was selected to help believers apply the teachings Paul offered the early church to the challenges our churches face today.

Applying the Teachings of the Apostle John

John pastured the church of Ephesus in the end of the first century. He faced the problems believers inevitably face when they desire to stand out for God in a culture that was sliding into chaos and sin. He left us a record of his struggle, not only in a Gospel, but in letters to friends and co-laborers in the Gospel. He was used of the Holy Spirit to reveal a significant view of the end times. In the midst of all of that, he suffered persecution from without and libel from some who called themselves his co-workers. He left us a pattern for producing believers that love God, the truth, and each other. This seminar was designed and taught countless times in Ephesus, and now is available to you! It was created to uncover and expose the world of this ancient godly Pastor, and illustrate the principles of a truly dynamic walk with God!

Applying the Messianic Letters (for Messianic groups)

Of all the materials of the Christian Scriptures (New Testament), there are two books that are specifically designed to deal with the issues of Jewish Messianic believers, that of Hebrews and James. This seminar focuses on the issues of the first century church, the Jerusalem Council, and application of the content of the two letters by Jewish people who believe in Jesus today. The challenges are remarkably the same as now. This seminar was originally designed in Jerusalem, and used to help the small groups of believers that have been formed in Israel. It is being offered for the first time in North America!