Education - Adult

Adult education is provided using materials specifically developed CLC. They include, among other materials, "About the Bible," "Essential 100," "Pauline Epistles" and "Westminster Standards - Shorter Catechism."
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  • About the Bible - It is an in-depth study about the Bible. The Bible is the foundation of our faith and our knowledge of God. Therefore, it is of critical importance for God's people to know the Bible. 
    • Introduction
    • Chapter One - The Presence of God (God Who Is There)
    • Chapter Two - The Revelation of God (Who Who Speaks)
    • Chapter Three - The Character of God (God of Personality)
    • Chapter Four - The Works of God (God Who Engages)
    • Chapter Five - The Kingdom of God (God of His People)
    • Chapter Six - The Fulfillment of God (God Who Completes)
    • Conclusion
  • Essential 100 -  It is a study of 100 essential Bible Passages. 50 Passages from the Old Testament and 50 passages from the New Testament. The E1 tp E100 passage selections and divisions are provided by the Scripture Union but the content of each study is developed by CLC. 
    • Introduction
    • How to use E100
    • CLC Mission, Vision & Core Values 
    • E1: Genesis 1-2 (The Creation)
    • E2: Genesis 3 (The Fall of Man)
    • E3: Genesis 6:5-7:24 (The Flood)
    • E4: Genesis 8:1-9:17 (God’s Covenant with Noah)
    • E5: Genesis 11:1-9 (Tower of Babel)
    • E6: Genesis 12:1-20 (The Call of Abram)
    • E7: Genesis 15:1-21 (God’s Covenant with Abram)
    • E8: Genesis 21:1-22:19 (Isaac’s Birth and “Sacrifice”: NIV)
    • E9: Genesis 27:1-28:22 (Jacob and Esau Compete)
    • E10: Genesis 32:1-33:20 (Jacob and Esau Reconcile)
    • E11: Genesis 37:1-36 (Joseph Sold Into Slavery)
    • E12: Genesis 39:1-41:57 (Prison and a Promotion)
    • E13: Genesis 42:1-38 (Ten Brothers Go to Egypt)
    • E14: Genesis 43:1-44:34 (The Brothers Return)
    • E15: Genesis 45:1-46:7 (Joseph Reveals His Identity)
    • E16: Exodus 1:1-2:25 (Birth of Moses)
    • E17:  Exodus 3:1-4:17 (The Burning Bush)
    • E18:  Exodus 6:28-11:10 (The Ten Plagues)
    • E19: Exodus 12:1-42 (Passover and Exodus)
    • E20:  Exodus 13:17-14:31 (Crossing the Red Sea)
    • E21: Exodus 19:1-20:21 (The Ten Commandments)
    • E22:  Exodus 32:1-34:35 (The Golden Calf)
    • E23: Joshua 1:1-18 (Joshua Succeeds Moses)
    • E24: Joshua 3:1-4:24 (Crossing the Jordan)
    • E25: Joshua 5:13-6:27 (The Fall of Jericho)
    • E26:  Judges 2:6-3:6 (Israel’s Disobedience)
    • E27: Judges 4:1-5:31 (Deborah Leads Israel)
    • E28: Judges 6:1-7:25 (Gideon Defeats the Midianites)
    • E29: Judges 13:1-16:31 (Samson Defeats the Philistines)
    • E30: Ruth 1-4 (The Story of Ruth)
    • E31: I Samuel 1-3 (Samuel Listens to God)
    • E32: I Samuel 8-10 (Saul becomes King)
    • E33: I Samuel 16:1-18:16 (David and Goliath)
    • E34:  I Samuel 23:7-24:22 (David and Saul)
    • E35:  2 Samuel 5:1-7:29 (King David)
    • E36: 2 Samuel 11:1-12:25 (David and Bathsheba)
    • E37: I Kings 2:1-3:28 (King Solomon)
    • E38: I Kings 8:1-9:9 (Solomon’s Temple)
    • E39: 1 Kings 16:29-19:18 (Elijah and the prophets of Baal)
    • E40: 2 Kings 25:1-25:30 (The Fall of Jerusalem)
    • E41: Psalms 23 (The Lord is My Shepherd)
    • E42: Psalm 51 (Have Mercy on Me)
    • E43: Psalms 103 (Praise the Lord)
    • E44: Proverbs 1-2 (Godly Wisdom)
    • E45: Proverbs 31 (Proverbs of King Lemuel)
    • E46: Isaiah 53 (The Suffering Servant)
    • E47: Jeremiah 1-2 (Jeremiah’s Call and Message)
    • E48: Daniel 6:1-28 (Daniel in the Lion’s Den)
    • E49: Jonah 1-4 (The Story of Jonah)
    • E50: Malachi 1-4 (The Day of Judgment)
    • E51: John 1:1-18 (The Word Became Flesh)
    • E52: Luke 1:1-80 (Gabriel’s Message)
    • E53: Luke 2:1-40 (The Birth of Jesus)
    • E54: Luke 3:1-20 (John the Baptist)
    • E55: Matthew 3:13-4:17 (Baptism and Temptation)
    • E56: Matthew 5-6 (Sermon on the Mount I)
    • E57: Matthew 6:5-7:29 (Sermon on the Mount II)
    • E58: Matthew 13 (Kingdom of Heaven)
    • E59: Luke 10:25-37 (The Good Samaritan)
    • E60: Luke 15:1-32 (Lost and Found)
    • E61: Luke 9:1-36 (Feeding the Five Hundred)
    • E62: Matthew 14:22-36 (Walking on Water)
    • E63: John 9:1-41 (Healing a Blind Man)
    • E64: Mark 5:1-20 (Healing a Demon-Possessed Man)
    • E65: John 11:1-57 (Raising Lazarus from the Dead)
    • E66: Luke 22:1-46 (The Last Supper)
    • E67: John 18:1-40 (Arrest and Trial)
    • E68: John 19:1-42 (The Crucifixion)
    • E69: John 20:1-21:25 (The Resurrection)
    • E70: Acts 1:1-11 (The Ascension)
    • E71: Acts 2:1-47 (The Day of Pentecost)
    • E72: Acts 3:1-4:37 (Growth and Persecution)
    • E73: Acts 6:8-8:8 (The First Martyr)
    • E74: Acts 8:26-40 (Sharing the Word)
    • E75: Acts 10:1-11:18 (Good News for All)
    • E76: Acts 9:1-36 (The Road to Damascus)
    • E77: Acts 13:1-14:28 (The First Missionary Journey)
    • E78: Acts 15:1-41 (The Council at Jerusalem)
    • E79: Acts 16:1-20:38 (More Missionary Journeys); Acts 17; Acts 18
    • E80: Acts 25:1-28:31 (The Trip to Rome)
    • E81: Romans 8:1-39 (More Than Conquerors)
    • E82: Galatians 5:16-6:10 (The Fruit of the Spirit)
    • E83: Ephesians 6:10-20 (The Armor of God)
    • E84: Philippians 4:4-9 (Rejoice in the Lord)
    • E85: Colossians 1:1-23 (The Supremacy of Christ)
    • E86: I Timothy 3:1-16 (Elders and Deacons)
    • E87: I Timothy 6:3-21 (The Love of Money)
    • E88: 2 Timothy 2:1-26 (Good Soldiers of Christ)
    • E89: 2 Timothy 3:10-4:8 (All Scripture is God-breathed)
    • E90: I Thessalonians 4:13-5:11 (The Coming of the Lord)
    • E91: 1 Corinthians 13:1-13 (The Most Excellent Way)
    • E92: 2 Corinthians 4:1-6:2 (A New Creation in Christ)
    • E93: I Peter 1:1-2:12 (A Living Hope)
    • E94: James 1:1-2:26 (Faith and Works)
    • E95: I John 3:11-4:21 (Love One Another)
    • E96: Revelation 1:1-20 (A Voice and a Vision)
    • E97: Revelation 2:1-3:22 (Messages to the Churches)
    • E98: Revelation 4:1-7:17 (The Throne of Heaven)
    • E99: Revelation 19:1-20:15 (Hallelujah)
    • E100: Revelation 21:1-22:21 (The New Jerusalem)
  • Pauline Epistles - Paul's letters are studied chapter by chapter. In some cases, a chapter is divided into 2 or 3 sections. 
    • ​Romans (19 studies)
    • 1 Corinthians (16 studies)
    • 2 Corinthians (13 studies)
    • Galatians (6 studies)
    • Ephesians (12 studies)
    • Philippians (11 studies)
  • Westminster Standards - Shorter Catechism Study - The Shorter Catechism covers each of 107 questions. The Shorter Catechism covers the following questions:
    • ​Q. 1. What is the chief end of man?
    • Q. 2. What rule hath God given to direct us how we may glorify and enjoy him?
    • Q. 3. What do the Scriptures principally teach?
    • Q. 4. What is God?
    • Q. 5. Are there more Gods than one?
    • Q. 6. How many persons are there in the Godhead?
    • Q. 7. What are the decrees of God?
    • Q. 8. How doth God execute his decrees?
    • Q. 9. What is the work of creation?
    • Q. 10. How did God create man?
    • Q. 11. What are God’s works of providence?
    • Q. 12. What special act of providence did God exercise towards man in the estate wherein he was created?
    • Q. 13. Did our first parents continue in the estate wherein they were created?
    • Q. 14. What is sin?
    • Q. 15. What was the sin whereby our first parents fell from the estate wherein they were created?
    • Q. 16. Did all mankind fall in Adam’s first transgression?
    • Q. 17. Into what estate did the fall bring mankind?
    • Q. 18. Wherein consists the sinfulness of that estate whereinto man fell?
    • Q. 19. What is the misery of that estate whereinto man fell?
    • Q. 20. Did God leave all mankind to perish in the estate of sin and misery?
    • Q. 21. Who is the Redeemer of God’s elect?
    • Q. 22. How did Christ, being the Son of God, become man?
    • Q. 23. What offices doth Christ execute as our Redeemer?
    • Q. 24. How doth Christ execute the office of a prophet?
    • Q. 25. How doth Christ execute the office of a priest?
    • Q. 26. How doth Christ execute the office of a king?
    • Q. 27. Wherein did Christ’s humiliation consist?
    • Q. 28. Wherein consisteth Christ’s exaltation?
    • Q. 29. How are we made partakers of the redemption purchased by Christ?
    • Q. 30. How doth the Spirit apply to us the redemption purchased by Christ?
    • Q. 31. What is effectual calling?
    • Q. 32. What benefits do they that are effectually called partake of in this life?
    • Q. 33. What is justification?
    • Q. 34. What is adoption?
    • Q. 35. What is sanctification?
    • Q. 36. What are the benefits which in this life do accompany or flow from justification, adoption, and sanctification?
    • Q. 37. What benefits do believers receive from Christ at death?
    • Q. 38. What benefits do believers receive from Christ at the resurrection?
    • Q. 39. What is the duty which God requireth of man?
    • Q. 40. What did God at first reveal to man for the rule of his obedience?
    • Q. 41. Wherein is the moral law summarily comprehended?
    • Q. 42. What is the sum of the ten commandments?
    • Q. 43. What is the preface to the ten commandments?
    • Q. 44. What doth the preface to the ten commandments teach us?
    • Q. 45. Which is the first commandment?
    • Q. 46. What is required in the first commandment?
    • Q. 47. What is forbidden in the first commandment?
    • Q. 48. What are we specially taught by these words before me in the first commandment?
    • Q. 49. Which is the second commandment?
    • Q. 50. What is required in the second commandment?
    • Q. 51. What is forbidden in the second commandment?
    • Q. 52. What are the reasons annexed to the second commandment?
    • Q. 53. Which is the third commandment?
    • Q. 54. What is required in the third commandment?
    • Q. 55. What is forbidden in the third commandment?
    • Q. 56. What is the reason annexed to the third commandment?
    • Q. 57. Which is the fourth commandment?
    • Q. 58. What is required in the fourth commandment?
    • Q. 59. Which day of the seven hath God appointed to be the weekly sabbath?
    • Q. 60. How is the sabbath to be sanctified?
    • Q. 61. What is forbidden in the fourth commandment?
    • Q. 62. What are the reasons annexed to the fourth commandment?
    • Q. 63. Which is the fifth commandment?
    • Q. 64. What is required in the fifth commandment?
    • Q. 65. What is forbidden in the fifth commandment?
    • Q. 66. What is the reason annexed to the fifth commandment?
    • Q. 67. Which is the sixth commandment?
    • Q. 68. What is required in the sixth commandment?
    • Q. 69. What is forbidden in the sixth commandment?
    • Q. 70. Which is the seventh commandment?
    • Q. 71. What is required in the seventh commandment?
    • Q. 72. What is forbidden in the seventh commandment?
    • Q. 73. Which is the eighth commandment?
    • Q. 74. What is required in the eighth commandment?
    • Q. 75. What is forbidden in the eighth commandment?
    • Q. 76. Which is the ninth commandment?
    • Q. 77. What is required in the ninth commandment?
    • Q. 78. What is forbidden in the ninth commandment?
    • Q. 79. Which is the tenth commandment?
    • Q. 80. What is required in the tenth commandment?
    • Q. 81. What is forbidden in the tenth commandment?
    • Q. 82. Is any man able perfectly to keep the commandments of God?
    • Q. 83. Are all transgressions of the law equally heinous?
    • Q. 84. What doth every sin deserve?
    • Q. 85. What doth God require of us, that we may escape his wrath and curse, due to us for sin?
    • Q. 86. What is faith in Jesus Christ?
    • Q. 87. What is repentance unto life?
    • Q. 88. What are the outward and ordinary means whereby Christ communicateth to us the benefits of redemption?
    • Q. 89. How is the Word made effectual to salvation?
    • Q. 90. How is the Word to be read and heard, that it may become effectual to salvation?
    • Q. 91. How do the sacraments become effectual means of salvation?
    • Q. 92. What is a sacrament?
    • Q. 93. Which are the sacraments of the New Testament?
    • Q. 94. What is baptism?
    • Q. 95. To whom is Baptism to be administered?
    • Q. 96. What is the Lord’s Supper?
    • Q. 97. What is required for the worthy receiving of the Lord’s Supper?
    • Q. 98. What is prayer?
    • Q. 99. What rule hath God given for our direction in prayer?
    • Q. 100. What doth the preface of the Lord’s Prayer teach us?
    • Q. 101. What do we pray for in the first petition?
    • Q. 102. What do we pray for in the second petition?
    • Q. 103. What do we pray for in the third petition?
    • Q. 104. What do we pray for in the fourth petition?
    • Q. 105. What do we pray for in the fifth petition?
    • Q. 106. What do we pray for in the sixth petition?
    • Q. 107. What doth the conclusion of the Lord’s Prayer teach us?