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''The Way of the Master'' is a The copyright "© ''year'' Way of the Master, LLC. All rights reserved." can be seen at the end of the DVD copies of the television show. and a closely intertwined sister organization to Living Waters Publications . The ministry is headquartered in Bellflower , California . THE PRINCIPLE See Also: Biblical Evangelism The basic principle of " from some years ago) as well as the first letter of each of four points:
However, these questions are usually an outline, with more in-depth questions and commentary given by the evangelist during the conversation. After the 10 Commandments are used to "bring the knowledge of is usually presented to the interviewee to describe the Christian belief in Jesus Christ 's death and resurrection for the forgiveness of sins, and inviting the person to respond by Repentance and Faith in Christ. If the interviewee is especially stubborn or antagonistic, the evangelist might return to the 10 Commandments or talk about other topics. THE TELEVISION SHOW See Also: The Way of the Master Television Show The television show, first aired in December 2003, is a half-hour show hosted by Cameron and Comfort, teaching principles of Biblical Evangelism , and then showing examples through "man-on-the-street" interviews. As Of May 2006 , two 13-episode seasons have been produced, aired, and sold on DVD.http://www.livingwaters.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=CTGY&Category_Code=DVDs Living Waters DVD ordering site The third season is currently in production.http://www.wayofthemaster.com/tv/season3/index.html Information on 3rd season from Way of the Master website THE RADIO SHOW See Also: The Way of the Master Radio Show Beginning in January 2006, Cameron and Comfort began co-hosting with Christian talk show host Todd Friel to produce a daily live Radio show. Comfort and Cameron host from the ministry headquarters in California, while Friel hosts alongside producer Tony Verkinnis in Minneapolis / St. Paul area. EVANGELISM TRAINING COURSES See Also: The Way of the Master Training Courses The Way of the Master has begun to gradually produce three series of training courses for small groups, Sunday School classes, and churches to teach Christians in their concept of " Biblical Evangelism ". The video portions include clips from selected episodes of The Way Of The Master Television Show . As Of December 2006 , the " Basic Training Course " and the " Intermediate Training Course " have been released. SCHOOL OF BIBLICAL EVANGELISM Another branch of their ministry is an unaccredited school of 101 lessons on their teachings, called The School of Biblical Evangelism (also abbreviated as '''SOBE''' or '''SBE'''). This school is available both online, and in textbook form, though only the online form of lessons leads to graduation. As of early February 2006, roughly 6,500 people have taken or are taking the school. The history of SBE is chronicled in the preface of their textbook: :In 2001, we decided to create an online Bible school called "The School of Biblical Evangelism," in which we would systematically equip Christians to share their faith. It would have a total of 120 lessons. We couldn't wait to get it underway, so we placed the first ten lessons online, thinking we could write the others before students caught up with us. We were wrong. Almost immediately students were banging on our door asking, "Where is the next lesson?" :The experience of trying to outrun hungry students was a taste of what was to come. Within a short time we were delighted to find that over 2,000 students from 18 countries had enrolled in the school.http://www.livingwaters.com/Merchant2/graphics/pdf/SOBE_TOC.pdf SOBE textbook, pg. 9 CRITICISM Cameron and Comfort have been criticized for attempting to use the Argument From Design as proof of God's existence: ''"When you look at a painting, how do you know there was a painter? The painting exists. When you look at a building, how do you know there was a builder? The building is proof there is a builder. And creation proves there is a creator. And your conscience tells you when you do right from wrong.http://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/story?id=3148940&page=1 As scriptural support, Comfort cites Hebrews 3:4, "Every house has a builder." In one instance Comfort used a banana to demonstrate the idea of intellegent design citing its ridges perfectly fitting the human hand, and its curvature towards the mouth. In one interview, Comfort later admits that his comments concerning the banana were "tongue in cheek", and that they "shouldn't be taken too seriously," in addition to Friel stating that many critics took Comfort's comment on this episode "out of context". Comfort and Cameron have been criticized for their denial of Evolution by claiming that there are no " Transitional Fossils " and that because of this, modern evolutionary theory cannot be true, a position that is considered indefensible in the field of biology and geology, due to Evidence Of Common Descent . The ''Nightline'' Interview On March 17, 2006, Comfort and Cameron were featured on a segment of '' Nightline '', being interviewed by Martin Bashir about their ministry. Bashir, voicing over clips of the television show, called them "deliberately confrontational" and "unafraid to offend other faiths in the process." In an interview, he asked the evangelists questions relating to their show on evolution, their credibility as unordained ministers ("Why should anyone believe an itinerant evangelist without any qualifications, and a former child actor without any qualifications?"), and their motive in speaking of things such as Judgment Day and Hell , whereas others in Christianity refrain from mentioning such things, at least in the public eye. However, at the end of the segment Bashir called it a "fascinating second act" for Cameron.''Nightline'' television segment. Viewed March 10, 2006. KEY FIGURES There are several "headliners" in the ministry who are often cited by those who follow the Way of the Master:
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