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The Book of Romans: An Online Bible Study
One-stop shopping is a 21st-century westerner’s dream: efficiency in a time-crunched culture. Are you looking for a single Bible book that opens the entire endeavor of being Christian? Try the apostle Paul’s Epistle to the Romans. The whole history of theology has been played out in its pages. In it Paul engages the human predicament, …
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Race, Racism & Christian Identity
Despite professed societal and ecclesial ideals and incremental progress, racism persists as a powerful, deeply entrenched social reality. This course lays a foundation for confronting Christianly the chief forms that racism takes, ultimately treating these issues within a theological and ethical framework. We will address the status of “races”; trace the origins and establishment of …
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The Christian Spirit: A History of Christian Spirituality
This course offers an introduction to the Christian spiritual tradition up to the modern period. For two millennia Christians have been praying and responding to the self-giving love of God in Jesus Christ by the gift of the Holy Spirit. This response to God has taken place under the conditions of our humanity and it …
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Luke & Acts
In this course we will read through Luke and Acts, paying attention to their historical background, literary character and theological emphases. In the case of the Gospel of Luke we want to discern its distinctive features in relation to the other three Gospel accounts, and in the case of the Book of Acts we want …
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Ezekiel
With bizarre sign acts and sometimes shocking rhetoric, Ezekiel can be a difficult book for modern readers to engage. But it also presents an important perspective on Judah’s exile and offers glorious portraits of the nation’s restoration. This course will examine the book of Ezekiel against the prophet’s priestly background and will pay particular attention …
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Biblical Hermeneutics and Criticism
The past several hundred years have seen widely varied approaches to reading the Bible arise, which can challenge the very identity of the Christian Church, much less our ability to read together. The emergence of new critical methods and perspectives with respect to Bible-reading has affected people’s trust in the Bible as well as their …
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New Testament Foundations
Immerse yourself in the entire New Testament, one book at a time. In this overview, you will connect each book’s central message to the larger New Testament, to its own time and place in history, and especially to Jesus and his impact on those who knew him best. Gain a strong foundation that will shape …
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The Uses of Scripture in Theology: Examining Slavery, Sexuality, and Male-Female Relations in Light of Divine Love
Why do Christians professing a high view of biblical authority appeal to the same biblical texts and arrive at conclusions widely at variance with one another on theological and ethical issues? What accounts for such disagreements? This course offers a theological framework through which we will look at various interpretations of the Bible, evaluating claims and …
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Paul and His Letters
This course is an introduction to the thirteen powerful letters attributed to Paul in the New Testament. Together we will investigate the Paul’s inspiring life of faith, and the life-transforming teaching contained in his letters. We will pay special attention to the issues raised when we seek to apply Paul’s insights to our lives today. …
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