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at stake in the ways Jesus Christ has been misrepresented in our current Christian cultural context. (3 credits)
364 Pneumatology
365 Soteriology
Prerequisite: BTS 320 or permission of the instructor. (3 credits)
370 Ecclesiology
This course examines the biblical teaching on the doctrine of the church (ecclesiology), how this is developed in Reformed theology, and how this equips us to meet contemporary challenges. We study the nature, purpose, mission, structure, order and life of the church, and also critically engage the missional and emergent church movements. (3 credits)
386 John Calvin: Reformer and Theologian
Building on a close reading of the Institutes of the Christian Religion and selected other works, this course will study the life and theology of John Calvin, including the development of his thought in its sixteenth-century context and recent scholarship on Calvin. (3 credits) (Cross- listed as HIS 386.)
395 Special Topics in Biblical Studies
These courses will cover a variety of topics that are not studied in depth in other biblical studies courses. Topics will be chosen according to student interest and instructor expertise. (1-3 credits)
395A Women in Church and Society
This course will engage the range of perspectives on women’s callings to ministry in the church, and more broadly to leadership in society. Those who agree on biblical authority are yet sharply divided between complementarians—holding to at least some normative role differences, and egalitarians—contending for equality in all callings. We examine the biblical hermeneutics at the center of the debate, as well as issues at the intersection of theology, history, culture, and ethics. We will seek faithfulness to the Bible, as well as a critical consideration of the historical and contemporary women’s movement, evangelical feminism, feminist theology, and feminist criticism. The goal will be to find encouragement for women
This is a study of the person and work of the Holy Spirit in the Bible and Christian theology. A biblical theology of the Holy Spirit will emphasize the eschatological age of the Spirit in which we now live, and how that is anticipated and prefigured in the Old Testament. We will also seek a biblical perspective on the gifts of the Spirit and contemporary charismatic experience. Our study will lead us to know God the Holy Spirit more deeply, live more by his power, and better reflect his holiness. Prerequisite: BTS 111/112, 211/212. (3 credits)
This course will deepen understanding of the triune God’s gracious plan of salvation. Topics
covered include the function of union with Christ in Reformed soteriology and the benefits associated with that union, namely, adoption, regeneration, justification, sanctification, and perseverance. The course will include analysis of biblical texts in both their immediate context and in the overall flow of Scripture, an overview of the development of the doctrine in Reformed theology, as well as an examination of contemporary challenges relating to the
topics.
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