Act 1: GOD AND US
The Setting of Our Salvation, from 'Our Father' to 'Amen'
| Date | Topic | Reading (required/recommended) |
| PRAY LIKE THIS: Why Are We Making You Take Christian Theology? | ||
| 1/7 | What Is Theology, and What Does It Have to Do with Basketball? | Syllabus, Rules of the Game, A Few (Strong) Suggestions on Essay Writing, Peer Review Guidelines (Peer Review FAQs are optional), Jinkins introduction, BCW: Hinlicky, BCW: Woiwode, Deut. 6, Luther introduction and preface |
| The Shape of the Course Complete entrance examinations this week |
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| OUR FATHER in Heaven: The Doctrine of God | ||
| 1/7 | Not What You Think: The Otherness of God | Work Clutter, Jinkins ch 3, Luther First Commandment and First Petition, Ex. 3 |
| GIVE US TODAY Our Daily Bread: The Doctrine of Creation | ||
| 1/9 | Creation and Its Competitors | Jinkins ch 4, Luther First Article, Gen. 1, Ps. 104, John 1:1-5 |
| 1/9 | God Rested, Then Got Back to Work: Providence as Continuing Creation | BCW: Crouch, Luther Second Commandment and Fourth Petition and Grace at Meals, Luke 11:1-13 |
| YOUR KINGDOM COME: The Doctrine of Humanity | ||
| 1/14 | What Is the Image of God? Group Assignments Add/Drop Deadline tomorrow |
Jinkins pp 154-161 and 169-173, Luther Eighth, Ninth, and Tenth Commandments, Luther Lord's Prayer introduction, BCW: Hansen, Gen. 2 |
| FORGIVE US OUR SINS ... and Deliver Us From Evil: Moral Evil and the Doctrine of Sin | ||
| 1/16 | What Is Sin, and What Can We Do About It? | Jinkins pp 176-182, BCW: Jacobs, Gen. 3, Rom. 1:18-2:16, 5:12-14 |
| 1/21 | Exercise on postmodernity due (hand in by 1/28) | McLaren chs 1-7 |
| 1/21 | Depravity: Pelagius versus Augustine | Luther Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh Commandments, BCW: Jones |
ACT 2: GOD WITH US
The Story of Our Salvation, from Advent to Advent
| ADVENT: Keeping the Father's Promise | ||
| 1/23 | The Reason for the Season: Introduction to Christology through the Liturgical Year | Howard ch 9, Luther Second Article |
| 1/23 | Advent (part 1): It Didn't Start with Jesus | McLaren chs 8-10, BCW: Lienhard, Luke 1, Work "Advent (I)" |
| ANNUNCIATION: The Fulfillment Begins | ||
| 1/28 | Children of Pelagius: A History of the Doctrine of Election | Work "Annunciation as Election", Luther Third Petition, BCW: Meilaender, Rom. 8-11 (cf. Isa. 19:9-14), Eph. 1:1-14 |
| CHRISTMAS: Incarnation | ||
| 1/30 | God, With, Us: Incarnation in Three Soundbites | Jinkins ch 5, Luke 2:1-20, John 1:1-18, Rom. 5:12-21, 1 Cor. 15, Heb. 2:5-18, 4:14-16 |
| SYNAXIS: The Virgin Birth and Its Christological Significance | ||
| 2/4 | Exercise on Confessions due (hand in by 2/11) | Augustine Confessions bks 1-2 and 8 (or use this alternate site, or this, or this) |
| 2/4 | Loving Jesus the Wrong Way: Four Heresies and How They Hurt Us | Jinkins ch 1 |
| 2/6 | Cancelled | |
| 2/11 | Exam 1 (Trinity, Creation, Sin, Election, Incarnation) | |
| THEOPHANY/EPIPHANY: The Significance of Jesus' Baptism | ||
| 2/13 | God's Anointed: Jesus' New Relationship with the Holy Spirit, and Ours | Jinkins ch 7, BCW: Sawyer, Matt. 3, Mark 1:1-11, Luke 3:1-22, John 1:19-51 |
| 2/18 | The Threeness of God | Jinkins ch 8 |
| 2/18 | Two Models of God | Luke 3:1-22, John 17 |
| 2/20 | Three Mistakes and Their Costs | |
| 2/20 | What Is a Person? | |
| ORDINARY: The Kingdom of God Is at Hand | ||
| 2/25 | Exercise on the Lord's Prayer due (hand in by 3/4) | Matt. 6:5-18, McLaren ch 13 (after chs 11-12 below) |
| 2/25 | Signs and Wonders (part 1): Christ the Anointed Prophet | Luther Conclusion to the Ten Commandments, Jer. 1:4-10, Deut. 18:15-19, Acts 3:18-26 |
| 2/27 | Signs and Wonders (part 2): Christ the Anointed Priest | McLaren chs 11-12, Luther Sixth Petition, Numbers 8:5-22, Heb. 9:1-10:25 |
| 2/27 | Signs and Wonders (part 3): Christ the Anointed King | Luther Second Petition, BCW: Price, 1 Sam. 8:1-22, Matt. 27:11-44 |
| LENT: The Cross Before Me | ||
| "Christology from Behind": The Myth of Objectivity and the Privilege of Discipleship | Luther Amen, BCW: Covington, Matt. 4:1-11, John 3:14-21, Mark 8:31-38, Luke 9:28-36, 1 Cor. 10:1-13, Phil. 3:8-16, Heb. 3:7-5:10, 12:1-13, 1 Pet. 1, Rom. 12:1-8, Eph. 2:1-10 | |
| PASSION and CRUCIFIXION: Atonement | ||
| 3/4 | Jesus Saves, But How? A Few Visions of Atonement | Jinkins ch 6, BCW: Ward, Luther Seventh Petition, Work "The Nonviolent Atonement" |
| HOLY SATURDAY: The End of the Old Age | ||
| Can God Really Suffer? The Powerful Weakness of the Cross | BCW: Lundin, Jinkins ch 2, Mark 14:1-15:47, 1 Cor. 1:8-2:16 | |
| EASTER: Resurrection, the Beginning of the New Creation | ||
| 3/6 | Easter Changes Everything | Jinkins ch 11, BCW: Neuhaus, Matt. 28:1-15, Mark 16:1-8, Luke 24:1-49, John 20:1-21:23, 1 Thess. 4:13-5:11 |
| ASCENSION: The Exaltation and Session of Jesus | ||
| Eschatology: The "World" between Ascension and Return | BCW: Yancey, Acts 1:1-11 | |
| PENTECOST: Pouring Out the Spirit | ||
| A Pentecost-al Introduction to the Holy Spirit | Work "Gusty Winds, or a Jet Stream?" Joel, Acts 2 | |
| ADVENT: "I'll Be Back" | ||
| 3/11 | Judgment as a Form of Salvation | Matt. 24:1-25:46, 1 Pet. 3:8-5:11 |
| Advent (part 2): Why the Wait? | Work "Advent's Answer to the Problem of Evil" | |
| 3/13 | Exercise on the Resurrection due (hand in by 3/20) | |
| 3/13 | Apocalypse When? Last day to withdraw tomorrow |
McLaren ch 14, Work "Once Upon a Tribulation" Rev. 20:1-22:5, 2 Thess. 2, 2 Pet. 3 |
| 3/18 | Exam 2 (Christology, Soteriology) | |
ACT 3: US WITH GOD
The Shape of Our Salvation, from Procession to Benediction
| PROCESSION: The Making of the Church | ||
| 3/20 | Ecclesiology: Who Cares? | Jinkins ch 9, Howard ch 1, BCW: Erikson |
| 3/20 | The Gathering Gathering | Deut. 5-8, Jer. 3:1-4:4, Rom. 11, Heb. 3:7-4:13 |
| 3/25 | What Makes a Church? Dead Ends and Live Options | Howard ch 2, Luther Third Article, BCW: Bottum, Ps. 24, Acts 8:14-17, 1 Thess. 1, Rev. 2-3 |
| One True Church? | Work "I Belong to the One True Church" John 17, 1 Cor. 1:1-17 | |
| PRAISE, TONGUES: The Adoration of the Church | ||
| 3/27 | Worship as the Shape of the Christian Life | Howard ch 3, BCW: McDermott, Luther Third Commandment and Devotions, Ps. 66, 84, 149, 150 |
| Uses and Abuses of Spiritual Gifts | Acts 10:44-48, 1 Cor. 14 | |
| GREETING and MINISTRY: The Leadership of the Church | ||
| 3/27 | Apostolicity: Structures of the Missionary Church | McLaren chs 15-16, BCW: Douglas, Luther Fourth Commandment, Acts 6:1-7, Acts 15, Acts 20:25-32, 1 Tim. |
| OFFERING, HEALING: The Catholicity of the Church | ||
| 4/1 | Holiness: Signs of the Order of Salvation | Jinkins ch 10, Luther Fifth Petition and Confession, BCW: Fox-Genovese, Work "Reordering Salvation" Ps. 15, Isa. 57:14-21, Matt. 18, John 14:23-27 |
| 4/3 | The Wholeness of the Church | Howard chs 4-5 |
| 4/3 | Liberation Theology: More Evangelical Than You Think | Rom. 12, Luke 6:17-38, Acts 4:32-37 |
| WORD and SACRAMENTS: The Constitutive Practices of the Church | ||
| 4/8 | Word and Sacraments: Practicing Salvation | Howard ch 6, BCW: Hinlicky, Mark 4:10-20, Acts 8:26-40, Rom. 10:8-17, 1 Cor. 1-4, 2 Tim. 3, Titus 1:1-9 |
| 4/3 | Reviewed exercise on the shape of theology due | |
| 4/10 | From Jesus to Scripture: How Christ Instituted the Bible | BCW: Ericson, Ps. 19, Matt. 5:17-48, Luke 4:14-22 |
| 4/14-4/18 | Holy Week | |
| 4/22 | Baptism: Here Comes the Bride | Luther Baptism (and Infant Baptism), BCW: Ward, Luke 3:21-22, Mark 10:33-45, Rom. 6:1-4, Gal. 3:27-29, 1 Pet. 3:18-22 |
| 4/24 | Exercise on a worship service due (hand in at final) | Howard ch 8 |
| 4/24 | Communion: Sharing Salvation | Howard chs 7 and 10 and postscript, Luther The Sacrament of the Altar and Conclusion, BCW: Owens, 1 Cor. 11 |
| BENEDICTION: The End of the Church | ||
| Go Where? The Church in the World | BCW: Carter, Work "Veggie Ethics: What America's Favorite Vegetables Say About Evangelicalism" Rom. 13, Rev. 13, Rev. 18-19, 21 | |
| JUDGMENT DAY | ||
| §3: 5/1, 12:15 p.m. §4: 4/29, 12:15 p.m. |
Final exam Reviewed extra credit exercise on sacraments or entrance examination due |
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