The following is a guide, and as such susceptible to some variation. It is the sole responsibility of the student to know when these changes have been made. Questions on certain pages in the readings are also listed and should be thought about prior to class. “SFT” is the abbreviation for the Assemblies of God Statement of Fundamental Truths.
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Monday
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Wednesday
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Friday
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Sep 1 |
Course Introduction |
| Sep 4 |
Labor Day (no class) |
Sep 6 |
What is Theology? And is it Relevant? (Hanson, 1-5a) “We’re All Syncretists Now” “The Foxhole Subculture” “What Exactly is Postmodernism?”
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Sep 8 |
Historical Perspectives (Palmer, 108-118) |
| Sep 11 |
Historical Perspectives (Palmer, 118-126)
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Sep 13 |
Historical Perspectives (Palmer, 126-142) |
Sep 15 |
TOPIC due
Bibliology: (Revelation & Authority) (Hanson, 5b-18)
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| Sep 18 |
Bibliology: (Authority) (Ignatius’ Letter to the Smyrnaneans)
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Sep 20 |
Bibliology: (inerrancy, infallibility, inspiration) (SFT #1: “The Scriptures Inspired”)
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Sep 22 |
Exam 1
(discuss Bonhoeffer week and assign response paper) |
| Sep 25 |
SOURCES & THESIS due
BONHOEFFER WEEK (topic TBA) |
Sep 27 |
BONHOEFFER WEEK –
10 AM: The Cost of Discipleship by Dietrich Bonhoeffer; Rev. Dwight Colbaugh, coordinator
(Evangel Chapel)
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Sep 29 |
BONHOEFFER WEEK – Choose at least one Bonhoeffer event to attend in lieu of today’s class. A two-page response paper to Wednesday’s lecture and Friday’s Bonhoeffer event due Monday, October 2.
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| Oct 2 |
Bonhoeffer 2-pg. Response Paper Due
God
(metaphors, attributes) (Hanson, 19-31)
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Oct 4 |
God
(The Trinity) (Hanson, 31-42; SFT #2: “The One True God”) |
Oct 6 |
God
(Is Faith in Him Reasonable?) (Hanson 43-59) |
| Oct 9 |
Anthropology: Creation (Hanson, 61-80; 81-88) (AG Pos. Paper on Creation)
"Darwinism Comes to America" |
Oct 11 |
Anthropology: Creation and the Question of Origins (“Christian Perspectives on Origins” by Badger & Tenneson)
12:00 class – Dr. Mike Tenneson guest lecturer 1:00 class – Dr. Steve Badger guest lecturer
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Oct 13 |
Providence and Evil (Hanson, 89-98) “Openness Theology” |
| Oct 16 |
OUTLINE due Providence and Evil
(Hanson, 98-107; SFT #4: “The Fall of Man”)
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Oct 18 |
Providence and Evil (Hanson, 108-117) |
Oct 20 |
Exam 2 (Midterm) |
| Oct 23 |
Fall Break (no class) |
Oct 25 |
Jesus (His Person) (Berg “Jesus” chapters) (Hanson 119-131; SFT #3: “The Deity of the Lord Jesus Christ”)
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Oct 27 |
DRAFT due
Jesus (His Person) (Hanson, 132-154) |
| Oct 30 |
Jesus (His Work) (Hanson, 155-165; SFT #5: “The Salvation of Man”)
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Nov 1 |
Jesus (His Work) (Hanson, 166-181) |
Nov 3 |
The Church (Hanson, 183-202; SFT #10: “The Church and Its Mission”) |
| Nov 6 |
The Church (Hanson, 203-224; SFT #11: “The Ministry”) |
Nov 8 |
The Church (“The Role of Women in Ministry”: AG Position Paper)
Guest: Dr. Debbie Gill
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Nov 10 |
The Holy Spirit & Salvation (Hanson 225-235; 238-244)
"Can a Real Mormon Believe in Jesus?"
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| Nov 13 |
The Holy Spirit & Salvation
Augustine: “On Nature and Grace: Against Pelagius”
(Pelagius’ “Letter to Demetrias”)
(Calvin’s Institutes of the Christian Religion)
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Nov 15 |
The Holy Spirit & Salvation (Hanson, 251-259) |
Nov 17 |
Baptism in the Spirit (Hanson, 235-238; AG Position Paper on Baptism in the Spirit; SFT #7: “The Baptism in the Holy Spirit”; “Acts Passages”)
Speaking in Tongues (SFT, #8: “The Initial Physical Evidence of the Baptism in the Holy Spirit”)
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| Nov 20 |
Exam 3 |
Nov 22 |
Thanksgiving break (begins at 11:50)
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Nov 24 |
Thanksgiving break |
| Nov 27 |
FINAL PAPER due Sanctification (Hanson, 244-251; SFT #9: “Sanctification”)
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Nov 29 |
Sacraments & Dev. Practices (Hanson, 261-271; SFT #6: “Ordinances of the Church”)
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Dec 1 |
Sacraments & Devotional Practices (Hanson, 271-287) |
| Dec 4 |
Sacraments & Devotional Practices (Hanson, 287-311)
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Dec 6 |
Divine Healing (AG Position Paper on Divine Healing; SFT #12: “Divine Healing”)
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Dec 8 |
Christianity and Other Religions (Hanson, 313-331) |
| Dec 11 |
Eschatology (Hanson, 333-355; SFT#13: “The Blessed Hope” and SFT# 14: “The Millennial Reign of Christ”)
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Dec 13 |
Eschatology (Hanson, 355-372; SFT #15: “The Final Judgment” and SFT 16: “The New Heavens and the New Earth”) |
Dec 15 |
Course summary and review
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| Dec 18 |
Exam 4 (Final) |
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