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MN350 Worship Foundations

This course is an exploration of the biblical and theological foundations of  Christian worship. These foundations are explored with an eye, an ear, and especially a heart for planning and  leading worship richly pastorally. Occasions of worship explored include ...

MN335 Foundations of the Christian Life

An introductory course for all MDiv and MA students, this course invites students  to explore 1) God’s story through an  introduction to the story of Scripture, 2) our stories through an exploration of  our callings to be disciples with particular vocations in the...

BL545 Galatians

In a white heat of passion, Paul wrote to  the churches he founded in Galatia to  defend what he called “the truth of the gospel” against a particularly insidious imposter. This course will explore Paul’s defense of his gospel with a view to what  it...

BL512 Scripture’s Use of Scripture

The New Testament is fundamental to the development of Nicene Trinitarian doctrine. This course will focus on that forward movement- how the NT texts helped shape later conciliar Trinitarian  theology- as well as on the corresponding backward movement- how later...

TH505 Creation Calling

Creation is loved into being and sustained by the Triune God, who also has a glorious eschatological future for it. Human beings are called to keep it in ways that are consonant with God’s purposes, but instead, creation calls out in protest at having to bear the...