by Anne Chanski | Nov 17, 2023
This course explores and grasps a biblical and Reformed vision of preaching. Includes a sermon preparation workshop and a “lab” in which written and preached sermons are carefully analyzed by faculty and peers. Significant homiletical concerns are presented,...
by Anne Chanski | Nov 14, 2023
In this introductory course, students explore giving counsel and offering care as ministers of Word and sacrament. They develop an understanding of the fundamental principles of pastoral care and acquire basic skills required for giving counsel and offering care....
by Anne Chanski | Nov 14, 2023
Introduction to the church’s self understanding as a missional and eschatological community formed by the good news of Jesus Christ and made to be its living witness. The course seeks to cultivate a biblical-theological rationale for the existence of the church and...
by Anne Chanski | Nov 14, 2023
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...
by Anne Chanski | Oct 16, 2023
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...