Syllabus for Theology I (BST 601) Bibliology, Prolegomena, Theology Proper Front Range Bible Institute Professor Tim Dane

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1 Syllabu for Theology I (BST 60) Bibliology, Prolegomena, Theology Proper Front Range Bible Intitute Profeor Tim Dane I. Coure Decription Theology I i the firt of four theology clae. Thi coure will include a tudy of the firt four of the ten major branche of theology and will embrace three topic of Sytematic Theology: Bibliology, Prolegomena, and Theology Proper. The coure will include claroom lecture that are primarily baed upon the profeor note, although the format will not be in a pure lecture form. Student are encouraged to participate by aking and anwering quetion and taking note. Detailed note will be provided, but the tudent i encouraged to make addition in the margin baed upon claroom dicuion that will expand and elaborate. The coure will include quizze and exam from the material tudied a well a a cla project. The cla project will be aimed at taking the claroom learning and tranferring it into a ueable tudent tool for practical minitry purpoe. II. Coure Objective One objective of thi cla i to have tudent become familiar with orthodox Chritian theology in the area of Bibliology, Prolegomena, and Theology Proper. To accomplih thi, the profeor will expoe the tudent primarily to the orthodox view, but will alo expoe tudent to heretical and aberrant view a they have arien throughout the age. A econd objective of thi cla i that thi theological learning proce would achieve it true end of producing a greater love for God and a greater deire for genuine worhip. Jeu aid that the Father eek true worhipper who worhip in pirit and truth. The goal of theology i more than acquiition of knowledge, it i to produce true worhipper of God. A third objective of thi coure i that tudent take the knowledge they acquire, and begin applying their growing knowledge in practical minitry. Thi will be accomplihed by having a cla project that i deigned for ome type of minitry application and by requiring that thi cla project be employed in ome type of minitry etting. III. Required Coure Material

2 A. Profeor note on Theology I B. Chritian Theology by Millard Erickon, Baker Book (required reading for all tudent) C. Knowing God by J. I. Packer. D. Your own computer or at leat acce to a computer i. Cla preentation hould be on Microoft Word, although the hard copie of your project do not necearily have to be done on thi program. Uing the ame program may be helpful when it come to quetion about tyle and formatting. ii. It i recommended (though not required) that you ee if you could employ Power Point in your teaching. iii. You do not need to have a laptop in cla, but you may ue one for note-taking if you prefer. E. Logo Libronix Bible Software Program (highly recommended a a peronal tudy tool, but not required for the cla. Group dicount may be poible through FBI). IV. Coure Requirement A. Attend all clae (if a tudent mut mi a cla, he/he mut obtain a DVD copy and watch the lecture) B. All tudent: Read Millard Erickon Chritian Theology through page 432 C. Mater level: In addition, Mater level tudent mut read J. I. Packer book. D. Take note a appropriate E. Take quizze F. Take exam G. Complete emeter project with it minitry requirement V. Coure Grading Criteria A. 25% Bibliology Quiz B. 25% Theology Proper Quiz C. 25% Claroom Participation D. 25% Cla Project VI. Cla Project 2

3 A. Prepare a teaching outline baed upon claroom tudie that you will preent to other in ome kind of teaching context. B. After preparing the material, you will teach it. C. After teaching it, you will turn in a copy of the material along with a note that tell where you taught it, when you taught, who you taught it to, and have thi note igned by one peron who wa preent. D. The teaching time hould have a minimum goal of 20 minute teaching time. E. The context can be in any variety of etting, with ome uggetion lited here: i. A Sunday School cla ii. A home Bible tudy iii. A time of family devotion iv. A convalecent home (perhap you could begin a new minitry) v. A hopital that might allow uch minitry vi. A viitation to a church hut-in who cannot attend church vii. Note: a a requirement, firt go to your pator (by cla week 2) and ak him if he can help chedule a way for you to fulfill thi requirement. If he cannot, then you can find your own teaching opportunity. viii. Have one of thoe preent fill out a brief evaluation form with contructive criticim, ign it, and return it to you. ix. See, if poible, to have either your profeor or pator be preent at the teaching eion. F. The ubject and outline will be a follow: i. An introduction ection that briefly dicue why man need revelation and Scripture (deal with iue of man in and need for alvation) ii. What God ha done to provide revelation and truth (deal with inpiration and how God ha given revelation and written Scripture through Hi prophet) iii. Why we hould believe that the Scripture i reliable and inerrant (deal with what God ay about the truthfulne of Hi Word a well a external factor that demontrate the reliability of the Bible) iv. What God promie the Scripture can accomplih (deal with what God ay Hi Word doe in producing godline and holine, etc.) v. A brief ection on what God ay about Hi own Triunity (very brief liting and explanation from Scripture) vi. A brief ection that talk about God nature and character (name or attribute. Thi mut be concie) vii. A brief ection that make mention of God overeignty and the good purpoe of Hi will viii. A brief cloing ection that conciely applie the main idea taught and give an exhortation for practical application for the hearer. 3

4 G. The project hould be in an outline kind of format a noted above in ection F. The main point hould be a noted above, but the tudent hould alo eek to develop with ubpoint and poibly ub-ub point. Since thi i an outline, you will not be having to give extenive filling in with explanation of your point. You will do thi when you teach the material. You can put a much text a you feel i comfortable for your own purpoe. H. The project hould roughly be 7-0 page for Certificate and Bachelor tudent and roughly 5-20 page for Mater tudent (precie length of project i not the main point, but content and practice i). I. Have the project completed, taught, and turned in by the date lited below (April 7) VII. Coure Schedule C l a Date Sep. 2 2 Sep. 28 Cla Topic (ubject to change baed on progre) Bibliology Definition Bibliology Definition 3 Oct. 5 Authority of Scripture/ The Spirit Peronal Studie (reading hould be completed by the end of the cla week) Read Erickon Begin making your teaching outline with the point i a noted in ection F above Read Erickon point ii above a noted in ection F Ak pator about how you can fulfill your teaching requirement for the cla project Read Erickon Read Bibliology note pp point iii above a noted in ection F Weekly Quetion Can a man get aved from General Revelation? Cite ome Scripture which tell of the nature of Gen. Rev. and what it can accomplih. Define what prophecy i? I there prophecy today? I preaching a form of propheying? Thee are theological quetion but give vere that upport your anwer. With Scripture, define verbal plenary inpiration. With Scripture to upport, explain your undertanding of illumination. How i it that the early church 4

5 4 Oct. 2 Textual Criticim Read Erickon 7-58 point iv above a noted in ection F recognized that which wa Scripture? Doe inpiration include the proce of tranmiion? How would you explain to omeone the reality of textual variant. 5 Oct. 9 Higher Criticim/ The Canon Read Erickon Read Bibliology note point v above a noted in ection F Explain at leat three principle that one might employ when analyzing textual variant. Give an explanation of how it i that we have a Bible today (beginning with the inpiration of the prophet all the way and going through the variou apect that have culminated with u having a Bible that we ay i inpired and inerrant). 6 Oct. 26 Tranlatio n Bibliology Quiz Read Erickon point vi above a noted in ection F Define and explain the following and tell why you do or do not agree with the principle and view of Hitorical Criticim: Source Criticim: Form Criticim: Redaction Criticim: 7 Nov. 2 Prolegome na and Baic Concept of Theology Read Erickon point vii above a noted in ection F Are we (Chritian) jutified in aying that men can have a knowledge of God o a to formulate theology? That i, how from the Bible reaon why we hould believe that knowledge i even poible, that knowledge of God i poible, that true knowledge of God i poible. Auming a true knowledge of God i poible, what about the problem of limitation? How do we anwer the peron who raie thi objection? 8 Nov. 9 Level & Read Erickon Define a legitimate ground-up 5

6 9 Nov. 6 0 Nov. 23 Nov. 30 Method, Argument for Exitence of God Knowledg e of God, Name of God, Nature of God in Triunity Attribute of God, Act of God Decree of God, Open Theim point viii above a noted in ection F Read Erickon Read Theology Proper note editing and refining the project Read Erickon editing and refining the project Read Erickon editing and refining the project Schedule and complete your teaching eion proce of forming ytematic theology. Briefly define the following: Atheim: Agnoticim: Deim: Theim: Polytheim: Pantheim: Panentheim: Naturalim: Non-Chritian Monotheim: Natural Theology: Neo-orthodoxy What kind of general attitude would characterize thoe who have been influenced by Potmodernim? Should we believe in the abolute overeignty of God? Show from Scripture why or why not. Doe abolute overeignty mean that God ha decreed everything that will take place? Doe thi decree conit of a decree for every act and event or i it imply one general decree? 2 Dec. 7 Final dicuion and Exam Schedule and complete your teaching eion Should belief in God overeignty alo include a belief in Double Predetination? What (in brief) do thee expreion mean? Ontological Argument: Anthropological Argument: Moral Argument: Comological Argument: 6

7 N o c l a N o c l a N e w S p r i n g Q u a r t e r B e April 2 April 7 April 6 Schedule and complete your teaching eion Schedule and complete your teaching eion Cla project completion and minitry practicum due. Turn in by thi time. It may be turned in on the opening day of the Quarter Teleological Argument: Do you believe that thee claical argument have value in evangelizing/apologetic and if o, what i the value? Which, if any, do you prefer or hould we prefer any of thee argument for all ituation? 7

8 g i n BIBLIOGRAPHY Berkhof, Loui. Sytematic Theology (Grand Rapid: Eerdman, 99). Calvin, John. Intitute of the Chritian Religion, John T. Mcneill, ed., Ford Lewi Battle, tr. Philadelphia: Wetminter, 960. Caron. D. A. and John D. Woodbridge, ed. Scripture and Truth. Grand Rapid: Baker, 992. Chafer, Lewi Sperry. Sytematic Theology, 2 vol. Grand Rapid: Kregel, 976. Charnock, Stephen. The Exitence and Attribute of God. Grand Rapid: Baker, 996. Enn, Paul. The Moody Handbook of Theology. Chicago: Moody, 989. Erickon, Millard. Chritian Theology by Millard Erickon. Grand Rapid: Baker Book, Feinberg, John S. No One Like Him. Wheaton: Croway, 200. Grudem, Wayne. Sytematic Theology (Grand Rapid: Zondervan, 994). Hodge, Charle. Sytematic Theology. Grand Rapid: Eerdman, 993. Kaier, Walter C. Jr. Toward An Old Tetament Theology. Grand Rapid: Zondervan, 978. Kitler, Don, ed. Sola Scriptura. Morgan, PA: Soli Deo Gloria, Lewi, Donald and Aliter McGrath. Doing Theology for the People of God. Downer Grove: IVP, 996. MacArthur, John. The Battle For The Beginning: Creation, Evolution, And The Bible. Navhille: W Publihing, 200. Packer, J. I. Knowing God. Downer Grove: IVP, 973. Pink, Arthur W. The Attribute of God. Grand Rapid: Baker,

9 Ridderbo, Herman. Paul: An Outline of Hi Theology. Grand Rapid: Eerdman, 975. Ryrie, Charle. Baic Theology. USA: Victor Book, 986. Sproul, R. C. After Darkne Light. Phillipburg: P&R, The Inviible Hand of God. Phillipburg: P&R, Warfield, Benjamin B. The Inpiration and Authority of the Bible. Phillipburg: P&R, 948. Wolfe, David L. Epitemology: The Jutification of Belief. Downer Grove: IVP, 992. Woodbridge, John D. and Thoma Edward McComikey, ed. Doing Theology in Today World. Grand Rapid: Zondervan, 99. Zuck, Roy B., ed. A Biblical Theology of the New Tetament. Chicago: Moody, 994.., ed. A Biblical Theology of the Old Tetament. Chicago: Moody, 99. 9