Learning Objectives

Upon successful completion you should be able to:

• Understand the comprehensive worldview story of the Bible

• Describe how the Bible tells one unfolding story of redemption and restoration

• Identify the six acts of the biblical story

• Explain the relationship between the OT and the NT

• Articulate how Jesus is at the center of the biblical story

• Describe the place of the church in the story of the Bible

Course Outline

Unit 1: Introduction

• The Three Categories of This Course

• Starting with Jesus

• Our Lives Are Shaped by Story

• The Bible as One Story

• Using Reading Plans to Help Read the Bible as One Story

• The Authority of the Biblical Story

• Two Different and Incompatible Stories

• The Drama of Scripture

• Quiz – Unit 1

Unit 2: Act 1: God Establishes His Kingdom

• Genesis 1 in Its Historical and Literary Context

• Genesis 1 in Its Ancient Near Eastern Context

• Using The Context of Scripture to Compare Creation Accounts

• Literary Structure of Genesis 1

• The Importance of Genesis 1 in the Bible Story

• Quiz – Unit 2

Unit 3: Act 2: Rebellion in the Kingdom

• Sin and Judgment in Genesis 3–11

• Genesis 3 and the Origin of Sin

• The Consequences of Sin

• Quiz – Unit 3

Unit 4: Act 3: The King Chooses Israel

• Redemption Initiated

• Sin and Promise in Genesis 3–11

• Blessed to Be a Blessing: Genesis 12:1–3

• Using Theological Lexicons to Understand the Meaning of Blessing

• From Promise to Covenant

• The Patriarchal Narratives of Genesis 12–50

• From Genesis to Exodus

• Redemption from Egypt

• God and Israel’s Covenant

• Israel’s Covenant Vocation

• The Purpose of the Law

• God’s Tabernacle Presence

• Using a Bible Dictionary to Understand the Significance of Tabernacle

• Leviticus: Repairing the Covenant

• Numbers: Through the Wilderness

• Deuteronomy: Israel Prepared to Enter the Land

• Quiz – Unit 4a

• Israel on the Land

• Joshua: God Gives Israel the Land

• Judges: Israel’s Failure on the Land

• The Storyline of Samuel

• A Faithful Covenant King

• The Davidic Covenant

• The Temple

• Using a Greek Lexicon to Look Up the Basic Meaning of Greek Words

• Historical Overview

• First and Second Kings: Israel’s Demise

• The Prophetic Message

• Return from Exile

• Ezra and Nehemiah: Post-Exilic Crisis of Faith

• The Writings

• The Intertestamental Period

• The Unfolding Story of the Intertestamental Period

• Quiz – Unit 4b

• Midterm Exam

Unit 5: Act 4: The Coming of the King

• The Kingdom of God

• Highlighting “Kingdom” in the Gospels with Visual Filters

• Jesus’ Kingdom Mission: A New Way

• Jesus Prepares for His Kingdom Mission

• Jesus Gathers His People

• Jesus Announces the Arrival of the Kingdom

• An “Already–Not Yet” Kingdom

• Jesus Reveals the Kingdom

• The Source of Jesus’ Power

• Opposition to Jesus’ Mission

• Jesus Welcomes Sinners and Outcasts

• Quiz – Unit 5a

• Jesus Forms an “End-Time” Community

• Jesus Explains the Kingdom with Parables

• Jesus Is the Embodiment of the Kingdom

• Who Is Jesus?

• Finding the Titles of Jesus with the Bible Facts Tool

• Three Symbolic Actions of Jesus

• The Context for the Cross and Resurrection

• Crucifixion and the Death of Jesus

• The Significance and Meaning of the Death of Jesus

• The Significance and Meaning of the Resurrection of Jesus

• Resurrection in Three Stages

• The Risen Lord Commissions His Disciples

• Using the Passage Guide to Find Parallel Gospel Accounts

• Quiz – Unit 5b

Unit 6: Act 5: Spreading the News of the King

• The Mission of the Church

• The Exaltation of Jesus

• Pentecost: The Coming of the Spirit

• The Story of Acts

• Prophecy Fulfilled: A Light on a Hill

• Searching for “Means of Grace”

• Witness in Judea and Samaria

• The Church as a Missionary Community

• Spontaneous Expansion of the Church

• The Pattern of Paul

• Two Perspectives on Paul

• The Teaching of Paul

• The Ending of Acts

• Our Place in the Story

• Creating and Searching a Church History Collection

• Quiz – Unit 6

Unit 7: Act 6: Return of the King

• Restoration Completed

• The End of the Story

• Quiz – Unit 7

• Final Exam

Details

• Title: BI201 The Story of the Bible

• Instructor: Michael W. Goheen

• Publisher: Lexham Press

• Publication Date: 2014

• Product Type: Logos Mobile Education

• Resource Type: Courseware, including transcripts, audio, and video resources

• Courses: 1

• Video Hours: 8