Learning Objectives

Upon successful completion you should be able to:

• Be familiar with how theology informs our understanding of humanity and human relationships

• Grasp the impact of sin on the relationship between God and humankind

• Be able to think theologically about humanity’s estranged relationship to God

• Understand God’s plan for human salvation

• Understand the consistency between the OT and NT concepts of salvation

• Be familiar with various views of the atonement

• Understand God’s goal in glorification of those humans who embrace his salvation

Course Outline

Unit 1: Humanity

• Introducing the Doctrine of Humanity

• The Image of God in Humankind

• Studying the “Image of God” with the Sermon Starter Guide

• The Awakening of Humankind

• Human Connection and Disconnection

• Human Freedom

• Sin, Salvation, and Glorification

• Quiz – Unit 1

Unit 2: Humanity: Individual and Corporate

• The Biblical Idea of Corporate Humanity

• Using the Bible Facts Tool to Find Connections

• Practices of Corporate Humanity

• Behaviors of Corporate Humanity

• Corporate Humanity and Other Doctrines

• Implications of Corporate Humanity

• Using the Timeline Tool to Trace Slavery’s Effect on the Church

• Quiz – Unit 2

Unit 3: Gender: Male and Female

• Basic Issues to Thinking Theologically about Gender

• Competing Christian Views on Gender

• Creation and Gender Roles: Evidence for Hierarchy

• The Impact of the Fall on Gender Roles

• Jesus and Women

• The New Testament Emphasis on Equality

• New Testament Indications of Hierarchy

• Using the Bible Sense Lexicon to Distinguish Meaning in the New Testament

• Other Issues Related to a Theology of Gender

• Quiz – Unit 3

Unit 4: Race

• Historical Background and Biblical Ambiguity about Race

• Racial Reconciliation

• Multiracial Churches as a Christian Response

• Multicultural Church Models

• Quiz – Unit 4

Unit 5: Theology of Work

• The Importance of a Theology of Work

• Work in the Current Age

• Vocation and Theology

• Work and Sabbath

• Quiz – Unit 5

• Midterm Exam

Unit 6: Sin

• The Doctrine of Sin

• Comparing English Bibles and the Original Hebrew with the Grid View

• The Effects of Sin

• Are All Sins the Same?

• Proximity Searching Using Old Testament Synonyms

• Sins of Omission

• Is Not Doing One’s Best a Sin?

• Why Am I Tempted the Way I Am?

• Will a Christian Ever Be Judged for Sins?

• Quiz – Unit 6

Unit 7: Salvation

• An Overview of Salvation

• Salvation in the Old Testament

• Salvation in the New Testament

• The Results of Salvation

• What Does a Person Do to Be Saved?

• Researching Salvation in Acts with the Bible Word Study Tool

• Can Christians Lose Their Salvation?

• What Is the Logic behind the Concept of Hell?

• Is There Only One Way of Salvation?

• Quiz – Unit 7

Unit 8: Atonement

• Introducing Atonement Theology

• The English Word “Atonement”

• The Old Testament Concept of Atonement

• Introducing Modern Views of Atonement

• Survey of Modern Views of Atonement

• Quiz – Unit 8

Unit 9: Justification

• Introducing the Doctrine of Justification

• Creating a Passage List of Key Verses on Justification

• The Doctrine of Justification

• The Biblical Story of Justification

• Defining Justification in the Context of the Old Testament

• Modern Views of Justification

• Quiz – Unit 9

Unit 10: Reformed and Wesleyan Traditions

• Introducing the Two Traditions

• Reformed Theology Versus Wesleyan Arminianism

• Quiz – Unit 10

Unit 11: Deification

• Introducing the Doctrine of Deification

• The Doctrine of Deification

• New Testament Hints on Becoming Like God

• Searching for the Church Fathers’ Positions on “Deification”

• The Old Testament Backdrop to the Concept of Deification

• Summarizing the Doctrine of Deification

• Quiz – Unit 11

Unit 12: Can Unsaved People Please God?

• Why Ask This Question?

• Defining Our Terms

• Illustrating the Issue: King David

• Illustrating the Issue: The Parable of the Wheat and Tares

• Summarizing the Answer

• Using Proximity Searches to Find Resources on Pleasing God

• Quiz – Unit 12

• Final Exam

Details

• Title: TH103 Introducing Bible Doctrine III: Humanity, Sin, and Salvation

• Instructors: Carl Sanders and Ronn Johnson

• Publisher: Lexham Press

• Publication Date: 2014

• Product Type: Logos Mobile Education

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

• Courses: 1

• Video Hours: 9