Learning Objectives

Upon successful completion you should be able to:

• Construct a theological interpretation of Scripture in the church using the metaphor of drama

• Defend the use of doctrine in the church as a way to make disciples

• Explain the importance of the Reformation doctrine of sola Scriptura

• Define discipleship as putting on and learning Christ

• Examine the link between learning the Word, growing in the faith, and walking the way of Jesus

Course Outline

Introduction

• Introducing the Speaker and the Course

Unit 1: What Is Scripture For?

• Working the Farm and Living the Life

• Whatever Happened to Christian Doctrine?

• Describing Theologians

• A Portrait of the Theologian as an Old Man

• Doctors of the Church

• Theological Interpretation of Scripture

• Seven Theses on Theological Interpretation of Scripture

• Why Doctrine Matters

• A Description of Doctrinal Theology

• Growing Healthy Disciples

• Where Doctrine Belongs

• The Real Work of Theology

Unit 2: Creature of the Word

• Theological Interpretation of Scripture in the Reforming Church

• Four Principles of the Protestant Reformation

• Ecclesiology and Protestant First Theology

• A Brief Theology of the Imagination

• Sola Scriptura and the Social Imagination of the Church

• Imagining the Pastor: Part One

• Imagining the Pastor: Part Two

• The Pastor-Theologian as a Special Generalist

Unit 3: Company of the Gospel

• The Importance of Being Biblical for Christ's Sake

• History as the Theater of the Gospel

• Why Churches Need Pastor-Theologians

• The Church as the Theater of the Gospel: Part One

• The Church as the Theater of the Gospel: Part Two

• Liturgy as a Theater of the Gospel: Learning by Heart

• Liturgy as a Theater of the Gospel: The Drama of Discipleship

• Everyday Liturgics: Learning Christly Gestures

Unit 4: Communion of the Saints

• The Importance of Catholicity

• A Revolution in How Rightly to Handle the Word of Truth

• The Protestant Principle of Authority: Sola Scriptura

• Historical Context, Theological Claim, and Prospects of Sola Scriptura

• The Protestant Pattern of Authority

• Tradition and the Work of the Holy Spirit

• Denominations, Discipleship, and Dialogical Unity

• Uniting the Body?

Unit 5: Putting on and Learning Christ

• The Disciple’s Vocation

• The Mirror of Scripture and the Purpose of Doctrine

• The Problem of Discipleship: A Fast Food, Secular Nation

• The Prospect of Discipleship

• Learning Christ

• Putting on Christ: Part One

• Putting on Christ: Part Two

• Conforming to What Is in Christ

Conclusion

• The Christian Way

Details

• Title: TH325 Theological Interpretation of Scripture in the Church

• Instructor: Kevin J. Vanhoozer

• Publisher: Lexham Press

• Publication Date: 2017

• Product Type: Logos Mobile Education

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

• Courses: 1

• Video Hours: 5