Theological Studies Certificate

Aug 26 - Intro and Overview

Sep 2 - We Believe in God    1: What We Know About God
Introduces how evangelical systematic theologians have approached some of the most basic issues related to understanding who God is and what he does.

Sep 9 - We Believe in God    2: How God Is Different
Focuses on what theologians have often called God's incommunicable attributes, how gloriously unlike his creation God is.

Sep 16 - We Believe in God    3: How God Is Like Us
Examines what theologians commonly call God's communicable attributes, the ways that God and his creation are similar.

Sep 23 - Building Your Systematic Theology   1: What Is Systematic Theology?
Compares New Testament theology with systematic theology, surveys historical developments, and explores the values and dangers of systematic theology.

Sep 30 - Building Your Systematic Theology   2: Technical Terms in Systematics
Begins with a general orientation toward technical terms, explores the formation of technical terms as well as the values and dangers of technical terms.

Oct 7 - Building Your Systematic Theology   3: Propositions in Systematics
Begins with a general orientation, explains the formation of propositions as well as the values and dangers of propositions.

Oct 14 - Building Your Systematic Theology   4: Doctrines in Systematics
Begins with a general orientation, explains the formation of doctrines as well as the values and dangers of doctrines.

Oct 28 - We Believe in Jesus   1: The Redeemer
Explores the role of God the Son throughout redemptive history.

Nov 4 - We Believe in Jesus   2: The Christ
Explores the life and ministry of Jesus Christ.

Nov 11 - We Believe in Jesus   3: The Prophet
Explores Jesus' fulfillment of the Old Testament office of prophet.

Nov 18 - We Believe in Jesus   4: The Priest
Explores Jesus' fulfillment of the Old Testament office of priest.

Nov 25 - We Believe in Jesus   5: The King
Explores Jesus' fulfillment of the Old Testament office of king.

Dec 2 - The Doctrine of the Trinity  1: Introduction to the Trinity
A supplement to the series We Believe in God that introduces what the Bible teaches about our triune God.

Dec 9 - The Doctrine of the Trinity   2: The Unity of the Trinity
A supplement to the series We Believe in God that focuses on how all three members of the Trinity are unified in one divine essence.

Dec 16 - The Doctrine of the Trinity   3: The Diversity of the Trinity
A supplement to the series We Believe in God that focuses on the personal attributes and responsibilities of the individual persons within the Trinity.

Jan 6 - We Believe in the Holy Spirit   1: In the Trinity
Examines the Holy Spirit as a full and equal member of the Godhead.

Jan 13 - We Believe in the Holy Spirit   2: In the World
Focuses on the Holy Spirit's activity in the creation as a whole.

Jan 20 - Building Your Biblical Theology 1: What Is Biblical Theology?
This lesson focuses on a basic orientation toward biblical theology, the development of biblical theology through the centuries, and the interconnections between history and revelation.

Jan 27 - Building Your Biblical Theology 2: Synchronic Synthesis of the Old Testament
This lesson on synchronic synthesis of the Old Testament touches on three main issues: a basic orientation about what "synchronic synthesis" is; the ways Old Testament passages convey the historical information used in synchronic synthesis; and the synthetic theological structures discovered through synchronic syntheses of the Old Testament historical information.

Feb 3 - Building Your Biblical Theology 3: Diachronic Developments in the Old Testament
Diachronic development is the ways theological structures grew or developed over time. This lesson provides a basic orientation toward diachronic development, explores how epochal developments took place between major historical periods or epochs, and looks at how specific topics developed over time in the Old Testament.

Feb 10 - Building Your Biblical Theology 4: Contours of New Testament Biblical Theology
There are many similarities between the ways biblical theology approaches both Testaments, but there are also significant differences. This lesson focuses on: an orientation toward New Testament biblical theology, the development of the Bible's teaching about eschatology, or the last days (a crucial issue in New Testament biblical theology), and how biblical theologians have approached New Testament eschatology itself.

Feb 17 - What is Man?  1 :In the Beginning
Explores what human beings were like when God first created us and placed us in the Garden of Eden.

Feb 24 - What is Man?  2 :The Image of God
Examines what it means for human beings to be created in God's image.

Mar 10 - Your Kingdom Come: Eschatology  1: The Goal of Creation
Looks at how God's plan for history leads to the ultimate goal of completing his kingdom.

Mar 17 - Your Kingdom Come: Eschatology  2: The Living and the Dead
Considers how individual human beings experience the events of the last days.

Mar 24 - Your Kingdom Come: Eschatology  3: The Coming of the King
Explores what the Bible says about Christ's "second coming" and its relationship to events that lead to the end of the age.

Mar 31 - Church History  1: Historical Methodology
Examines why church history is important to study and how we should go about studying it.

Apr 7 - Church History  2: The Early Church and the Roman Empire
Explores the history of the apostolic era and the early Church.

Apr 14 - Church History  3: Patristic Fathers and the Ecumenical Councils
Traces the spread of Christianity throughout the Roman Empire and Christological controversies.

Apr 21 - Church History  4: Middle Ages and Roman Catholic Theology
Explores the history of the Holy Roman Empire, Medieval Roman Catholic Theology and the Renaissance.

Apr 28 - Church History  5: Martin Luther and the German Reformation
Surveys the beginnings of the Reformation in Germany from Luther to the Formula of Concord.