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Lesson OneWhat is Biblical Theology?3 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson TwoSynchronic Synthesis of the Old Testament3 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson ThreeDiachronic Development in the Old Testament3 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson FourContours of New Testament Biblical Theology3 Activities1 Assessment
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Course Wrap-UpCourse Completion1 Activity1 Assessment
Participants 100
Overview and Objectives
Faithful Christians have always recognized the importance of the progress of biblical history, especially as it relates to humanity’s fall into sin and to God’s redemptive work. The discipline of biblical theology arose as a means to study this progress in responsible ways. Much like systematic theology, biblical theology organizes theological ideas in ways that increase our understanding of Scripture. But whereas systematic theology organizes its ideas according to topics, biblical theology organizes its findings in historical periods or epochs. Used rightly, biblical theology is a powerful and helpful tool for interpreting and applying the Bible.
When you complete this lesson, you should be able to do the following:
- Express their thoughts and attitudes regarding biblical theology
- Identify the following: a) the purpose and characteristics of Biblical Theology, b) the topics it studies, c) the similarities and differences between Systematic Theology and Biblical Theology d) the history of the discipline of Biblical Theology, and e) the relationship between act revelation and word revelation
- Show how they have applied the teachings of the course to their own lives
As you proceed through this lesson have the following question in mind.
This lesson argues that Scripture does not just report God’s acts in history but gives theological significance to those acts. To what extent can we give theological significance to events that happen in everyday lives?