Adult
Courses Lesson By Lesson
AMAZING GRACE - THE FIVE POINTS OF CALVINISM
1. Historical Background
2. Total Depravity - Biblical Basis
3. Total Depravity - Related Issues
4. Unconditional Election - Biblical Basis
5. Unconditional Election - Related Issues
6. Limited Atonement - Biblical Basis
7. Limited Atonement - Related Issues
8. Irresistible Grace - Biblical Basis
9. Irresistible Grace - Related Issues
10. Perseverance of the Saints - Biblical
Basis
11. Perseverance of the Saints - Related
Issues
12. Communicating the Grace of God
ARCHAEOLOGY AND THE BIBLE
1. Introduction and Prepatriarchal
Narratives
2. The World of the Patriarchs
3. The Exodus
4. The Conquest and the Period of the Judges
5. The United Monarchy
6. The Divided Monarchy -
7. The Divided Monarchy -
8. The Exile and Beyond
9. The Intertestamental Period
10. The
11. The Life and Ministry of Jesus
12. The Book of Acts
13. The End of the New Testament Era
THE BIBLE AND SCIENCE
1. The History of Science - From the
Primitives to
2. The History of Science - From Deism to
Indeterminism
3. The Age of the Earth - Scientific Evidence
4. The Age of the Earth - Interpretations of
Genesis 1
5. The Theory of Evolution - Presuppositions
and Implications
6. The Theory of Evolution - Mechanisms and
Supporting Evidence
7. The Theory of Evolution - Gaps and
Questions
8. Intelligent Design - Part One
9. Intelligent Design - Part Two
10. The Age of Man - Scientific Evidence
11. The Age of Man - The Biblical Genealogies
12. The Flood - Scientific Evidence
13. The Flood - Biblical and Archaeological
Issues
BIBLICAL LITERATURE
1. Introduction
2. The Question of Genre
3. Historical Narrative - Principles
4. Historical Narrative - The Book of Esther
5. Fiction in the Old Testament
6. Fiction in the New Testament - The Parables
of Jesus
7. Gospels and Epistles
8. Poetic Parallelism
9. Lyric Poetry
10. More Lyric Poetry
11. Proverbs
12. Apocalyptic Literature
BIBLICAL THEOLOGY
1. The Prepatriarchal
Era
2. The Patriarchal Era
3. The Mosaic Era
4. The Premonarchical
Era
5. The United Monarchy
6. The Ninth Century
7. The Eighth Century
8. The Seventh Century
9. The Exile and Beyond
10. The Intertestamental Period
11. The Gospels
12. The Apostolic Era
CHRISTIAN CHARACTER - II PETER 1
1. Introduction
2. Faith
3. Goodness
4. Knowledge
5. Self-Control
6. Perseverance
7. Godliness
8. Brotherly Kindness
9. Love
10. Conclusion
CHRISTIAN PERSPECTIVE
1. Humanities - Philosophy I
2. Humanities - Philosophy II
3. Humanities - Philosophy
III
4. Humanities - Philosophy IV
5. Humanities - Religion
6. Humanities - Literature
and Drama
7. Social Sciences - History
8. Social Sciences -
Psychology
9. Social Sciences -
Sociology
10. Social Sciences -
Economics
11. Social Sciences -
Political Science
12. Social Sciences -
Education
13. Natural Sciences -
Biology
14.
Natural Sciences - Physics
CHRISTIAN WORLDVIEW
1. Introduction - What is a Worldview?
2. Foundations of a Christian Worldview -
Creation
3. Foundations of a Christian Worldview - The
Fall
4. Foundations of a Christian Worldview -
Redemption and Consummation
5. Non-Christian Worldviews - Deism and
Naturalism
6. Non-Christian Worldviews - Romanticism
7. Non-Christian Worldviews - Nihilism
8. Non-Christian Worldviews - Existentialism
9. Non-Christian Worldviews - New Age
Mysticism
10. Non-Christian Worldviews - Postmodernism
11. From Theory to
Practice - American Society
12. From Theory to
Practice - Daily Living
CHRISTIANITY AND THE ARTS
1. Introduction - Art, Truth, and Beauty
2. The Dawn of the Christian Era
3. Art, Music, and Architecture in the Middle Ages
4. The Renaissance
5. Reformation and Counterreformation;
Mannerism and the Baroque
6. The Enlightenment; Late Baroque and Rococo
7. The Nineteenth Century - From Neoclassicism
to Impressionism
8. The Twentieth Century - Expressionism and
Beyond
9. Appreciating the Arts - Visual Arts
10. Appreciating the Arts - Music
11. Appreciating the Arts - Theater and Cinema
12. The Christian as Artist
COMBATING THE CULTURE
1. Introduction - What is Modern Western
Culture?
2. The Need for Discernment
3. Moral Absolutes
4. Gender Roles
5. Discipline
6. Communication of Values; Education
7. Time Management
8. The Death of Doctrine; The
Search for Experience
9. The User-Friendly Church; Leadership by
Opinion Poll
10. The Search for Authority, Beauty, and
Unity
11. The Decline of Missions
12. Pluralism
13. The Naked
THE DIVIDED MONARCHY
1. Introduction
2. Chronological Matters; The
Division of the Kingdom
3. Rehoboam and Abijam of
4. Asa of
5. Ahab of
6. Jehoshaphat of
7. Jehoram, Ahaziah (and Athaliah) of Judah; Ahaziah and Jehoram of
8. Joash of Judah;
Jehu and Jehoahaz of
9. Jehoash, Jeroboam
II, and Zechariah of
10. Amaziah and Uzziah of
11. Shallum, Menahem, Pekahiah, Pekah, and Hoshea of
12. Jotham and Ahaz
of
13. Hezekiah of
14. Hezekiah of
15. Manasseh and Amon
of
16. Josiah of
17. Jehoahaz, Jehoiakim, Jehoiachin, and
Zedekiah of
EPHESIANS AND COLOSSIANS
1. Background and Introduction
2. Ephesians 1:1-14
3. Ephesians 1:15-23; Colossians 1:1-14
4. Colossians 1:15-23
5. Ephesians 2:1-10
6. Ephesians 2:11-22
7. Ephesians 3:1-21; Colossians 1:24-2:5
8. Colossians 2:6-23
9. Ephesians 4:1-16
10. Ephesians 4:17-32
11. Ephesians 5:1-20; Colossians 3:1-17
12. Ephesians 5:21-6:9; Colossians 3:18-4:1
13. Ephesians 6:10-24; Colossians 4:2-18
FIRST CORINTHIANS
1. Introduction
2. I Corinthians 1
3. I
Corinthians 2
4. I
Corinthians 3
5. I
Corinthians 4
6. I
Corinthians 5
7. I
Corinthians 6
8. I
Corinthians 7
9. I
Corinthians 8
10. I
Corinthians 9
11. I
Corinthians 10
12. I
Corinthians 11
13. I
Corinthians 12
14. I
Corinthians 13
15. I
Corinthians 14
16. I
Corinthians 15
GENESIS 1-11
1. Background and Context
2. The Days of Creation (Genesis 1)
3. The Sixth Day Detailed (Genesis 2)
4. The Theological Significance of Genesis 1-2
5. The Fall and Its Significance (Genesis
3:1-13)
6. The Curse and Its Significance (Genesis
3:14-24)
7. Cain and Abel and the Line of Cain (Genesis
4)
8. The Genesis Genealogies and the Age of Man
(Genesis 5)
9. The Flood - Textual Issues (Genesis 6-9)
10. The Flood - Scientific and Archaeological
Issues (Genesis 6-9)
11. The
12. The Ancestors of Abraham and God=s Covenant (Genesis
11:10-32)
HEBREWS
1. Introduction
2. Hebrews 1
3. Hebrews 2
4. Hebrews 3
5. Hebrews 4
6. Hebrews 5
7. Hebrews 6:1-8
8. Hebrews 6:9-20
9. Hebrews 7
10. Hebrews 8
11. Hebrews 9
12. Hebrews 10:1-18
13. Hebrews 10:19-39
14. Hebrews 11:1-22
15. Hebrews 11:23-40
16. Hebrews 12
17. Hebrews 13
HERMENEUTICS
1. Introduction - The Word of God and the God
of The Word
2. Grammatical Context
3. Literary Genres
4. Historical Context
5. Cultural Context
6. Theological Context
7. New Testament Use of Old Testament
8. Manuscript Transmission
9. The Problem of Translation
10. The Authority of the Church
11. Contemporary Cultural Contexts
12. Personal Application, the Heart of the
Reader, and the Role of the Spirit
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE LIFE OF CHRIST
1. The Birth of Jesus
2. The Baptism of Jesus
3. The Temptation
4. Jesus= First Miracle
5. Choosing the Disciples
6. Feeding the Five Thousand
7. The Transfiguration
8. The Death of Christ
9. The Resurrection of Christ
JUDGES AND RUTH
1. Introduction; Judges 1:1-2:5
2. Judges 2:6-3:6
3. Judges 3:7-31
4. Judges 4-5
5. Judges 6
6. Judges 7
7. Judges 8
8. Judges 9
9. Judges 10:1-11:33
10. Judges 11:34-12:15
11. Judges 13-14
12. Judges 15
13. Judges 16
14. Judges 17-18
15. Judges 19-21
16. Ruth 1-2
17. Ruth 3-4
THE LIFE OF DAVID
1. Early Years
2. David and Goliath
3. Saul=s Jealousy and
Jonathan=s Friendship
4. David the Fugitive
5. Nabal and Abigail
6. David=s Early Reign
7. David and Mephibosheth
8. David and Bathsheba
9. Absalom=s Rebellion
10. David=s Final Years
MAKING
DRY BONES LIVE I - THE
1. THE NEW
2. THE NEXT GENERATIONS (Post-Apostolic
Leaders)
3. A GROWING CHURCH FACES COMPETITION (Pagan
Religions and Early Heresies)
4. THE SEED OF THE CHURCH (The Roman Persecutions and the Edict of
5. BISHOPS AND BAPTISMS (Church Organization
and Practice)
6. MEN OF IRON WITH FEET OF CLAY (Fourth and
7. THE WORD, THE LORD, AND THE WORK (Doctrinal
Controversy)
8. OUT OF THIS WORLD (The Development of
Monasticism)
MAKING DRY BONES LIVE II - THE MEDIEVAL CHURCH
(476-1517)
1. THE
CLASH WITH THE INFIDEL (The Rise of Islam)
2. THE FALL AND RISE OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE (The
Development of the Papacy)
3. EARLY MEDIEVAL THEOLOGY (Early Medieval
Theology)
4. FROM THE DEPTHS TO THE HEIGHTS (Church and
State in the Middle Ages)
5. RENDING THE SEAMLESS ROBE (The Great Schism
of 1054)
6. GOD WILLS IT (The Crusades)
7. CATHEDRALS OF THE MIND (Scholasticism)
8. THE POOR IN SPIRIT (Medieval Monasticism)
9. FINANCIERS AND HUMANISTS (Schism and
Reform)
MAKING DRY BONES LIVE III - THE PROTESTANT
REFORMATION (1517-1648)
1. REFORM EFFORTS THAT FAILED (Forerunners of
the Reformation)
2. A WILD BOAR IN THE VINEYARD (The
Reformation in
3. THE SCHOOLS OF CHRIST (The Reformation in
4. REFORMING THE REFORMERS (The Radical
Reformation)
5.
6. THE
7. THE
8. REFORM, REACTION, AND RENEWAL (The
Counterreformation)
MAKING DRY BONES LIVE IV -
1. GOD, MAN, AND MONKEYS (The Scientific
Revolution)
2. MEN OF THE COVENANT (The Scottish
Covenanters)
3.
4. THE DEEP LONGINGS OF THE HEART (German
Pietism)
5. THE WORLD FOR A PARISH (The Methodist
Revival)
6. GOD=S ORPHANS (German
Liberal Criticism)
7. ESTABLISHMENT AND DISESTABLISHMENT (Decline
and Dissent in
8. THE REFORMED CHURCHES OF
9. THE WORLD IN THEIR HANDS (The Golden Age of
European Missions)
MAKING DRY BONES LIVE V - THE
1. A CITY SET ON A HILL (Early Colonial
Settlements)
2. THE SURPRISING WORK OF GOD (The First Great
Awakening)
3. BROTHER AGAINST BROTHER (The Revolution and
the Churches)
4. FIRE ON THE MOUNTAINS (The Second Great
Awakening)
5. ONWARD, CHRISTIAN SOLDIERS (Evangelical
Social Reform)
6. THE
7. WEEDS IN FERTILE GROUND (Utopian
Communities and Heterodox Cults)
8. ROOTS OF AMERICAN FUNDAMENTALISM (
9. THE
10. THAT THEY MAY BE ONE (The Ecumenical
Movement)
11. TODAY=S NEWS, TOMORROW=S HISTORY
(Contemporary American Evangelicalism)
THE GOSPEL OF MARK
1. Introduction; Mark 1
2. Mark 2:1-3:6
3. Mark 3:7-35
4. Mark 4
5. Mark 5
6. Mark 6
7. Mark 7
8. Mark 8:1-9:1
9. Mark 9:2-50
10. Mark 10
11. Mark 11
12. Mark 12
13. Mark 13
14. Mark 14
15. Mark 15:1-16:8
MASTERPIECES OF THE BIBLE
1. Shepherd and Sheep I
2. Shepherd and Sheep II
3. Vine
4. Rock I
5. Rock II
6. Water I
7. Water II
8. Bread
9. Oil
10. Fire I
11. Fire II
12. Marriage
THE PATRIARCHS
1. Genesis 12-13
2. Genesis 14-15
3. Genesis 16-17
4. Genesis 18-19
5. Genesis 20-21
6. Genesis 22-23
7. Genesis 24-26
8. Genesis 27-28
9. Genesis 29-31
10. Genesis 32-33
11. Genesis 34-36
12. Genesis 37-39
13. Genesis 40-41
14. Genesis 42-43
15. Genesis 44-45
16. Genesis 46-47
17. Genesis 48-50
ROMANS
1. Introduction
2. Romans 1
3. Romans 2
4. Romans 3
5. Romans 4
6. Romans 5
7. Romans 6
8. Romans 7
9. Romans 8
10. Romans 9
11. Romans 10
12. Romans 11
13. Romans 12
14. Romans 13
15. Romans 14
16. Romans 15-16
STUDIES IN EXODUS
1. Introduction and Exodus 1
2. Moses= Early Years - Exodus
2
3. The Call of Moses - Exodus 3:1-4:17
4. The Plagues - Exodus 7-11
5. The Passover - Exodus 12:1-13:16
6. Crossing the
7. Bread and Water - Exodus 15:22-16:36
8. The Rock and the Banner - Exodus 17
9. The Giving of the Law - Exodus 19-20
10. The Book of the Covenant - Exodus
21:1-23:19
11. Tabernacle and Priesthood - Exodus 25-30
12. The Golden Calf - Exodus 32
13. The Glory of God - Exodus 33:12- 34:35
STUDIES
IN EZEKIEL
1. Introduction and
Background; Ezekiel 1
2. Ezekiel 2:1-3:15
3. Ezekiel 4-5
4. Ezekiel 9-10
5. Ezekiel 12
6. Ezekiel 16
7. Ezekiel 24
8. Ezekiel 28:1-19
9. Ezekiel 33
10. Ezekiel 34
11. Ezekiel 37
12. Ezekiel 38-39
13. Ezekiel 40-48
STUDIES IN ISAIAH
1.
Introduction and Background
2.
Isaiah 6
3.
Isaiah 7:1-8:10
4.
Isaiah 8:11-9:7
5.
Isaiah 11
6.
Isaiah 40
7.
Isaiah 44
8.
Isaiah 49
9.
Isaiah 51:17-52:12
10.
Isaiah 52:13-53:12
11.
Isaiah 55
12.
Isaiah 61
THE
TEN COMMANDMENTS
1.
The First Commandment - God=s Being
2.
The Second Commandment - God=s Nature
3.
The Third Commandment - God=s Name
4.
The Fourth Commandment - God=s Worship
5.
The Fifth Commandment - God=s Order
6.
The Sixth Commandment - The Sanctity of Life
7.
The Seventh Commandment - The Sanctity of Marriage
8.
The Eighth Commandment - The Sanctity of Property
9.
The Ninth Commandment - The Sanctity of Truth
10.
The Tenth Commandment - The Sanctity of Contentment