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 - Israel

7. The Divided Monarchy - Judah

8. The Exile and Beyond

9. The Intertestamental Period

10. The Dead Sea Scrolls

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 Newton

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 Public Square

 

THE DIVIDED MONARCHY

 

1. Introduction

2. Chronological Matters; The Division of the Kingdom

3. Rehoboam and Abijam of Judah; Jeroboam and Nadab of Israel

4. Asa of Judah; Baasha, Elah, Zimri, and Omri of Israel

5. Ahab of Israel

6. Jehoshaphat of Judah


7. Jehoram, Ahaziah (and Athaliah) of Judah; Ahaziah and Jehoram of Israel

8. Joash of Judah; Jehu and Jehoahaz of Israel

9. Jehoash, Jeroboam II, and Zechariah of Israel

10. Amaziah and Uzziah of Judah

11. Shallum, Menahem, Pekahiah, Pekah, and Hoshea of Israel

12. Jotham and Ahaz of Judah

13. Hezekiah of Judah - the Early Years

14. Hezekiah of Judah - Later Reign

15. Manasseh and Amon of Judah

16. Josiah of Judah

17. Jehoahaz, Jehoiakim, Jehoiachin, and Zedekiah of Judah

 

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 Tower of Babel and the Table of Nations (Genesis 10:1-11:9)

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 ANCIENT CHURCH

 

1. THE NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH (The First Century)

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             Milan)

5. BISHOPS AND BAPTISMS (Church Organization and Practice)

6. MEN OF IRON WITH FEET OF CLAY (Fourth and Fifth Century Church Leaders)


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 Germany)

3. THE SCHOOLS OF CHRIST (The Reformation in Switzerland)

4. REFORMING THE REFORMERS (The Radical Reformation)

5. GENEVA=S CHILDREN (The Reformation in France, Scotland, and the Netherlands)

6. THE MIDDLE WAY (The Reformation in England)

7. THE HOLY COMMONWEALTH (England Under the Stuarts)

8. REFORM, REACTION, AND RENEWAL (The Counterreformation)

 

MAKING DRY BONES LIVE IV - EUROPE AFTER THE REFORMATION (from 1648)

 

1. GOD, MAN, AND MONKEYS (The Scientific Revolution)

2. MEN OF THE COVENANT (The Scottish Covenanters)

3. BABEL REVISITED (Theological Collapse in England)

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 England)

8. THE REFORMED CHURCHES OF EUROPE (Continental Protestantism)

9. THE WORLD IN THEIR HANDS (The Golden Age of European Missions)

 

MAKING DRY BONES LIVE V - THE AMERICAN CHURCH (from 1607)

 

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 INVISIBLE CHURCH (The Black Church in America)

7. WEEDS IN FERTILE GROUND (Utopian Communities and Heterodox Cults)


8. ROOTS OF AMERICAN FUNDAMENTALISM (Princeton Theology and the Growth of Dispensationalism)

9. THE BATTLE FOR THE BIBLE (Liberals Versus Fundamentalists)

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 Red Sea - Exodus 13:17-14:31

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