Theological Training Program

A 2-year theological education program designed for training candidates for eldership in the local church.

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Course curriculum

1. Overview
2. Textbooks
3. Collateral Reading
4. Bible Marking Guide
5. Logos Bible Software
6. Personal Library
7. [Optional] Richard Foster on "Understanding Study"
1. Active Reading
2. Textbook Reading
3. The Vincentian/Ecumenical Method of Theology
4. [Optional] Vincent of Lerins, Commonitory, 2
5. Scripture Reading
1. Textbook Reading
2. Zoom Meeting Recording
3. Finding Sources Cited by Oden
4. [Optional] Gavin Ortlund on Theological Retrieval for Evangelicals
5. [Optional] Related Classic Works
6. Scripture Reading
1. Attunement
2. Textbook Reading
3. [Optional] Gerald Hiestand on "The Pastor Theologian"
4. [Optional] The Pastor as Theologian
5. Scripture Reading
1. Textbook Reading
2. Scripture Reading
1. Textbook Reading
2. Zoom Meeting Recording
3. Scripture Reading
1. Textbook Reading
2. Lent
3. Scripture Reading
1. Textbook Reading
2. John Wesley on the Divine Being
3. Scripture Reading
1. Textbook Reading
2. Scripture Reading
1. Textbook Reading
2. Scripture Reading
1. Textbook Reading
2. [Optional] Process Theology
3. Protestant Confessional Statements
4. Scripture Reading
1. Textbook Reading
2. Scripture Reading
1. Textbook Reading
2. Scripture Reading
3. [Optional] Book Recommendation
1. Textbook Reading
2. [Optional] William Lane Craig vs. Christopher Hitchens Debate
3. Scripture Reading
1. Textbook Reading
2. Why Does the Trinity Matter?
3. Scripture Reading
1. Textbook Reading
2. Fred Sanders on the Trinity and the Gospel
3. Scripture Reading
1. Textbook Reading
2. Misleading Illustrations of the Trinity
3. [Optional] Passages Podcast
4. Scripture Reading
1. Scripture Reading
2. [Optional] Textbook Reading
1. Textbook Reading
2. John Wesley on Creation
3. Scripture Reading
1. Textbook Reading
2. Scripture Reading
1. Textbook Reading
2. Scripture Reading
3. John Wesley on Divine Providence
1. Textbook Reading
2. Scripture Reading
1. Textbook Reading
2. Scripture Reading
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2. Scripture Reading
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2. Scripture Reading
1. Textbook Reading
2. Scripture Reading
1. Textbook Reading
2. Scripture Reading
3. Gregory of Nazianzus, First Theological Oration (Oration 27)
1. Textbook Reading
2. Scripture Reading
1. Textbook Reading
2. Scripture Reading
1. Scripture Reading
2. [Optional] Textbook Reading
1. Textbook Reading
2. Scripture Reading
1. Textbook Reading
2. Scripture Reading
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2. Scripture Reading
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2. Scripture Reading
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2. Scripture Reading
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2. Scripture Reading
3. [Optional] Four Questions About the Incarnation
1. Textbook Reading
2. Scripture Reading
3. Athanasius, "On the Incarnation"
1. Textbook Reading
2. Scripture Reading
1. Textbook Reading
2. Scripture Reading
3. Matthew Emerson & Luke Stamps on "Mary Among the Protestants"
4. [Optional] Mary in Roman Catholic and Protestant Thought
1. Textbook Reading
2. Scripture Reading
3. Partitive Exegesis in Gregory's Oration 29
1. Textbook Reading
2. Scripture Reading
1. Textbook Reading
2. Scripture Reading
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2. Scripture Reading
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2. Scripture Reading
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2. Scripture Reading
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2. Scripture Reading
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2. Scripture Reading
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2. Scripture Reading
3. Advent & the Church Calendar
1. Scripture Reading
2. [Optional] Textbook Reading
1. Textbook Reading
2. Scripture Reading
1. Textbook Reading
2. Scripture Reading
3. Did the Father Forsake the Son on the Cross?
1. Scripture Reading
2. [Optional] Textbook Reading
1. Textbook Reading
2. Scripture Reading
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Syllabus

Week 1 (Jan. 1–7): Theological Method

Week 2 (Jan. 8–14): Back to the Sources

Week 3 (Jan. 15–21): Christian Theology

Week 4 (Jan. 22–28): Revelation

Week 5 (Jan. 29–Feb. 4): Defining "God"

Week 6 (Feb. 5–11): Negation and Analogy

Week 7 (Feb. 12–18): Primary and Essential Attributes

Week 8 (Feb. 19–25): Relational Attributes

Week 9 (Feb. 26–Mar. 4): Personal Attributes

Week 10 (Mar. 5–11): Moral Attributes

Week 11 (Mar. 12–18): Arguments for God's Existence

Week 12 (Mar. 19–25): More Arguments for God's Existence

Week 13 (Mar. 26–Apr. 1): More Arguments for God's Existence

Week 14 (Apr. 2–8): Triune Faith and Reasoning

Week 15 (Apr. 9–15): The Trinity in Scripture

Week 16 (Apr. 16–22): The Church's Triune Teaching

Week 17 (Apr. 23–29): BREAK

Week 18 (Apr. 30–May 6): Creation

Week 19 (May 7–13): The Goodness of Creation

Week 20 (May 14–20): Providence and Secondary Causes

Week 21 (May 21–27): Divine Governance and the Problem of Evil

Week 22 (May 28–Jun. 3): General and Special Providence

Week 23 (Jun. 4–10): Orthodoxy and the Three Creeds

Week 24 (Jun. 11–17): Scripture, Tradition, Experience, and Reason

Week 25 (Jun. 18–24): Tradition

Week 26 (Jun. 25–Jul. 1): The Study of God

Week 27 (Jul. 2–8): Reason

Week 28 (Jul. 9–15): How Faith Reasons

Week 29 (Jul. 16–22): BREAK

Week 30 (Jul. 23–29): The Study of Christ

Week 31 (Jul. 30–Aug. 5): Key Issues in Christology

Week 32 (Aug. 6–12): The Deity of Christ

Week 33 (Aug. 13–19): The Preexistent Son of God

Week 34 (Aug. 20–26): The Humbling of the Son of God

Week 35 (Aug. 27–Sep. 2): The Incarnation & Its Necessity

Week 36 (Sep. 3–9): Key Issues & Christ's Humanity

Week 37 (Sep. 10–16): The Virgin Birth

Week 38 (Sep. 17–23): Mary, Mother of God

Week 39 (Sep. 24–30): The Hypostatic Union

Week 40 (Oct. 1–7): Intrapersonal Permeation & Personal Union

Week 41 (Oct. 8–14): The Theandric Starting Point

Week 42 (Oct. 15–21): Interpreting Christ

Week 43 (Oct. 22–28): Early Life & Baptism of Christ

Week 44 (Oct. 29–Nov. 4): Temptation & Sinlessness of Christ

Week 45 (Nov. 5–11): Names & Titles of the Anointed One

Week 46 (Nov. 12–18): The Three Offices of Christ

Week 47 (Nov. 19–25): Christ's Priestly Work

Week 48 (Nov. 26–Dec. 2): BREAK

Week 49 (Dec. 3–9): The Passion Story

Week 50 (Dec. 10–16): Crucifixion, Death, Burial

Week 51 (Dec. 17–23): BREAK

Week 52 (Dec. 24–31)

Week 53 (Jan. 1–6)

Week 54 (Jan. 7–13)

Week 55 (Jan. 14–20)

Week 56 (Jan. 21–27)

Week 57 (Jan. 28–Feb. 3)

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