Filed under: Journal Assignments
How do Gunton and Williams treat the Gospel accounts of Jesus’ life? Do they allow each of the Evangelists to speak with his own voice? Do they attempt to harmonize the accounts? Do they attempt to get behind the texts to some ‘historical Jesus’? Do you think they read the Gospels rightly?
Filed under: Reading Assignments
Tokens 57-78
Christian Faith 78-116
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According to Wright, what is the meaning of ‘messiah’ in Jesus’ day? How would Jesus’ contemporaries have understood this title? What difference, if any, does this make for our understanding of Jesus’ identity?
Filed under: Extra Credit
Listen to the Spring 09 lectures and write a full page of notes@ 10 pts/lecture.
Filed under: Study Guide
1. Define key terms (including, but not limited to, the following: norma normans non normata, soteriology, christology, ex nihilo, providence).
2. Identify and explain the dangers of systematic theology.
3. Identify and explain the need for and purpose of systematic theology.
4. Identify and explain the various ecclesiastical uses of Scripture.
5. Outline and describe the proper use(s) of the Bible in the theological enterprise.
6. Define and evaluate the doctrine of Sola Scriptura.
7. Compare various schools of thought on the meaning of divine providence.
8. Reproduce the Apostles’ Creed.
Remember, you may use your textbooks on all the portions of this test, except the reproduction of the creed, which you must do from memory.
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Compare/contrast Aquinas’ and Calvin’s views of Providence.
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What do Gunton and Williams say about the so-called problem of evil? How are Christians to respond to it, in their view?
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Christian Faith 38-56
Tokens 31-55
