Adult Education - Sunday Morning Bible Study
Lesson Plan for August 2011- January 2013
Join us at 9 AM on Sunday mornings in Room 8.
“The History of Christian Thought” every other week with Bible verse study in the alternate Sundays. 79 week study.
Some 2,000 years ago, a man walked the earth who had a greater impact than any other person in history. Lowly born, he rose to prominence as he spread his vision of the redemption of the world. He attracted the attention of faithful disciples and suspicious local authorities. Eventually, he was tried, convicted, and executed.
Today, his story is known the world over. And yet, more than two millennia later, great thinkers and everyday people still struggle to answer a single question: Who is Jesus?
- Was he a wise sage who culled powerful teachings from centuries of Jewish tradition to create a new world vision of peace and love?
- Or was he indeed God himself, the embodiment of divinity on earth, sent to bring salvation and redemption from sin?
- Did his promise of salvation apply to all humankind or was it limited to only a few followers? And how could one participate in that promise?
Now, in The History of Christian Theology, you have an opportunity to explore these profound questions and the many responses believers, scholars, and theologians have developed over more than 2,000 years. Through this 36-lecture course, award-winning Professor Phillip Cary of Eastern University reveals the enduring power of the Christian tradition—as both an intellectual discipline and a spiritual path.
Through this course, you will gain thought-provoking insights into a set of teachings that changed the world and discover how, by learning about the diverse beliefs and practices within the wider Christian community, you can enrich your own experience of this great faith.
More Than 2,000 Years of Christian Thought
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August 14, 2011
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#1 What Is Theology?
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August 21
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Acts 10:1-33
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August 28
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#2. Early Christian Proclamation
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September 4
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Acts 10:34-48
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September 11
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#3. Pauline Eschatology
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September 18
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Acts 11:1-18
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September 25
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#4. The Synoptic Gospels
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October 2
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Acts 11:19-30
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October 9
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#5 The Gospel of John
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October 16
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Acts 13:1-12
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October 23
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#6 Varieties of Early Christianity
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October 30
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Acts 13:13-52
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November 6
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#7 The Emergence of Christian Doctrine
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November 13
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Acts 14:1-28 (Change the clocks on Saturday)
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November 20
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#8 Christian Reading
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November 27
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Gospel Acts of the Apostels.1 From Ron’s files.
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December 4
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#9 The Uses of Philosophy
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December 11
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Acts15:1-21
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December 18
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#10 The Doctrine of the Trinity
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December 25
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Christmas day. No Sunday School. Celebrate His birth.
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January 1, 2012
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New Year. No Sunday School. Pray for the New Year.
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January 8
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Acts 15: 22-41
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January 15
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#11 The Doctrine of the Incarnation
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January 22
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Acts 16:1-15 also Acts of Paul and Thecla from Ron’s files
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January 29
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#12 The Doctrine of Grace
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February 5
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Acts 16:16-40 also Discussion on Paul and Thecla
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February 12
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#13 The Incomprehensible and the Supernatural
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February 19
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Acts 17:1-15
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February 26
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#14 Eastern Orthodox Theology
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March 4
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Acts 17:16-33
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March 11
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#15 Atonement and the Procession of the Spirit
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March 18
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Acts18: 1-28
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March 25
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#16 Scholastic Theology
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April 1
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Palm Sunday. Acts 19:1-20
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April 8
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Easter Sunday. No Sunday School. Celebrate Easter and all it means
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April 17
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#17 The Sacraments
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April 22
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#18 Souls after Death (Orthodox Easter Sunday)
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April 29
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Acts 19:21-41
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May 6
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#19 Luther and Protestant Theology
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May 13
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Acts 20: 1-16
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May 20
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#20 Calvin and Reformed Theology
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May 27
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Acts 20:16-38
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June 3
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#21 Protestants on Predestination
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June 10
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Acts 21:1-26
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June 17
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#22 Protestant Disagreements
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June 24
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Acts 21:27-40
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July 1
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#23 Anabaptists and the Radical Reformation
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July 8
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Acts 22:1-21
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July 15
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#24 Anglicans and Puritans
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July 22
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Acts 22:22-29
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July 29
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#25 Baptists and Quakers
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August 5
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Acts 22:30 & 23:1-22
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August 12
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#26 Pietists and the Turn to Experience
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August 19
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Acts: 23: 23-35
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August 26
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#27 From Puritans to Revivalists
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September 2
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Acts. 24:1-27
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September 9
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#28 Perfection, Holiness, and Pentecostalism
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September 16
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Acts 25:1-27
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September 23
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#29 Deism and Liberal Protestantism
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September 30
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Acts 26:1-11
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October 7
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#30 Neo-Orthodoxy—From Kierkegaard to Barth
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October 14
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Acts 26:12-32
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October 21
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#31 Evangelicalism and Fundamentalism
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October 28
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Acts 27:1-44
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November 4
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#32 Protestantism after Modernity
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November 11
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Acts 28:1-22
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November 18
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#33 Catholic Theologies of Grace
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November 25
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Acts 28:23-31
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December 2
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#34 Catholic Mystical Theology
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December 9
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Romans, Letter to, from Ron’s files
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December16
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#35From Vatican I to Vatican II
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December 23
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Christmas day. No Sunday School. Celebrate His birth.
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December 30
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New Year. No Sunday School. Pray for the New Year.
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January 6, 2013
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Vatican II and Ecumenical Prospects
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For more information, contact
Ron Sachs, 530.620.5602.