400 Level Courses
For Elders
Intro to 400 Level Courses
The difference between a father and an elder in the culture is not well known these days. One of the markers is that an elder has moved beyond teaching the granular issues of personal growth and Kingdom advancement, and is dealing with TRANSCENDENT issues.
These courses are geared to elders and will be limited to those who genuinely are at that point in their journey, as evidenced by the prior fruit in their lives.
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400 Level Categories |
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| 410 Developing Thinking Skills |
| 420 The One and the Many |
| 430 America’s Christian History |
| 440 Sequences in Theology |
| 450 Synergistic Concepts in Theology |
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460 Dynamic Tensions in Theology |
410 Courses: Developing Thinking Skills
420 Courses: The One and the Many
430 Courses: America’s Christian History
Christian Nationalism has become a flash point in the culture. This is an Ishmaelite concept, but we will never be able to push back against it, without a clear understanding of the original design and where it went wrong.
440 Courses: Sequences in Theology
Peter said, “His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness . . .” That is followed by a sequence of eight growth items which are CLEARLY labeled as a sequence. Seeking to develop knowledge without the prior items, is unprofitable.
450 Courses: Synergistic Concepts in Theology
In describing His goodness, God said, “I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.”
We tend to look at good things in Scripture, like these two adjectives or the nine Fruit of the Spirit, through individual grids, rather than through their synergy. What would the world be like if God were gracious but not compassionate, or compassionate but not gracious?
What are the implications of the two together?
There are many pairs and clusters of concepts in Scripture that need to be considered through the grid of synergy.
460 Courses: Dynamic Tensions in Theology
There are many pairs of truths in Scripture that are apparently exclusionary such as justice and mercy. One of the most controversial is the tension between the co-regency of women with men, and the submission of women to men. Each of these dynamic tensions appears to be exclusionary. Wisdom calls for understanding how to walk in the complexity of both.