courses

An introduction to the tools and background necessary for understanding, interpreting, and applying the New Testament to contemporary life, designed to prepare students to intelligently discuss factual material in the New Testament and to make clear critical judgments regarding the validity of various interpretations of the New Testament. Required of all full-time students in the second semester.

A course designed to help students define their personal Christian philosophy of life by integrating faith and learning. Students will be challenged to explore their Christian calling and to consider ways in which they can exert a Christian influence on the world.

This course will work to develop a coherent ministry vision based on unchanging theology and changing cultural contexts. Based on Reformed theological orthodoxy, students will learn how theology has implications on how to see ministry and what to do in ministry by participating in ethnographic studies of different location and peoples. It will provide a foundation for how students can articulate, communicate, and live out doctrine in a specific place and time—whether an urban neighborhood, a rural farming community, a cross-cultural location, or working with youth.

An interdisciplinary course examining the worldviews, trends, and problems of twentieth-century Western humankind. A Christian worldview and secular thought will be contrasted in several areas, including science and modern literature.