The foundational issues of life according to God's biblical design are contrasted with their contemporary distortions in our fallen world. Foundational truths from Genesis 1-12 and other key passages are studied to form a biblical worldview with respect to truth, authority, origins, the nature of mankind, abortion, marriage and the family, gender and sexuality, economics and socialism, justice and equality, race, environment, government, nationalism and globalism, immigration, technology, and living in view of Christ's imminent return.
(3 Credits)
How to teach what you have learned so far, as well as how to teach children; how to start a Sunday School; how to start a youth ministry, etc.
(2 Credits)
- Teacher: Rick Thoresen
This course traces Joseph's life journey from being betrayed by his brothers and unjustly
imprisoned to his ultimate rise as the Prime Minister of Egypt. Through this
narrative, the lessons highlight practical principles for believers, including
how to resist temptation, offer forgiveness, walk by faith rather than sight,
and see Joseph's life as a foreshadowing of Jesus Christ.
- Teacher: Rick Thoresen
The history of the early Christian Church is a narrative of transition from a small, Jewish-rooted organism to a globally dominant faith system that ultimately conquered the Roman Empire from within. This development occurred across three distinct phases: Establishment, characterized by the apostolic propagation of the Gospel; Persecution, involving both local and empire-wide attempts to suppress the faith; and Confrontation, defined by the struggle to maintain doctrinal purity against internal heresies and Greek philosophical influences.