Syllabus
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Here’s an outline of the topics covered in the Emmanuel Guided Reading Course. For more information contact .
| Introduction |
How to read; introductory logic; godliness in the Christian life; prayer. |
| Revelation |
General revelation; special revelation; the canon of Scripture. |
| God |
Images and idolatry; names of God; essence and attributes of God; divine simplicity; the Trinity. |
| Creation |
Creation of man; the image of God; God’s creation purpose. |
| Sin |
The fall; original sin; the bondage of the will; the corruption of human nature. |
| Christ |
The purpose of the incarnation; Christology from the NT to Chalcedon (AD 451); Christological heresies; later Christological developments. |
| Redemption |
Biblical themes and imagery; from biblical theology to covenant theology; critique of dispensationalism; election; the offices of Christ, the atonement; union with Christ; repentance and faith; justification; justification and the law in Galatians. |
| The church
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The church as the body of Christ; church and society; baptism; the Lord’s Supper; church and state. |
| Eschatology |
The Day of the Lord; the renewal of creation; continuity and discontinuity; glory; hell; millennial views. |
