Class Dates: Oct 31, 2023 - Nov 21, 2023
Day/Time: Tuesdays 7-9 PM (Eastern)
Length: 4 Weeks / 8 Hours
Note: Cohort Members Only
Instructor: Rev. Dr. Jeff Kloha
Cost: $150
Course Description
MTC002-SED NEW TESTAMENT
This course provides a brief study of the Gospels and Epistles of the New Testament through a Lutheran missional set of lenses with an emphasis on their authorship and contents.
4 weeks / 8 hours
Goals and Objectives
MTC
MTC students will
- ground their lives in the truth of God’s Word.
- translate their knowledge and skills into mission action.
- serve as unifying mission leaders in their communities.
- pursue ongoing learning for service in mission and ministry.
COURSE
Being Objectives (Spiritual Formation): The student will
- become more deeply engaged and involved in the study of Scripture;
- become spiritually formed as a child of God;
- humbly accept the New Testament as God’s Word and self-revelation to the world;
- appreciate studying the historical and geographical context of the New Testament;
- gain excitement in knowing that the study of the God’s missionary activity in the New Testament leads to a fuller expression of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Knowing Objectives (Cognitive Formation): The student will
- recognize that the life of Christ and God’s clear teaching and activity in the New Testament is intricately connected to His mission and purpose for the world;
- grasp the importance of Biblical genre, local culture, and worldviews to better understand the primary meaning of the New Testament and its teaching for people today.
- become familiar with the content and central message of each book of the New Testament;
- become familiar with the historical setting and geography of the New Testament and Ancient Near East.
Doing Objectives (Conative Formation): The student will
- identify the occasions, authors, contents, and main themes of the New Testament books in light of God’s mission movement in the world;
- apply general hermeneutical principles used by mainstream Christian churches to read and interpret portions of the New Testament;
- identify specific incidents of Jesus’ ministry and show how they fulfill Old Testament prophecy;
- work with the cultural realities and milieu in order to more clearly understand the meaning of narratives and Biblical teachings.
