TH009-512 - The Holy Spirit, Grace, Church and Hope

  • 2,784 Standard Tuition Fee
  • 12
    Credit Points
  • 0.125 EFT 
  • 5
    AQF level
  • Category foundational unit
    A
  • theologyUnit Discipline

Exclusions

Prior to 2020, this unit content was delivered under the unit code TH211.

Exclusions: TH021, TH003, TH004, TH103, TH104

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students will

A. Know and understand

  1. Demonstrate">Demonstrate Foundational">Foundational knowledge and understanding of the doctrine of the Holy Spirit, grace, church and ministry, and Christian Hope.

B. Be able to

  1. Outline the doctrine of the Holy Spirit, grace, church and ministry, and the Christian hope
  2. Comment on the issues arising from the doctrine of the Holy Spirit, grace, church and ministry, and the Christian hope
  3. Present Organised evidence-based perspectives on the doctrine of the Holy Spirit, grace, church and ministry, and the Christian hope

C. Be in a position to

  1. Relate perspectives and skills from ‘Holy Spirit, Grace and Hope’ to contemporary Christian living and ministry contexts

Content

1. The Holy Spirit: Old Testament perspectives; Jesus and the Spirit; “personality” and deity; ministries and gifts, individual and corporate; Holy Spirit and human spirit.

2. The doctrines of grace: justification and sanctification; election; grace; regeneration and renewal; law and works in Christian life.

3. Church and ministry: biblical images; marks; mission and the Kingdom of God; major developments and issues in the forms of ministry.

4. The means of grace: prayer; Word and sacraments; sacramental principles; baptism in the New Testament and history; the Lord’s Supper in the New Testament and history.

5. The Christian hope: Jewish eschatology and the “age to come”; New Testament perspectives; eternal life; promise and fulfilment; cosmic and personal destiny.

Set Readings

General: students are encouraged to become familiar with the relevant sections of one of the following:
Allen, M. and S. R. Swain, Christian Dogmatics: Reformed Theology for the Church Catholic (Grand Rapids: Baker, 2016).
Erickson, M., Christian Theology (2nd. ed.; Grand Rapids: Baker, 2003).
Grudem, W., Systematic Theology (Downers Grove IL: IVP, 2007).
Horton, M. The Christian Faith: A Systematic Theology for Pilgrims on the Way (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2011). 
Migliore, D., Faith with Understanding (2nd ed.; Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2004).

The Holy Spirit
Cole, G., He Who Gives Life: The Doctrine of the Holy Spirit (Wheaton: Crossway, 2007).
Horton, M., Rediscovering the Holy Spirit: God’s Perfecting Presence in Creation, Redemption, and Everyday Life. (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2017).
Humphrey, E. M., Ecstasy and Intimacy: When the Holy Spirit Meets the Human Spirit (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2005).

Doctrines of Grace
Allen, M., Sanctification. (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2017).
Allen, M., Justification and the Gospel: Understanding the Contexts and Controversies. (Grand Rapids: Baker, 2013).
Reno, R. R., Redemptive Change: Atonement and the Christian Cure of the Soul (Harrisburg, PA: Trinity Press International, 2002).
Frame, J., The Doctrine of the Christian Life: A Theology of Lordship (Phillipsburg NJ: P & R Publishing, 2008).

Church and Ministry
Avis, P. (ed.), The Christian Church: An Introduction to the Major Traditions (London: SPCK, 2002).
Bloesch, D., The Church: Sacraments, Worship, Ministry, Mission (Downers Grove IL: IVP, 2002).
Bray, G., The Church: A Theological and Historical Account (Grand Rapids: Baker, 2016).
Harper, B. and P. L Metzger, Exploring Ecclesiology: An evangelical and Ecumenical Introduction (Grand Rapids: Brazos/Baker, 2009). 

Means of Grace
Armstrong, J. H. (ed.), Understanding Four Views of Baptism (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2007).
Holcomb, J. and D. Johnson, Christian Theologies of the Sacraments: A Comparative Introduction (New York: New York University Press, 2017).
Kasper, W., Sacrament of Unity: The Eucharist and the Church (New York: Crossroad, 2004).
Martos, J., Doors to the Sacred (Liquori: Triumph, 2001).
 
Christian Hope
Bloesch, D., The Last Things: Resurrection, Judgement and Glory (Downers Grove IL: IVP, 2005).
Gladd, B. J. and M. S. Harmon, Making All Things New. Inaugurated Eschatology and the Life of the Church (Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2016).
Milne, B., The Message of Heaven and Hell: Grace and Destiny (Leicester: IVP 2002).