TH211 - The Holy Spirit, Grace and Hope

  • 0 Standard Tuition Fee
  • 4
    Credit Points
  • 0.125 EFT 
  • 5
    AQF level
  • theologyUnit Discipline

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students will

A. Know and understand

  1. The doctrine of the Holy Spirit
  2. The doctrines of Grace
  3. The doctrines of the Church and ministry
  4. The means of grace
  5. The Christian hope

B. Be able to

  1. Use the Bible theologically
  2. Describe the main aspects of:
  1. The doctrine of the Holy Spirit
  2. The doctrines of grace
  3. The doctrines of the church and ministry
  4. The means of grace
  5. The Christian hope

and

  1. Present evidence-based perspectives on the Holy Spirit, Grace and Hope

C. Be in a position to

  1. Relate the doctrines of the Holy Spirit, Grace and Hope to their other theological studies
  2. Use the doctrines of the Holy Spirit, Grace and Hope for personal understanding and in 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

Prescribed: students are encouraged to become familiar with the relevant sections of one of the following:

Erickson, M., Christian Theology (2nd. ed.; Grand Rapids: Baker, 2003).

Frame, J., Salvation Belongs to the Lord: An Introduction to Systematic Theology (Phillipsburg NJ: P&R Publishing Co., 2006).

Grudem, W., Systematic Theology (Downers Grove IL: IVP, 2007).

McGrath, A., Christian Theology: An Introduction (3rd ed.; Oxford UK, Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell, 2006).

Migliore, D., Faith with Understanding (2nd ed.; Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2004).

 

Recommended:

The Holy Spirit

Cole, G., He Who Gives Life: The Doctrine of the Holy Spirit (Wheaton: Crossway, 2007).

Humphrey, E. M., Ecstasy and Intimacy: When the Holy Spirit Meets the Human Spirit (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2005).

Keener, C. S., Gift Giver: The Holy Spirit in the Church Today (Grand Rapids: Baker, 2001).

 

Doctrines of Grace

Bayer, O. and G. Bromiley, Living by Faith: Justification and Sanctification (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2003).

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).

Harper, B. and P. L Metzger, Exploring Ecclesiology: An evangelical and Ecumenical Introduction (Grand Rapids: Brazos/Baker, 2009). 

Newbigin, L., The Household of God, Biblical Classics Library, (Carlisle: Paternoster, 2002).

 

Means of Grace

Armstrong, J. H. (ed.), Understanding Four Views of Baptism (Grand Rapids: Zondervan: 2007).

Goldsworthy, G., Prayer and the Knowledge of God (Leicester: IVP, 2004).

Kasper, W., Sacrament of Unity: The Eucharist and the Church (New York: Crossroad, 2004).

Martos, J., Doors to the Sacred (Liquori: Triumph, 2001).

Welker, M., What Happens in Holy Communion? (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2000).

 

 

Christian Hope

Bloesch, D., The Last Things: Resurrection, Judgement and Glory, (Downers Grove IL: IVP, 2005).

Milne, B., The Message of Heaven and Hell: Grace and Destiny (Leicester: IVP 2002).