Part of our work is teaching and part of our work is leading a team of Bible teachers. One aspect to leading a team is providing opportunities for their growth. We recently hosted a 5 week seminar course studying New Testament theology. This kind of course is deeper than our School of Biblical Studies (SBS). SBS provides a great overview of the Bible but this kind of seminar course provides for a deeper look at the topics of a narrow area of scripture. In this case, the New Testament. And this kind of course is for SBS graduates, people like our staff who teach the Bible.
We invite a professor with a Masters degree to come teach us. In the NT, we covered some of the major topics like Jesus, justification and salvation, the sacraments (like baptism and the Lord’s supper), etc. Instead of looking at books of the Bible (as we do in SBS) and addressing the issues it raises, here we are looking at these theological topics from a fuller perspective – for example, what does the WHOLE New Testament and Bible say about justification and not just a single book like Romans. So when we go out and teach, our staff are more equipped to teach the Bible.
Teaching Adventures 