Mobile Ed: TH113 Doctrine of Salvation and Eschatology: A Reformed Perspective (9 hour course)

by R. Michael Allen; Logos Mobile Education

Publisher:

Lexham Press

, 2017

Overview

Doctrine of Salvation and Eschatology: A Reformed Perspective (TH113) covers the doctrine of salvation (Soteriology), or how God saves us, and the last things (Eschatology): the return of Christ, the coming judgment, and the resurrection and eternal life we anticipate. Before walking you through the doctrine of salvation and last things, Dr. Michael Allen provides a thoroughly biblical understanding of the doctrine of the Holy Spirit (Pneumatology): the Holy Spirit’s unique work and how the Third Person of the Trinity relates to the Father and the Son. Dr. Allen then teaches you about the different means of grace available to the church, including a definition of the sacraments, an explanation of the difference between infant and believer baptism, the Lord’s Supper, and the sacramental nature of prayer. This course concludes with an in-depth study of the last things, including how the Old Testament relates to the New Testament, the curse of Gen 3, the Kuyperian New-Calvinism position, and the complex relationship between the church and wider culture.

Learning Objectives

Upon successful completion you should be able to:

• Describe the work of the Holy Spirit in the life of Jesus and in the lives of Christians today
• Compare and contrast various Christian approaches to the sacraments of baptism and the Lord’s Supper
• Explain the roles of faith and works in justification and sanctification
• Gain insight into how you can draw nearer to God and cultivate holiness in your life
• Understand the theological ramifications of major eschatological concepts
• Explain eschatology’s function as a lens to view all doctrine
• Describe how eschatology shapes both personal and social ethics
• Prioritize the focus on the the aspects of nearness and newness in the eschaton

Course Outline

Introduction

• Introducing the Speaker and the Course

Unit 1: Pneumatology

• The Ontological Holy Spirit
• The Economic Holy Spirit
• Jesus’ Promise of the Holy Spirit
• Spirit Christology
• Pentecost
• The Spirit in Us: New Birth
• The Spirit and Science: Causality and Providence
• Indwelling and Inhabitation
• Charismatic Gifts and the Word of God

Unit 2: The Means of Grace

• The Word
• Modern Struggles with Sacraments
• Definition of Sacraments
• Baptism
• Infant Baptism
• Believer’s Baptism
• The Lord’s Supper
• Passover
• Christ’s Presence in the Lord’s Supper
• The Lord’s Supper and Sacrifice: Roman Catholic Doctrine
• The Lord’s Supper and Sacrifice: Protestant Understanding
• Other Sacraments
• What Is Prayer?
• Prayer as Grace from God and Expression of Faith
• Prayer as an Expression of the Life of Faith
• Prayer as a Means of Grace Promised by God
• Church Discipline

Unit 3: The Christian Life: Sin and Grace

• Union with Christ
• Regeneration
• Faith and Conversion
• Divine and Human Action
• Double Grace
• Justification
• Faith Alone versus Works of the Law
• The New Perspective on Paul
• Sanctification
• By Faith Alone, Not of Faith Alone
• Indwelling Sin
• Perseverance of the Saints
• Preservation of the Saints
• Warnings
• Assurance
• Glorification

Unit 4: Eschatology

• The Purpose of Eschatology
• Old Testament Promises: People, Society, and Nature
• The Day of the Lord in the Old Testament
• Inaugurated Eschatology and the Gospel of the Kingdom
• Inaugurated Eschatology and the Christian Life
• Inaugurated Eschatology and the Church
• Bodily Resurrection
• All Israel Will Be Saved
• Judgment and Hell
• Eschatological Hope: Beatific Vision
• Our Great Hope

Unit 5: Eschatology: Christians, Churches, and Culture

• Humanity’s Original Mandate and Blessing
• Sin’s Extensive Effects: The Curse of Genesis 3
• Augustine’s Two Cities
• New Creation and Kingdom of God
• How Does the Old Testament Relate to the New?

Unit 6: Relating Church and Kingdom

• Luther’s Two Kingdoms
• Reformed Tradition: Spirituality of the Church
• Kuyperian Neo-Calvinism
• The Activistic Approach
• Common Ground between Two Kingdoms and Kuyperian Traditions
• Asceticism
• Approaches to Reforming Monasticism
• Augustinian Naturalism
• Reformed Asceticism: Eschatology and Ethics

Conclusion

• Systematic Theology as a Lens for the Christian Life

Product Details

• Title: TH113 Doctrine of Salvation and Eschatology: A Reformed Perspective
• Instructor: R. Michael Allen
• Publisher: Lexham Press
• Publication Date: 2015
• Product Type: Logos Mobile Education
• Resource Type: Courseware, including transcripts, audio, and video resources
• Courses: 1
• Video Hours: 9

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About R. Michael Allen

R. Michael Allen is associate professor of systematic and historical theology and the dean of students at Reformed Theological Seminary in Orlando. He is eager to guide students to grow in their ability to retrieve theological riches from the past for the sake of renewing contemporary reflection, worship, and witness. In this vein, he is committed to Reformed catholicity as a confession and a posture for doing theology and approaching ministry today.

Prior to joining the faculty of RTS in 2015, Dr. Allen taught undergraduate and graduate students at Wheaton College and then taught at Knox Theological Seminary for five years, where he held the D. James Kennedy Chair of Systematic Theology and also served as dean of the faculty. With Dr. Scott Swain, he serves as general editor of the T&T Clark International Theological Commentary and the New Studies in Dogmatics series for Zondervan Academic. He also serves as book review editor for the renowned International Journal of Systematic Theology and is a teaching elder in the Evangelical Presbyterian Church.