Mobile Ed: PC151 Theology of Everyday Life (5 hour course)
Overview
In Theology of Everyday Life, Dr. Daniel Doriani shows how theology can inform social and personal life. From eating and playing, to friendship and weddings, this course looks at the importance of developing a deeper sense of the relevance of Scripture and Christian ethics to physical and relational life. Reflecting deeply on what the Bible has to say about various everyday topics, Doriani gives rich ethical guidance and provides tools to help you find insight from Scripture.
Learning Objectives
Upon successful completion you should be able to:
- Discuss the need for a theology of everyday life in light of social pressure
- Give a cultural analysis and a theological response on a given issue
- Examine the hermeneutics of Jesus and apply it to your own study of Scripture
- Explore the significance of Scripture on a variety of social and personal areas of living
- Apply the “creation-fall-redemption-restoration” paradigm to a variety of issues
- Begin to form your own theology of everyday life
Course Outline
Unit 1: Social Dimensions of Everyday Life
- An Example from the Czech Republic
- Finding and Understanding Passive Imperatives in Romans
- Vaclav Havel on Social Pressure
- Living in the Truth
- Unit 1 Quiz
Unit 2: Friendship
- Resisting Social Pressure
- Walking in the Light Together
- Grounded in the Character of God
- The Friendship of God
- Using a Bible Search to See Where God is Referred to as “Friend”
- The Practice of Friendship
- Unit 2 Quiz
Unit 3: Play
- Celebrating the Goodness of Life
- The Paradoxes and Pitfalls of Play
- The Redemption of Play
- Unit 3 Quiz
Unit 4: Food
- A Theological Perspective on Food
- Food: Scarcity and Abundance
- The Redemption of Food
- Searching The Apostolic Fathers in English for References to Fasting
- Temperance
- Evaluating the Meaning of “Wine” in the Bible
- Unit 4 Quiz
Unit 5: Calling
- A Theology of Calling
- Researching God’s “Calling” with Bible Word Study
- The Call of God
- A Place in Life
- Unit 5 Quiz
- Midterm Exam
Unit 6: Sleep
- An Ethic of Rest
- Sleep in Scripture
- Finding Literal References to Sleep in the New Testament
- Sleep as an Act of Faith
- Unit 6 Quiz
Unit 7: Work
- Faithfulness at Work
- The Fall of Work
- Using the Dictionary of Bible Themes to Find References to Work
- The Meaning of Work
- Work as Shared Humanity
- Gifting and Work
- Working with Integrity
- Work Narratives from Scripture
- Christ in Our Work
- Unit 7 Quiz
Unit 8: Weddings
- Weddings in Culture
- Weddings in Scripture
- Unit 8 Quiz
Unit 9: The Body
- A Theology of Life in the Flesh
- The Body in Culture
- The Creation of the Body
- The Fall of the Body
- The Redemption of the Body
- The Restoration of the Body
- The Future of the Body
- Comparing Translations of Koilia with Bible Word Study
- Practical Applications
- Unit 9 Quiz
- Final Exam
Product Details
- Title: PC151 Theology of Everyday Life
- Instructor: Daniel M. Doriani
- Publisher: Lexham Press
- Publication Date: 2014
- Product Type: Logos Mobile Education
- Resource Type: Courseware, including transcripts, audio, and video resources
- Courses: 1
- Video Hours: 5
Partially includedAbout Daniel M. Doriani
Dr. Daniel M. Doriani (STM, PhD) is vice president of strategic academic projects and professor of theology at Covenant Seminary. He has also served in various pastoral roles and has been involved in planning and study committees at the presbytery level in both the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) and the Evangelical Presbyterian Church (EPC). He is the author of several books, including Getting the Message: A Plan for Interpreting and Applying the Bible, Putting the Truth to Work: The Theory and Practice of Biblical Application, and commentaries on Matthew and 1 Peter in the Reformed Expository Commentary series.
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This course was produced with screencast videos. These videos provide tutorials showing you how to use Logos Bible Software in ways that are tied directly into the content of the course. We are now producing Activities resources as a replacement for screencast videos. We plan on updating this course to include this additional Activities resource in the future for no extra charge.