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- Enseignant: Ezra Cho
This course explores as if you’d never heard about it what is Mission, focusing on the same vision that inspired Jesus to live joyfully, hopefully, and with unwavering commitment as he accomplished his Father's mission to reconcile humanity. Participants are encouraged to examine this vision and respond thoughtfully to Christ’s call to pursue the same purpose. There is deep fulfillment in following this vision, as living for God's glory brings meaning and aligns with the principle expressed in John 15:11: “that My joy may be in you, and that your joy may be made full.” Jesus conveyed this vision in his final prayer: “I glorified you on earth, having accomplished the work that you gave me to do” (John 17:4). Manifesting God’s glory was the foundation of Jesus’ purpose, shaping his decisions and actions every day.
- Enseignant: Augustine Suh
About the Course:
Demo text: This course explores Christian ethics' profound and transformative aspects through a Kingdom perspective. We will examine today’s culture’s challenges to the Christian faith and the growing inquiries about the relationship between faith and social change. Focusing on themes of human sexuality and social justice, we will engage in critical thinking and theological reflection to comprehend and embody ethical living that aligns with God's Kingdom. The theme of human sexuality discusses topics such as Biblical sexuality, pornography, gender identity, and LGBTQ issues. The theme of social justice addresses topics such as justice in the Bible, economic justice, racism, and politics while emphasizing the biblical call to justice, mercy, and love.
This course aims to provide Bible teachers and ministers with a robust framework for understanding and engaging with ethical questions through the lens of the gospel of the Kingdom. Grounded in biblical teachings and theological reflections, we seek to understand the call to follow Jesus, the Messiah, in our modern context. By the end of the course, students will be equipped with a sound understanding of Christian ethics, enriched by a Kingdom perspective, and prepared to address the ethical challenges of human sexuality and social justice with wisdom, compassion, and integrity.
This course traces early church history to show how the past helps defend orthodoxy and address today's challenges.
- Enseignant: John Rhee
This course will focus on the introduction to basic and intermediate Koine Greek, including the importance of the original biblical language of Greek, methods of biblical interpretation using Greek, and practical applications. It will briefly deal with the interpretation of NT passages.
- Enseignant: Ezra Cho
This course will focus on the general historical (social, religious, political) setting of the New Testament, the authorship, date and the development of the central themes, general contents, purposes and historical settings of the Four Gospels and Pauline Epistles. It will briefly deal with the canonicity of the New Testament.
- Enseignant: Ezra Cho
