ELECTIVE
This course will help students to define the lifestyles and life challenges the people of the Old Testament faced. What was the value of God’s word to the people and why decisions were made to turn against the principles of God’s teaching and laws. The goal is for each student to develop an understanding of the Old Testament and grasp the lifestyle of the New Testament.
Required materials: “Old Testament Survey” by Chuck Smith found on Amazon and ChristianBook store.
God’s Plan for All People (Genesis 1-11)
Week #1 – Creation – The God of All Life
Week #2 – Fall – Rejecting God’s Vision for Life
Week #3 – Flood – God Judges and Makes a Covenant to Preserve Life
God’s Covenant People (Genesis 12-Malachi 4)
Week #4 – The People: God Calls a Covenant People
Week #5 – Deliverance: God Rescues His People
Week #6 – The Sinai Covenant and Law
Week #7 – The Land: God’s Place for His People
Week #8 – Kings & Prophets: God Shapes a Kingdom People
Week #9 – Kings & Prophets: God Divides the Kingdom People
Week #10 – Kings & Prophets: The Southern Kingdom as God’s People
Week #11 – Exile: God Disciplines His People
Week #12 – Return: God Delivers His People