The Theology Program

Session Overview Why is truth devalued in our culture today? What is Postmodernism? We live in a different world than we did just 20 years ago. People think differently today about the reality and nature of truth. Your truth is your truth, my truth is my truth-they are both right is a comon belief that we encounter in our Postmodern culture. Why are people thinking in such a manner? By the end of this session, the student should have a better understanding of the history of man’s search for truth, learning that the Postmodern view of truth (that truth is relative)

Session Overview What is systematic theology? What are the common mistake that people make with regards to doing theology? How important is it that one use a theological process that is testable? This session presents the different categories in which theology is done. The student should gain a greater understanding of what systematic theology is by understanding its relation to biblical, apologetic, historic, dogmatic, and philosophical theologies. A basic understanding of the theological process is introduced. The student should leave with an understanding that biblical theology must be done with great integrity, asking what did the text mean in its

Session Overview What exactly is theology and who is a theologian? Why are there so many bad theologies out there? Are you a Tabloid theologian, believing everything you hear? Or are you a more skeptical theologian, who won’t believe anything? This session will cover the different methods and commitments, good and bad, that people bring to their theology causing them to be a good theologian or a bad theologian. During this session the student will be persuaded that everyone is a theologian because everyone has theological persuasions and convictions, even if they don’t realize it. The student will have to

Session Overview What is The Theology Program anyway? What is our approach to studying theology? Does TTP take the we’re right, your wrong approach? Or does it approach theology more peaceably, letting the students make up their own mind? Am I smart enough to take this course? These are all important questions that this first session seeks to answer. This session presents a basic understanding of the importance of the study of theology and the purpose of The Theology Program. The rules of engagement will set the stage for all future TTP sessions, arguing that theology is best done with

Please notice that I have indicated a must read article in each of the sections.  The other articles (mind candy) are to help you expand your mental real estate further in that area. General Articles You Cannot Serve Both God and Theology Establishing a Doctrinal Taxonomy: A Hierarchy of Doctrinal Commitments Representing Christ to a Postmodern World (Must Read) Charismata and the Authority of Personal Experience Orthodoxy, Theological Maturity, and the Development of Doctrine: From Theological DNA to Maturity Building Your Theology Course Gospel in 6 Minutes (Video) Primer on Perspectivalism Orthodoxy Test (Please take) Taxonomy of Belief Test Catoriztation of the Levels of Belief (Examples)