Distinctives of Reformed Theology and Practice

Overview
This 8-week course (meeting 4 times) surveys key distinctives of Reformed theology and practice, including predestination, ecclesiology and polity, worship and the sacraments, and eschatology.

Learners engage with Evangelical Theology: A Biblical and Systematic Introduction, the Pocket Dictionary of Theological Terms, and the Reformed Confessions.

Intended Competencies
Our learning together in community is intended to gain:

• • • an understanding of the essential and practical value for how systematic theology shapes one’s own identity, life, and ministry
    • familiarity with significant theological terminology common to the Christian tradition 
    • the ability to distinguish between core doctrines, secondary Christian views, heresy, and matters of indifference 
    • the skill of communicating acquired biblical and theological knowledge 
    • thoughtful, critical, and charitable engagement with key theological topics related to the plan of God, the order of salvation, church government and practices, and the kingdom of God.