Renewing Life Center Bible Institute
The Renewing Life Center will begin a second year for the 46-week Bible Institute on January 19, 2012, Thursday evening from 6:30-9:30pm. There will be nine units of learning. Each unit will be available for students to enter and complete that specific unit only, or continue on throughout the entire program.
Registration Form
Scholarship Application
The eight areas of study are:
How to interpret the Bible
Study of each book of the Old Testament
Study of each book of the New Testament
Overview of Church History, from Christianity’s
beginning thru contemporary church life.
How Christian formation happens and the disciplines
that serve this formation.
Understanding how to defend the Bible and the
historical identify of Christ.
How Christianity differs from other world religions and
cults: Islam, Buddhism, Mormonism, Jehovah’s
Witness
Study of basic theological issues in the Bible
The Bible will be the only text read in addition to the program notebook covering the content of all 46 weeks of study. The two requirements are: a written testimony of belief in Jesus Christ as savior, and affiliation with a Christ-centered local church.
Cost for entire 46 week program $975. Cost per unit will be given when asked.
Program is designed for the following persons:
New Christian desiring to understand the Bible and
the core truth of Christianity.
Christian who has not studied the Bible but desires to
grow in their faith.
Christian who is/will be in leadership in a local church
and desires to lead from Biblical principles and
understanding.
If you have questions please call 702.434.7290. Sign-ups begin December 1, 2011. Location will be at the Renewing Life Center, 2389C Renaissance Drive, Las Vegas, Nevada 89119.
The following will give information on the goals and specific curriculum of the Bible Institute:
Purpose Statement
To help each participant grow in their Christian formation through a foundational understanding of the Bible and Christian Faith to be equipped to serve God in the home, Church, and marketplace.
Goals
To know how to better interpret Scripture.
To know the content of both Old and New
Testaments.
To know an overview of the Church’s history.
To comprehend Christian Formation as a process
and learn spiritual disciplines that serve this
formation.
To comprehend how to defend the Christian faith.
To know how Christianity differs from other world
religions and cults.
To comprehend basic theological issues from the
Bible.
To explore what it means to be a servant leader in
the local church.
Structure
The Bible Institute will consist of forty-six weeks of study, one night a week for three hours of teaching. The curriculum will be broken into units of learning. Each unit will stand alone, but will also be taught in sequential order. A student is intended to complete all forty-six weeks of study but may enter whenever a new unit begins. Any student who completes the forty-six week program will receive a CERTIFICATE OF GRADUATION showing the curriculum covered and the material mastered. The only form of grading will be the affirmation of completion by each instructor. (Provision will be made for necessary absence so continuity of the study may be maintained. Students may become “Inactive” when necessary and re-enter at a later date where they exited the program.)
The content of the unit will be manuscripted by established theological educators in their field of study. All required learning will be contained within the manuscript. The program is designed to have the student complete the reading of the Bible within the forty-six weeks.
The units will be taught by local master teachers presenting the manuscripted material with whatever creative methods they choose to use to communicate the truths of that subject.
The structure is intended to allow the student to continue ongoing daily life commitments to family, church and work. The program should continually enhance the ministry of the local church throughout the forty-six weeks.
Curriculum - 2012
Unit One: BIBLICAL INTERPRETATION (2)
Week 1 1/19 What is the Bible?
Week 2 1/26 Biblical Hermeneutics: How to interpret the Bible
Unit Two: OLD TESTAMENT (13)
Week 3 2/2 Old Testament overview, Genesis
Week 4 2/9 Exodus, Leviticus
Week 5 2/16 Numbers, Deuteronomy
Week 6 2/23 Joshua, Judges, Ruth
Week 7 3/1 1 & 2 Samuel, 1 Kings 1-11
Week 8 3/8 1 Kings 12, 1 & 2 Chronicles
Week 9 3/15 Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther
Week 10 3/22 Job, Psalms
Week 11 3/29 Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs, Lamentations
Week 12 4/12 Intro to Prophets, Isaiah
Week 13 4/19 Pre exilic: Jeremiah, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah,
Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah
Week 14 4/26 Exilic: Ezekiel, Daniel
Week 15 5/3 Post exilic: Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi
Intertestamental Period (1 hr)
Unit Three: NEW TESTAMENT (10)
Week 16 5/10 Intro to New Testament, Matthew, Mark
Week 17 5/17 Luke, John
Week 18 5/24 Acts
Week 19 5/31 Romans
Week 20 6/7 1 & 2 Corinthians, Galatians
Week 21 6/14 Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians
Week 22 6/21 1 & 2 Thessalonians, 1 & 2 Timothy, Titus, Philemon
Week 23 6/28 Hebrews, James
Week 24 7/5 1 & 2 Peter; 1, 2, 3 John; Jude
Week 25 7/12 Revelation
Unit Four: CHURCH HISTORY (4)
Week 26 7/19 Early Church Fathers
Week 27 7/26 From Constantine through Reformation
Week 28 8/2 Contemporary History
Week 29 8/9 Spiritual Awakenings, Modern Mission Movement
Unit Five: SPIRITUAL FORMATION (4)
Week 30 8/16 God’s Great Initiation
Week 31 8/23 Our Response Back to God
Week 32 8/30 Our Daily Response: Loving God
Week 33 9/6 Our Response: Loving Others
Unit Six: APOLOGETICS (4)
Week 34 9/13 Contemporary & Historical Issues
Week 35 9/20 The Scriptures
Week 36 9/27 The Person of Christ
Week 37 10/4 The Problem of Evil
Unit Seven: CHRISTIANITY & WORLD RELIGIONS (2)
Week 38 10/11 World Religions: Islam, Buddhism
Week 39 10/18 Cults: Mormonism, Jehovah Witness
Unit Eight: BASIC THEOLOGICAL ISSUES (7)
Week 40 10/25 Revelation
Week 41 11/1 God (Father, Son, Holy Spirit)
Week 42 11/8 Sin
Week 43 11/15 Redemption – Sanctification
Week 44 11/29 The Church
Week 45 12/6 Ordinances /Sacraments
Week 46 12/13 Eschatology (end times)