Assignment 1
Philosophy Paper (16 pages not include reference and introduction)
A major goal of this paper is to challenge students to develop a biblically sound personal philosophy of leadership, addressing elements that are shown to influence leadership in ministry contexts. Each student is required to turn in an extensive biblical philosophy of leadership paper that evidences an understanding of the lectures, interaction with assigned texts, and their personal spiritual formation. The paper should include:
(a) a biblical definition of leadership,
(b) Godliness and leader formation
(c) characteristics of Christian leadership.
In 16 pages or more (typed according to the Turabian Manual for Writers 8thedition) and the MAL guidelines, applying sound exegetical principles and interaction with scholars on the subject, clearly state your biblical philosophy of leadership. Papers should be well written, scholarly, and demonstrate graduate-level research and reading. The student must apply sound exegetical methods that relate the pertinent biblical text, in light of its historical and literary contexts, to their personal biblical philosophy of leadership.
Course Textbooks ( You must use these as source and buy from etext and make refund)
Northouse, Peter, G. Leadership: Theory and Practice, 8th Edition, Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2018.
Kouzes, James M. & Posner, Barry Z. The Leadership Challenge, 6th Edition, San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 2017. ( K&P)
Ricketson, Rusty, followerfirst: Rethinking Leading in the Church, 2nd Edition, Cumming, GA: Heartworks Publications, 2014.
King James Holy Bible
Assignment 2
Final Exam Study Guide (4 pages)
Using the about 3 reference please answer with detail explanation.
1. Three ways K&P suggest for enhancing Self-Determination
2. What are “Norms of Reciprocity”
3. Ricketson’s Four Unintended Consequences of leader-centered leadership
4. Four ways K&P suggest that leaders “Live Shared Values”
5. Chaleff’s characteristics of Courageous Followers and how a biblical followerfirst perspective may interact with them.
6. Kelley’s characteristics of Effective Followers and how a biblical follower first perspeccive may interact with them.
7. What is “sheepness?”
8. When finding a vision, K&P suggest four ways to Imagine Possibilities
9. Explain what K&P mean when they suggest leaders (1) Find Your Voice and (2) Affirm Shared Values
10. K&P’s five practices of Exemplary Leadership
11. According to Northouse, what are the five principles of Ethical Leadership?
12. What is the Hermeneutical Principle of “Context”?
13. Ricketson’s definition of Leadership and its component parts.
14. How do K&P suggest that leaders get personally involved?
15. After reading Northouse, by Thursday write a 200 word IP describing how using the “Authentic Action Wheel” might assist you when making decisions within your organizational context.
16. After reading K&P and Chapter 2, Followers: The Overlooked Treasure, write a 300 word post that (1) lists the leader’s ‘golden rule’ (2) choose a particular follower characteristic then (3) explain how this follower characteristic responds to the leader’s attempt to set an example.
17. Having completed the reading, write a 300 word Initial Post on the correlations between Following-Leaders and K&P’s view of strengthening others
Assignment 3
How Your Theological Primer Is Graded
In terms of literature, a primer is “a small introductory book on a subject, a short informative piece of writing” (http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/primer).
A “Theological Primer” introduces the major points of doctrine in terms that lay people and theological novices can understand. Its focus should be on the vital elements of each doctrine treated, not on theological methodology. For example, in the area of Christology (an area not covered in our class or your primer) a primer should have substantive discussions on both the deity and humanity of Christ, giving biblical justification for both; but it would not touch upon the methodological issues of “Christology from Above” versus “Christology from Below” or “The Quest for the Historical Jesus.” Likewise, in the area of Theology Proper (an area that will be included in your primer), each of the attributes of God should be adequately defined and defended; but there is no need to discuss the different ways theologians categorize the attributes (communicable/incommunicable, relative/absolute, etc.).
Only those areas of doctrine covered in this course should be treated in this primer. Therefore, for this assignment the subject of the Holy Spirit–Who was only discussed in this course in his role as a Member of the Triune Godhead–should only include discussions of His Person (i.e., His personality and deity), not His works. The same would be true in the area of Christology. So, even though in a full primer one would discuss the Spirit’s works of conviction, regeneration, baptizing, sealing, filling, etc. and the Son’s works of creation, redemption, and reigning, those topics were not a part of this course and should not be included in this assignment. Christ and the Holy Spirit will not be discussed in this primer except as needed to understand the doctrine of the Trinity.
The following chart delineates characteristics of different qualities of work on this assignment. Try to incorporate every element an “A” or “B” paper into your own.
GRADE CHARACTERISTICS
A
Each of the three major doctrines covered in this course—God, the Bible, and Angels—is treated in the primer. All major facets of these doctrines are discussed in clear and logical sequence. For example, under the Doctrine of God, consideration is given to His Person, including His existence, His attributes, and His tri-unity (which entails the deity of Christ and the personality and deity of the Holy Spirit) and His works of creation and providence. The treatment of Bibliology includes discussion of the Bible’s inspiration, inerrancy, and authority. Under Angelology both good and evil angels (demons) are discussed.
One or more minor issues might also be treated under the major facets (e.g., under Authority of the Scriptures one could include rules for proper interpretation of the Bible; under the Existence of God, one might discuss the problem of evil).
All topics are well organized, concisely presented, and clearly stated. Proper outlining procedures are observed. Proper English is used. Quotations from scholarly sources and relevant Scripture references back up the doctrines presented. Cited sources are properly documented with footnotes or parenthetical references. Words are well chosen; grammar, spelling, and other elements of academic writing have minimal errors. Difficult concepts are clarified by the use of understandable illustrations. A practical application demonstrating the relevance of each major doctrine is included.
You must use those text as sources
1. Erickson, Millard. Christian Theology. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1998. (Hereafter, CT)
2. Ryrie, Charles C. Basic Theology. Chicago: Moody Press, 1999. (Hereafter, BT)
3. Tozer, A. W. The Knowledge of the Holy: The Attributes of God. San Francisco: HarperCollins, 1978.
Example
INTRODUCTION:
THE NATURE AND NECESSITY OF THEOLOGY
I. The Nature of Theology
a. The word “Theology” comes from the combination of two Greek words:
i. Theos, “God”
ii. Logos, “Word,” and by extension, “Speech,” “Teaching,” or “Study”
b. In the narrowest sense (Theology Proper), the word signifies a study of God, or one’s doctrine or beliefs regarding God (and only God).
c. As normally used, however, the word “theology” includes a wide spectrum of religious topics, including beliefs regarding:
i. God (Theology Proper)
ii. Christ (Christology)
iii. The Holy Spirit (Pneumatology)
iv. The Scriptures (Bibliology)
v. Angels & Demons (Angelology)
vi. Man (Anthropology
vii. Sin (Hamartiology)
viii. Salvation (Sotereiology)
ix. The Church (Ecclesiology)
x. Last Things (Eschatology)
d. Christian Theology finds its primary source material in the Bible. There is a very good reason for this:
i. The Bible is recognized, even by non-Christians scholars, as a generally reliable historical document.
ii. This generally reliable historical document testifies that Jesus claimed to be God’s Son and that He backed those claims up with wondrous works—the most convincing being His conquest of death—His resurrection.
1. The presence of a miracle story does not invalidate historical reliability unless it can be shown that miracles cannot occur (in other words, if it can be shown that there is no God—an impossibility).
2. If there is a God who can act, there can be acts of God (miracles), so the stories of such must be judged on their own merit, not on a priori assumptions about the nature of reality.
iii. If the historical documents (regarding Jesus’ claims to deity and the validating works) are true, then it makes sense to believe that what Jesus said on other matters is also true, for the Son of God would know all things and could only tell the truth.
iv. Jesus taught that the Jewish Scriptures were the very Word of God and that the Scriptures to be written by His apostles would be inspired by the Spirit of God.
v. Followers of Christ should believe what He said, therefore, they should get their beliefs from the source that He affirmed—the Bible.
e. Other sources may add to the Christian’s theological knowledge, but they are supplementary to the Bible; and if they seem to ever contradict a clear biblical teaching, they are to bow to the authority of God’s Word. When the whole truth is known, it will be seen that there is no contradiction between true science, history, philosophy, and the Bible. “All truth is God’s truth.”
II. The Necessity of Theology
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ECCLESIOLOGY: THE DOCTRINE OF THE CHURCH
There are three divinely ordained human institutions defined in the Bible:
1. The Family, established in Genesis 2.22-25
2. Government, established in Genesis 9.6
3. The Church, established in Acts 2 (cf. Acts 11.15-16, 1 Cor 12.13)
The first of these, though established before sin came into the world, might be said to exist for the training of sinners (children) in the nurture and admonition of the Lord; the second exists for the restraining of sinners through law enforcement and punishment; and the third exists for the reclaiming of sinners through the preaching of the Gospel of Grace. Little wonder, then, that Satan so vigorously promotes the present-day ignorance and confusion regarding the biblical family, the proper roles of government, and the nature of the church. This underscores the importance of a strong biblical understanding of all three of these institutions. The following outline pertains to the last of these, the institution of the Church.
I. THE MEANING OF “CHURCH”
a. The English word “church” comes to us through the Scottish word “kirk” and the German “kirche,” both of which originate with the Greek word “kyriakon,” which refers to something that “belongs to the Lord” (kurios=Lord)
b. Interestingly, “kyriakon” is not the word translated “church” in the NT. In fact, it is used only 2x in the NT, in reference to the Lord’s Supper (1 Cor 11.20) and the Lord’s day (Rev 1.10)
c. The word actually translated “church” in the NT is the Greek word “ekklesia” (from “ek” [out] and “kalleo” [called]). In secular Greek, the word refers to an assembly of citizens called out to meet for a particular purpose. It can refer to any gathering of people (in Acts 19.32, it refers to an unruly and unbelieving mob). In the NT, it primarily refers to believers in Christ gathered together for the purposes of God.
II. THE ORIGIN OF THE CHURCH
a. Seven Erroneous Views
i. It started with Adam & Eve because they were the first believers
ii. It started with Abraham because He was the father of the Israelites and Israel was the OT church
iii. It started with John the Baptist because he was the first believer in Christ to carry out the ordinance that brings one into the church
iv. It started with Jesus’ call of the disciples, because they were the first group organized to do Christ’s work with Him as their head
v. It started with Peter’s confession in Matthew 16, because Jesus said He would build the church on that foundation (“Upon this rock”)
vi. It started when Jesus breathed the Holy Spirit upon the disciples after His resurrection (John 20.21-22), because that’s when a group was first indwelt by the Spirit of God
vii. It started with Paul (either at his conversion, his first missionary trip, or his Roman imprisonment), because from his pen comes the most complete teaching on the church.
b. The True View: It Started on the Day of Pentecost (Acts 2)
i. At Peter’s confession, the church was still a future development “I WILL build my church” (Matt 16.18), so it could not have existed in the OT or with John the Baptist or the choosing of the disciples.
ii. Christ became Head of the church at His ascension (Eph 1.20-23). If the Body of Christ existed before then, it was headless!
iii. The church received her gifts after the ascension of Christ (Eph 4.7-12). If she existed prior to that, she had no gifts by which to function!
iv. The church, as “the Body of Christ” could not have been formed prior to the baptizing work of the Holy Spirit (1 Cor 12.13, cf. Eph 1.22-23, Col 1.18)
1. It is the baptism of the Spirit that puts members into the body of Christ (1 Cor 12.13)
2. The baptism of the Spirit was yet future during the ministry of John the Baptist (Matt 3.11)
3. The baptism of the Spirit was still future immediately prior to the ascension of Jesus to Heaven (Acts 1.5)
4. The baptism of the Spirit happened for the first time (“as upon us at the beginning”) on the Day of Pentecost (Acts 2, cf. Acts 11.15-16)
5. Therefore Pentecost marks the birth of the Church
III. THE NATURE OF THE CHURCH
a. The Universal Church consists of all the saved throughout all the world and all the ages from the day of Pentecost until the rapture. This is the meaning of the word “church” in Matt 16.18, 1 Cor 15.9, Eph 5.25, Heb 12.23, etc.
b. The Local Church consists of born-again believers who band together in a specific community to worship, fellowship, evangelize, edify, and serve in the Name of the Lord. This is the meaning of the word in 1 Cor 1.2, Gal 1.2, Rev 2-3, etc. (by far the most common use of the word in the NT)
c. Local Churches should be reflections of the Universal Church in their many and varied geographical contexts.
IV. THE MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH
a. Must be Christians. One could conceivably (but not ideally) be a member of the church universal without being a member of a local assembly, but one should not be a member of a local church without first belonging to the universal church.
b. Are made up of all races, nationalities, social classes, etc. and are equal in rights, responsibilities, and spiritual privileges (Gal 3.28)
c. Are all necessary and gifted for service to edify the Body of Christ (1 Cor 12)
d. Are to be holy (1 Cor 5.7-8)
e. Are to be disciplined when they stray, always with the goal of restoring the wayward one and safeguarding the testimony of Christ in the world ( Matt 18.15-20; 1 Cor 5.1-13; 2 Cor 2.5-11; 2 Thess 3.6, 14-15; Titus 1.10-14, 3.9-11)
V. THE OFFICERS OF THE CHURCH
a. Pastors, i.e., “shepherds” (Eph 4.11)
i. Also called “elders” (Acts 20.17, 1 Pet 5.1)
ii. Also called “bishops” i.e., “overseers” (Titus 1.5-7, Acts 20.28, 1 Pet 5.2)
iii. Qualifications given in 1 Tim 3.1-7; Titus 1.5-9
b. Deacons
i. From the Greek verb “to serve.” They seem to be responsible for serving in any way delegated to them by the elders (Acts 6 seems to be the beginning of this office, though the seven are not given this title)
ii. Qualifications given in 1 Tim 3.8-10, 12-13
VI. THE ORDINANCES OF THE CHURCH
a. Baptism—the rite of initiation (Matthew 28.18-20)
i. For believers only (Acts 2.41; 8.36-37)
ii. By immersion (baptizo—“to dip, submerge”)
iii. Identification with Christ in His death, burial, and resurrection (Romans 6.1-4)
b. The Lord’s Supper
i. Instituted by the Lord at the last Passover (Luke 22.14-20)
ii. To commemorate His death until He comes again (1 Cor 11.26)
iii. For believers only (1 Cor 11.27ff)
c. These Are Ordinances (Memorials), not Sacraments (Means of Saving Grace)
VII. THE GOVERNMENT OF THE CHURCH
VIII. THE MISSION OF THE CHURCH
IX. THE DESTINY OF THE CHURCH
FOR FURTHER STUDY:
Enns, Paul P. “Ecclesiology: The Doctrine of the Church,” in The Moody Handbook of Theology. Chicago: Moody Press, 1989.
Saucy, Robert L. The Church in God’s Program. Chicago: Moody Press, 1978.
Thiessen, Henry C. “Ecclesiology,” in Lectures in Systematic Theology. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1977.
Assignment 4 (8 pages)
http://www.ntcg-aylesbury.org.uk/books/knowledge_of_the_holy.pdf
You would like to send me a short (2-3pages) on each 4 chapter. Your paper should explain with Scripture the divine attribute Tozer wrote about, discuss any questions or objections that attribute brings to mind (for instance, if God is love why would He send anyone to Hell?), and give a personal application for the attribute being discussed. Each chapter need to write separately.
Chapter19 – The Grace of God
Chapter 20 – The Love of God
Chapter 21 – The Holiness of God
Chapter 22 – The Sovereignty of God