Pastor Brent Cunningham & Dr. Steve Hoke, VP for People Development for Church Resource Ministries, (contact us @ contactus@timberlinechurch.org)

Start Date: Sun., Jan. 11, 2009

Description:
Wherever you are on your spiritual journey, come and explore the essential elements of God’s story in the Bible as we ask the critical questions of how to live as a disciple of Jesus in our own culture.  We will seek to be a grace-filled learning community where it is safe to ask questions and not know all the answers.  We will be using the highly readable book, A Handbook of the Christian Faith by John Schwarz. 

While our primary goal in this class is for each of us to get into the Bible, we’re excited for everyone to get a hold of this book by John Schwarz.  It’s an easy-to-read handbook which offers a fantastic guide to the Christian faith, accomplishing its subtitle well: “What you need to know about [the faith’s] Scriptures, its history, its beliefs and practices, and what distinguishes it from other religions.”

Schedule & more:

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Schedule:
1/11 Intro & Overview: The Story and Message of the Bible (ch 1a; p. 11-22)
1/18 The Biblical Story; Revelation, Inspiration & Authority (ch 1b; p. 23-31)
1/25 The Old Testament: Pentateuch (ch 2a; p. 33-50)
2/1  The Old Testament: Prophets (ch 2b; p. 50-61)
2/8  Jesus of Nazareth: The World of Jesus (ch 3; p. 63-74)
2/15 The Life and Ministry of Jesus (ch 3b; p. 74-90)
2/22 The Gospels, Pt 1 (ch 4a; p. 91-103)
3/1   The Gospels, Pt 2 (ch 4b; p. 104-119)
3/8   Birth of the Church: The Acts of the Apostles & Paul (ch 5a; p. 121-128)
3/15 Paul’s Writings & Hebrews–Revelation (ch 5b; p. 129-146)
3/22 History of the Church to the Protestant Reformation  (ch 6; p. 147-168)
3/29 History of the Modern Church & the Church Today (ch 6b; p. 168-182)
4/5  Christian Beliefs: A Summary of Christian Doctrines (ch 7a; p. 183-198)
4/12 EASTER—NO CLASS
4/19 Jesus, the Holy Spirit and His Church (ch 7b; p. 198-211)
4/26 Other Religions and Beliefs: The Universe Next Door (ch 8a; p. 213-231)
5/3   Christian and Non-Christian Cults (ch 8b; p. 232-246)
5/10 (Mother’s Day) Growing in and Sharing Christ (ch 9)
5/17  How then should we live?  (ch 10)

BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS:
Each week we will be using John Schwarz’s highly readable book, A Handbook of the Christian Faith.”  Copies will be made available in class at the discounted rate of $10.

This class is open to everyone. No registration required.
Drop-ins welcome!

This class will take place at Timberline Church on Sunday mornings @ 10:00 a.m. in rooms #201/202.
This class will run 1/11-5/24/09.