The Story of Scripture [Sandbox]
The Story of Scripture [Sandbox]
What holds sixty-six books, dozens of authors, and thousands of years of history together as the one true story of everything? This course maps the Bible's five-part story arc, from creation and its fracture through Israel's covenant history to Jesus and the coming new creation, and shows how the biblical authors, inspired by God, wove recurring literary patterns through that library to bind it into one unified whole. The course closes by asking you to locate yourself in that story as a faculty member and commit to one concrete change in how you engage Scripture in your work.
Hero Primary Text: The Story of Scripture
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Course Features:
84 Minutes
of Video
5 Lessons
23 Activities
5-7 Hours
Total Effort
84 Minutes
of Video
5 Lessons
23 Activities
5-7 Hours
Total Effort
Course Outcomes:
Learning Objectives
This course aims to equip you to:
- Describe how the Bible is organized as a library and identify the recurring patterns the biblical authors used to hold it together as one unified story.
- Summarize the five-part narrative arc of the Bible from creation to new creation.
- Begin to articulate where the biblical story places you as God's image-bearer and as a faculty member, and plan one concrete change in how you engage Scripture in your work.
Note
We are grateful to BibleProject™ for the videos featured in this course and to Logos for the resources and tools they provide. Both draw on scholarship from within the evangelical tradition and beyond. This course aims to reflect what is broadly shared across ABHE's theological diversity, but that goal is not always fully achieved. Some content reflects particular interpretive choices that may differ from your own tradition or your institution's commitments; where that is the case, engage it critically and in conversation with your colleagues.
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