Introduction to Theology

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Students, use this area to post any questions relevant to this course.

Students, please use the comments section in this post to tell others about your self. Here are some questions to get you started:

Who am I?

Where am I from?

If a Christian, how did you become a Christian?

What is your favorite movie? Why?

Coke or Pepsi?

What is the most interesting thing about you?

Post your case study below in the response area 300-500 words.

This is going to be a “real life” case study. You are to find a person who would be willing to sit down and talk to you for thirty minutes to an hour. This is to be one who professes to be a Christian. With your Student Notebook in hand, you are to explain what you have learned concerning the distinction between the essentials and non-essentials in session 6.

• Walk through the Quadrant of Objectivity and then ask the questions. Help the person to think through where they place them.

• Explain the Concentric Circle of Importance.

• Finally, explain the Chart of Certainty and ask the questions on that follow.

The object of this assignment is to help your friend understand how to think through issues that concern faith, objectivity, and certainty.

After you are done, write a half page to a page summary of the encounter and hand it in. Online student are to post their summary in their class forum. Grades will be based upon the completion of the assignment, not the effectiveness of the presentation. Everyone who completes this will receive credit for the case study.

Post your case study below in the response area 300-500 words.

This is going to be a “real life” case study. You are to find a person who would be willing to sit down and talk to you for thirty minutes to an hour. This person may or may not be a Christian. With your Student Notebook in hand the topic of your conversation is going to be explaining the theological process in session 3.

• Ask these questions before you begin:

1. What is Theology?
2. How does a person come to an understanding of theology?
3. What common mistakes do you think that a person commits with regards to the Bible and theology?

• After this, explain the different categories of theology.

• Then go through the theological process chart and the charts explaining the common mistakes that people make with regard to the use of the Bible in this process.

The object of this assignment is to help people understand the theological process in relation to Scripture.

After you are done, write a half page to a page summary of the encounter and hand it in. Online student are to post their summary in their class forum. Grades will be based upon the completion of the assignment, not the effectiveness of the presentation. Everyone who completes this will receive credit for the case study.