Knowing God in the Created World

Part One of An Advanced Study of History and Eschatology

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Part One of the two-part course, History and Eschatology.

For hundreds of years, people have wondered what we can know about God based on the evidence of the world in which we live. Theologians and philosophers have pondered this question under the name of Natural Theology, with greater or lesser success. Prof. N.T. Wright asserts that to answer this question with fidelity requires putting Jesus back in the middle of the question.

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Course Outline

1. Welcome to Knowing God in the Created World
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2. Introduction
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1. Section 1 Framing
1. Framing Ideas
2. Reading of "The Spacious Firmament on High"
3. Reading of Acts 17:22-28
4. What Is Natural Theology?
5. Q&A: What are the Gifford Lectures?
6. Reading of "On the Nature of Things" Book 5, Line 146-155
7. Ancient Thinking, Modern World
8. Lesson Activity
1. Framing Ideas
2. Reading of "Epitaph for Sir Isaac Newton"
3. An Earthquake in Lisbon
4. Reading of John 1:1-5 KNT
5. Studying Jesus as History
6. Q&A: Is God “In Control”?
7. Section Activities
1. Section 2 Framing
1. Framing Ideas
2. Reading of Mark 8:31-33
3. Bridging the Past & the Present
4. Reading of Luke 1:1-4
5. The Meaning(s) of History
6. Lesson Activity
1. Framing Ideas
2. Reading of Esther 4:15-17; 6:1a
3. History as Meaning
4. Reading of Acts 26:24-26
5. The Balance of Probabilities
6. Q&A: The Role of Interdisciplinarity
7. Q&A: What's "Critical" About "Historical Critical"
8. Section Activities
1. Section 3 Framing
1. Framing Ideas
2. Reading of Mark 3:1-6
3. The Sympathetic Imagination
4. Q&A: Jewish Worldview Resources
5. Reading of John 1:15-18
6. What Can History Do?
7. Lesson Activity
1. Framing Ideas
2. Reading of Matthew 11:25-27
3. The Christian Historical Task
4. Q&A: Historical Humility
5. Q&A: History and Psychology
6. Section Activities
1. Section 4 Framing
1. Framing Ideas
2. Reading of Hebrews 13:7-8
3. Hypotheses About the Kingdom
4. Reading of Daniel 7:11-14
5. An Exile & Exodus Hypothesis
6. Lesson Activity
1. Framing Ideas
2. Reading of Mark 4:1-9
3. A Revolution of Feasts & Healing
4. Q&A: How to Do An Epistemology of Love
5. Section Activities
1. Section 5 Framing
1. Framing Ideas
2. Reading of Luke 13:1-9
3. The Cosmic Dividing Line
4. Reading of Mark 9:1 and Romans 1:1-6
5. Paul & the Problem Passages
6. Lesson Activity
1. Framing Ideas
2. Reading of Acts 1:1-8
3. Apocalypse & the Temple
4. Reading of Psalm 19:1-4a
5. Where Does This Leave Us?
6. Section Activities
1. Review
2. Wrapping Up

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How do we come to true knowledge of God?

Explore how consideration of the natural world, and of Jesus within it, might lead to a more robust way of knowing God.

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Meet Your Instructor

N.T. Wright

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Prof. N.T. (Tom) Wright is Senior Research Fellow at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford University. He is one of the world’s leading Bible scholars, with expertise in Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity, the New Testament, and Biblical Studies. He is also Emeritus Professor at the University of St. Andrews and the former Bishop of Durham. He has published over 85 books and is co-founder of N.T. Wright Online.

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