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THEOLOGICAL ESSAYS:

For several years in the 90s I undertook an Open Theological College Degree which progressed almost to diploma level before health problems led me to give up. As I tell people, I'm a couple of essays short of a diploma.

These essays are some of the work I did then, just to prove I'm not entirely incapable of academic research, and in case any of the insights gained might be of use to someone out there.

Of course, I would never think for a moment that any theological students would nick the essays and pass them off as their own work. After all, what does it profit a man to gain a whole First and lose his soul?

 

THE CREEDS:

Why did the early Church feel it was important to set out the clearly-defined “confessions” or statements of faith, found in the early creeds?

The role of creeds today

KEEPING THE FAITH - Making Sense of the Christian Creeds A study guide for churches.

THE PSALMS:

The Metaphor of Israel as God’s Flock in the Book of Psalms

How useful is the form-critical categorisation of the psalms into ‘types’?

Write your own psalm, using the poetry, form, theology and composition of Israelite psalms.

WISDOM LITERATURE:

Compare the rival attractions of Lady Wisdom and Dame Folly in Proverbs 9

Prepare a lecture to a conference of Christian GPs and psychologists on the value of the Book of Job in counselling

LUKE/ACTS:

What is the predominant christological concern of Luke’s Gospel?

Why, according to Luke, was Jesus crucified?

'Luke was the first Pentecostalist’. Discuss

For Luke, the mission to the Jews has failed.' Give a critical explanation and evaluation of this verdict

Paul's apologetic method in Acts

THE EARLY CHURCH:

How and why did Christianity win the Roman Empire?

How was the orthodox doctrine of the Trinity formulated?

Compare Anselm and Abélard on the work of Christ

Dissent before the Reformation

THE REFORMATION:

Biography of John Calvin

Six key themes of the Reformation

Key features and contemporary lessons of revival

MISSION:

The Meaning of the Kingdom of God and Mission

Outline the factors that make communication of the gospel difficult in the Western context

What is the role of the Church in mission? Illustrate your answer with reference the work of David Bosch