Last night I began teaching a New Testament Survey Class at the Seminary Extension Center located at the Sweetwater Baptist Association office. I have created this page to host the class syllabus and lecture outlines. Additional material will be added as the class continues. There will be a permanent link to this page in the left sidebar of my main page. In addition, the comments section of this post can serve as a place for discussion for students in this class if desired.
Seminary Extension Catalog (PDF)
Course Syllabus (PDF)
Textboooks:
The New Testament: Its Background, and Message (2nd Edition) by Thomas Lea and David Alan Black, Broadman & Holman, 2003.
Introducing the New Testament by Joe Blair, Broadman & Holman, 1994.
Lecture Outlines:
Unit One: The Background of the New Testament
- Lesson 1: The Political History of Palestine during the Intertestamental Period (PDF) 4/20/06
- Lesson 2: Life in the World of the New Testament (PDF) 5/4/06
- Lesson 3: The Religious Background to the New Testament (PDF) 5/11/06
- Lesson 4: The Canon, Text, and Genre of the New Testament (PDF) 5/11/06
Unit Two: The Life of Jesus and the Gospels
- Lesson 5: Learning About Jesus (PDF) 5/18/06
- Lesson 6: The Synoptic Problem (PDF) 5/18/06
- Lessons 7 & 8: The Four Gospels (PDF) 5/25/06
Quiz on Unit Two: Lessons 5-8 (PDF) 6/1/06
Unit Three: A Harmonistic Study of the Four Gospels
- Lesson 9: The Birth, Childhood and Early Ministry of Jesus (PDF) 6/1/06
- Lesson 10: Jesus’ Ministry In and Around Galilee, Part 1 (PDF) 6/1/06
- Lesson 11: Jesus’ Ministry In and Around Galilee, Part 2 (PDF) 6/8/06
- Lesson 12: The Later Judean and Perean Ministry (PDF) 6/8/06
- Lessons 13 & 14: The Final Week of Jesus’ Life (PDF) 6/15/06
Unit Four: The Growth of the Early Church in Acts
- Lesson 15: Introduction to Acts (PDF) 6/29/06
- Lesson 16: The Role of Peter in Early Christianity (PDF) 6/29/06
- Lesson 17: The Role of Paul in Early Christianity (PDF) 7/6/06
Handouts:
- Map of Israel in First Century (JPG)
- Literary Relationships of the Synoptic Gospels (JPG)
- Cities in the Gospels (JPG)
- Synoptic Parallels (JPG)
- Contrasts Between the Synoptics and John (JPG)
Links:
- Seminary Extension (Official website for the “Seminary Extension” program)
- Sweetwater Baptist Association (Website of the local association hosting this class)
- Audio Bible Online (Hear Alexander Scourby read from the King James Version online)
- Bible Centre (Online Bible Reference Library)
- Bible Bulletin Board (Online source for sermons and articles)
- Bible Gateway (Searchable Online Bible with audio and reference works)
- bible.org (Features 40,000+ pages of FREE Bible study resources)
- Christian Classics Ethereal Library (Classic Christian books in electronic format available for free online!)
- e-Sword (Free, downloadable Bible software. Highly recommended!!!)
- The New Testament Gateway (Award winning web directory of internet resources on the New Testament)
- Precept Austin (Collection of online Bible resources)
This is good. I also teach in a neighboring association’s seminary extension. Right now I am teaching Hermeneutics.
Have a blessed weekend.
Steve:
I just took over the directorship of the SE in our association. I look forward to hearing how it all turns out for you.
This looks like a great undertaking.
Hello Sir, I was wondering if I could get the answers to the above lessons on the NT survey class? I would greatly appreciate it as I am looking for some good material to teach a class at our Church. I would not use the material for monetary gain – just implement some of it into the class starting the 1st week of Dec. Thanks and God Bless, Eric