Bible Foundations of Faith (grade 9)
1 credit
Prerequisites: None Course Description: The purpose of this course is to equip students with basic principles, guidelines, and tools to correctly identify, construct, apply, and evaluate their personal systems of belief and to interact with individuals and communities of differing worldview systems with understanding, clarity, and respect. The course will answer such questions as What is faith? What is true? What is real? Has truth been revealed? What do I trust? (Semesters 1 and 2) Old Testament Survey (grade 10)
.5 credit
Prerequisites: Biblical Foundations & Biblical Principles Course Description: In this semester course, students will be introduced to the books of the Old Testament, learning the overarching narrative of God interactions with people in the ancient past with a focus on the Israelite people. Students discover how God maintains covenant faithfulness to His people, what may result as a consequence of His people’s disobedience, and how God uses these times to bring people back to Himself. (Semester 1 or 2) New Testament Survey (grade 10)
.5 credit
Prerequisites: Biblical Foundations & Biblical Principles Course Description: In this semester course, students will be introduced to the books of the New Testament, learning the foundational beliefs of historical Christianity. Students will examine the life of Christ, focusing on his birth, ministry, death, and resurrection. They will explore the book of Acts to discover what the earliest followers of Jesus taught and how their beliefs were spread. Christian doctrine will be studied through the Epistles, ending in an overview of the book of Revelation.
(Semester 1 or 2) Bible Doctrines (grades 11, 12)
Prerequisite:
1 credit
Old Testament & New Testament Survey
Course Description: This course is designed to help students establish a foundation for their faith by exploring the Scriptures on the most basic matters of Biblical truth and theology. The course will explore the theological significance of the claims made in scripture about who God is and how we relate to Him. This course will seek to help students learn how to respond to the claims made in scripture and how that should impact their personal understanding of God. The Doctrines covered throughout this course will include: Bibliology, Theology, Christology, Pneumatology, Ecclesiology, Eschatology, and Morality. (Semesters 1 & 2) Bible Narratives (grades 11, 12)
Prerequisite:
.5 credit
None
Course Description: This course centers on the lives of characters of the Bible and explores their stories in the big picture of God’s story. Students will engage in the lives and historical contexts of individuals in the Old Testament such as Adam, Eve, Abraham, Sarah, Moses, Miriam, Noah, Aaron, Esther, Nehemiah, David, and Daniel. In the New Testament, students will explore the lives of the
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