Mobile Ed: NT305 New Testament Theology (12 hour course)

by Douglas J. Moo; Logos Mobile Education

Publisher:

Lexham Press

, 2015–2020

Overview

Survey the structures and purpose of New Testament theology with renowned Bible scholar and author Dr. Douglas Moo. This expansive course looks at key concepts that emerge from the different books of the New Testament, and explains the overall message God has for the church. Dr. Moo examines the diversity of the New Testament writings, stressing the importance of reading each book in its own context, as well as the unity that arises from their divine inspiration. As he says in the course:

I understand the Bible, then, to be a divine–human book that speaks to every generation. This is its very nature. Because it’s a divine book, inspired by God, there is a unity to it that transcends time and place. But because it’s a human book, because the Bible was written by particular human individuals, it has an undeniable historical context that we have to recognize. Not to recognize that context will be to miss its meaning again and again. But the Bible is a book that speaks to every generation, and that inevitably requires that we engage in the hermeneutical task—the task of trying to understand how this ancient Word of God can relevantly address the current church.

With over 30 years of New Testament research and teaching experience, Dr. Moo is the ideal guide, helping you bridge the gap between what ancient writers meant and what the New Testament means for God’s people today.

 

Learning Objectives

Upon successful completion you should be able to:

• Define “biblical theology” and locate it within related disciplines
• Identify various ways of organizing NT biblical theology
• Discuss the speaker’s organizing principle for NT biblical theology
• Compare and contrast the old and new realms of salvation history
• Summarize the debate on the nature of justification in NT theology
• Describe elements of the NT perspective on Christian ethics
• Discuss the NT perspective on the church and its practices
• Summarize the NT perspective on the parousia

Course Outline

Introduction

• Introducing the Speaker and the Course

Unit 1: Locating Biblical Theology

• History of Biblical Theology
• Recent Emphases in Biblical Theology
• Horizons of Biblical Theology
• Looking Up Biblical Theology with the Reference Box
• Blending the Horizons
• Exegesis and Theology
• Understanding Biblical Theology
• Issues in Theology: Canon
• Issues in Theology: Organization
• Issues in Theology: The Center
• Approaches to the New Testament
• Using the Factbook and Searching the Logos Library
• Genres: The Gospels
• Genres: The Gospels and Jesus
• Genre: Acts, Paul, and the General Epistles
• Studying Paul’s Missionary Journeys with Timelines and the Atlas Tool
• Genre: The Book of Revelation

Unit 2: The Old Testament in New Testament Theology

• The New Testament Use of the Old, Part 1
• Searching for Old Testament Quotations in the New Testament
• The New Testament Use of the Old, Part 2
• “Realm” as Organizing Principle

Unit 3: Fundamental Structures of New Testament Theology

• The Last Days
• The Kingdom of God
• The Spirit of God
• Using the Parallel Passages Feature to Find Connections in Scripture
• The Good News
• Studying “Gospel” with the Bible Word Study Tool

Unit 4: The Center of the New Realm

• New Testament Titles for Jesus
• Messiah
• Son of Man
• Israel
• The Ultimate Human
• Lord
• God (“Theos”)
• How Jesus Came to Be Viewed as God

Unit 5: Inauguration of the New Realm

• Models of the Atonement
• The Cross and the Gospels
• The Cross and the Early Church
• The Cross and Paul: Penal Substitution
• Performing a Bible Word Study on the Word “Messiah”
• The Cross and Paul: Reconciliation
• The Cross and Hebrews: Sacrifice and Presentation
• The Cross and Christus Victor
• The Cross and Revelation
• Understanding the Atonement
• Resurrection and the New Realm

Unit 6: The Old Realm

• Predicament and Solution
• The Spirit World
• The World and Sin
• Adam’s Sin and All People
• The Nature of Human Beings
• The Effects of Sin
• The Law in the Old Realm
• The Law in the New Testament

Unit 7: Entering the New Realm

• God’s Grace
• God’s Election
• Conversion and Initiation
• Repentance and Faith
• Searching for a Specific Greek Phrase with Greek Lemmas
• Following Jesus
• The Language of Justification
• The Righteousness of God
• The Reformation View of Justification
• An Introduction to the New Perspective on Paul
• Critique of the New Perspective
• N. T. Wright’s View on Justification
• Rethinking Forensic Justification
• Rethinking Justification by Faith Alone
• Rethinking “Already/Not Yet” Justification
• Comparing Bible Translations of Galatians 5:5
• Integrating James and Paul

Unit 8: Living in the New Realm

• The Overlap of the Ages
• Dead to Sin and Alive to Christ
• The Old and New Man
• Life in the Spirit: John’s Gospel
• Life in the Spirit: Paul’s Letters
• Ethics and the Kingdom
• An Inner Transformation
• The Role of the Old Testament Law
• Studying the Ten Commandments
• Matthew 5 and the Law
• The Shape of the Christian Life: Sanctification
• The Shape of the Christian Life: Sexual Practice
• Love in Action: Philemon
• Blessed Are the Poor
• Christians in Society

Unit 9: The People of the New Realm

• Israel and the Church
• Israel and the Church: The Pattern and an Exception
• “Church” in the New Testament
• Images for the Church
• Water Baptism
• The Lord’s Supper
• Spiritual Gifts
• Creating a Custom Passage Guide
• Offices in the Church
• Church Organization in the Pastoral Epistles
• Women and Ministry

Unit 10: The Consummation of the New Realm

• The Parousia
• The Olivet Discourse: Matthew 24
• Rapture and Resurrection
• Judgment of Unbelievers
• Judgment and Believers
• The Millennium and the Eternal State
• The Destiny of Creation
• Using the Text Converter Tool

Conclusion

• Course Summary

Redemption Seminary Credit

This course is the lecture content for a graduate-level Redemption Seminary course. Students can apply for transfer credit for prior learning using Logos Mobile Ed courses. Learn more at redemption.edu/lme.

Product Details

• Title: NT305 New Testament Theology
• Instructor: Douglas Moo
• Publisher: Lexham Press
• Publication Date: 2015
• Product Type: Logos Mobile Education
• Resource Type: Courseware, including transcripts, audio, and video resources
• Courses: 1
• Video Hours: 12

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About Douglas J. Moo

Dr. Douglas Moo teaches New Testament at Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois. For over 20 years, his ministry was based at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois. His academic interests revolve around the interface of exegesis and theology. Dr. Moo seeks to model to students a rigorous approach to the Greek text that always asks the “so what” questions of ultimate significance and application. The Pauline and general epistles have been his special focus within the NT canon.

In the next few years, he will be writing commentaries on Galatians and Hebrews, a Pauline theology, and a theological and practical book on creation care.

Dr. Moo has also been active in his local church, serving as elder most years, teaching and preaching to the church, and conducting home Bible studies. Because of his New Testament expertise, he has served on the Committee on Bible Translation—the group of scholars charged with revising the text of the NIV and with producing the TNIV.