This year we are running a New Testament Survey Course.
This course covers the scope of the New Testament, and will have 23 sessions through the year on Tuesday evenings from 6.30pm, and it is aimed at spiritual growth and understanding. You can join at any time.
Starting Tuesday 4 February | 6.30pm
2 Peter 3:18 – “Grow in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ”
Booklets and resources will be provided.
For more information or to sign up for printing purposes by using the contact form below, visit the table after the services, or call or email the office at 0118881740 or info@trinitylinden.org.za
You are invited! All are welcome, and you do not have to attend Trinity to come. Who will you be inviting?
The background to the development of this course series is the observation that while many Christ followers (i.e. Christian believers) are convinced of the trustworthiness of the Scriptures as a whole and take time to read isolated portions of the Scriptures regularly or occasionally, there is, generally speaking, difficulty in seeing the ‘big picture’ as to how the various parts contribute to the whole.
To remedy this perceived need, a course series has been prepared covering the scope of the New Testament in three major parts (or modules):
- First Module: Background to the New Testament and the survey of the four Gospels.
- Second Module: Acts of the Apostles and the Pauline Letters (Romans through to Philemon).
- Third Module: Letters to Jewish Christians (Hebrews through to Revelation).
New Testament Background and Gospels
Topic | Week | Date (Tuesdays) |
Introduction: Key questions and concerns | 1 | 4 February |
From Malachi to Matthew: Background of the New Testament | 2 | 11 February |
The Gospels Collectively | 3 | 18 February |
Matthew: The Gospel of the King | 4 | 25 February |
Mark: The Servant who came to Save | 5 | 4 March |
Luke: Teacher and Savior | 6 | 11 March |
The Gospel of John: Son of God | 7 | 18 March |
Jesus and the Kingdom | 8 | 25 March |
Acts and Pauline Letters
Topic | Week | Date (Tuesdays) |
Acts 1-12 | 1 | 1 April |
Acts 13 – 28 | 2 | 8 April |
Romans | 3 | 15 April |
1st Corinthians | 4 | 6 May |
2nd Corinthians | 5 | 13May |
Galatians | 6 | 20 May |
Ephesians | 7 | 27 May |
Philippians | 8 | 3 June |
Colossians | 9 | 10 June |
Thessalonian Epistles | 10 | 17 June |
Pastoral Epistles; Philemon | 11 | 24 June |
Letters to Jewish Christians
Topic | Week | Date (Tuesdays) |
Hebrews | 1 | 5 August |
James | 2 | 12 August |
1st & 2nd Peter, Jude | 3 | 19 August |
1st, 2nd, 3rd John | 4 | 26 August |
Revelation | 5 | 2 September |
We will issue notes in an A5 sized booklet for each module with the profiles of the book/letter under discussion. These will be available at the start of each module.
- The main supporting reference material is the New Testament Survey video series by Dr John Stevenson (See http://www.johnstevenson.net).
- The secondary reference resource material is the six volume series by John Sidlow-Baxter, “Explore the Book”, the 7thprinting was in 1972.
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Johannesburg, South Africa. For more contact information and for a map, click on our ‘contact us’ page here