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92 HOM 744 Advanced Expository Preaching II A continuation of HOM 743 Advanced Expository Preaching I. Prerequisite: HOM 500 Introduction to Expository Preaching. Two hours. HOM 750 Interpreting and Preaching Difficult Texts and Topics This course gives students exposure to and practice in the interpretation and exposition of biblical texts and current topics that are deemed to be especially challenging to both preachers and contemporary listeners. Prerequisites: GS 500 Thinking Biblically and Theologically, HOM 500 Introduction to Expository Preaching. Three hours. INTERCULTURAL MINISTRY Jesus commanded his followers to make disciples of all nations. Courses in this program facilitate the accomplishment of this vital task. This program (1) enables those who intend to remain in North America to become more culturally sensitive and to minister with competence among people of diverse backgrounds and ethnicity; (2) equips both prospective and experienced overseas missionaries for effective intercultural ministry; and (3) gives nationals from other countries skills to help them minister more effectively in their own contexts. IM 610 Mission and Culture Explores the foundations and implications of the mission paradigm in hermeneutics, theology, and ministry with particular attention given to the exegesis and engagement of culture in mission. Two hours. JUSTICE AND MISSION Poverty, injustice, disease, oppression and slavery, religious persecution, and many other issues are headline news on a daily basis. There is a clear biblical mandate to care for widows, orphans, the poor, the unloved, and the forgotten who live in our midst and around the world. Justice and mission courses will help students analyze justice issues through the lens of this biblical mandate. They will equip students to serve God through engagement in social action, which meets the needs of the whole person; spiritually, physically, and socially. They incorporate hands-on, practical training in a biblical and theological framework for transformational ministry, and provide the tools needed to make a difference and change the world. JM 501 Knowing Justice: Theological Foundations This course offers a biblical and theological framework for understanding issues of justice as an aspect of the mission of God. It explores the meanings of justice as encountered within the cultural contexts of the biblical world and as applied to the injustices of the contemporary world. Special attention will be paid to the relationship between evangelism and social concern, the process of social transformation, and the distribution of wealth, power, and privilege. Three hours. JM 502 Doing Justice: Practical Foundations Doing justice takes many forms and operates at many levels of society. This course introduces two of the four major societal institutions through which justice work can take place: the church and non-profit organizations. Through careful theological study of these institutions, practical projects and an exposure to the careers of godly, experienced practitioners, students will develop skills and take steps to discern their unique calling to engage in justice work among the poor and marginalized. Three hours.