Denver Seminary

114 LD 700 Current Issues in Leadership This course engages students in the emergent needs of organizational leadership, where students must apply their learning into a specific context to engage the current issues leaders are facing. Students learn a repeatable process for organizational problem-solving while creating the summative project of their leadership studies. Suggested prerequisites: GS500 Thinking Biblically and Theologically; LD501 Theological and Theoretical Foundations for Leadership; LD550 Formational Leadership; LD600 Power, Change, and Conflict; LD650 Organizational Leadership. Three hours. MESSIANIC JUDAISM Courses in Messianic Judaism (1) Train leaders for service in the Jewish community; (2) educate current and future Protestant leaders in Messianic Judaism issues and in the Jewish background of Christianity; (3) encourage an active partnership between the Messianic and Protestant communities in their service for the kingdom of God; (4) foster an atmosphere of globalization and diversity at Denver Seminary; and (5) provide a sound academic environment where students can establish a solid theological and biblical foundation for ministry to Jews and Gentiles. MJ 603 Missiological Themes for Jewish Evangelism Provides practical insights for Jewish evangelism through a study of key themes and characters from the Patriarchs to the modern day. Major emphases of the course include (1) Jewish evangelism is most authentic and effective when springing from the Messianic Jewish community; (2) one-on-one evangelism is most effective when it encourages Jewish believers to worship in a Messianic context; and (3) Gentile churches that support sound Messianic Jewish practice provide a healthy environment for the spiritual growth of believers. May also credit as an Old Testament elective. Two hours. NEW TESTAMENT The New Testament department assists students in becoming at home in the New Testament in both English and Greek. Becoming familiar with the biblical content and with the techniques of interpreting the biblical record are emphasized. The approach is both synthetic and analytical. Two questions are preeminent—what does the Bible say and what does it mean? Students are encouraged to become independent as careful exegetes and interpreters of God's Word with the goal being the application in life and ministry of God's eternal truth. NT 501, 502 New Testament Greek I, II Introduces the morphology and syntax of the Greek language of the New Testament. The first semester covers the essentials of grammar and the development of a basic working vocabulary. In the second semester the student is introduced to the fundamental tasks of exegesis and textual criticism, and students translate selected New Testament texts, practice exegetical methods and do introductory grammatical layouts. NT 502 prerequisite: NT 501. Three hours each. NT 508 Survey and Interpretation of the New Testament This course surveys the contents of the New Testament, interpreting them in light of relevant historical, theological and literary contexts. Special attention is paid to texts and themes of particular relevance for leadership, spiritual formation and soul care, and justice and mission/cultural engagement. Satisfies the NT requirement for professional M.A. degrees only. Three hours.

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