Mobile Ed: PD211 Christian Life from a Kingdom Perspective (2 hour course)
Digital Logos Edition
Overview
In this course Dr. Ben Witherington III unpacks the primary aspects of Christian life through the framework of the kingdom of God. The course covers the topics of work, money, rest, and play, as well as the practices of worship and spiritual formation. Dr. Witherington explores these topics through the eyes of the kingdom, lending a perspective that incorporates both spirit and truth. In his words, those who take this course will find it “not only soul nourishing but challenging in the kinds of ways that it forces them to think about the ordinary, mundane Christian life in a profound, theological, kingdom kind of way.”
Learning Objectives
Upon successful completion you should be able to:
- Explain the kingdom purposes of work, money, rest, play, worship, and spiritual formation
- Describe biblical principles of work, and explain the misconception of work as a curse
- Identify the difference between the work a person does and a person’s identity
- Discuss the example Jesus gave us of work and rest on the Sabbath
- Identify attitudes of generosity and sacrifice within a biblical view of money
- Describe the role of the church in ordination and the use of spiritual gifts
- Discuss practices that contribute to spiritual formation
Course Outline
Introduction
- Introducing the Speaker and the Course
- Companion Materials
Unit 1: Worship
- Introducing Worship from a Kingdom Perspective
- Approaching Worship
- In Spirit and Truth
Unit 2: Work
- Introducing Work from a Kingdom Perspective
- The Impact of the Fall on God’s Original Plan
- The Relationship between Being and Doing
- The Meaning of Work
Unit 3: Money
- Introducing Money from a Kingdom Perspective
- Sacrificial Giving
- Context Matters
- Wealth, Taxes, Greed, and the Gospel
- The Antidote to Selective Teachings
Unit 4: Rest
- Introducing Rest from a Kingdom Perspective
- A History of Change
- A Foreshadowing of Restoration
- The Importance of Play
Unit 5: Spiritual Formation
- Spiritual Formation from a Kingdom Perspective
- Laity and Clergy from a Kingdom Perspective
- Ministry and Gifting from a Kingdom Perspective
Conclusion
- Concluding the Course
Product Details
- Title: PD211 Thy Kingdom Come: Kingdom Perspectives on the Ordinary Christian Life
- Instructor: Ben Witherington III
- Publisher: Lexham Press
- Publication Date: 2017
- Product Type: Logos Mobile Education
- Resource Type: Courseware, including transcripts, audio, and video resources
- Courses: 1
- Video Hours: 2
About the Instructor
Dr. Ben Witherington III is considered one of the foremost evangelical scholars in the world and is an elected member of the prestigious Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas (SNTS), a society dedicated to New Testament studies. Dr. Witherington received his MDiv from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary and his PhD from the University of Durham. He currently serves as the Amos Professor of New Testament for Doctoral Studies at Asbury Theological Seminary, and on the doctoral faculty at St. Andrews University in Scotland.
A popular lecturer, Dr. Witherington has presented seminars for churches, colleges, and biblical meetings—not only in the United States, but also in England, Estonia, Russia, Europe, South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Australia. Along with many interviews on radio networks across the country, Dr. Witherington has been seen on the History Channel, NBC, ABC, CBS, CNN, the Discovery Channel, A&E, and the PAX network.
He is the author of over 40 books, including The Jesus Quest and The Paul Quest, both of which were selected as top biblical-studies works by Christianity Today.
Getting the most out of Mobile Ed
Logos Mobile Education is a highly effective cross-platform learning environment that integrates world class teaching with the powerful study tools and theological libraries available in Logos Bible Software. Every course provides links to additional resources and suggested readings that supplement the lecture material at the end of every transcript segment.
This course comes with an Activities resource that functions as a type of “workbook” for the course. This resource includes learning activities such as: places for you to respond to reflection questions, exercises that will challenge and show you how deepen your understanding of this course by using specific Logos tools and resources, tutorial videos on different features of Logos Bible Software, and links to relevant Logos guides and tools. A link to open the Activities resource is conveniently placed at the end of every segment.
Reviews
4 ratings
Alessandro
12/5/2022
Forrest Cole
11/9/2021
Jonathan A.
8/12/2020
It might just be that too many topics were covered in two hours, but I found that none of the topics were touched on at depth to be really insightful or helpful. The course feels more like an introduction to start studying these things rather than a course on the topics. In some ways Ben says as much, saying that you really need to get his six books on the topics to fully experience the course. Maybe it's better to just get those books and skip this course. Also, I found that he would somewhat often say that most people don't understand the context of a passage, but then his presentation of the context often felt unconvincing at full of equivocation (for example, does "work" mean "career", does "work" mean "labor", does "work" mean the good one does in the world? He uses the word in a very unclear way then applies verses that seem to be referring to specific aspects of work. In all, I couldn't really apply anything, but I like Ben's work in general so this isn't meant as a criticism of him and the many valuable resources he's produced.
GaoLu
1/26/2018
