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Course No. 05NT516/01

Course Meets @ RTS HoustonFriday 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM,

Saturday 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Handouts will be available (per notification) online.

at the powerCAMPUS Self-Service site

FIRST & SECOND

TIMOTHY, & TITUS:

PAUL’S “PASTORAL EPISTLES”

“Historia Salutis” meets “Ordo Salutis”

“… set apart for the gospel of God … concerning his Son”

Reggie M. Kidd • Professor of New Testament

rkidd@rts.edu • reggiekidd.com

h)407.539.1670 • m) 407.415.4317

Against the backdrop of the Book of Acts’ portrait of Paul’s three “missionary journeys,” this course explores the theological and pastoral dimensions of Paul’s Epistle to the Romans.

ACTS & Romans:“from faith to faith”

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KNOWING — “… by the renewal of your mind …” (Romans 12:2). How does this epistle help us — or make it more challenging — to understand Paul’s and the early churches theology?

DOING — “… discern what the will of God is …” (Romans 12:2). What are the resources this

letter brings to our pastoral settings? What are the challenges of applying Romans in your world?

BEING — “… present your bodies as a living sacrifice …” (Romans 12:1). How does this epistle address “me”? How does it convict? challenge? delight? warn? steer? promise? reshape … me?

COURSE GOALS

“PASTORAL EPISTLES”Acts & Romans

“… set apart for the gospel of God …

concerning his Son ...”

“… by the renewal of your mind …”

“… discern what the will of God is …”

“… present your bodies as a living sacrifice …”

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REQUIRED RESOURCESDonald Carson & Douglas Moo. An Introduction to the NT, 2nd ed. (Zondervan, 2005) — relevant chapters only (ISBN 9780310238591)

C. E. B. Cranfield. Romans: A Shorter Commentary. Eerdmans, 1985 (ISBN 9780802800121)

Dennis Johnson. The Message of Acts in the History of Redemption. P&R, 1997. (ISBN 9780875522357)

Peter Oakes. Reading Romans in Pompeii: Paul’s Letter at Ground Level. Fortress, 2009, 2013. (ISBN 9781451476675)

N. T. Wright. “Romans,” in The New Interpreter’s Bible, Vol. X. Abingdon, 2002, pp. 393-770. (ISBN 9780687278237)

Krister Stendahl. Final Account: Paul’s Letter to the Romans. Fortress, 1995 (ISBN 9780800629229)

Stephen Westerholm. Understanding Paul: The Early Christian Worldview of the Letter to the Romans. 2nd. ed. Baker, 1997, 2004. (ISBN 9780801027314)

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES (SOME STRONGLY)Karl P. Donfried, ed. The Romans Debate. Revised and expanded edition. Hendrickson, 1977, 1991. (ISBN 9780801046070)

James D. G. Dunn. Romans. Vols. 38A & 38B. Word Biblical Commentary. Word Books, 1988. (ISBN 9780849902376 & 9780849902529)

Robert Jewett. Romans, a Commentary. Hermeneia (Fortress, 2006) (ISBN 9780800660840)

Luke Timothy Johnson. Reading Romans. Smith & Helwyns, 2013. (ISBN 9781573122764)

Douglas Moo. The Epistle to the Romans. NICNT. Eerdmans, 1996. (ISBN 9780802823175)

Thomas Schreiner. Romans. BECNT. Baker, 1998 (ISBN 9780801021497)

Hans Bayer, The Book of Acts. Third Millennium Audio Course. http://thirdmill.org/seminary/course.asp/vs/act

“PASTORAL EPISTLES”Acts & Romans

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“B” ASSIGNMENTS (90 PTS.) Complete Required Course Readings (10 points) Send your instructor an email of the

percentage you have completed by the end of the exam period.

Keep a journal of your reflections on the biblical texts, the secondary readings, and the class sessions — write in it twice per week. Due with your final exam — either hard copy or electronic (35 points)

Take Home, Open Book Final Exam on Class Sessions and Required Readings (35 points). The exam will have three questions: see above, under “Course Goals.” You may write for no longer than one hour per question. Yes, it’s that simple.

All “B” Assignments are due = 4:00 p.m., Tues., Dec. 16

Acts & Romans

“A” PROJECT (10 PTS.) Write out the manuscript for a 20 minute sermon on a passage (or theme) in Romans (discuss

text critical matters and difficult theological/interpretive judgments in footnotes). The message itself is to be no longer than 20 minutes long.

Write two 700-word blog posts explaining the strengths and weakness of Cranfield’s and Wright’s commentaries (that is, one blog on Cranfield, and one blog on Wright).

If you have something else in mind, you might persuade me.

Any “A” Assignment is due = 11:00 a.m., Wed., Dec. 10

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SCHEDULEDATE TOPIC PRE-CLASS READING • DUE DATES

Wknd 1Sept. 5-6

• Themes from Acts• 1st-3rd Missionary Journeys

• Intro to Romans• Romans 1-2

• Carson & Moo, chs. 7,9,10• Dennis Johnson, entire• Relevant sections through Rom 2 in Cranfield, Oakes, Wright, Stendahl, Westerholm

Wknd 2Oct. 3-4

• Romans 3-9 • Relevant sections through Rom 9 in Cranfield, Oakes, Wright, Stendahl, Westerholm

Wknd 3Nov. 7-8

• Romans 10-16 • Relevant sections through Rom 16 in Cranfield, Oakes, Wright, Stendahl, Westerholm

Wed. Dec. 10 • Optional “A” Paper

Tues. Dec. 16 • Email re: reading percentage• Journal• Final Exam

Acts & Romans