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Christian Thought is one of Southern Nazarene University's "General Education" courses. Required for all students, it is a basic, introductory Christian beliefs / doctrine / theology course taught from a Wesleyan-Arminian perspective. [ Who is an Arminian? ]
"We do not use deception, nor do we distort the word of God. On the contrary, by setting forth the truth plainly we commend ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God" -- 2 Corinthians 4:2
Class resources
- Course syllabus -- Adobe Acrobat PDF format [ click here ] [ What is a syllabus? ]
- Forms to turn in
- Burning question form -- Adobe Acrobat PDF format [ click here ]
- Dividing the $100: giving feedback on how your group worked together in preparing its in-class presentation
- Adobe Acrobat PDF format [ click here ]
- Microsoft Word format [ click here ]
- Group presentations of textbook material
- Creative learning methods [ click here ]
- Unproductive group members like Bossy and Slacky and Clock [ see Hall of Fame ]
Martin Luther video [ viewing guide ]
- What does the SNU religion department believe and teach? [read more]
- Study Sheet for "Wesleyan Perspective" article from Wesley Study Bible
- The Apostles' Creed and a link to the Nicene Creed [ text of creed ]
- A Missionary speaks out on Science/Faith conflicts: article used in class [ read article ]
- Divorce
- Wesley's Holy Club self examination questions
- Essays
- Does Satan exist?
- "Perfect love"
- John Tetzel and the Protestant Reformation [ read article ]
- Reflections on the Eucharist / Communion / Lord's Supper [ read article ]
- Why become a Nazarene? Here's my response to one student: Come share the dream
- How do we decide whether something is a "sin"?
- Questions and answers
- PowerPoint presentations
- I believe in God Do the "omni" doctrines give us a distorted picture of God? Alan Tippett proposes a different way of describing God.
- Jehovah's Witnesses
- Responses to a Jehovah's Witness
- Jehovah's Witnesses slide show
A PowerPoint presentation that may be viewed online or downloaded. Includes history, doctrine, and practices of the movement and gives some suggestions on how to witness to them. [ view online ] [ download as PowerPoint ]- Three men: Brief sketches of Luther, Wesley and Bresee [ view online ] [ download as PowerPoint ]
- Study guides for tests [ click here ]
- Crossword puzzle for people on Exam 1 [ click here ]
- Crossword puzzle for Exam 2 [ click here ]
- Sermons on holiness by Scott Daniels
- For those of you who like stories as learning tools, try this short story by V. S. Pritchett: "The Saint."
- Improving the papers you hand in
Blackboard
Some class assignments will be submitted online to Blackboard. [ Go to Blackboard ]
External links to helpful material for this course
Study helps
- How to cite internet sources in your papers [ explanation and examples ]
| Writing Standards | Most courses at SNU contain a writing component. I expect students to produce written work that is focused, well developed, organized and relatively free of grammatical, punctuation, and spelling errors. Papers falling short of this standard will not be graded. That work will be returned to the students for further revision and resubmission. See my writing checklist. |
 | The SNU religion department believes that in Christ alone God has definitively and finally revealed Himself . . . [ read more ] |
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