The Divine Drama
The Divine Drama classes are offered on Thursday afternoons at 1 p.m. and also in the evenings at 7 p.m. from September through May, with breaks for holidays and special events. The first class will be September 16th.
The class is suitable for youth from age 14 and for adults, regardless of background or biblical understanding. (The Divine Drama is a course from Crossways International.)
The goal of The Divine Drama is to help you analyze God's saving actions, understand the mind of Jesus the Messiah, and respond to God's call to faith in Jesus and servanthood to His community.
The Divine Drama delves into "The Biblical Narrative" (the Bible's complete story-ine) in the first 16 units. The second 14 units, "Our Narrative," explores the basic teachings that emerge from the Scriptures--e.g., the person and mission of Jesus the Messiah, prayer, discipleship, life in God's family--and examine how they apply to Christians today.
The first 16 units, The Biblical Narrative, lead you through the biblical storyline from creation to Christ. They equip you to understand:
- The background of the Bible's message
- The covenants God made with Abraham, Israel, and David
- The kings and their kingdoms
- The prophets and their messages
- The babylonian exile and postexilic Judaism
- The liefe of Jesus the Messiah
- The nature of the Messianic Kingdom
Units 17-30, Our Narrative, explore what the Bible says about the life of God's people at home, at work, at play, and in the church. You'll examinemany biblical teachings, such as:
- Your baptismal exodus
- The persons and the work of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit
- Law and Gospel
- The Lord's Supper
- The Church
- Prayer and the Lord's prayer
- Redemption and the call to servanthood