TH870.406 Living in Christ
Unit Description
Pre-requisites
None.
Co-requisites
None
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit, the student will be able to:
Apprehend the meaning of being a person made in the image and likeness of God.
Describe a current understanding of personal vocation and its significance for personal and professional development.
Critically analyse the connection between a person’s inner world and outward behaviour particularly in regard to responsibility to others.
Critically explain their own faith journey with reference to scholarly works
Unit Description
The unit identifies and describes key Christian concepts essential to the growth and maturity of every Christ follower:
- An understanding of what it means to be made in the image of God will be explored, along with the implications of that truth in one’s daily life both individually and corporately.
- Scriptural teaching on what it means to live as citizens of Jesus’ new ‘Kingdom of Heaven’ will be explored, including the concepts of redemption, grace, acceptance and forgiveness.
- The great Christian traditions of Christian faith will be outlined. Emphasis will be given to the need for believers to be non-dualistic in their approach to traditions that differ from their own.
- A consideration of the human condition will be undertaken and time allowed for spiritual and theological reflection in regard to one’s own struggles with emotional and spiritual pressures.
- The role of the spiritual disciplines in deepening one’s spiritual life will be examined and students will be encouraged to develop their own personal ‘rule of life’.
- An understanding of vocation and its significance for personal and professional development will be outlined.
- The power of the Holy Spirit in equipping believers for life, ministry and vocation will be observed.
- The connection between a person’s inner world and outward behaviour will be contemplated, particularly in regard to the way in which believers relate to others.
Teaching Strategies
Teaching strategies include: lectures and tutorials; weekend schools; class discussions; presentation of instructional material in the form of printed documentation, DVD, video and audio tape and online interaction.
Unit offerings
Face to face:
(Every Year, Semester 1)
Online:
(Every Year, Semester 2)
Please note
The Unit Offerings listed above are a guide only and the timetable for any year is the final authority.
The College may vary offerings based on demand, regulatory requirements, continual improvement processes or other conditions.
This unit may be available in different modes of delivery i.e. online and face-to-face as listed above.
The unit content will not differ between these modes of delivery. There will possibly be a difference
in the schedule and/or the prescribed assessment tasks, however both will cover and assess the same content.