This 7-week course looks at the story of Israel, their choice to stand on God’s word or not and the legacy of their leadership as recorded in 1 & 2 Kings. The kings of Israel and Judah were a fascinating group – capable of great courage and leadership but also tragic disappointment and failure. For New Testament believers, the kings provide great examples of life and leadership both to imitate and to avoid. Kings has many lessons to help us embrace God’s promises despite our mess presenting us with both the examples and warnings of Israel we can still glean from today.

Term 1 Start Date: 8th February 2023

Cost:
$140 without assessments, $200 with assessments.

Available at Hills Campus

The book of Isaiah provides a most comprehensive picture of Jesus Christ in the Old Testament through prophecies that were valuable to both Jesus and to the early church. Through this 7-week course we will seek to unpack many of the prophecies and themes that speak of God delivering the oppressed and bringing salvation through the kingship and coming reign of Christ. All of which, is still so relevant for us today.

Topics include:
• Introduction to the book of Isaiah
• The language of Isaiah and his call
• Messianic themes and messages of judgment
• Isaiah and Hezekiah
• Restoration and an unlikely hero
• The servant songs and Jesus
• Final challenges and future restoration

Term 2 Start Date: 10th May 2023

Cost: $140 without assessments, $200 with assessments.

Available at Hills Location

One of the most influential books ever written, Paul’s Letter to the Romans forms the biblical foundation for so much of Christianity that it’s hard to imagine the faith without it.

As Paul’s longest letter it presents his understanding of the Gospel, his life’s passion to unite Jews and Gentiles under one Messiah, and his drive to bring God’s promised future into the present.

In this 7-week course we look through Paul’s magnum opus and find ourselves woven into the Apostle’s tapestry of creation, redemption and resurrection.

Topics include:
• Introduction and Context
• The Problem and the Solution
• Death in Adam, Life in Christ
• Eternity Overcomes Evil
• The Gospel for Israel
• The Church Facing Each Other
• The Church Facing the World

Term 3 Start Date: 2nd August 2023

Available at the Hills Campus – In Person or Online.

In this most personal letter of Pauls to the young church of Corinth that he had planted, Paul shares how we are to look life’s issues through the eyes of the gospel of grace. It’s through those eyes Paul challenges believers to see God’s design for all areas of life.

Paul addresses various issues in the church like divisiveness, sexual purity, inappropriate worship, eating food, use of spiritual gifts and having a flawed theology.

This 7-week course unpacks this Pauline letter giving us pastoral wisdom considering the context in which it was written and gleaning lessons that are just as relevant to us in a 21st-century church today as they were to that church in Corinth.

Topics include:
• The city of Corinth and its church
• Dealing with divisions
• Dealing with moral problems
• Dealing with questions over food offered to idols
• Dealing with issues of marriage and questions about worship
• Dealing with the use and misuse of spiritual gifts
• Dealing with misunderstandings about the resurrection and concluding matters

Term 4 Start Date: 11th October 2023

Available at the Hills Campus – In Person or Online.