Course Type: Video and Online
Teacher: Dr. Mark Minnick, faculty, Seminary; pastor of Mount Calvary Baptist Church (Greenville, S.C.)
Description: This course explores the methods Christ used in training His disciples. The lessons expound selected passages from the Gospels, highlighting principles of discipleship for today and challenging the believer to follow his Lord fully.
Unit One: The Disciple's Lord (13 lessons)
Standard CEU: 1.3
ACSI CEU: 2.0
Lessons 1-3: The Divine Structure of Scripture
Lessons 4-5: The Divine Design of the Gospels
Lessons 6-8: The Lord's Purpose for Disciples (the Great Commission
passages)
Lessons 9-10: The Disciple's Call (Matthew 4:17-22; Luke 5:1-11)
Lessons 11-13: The Lord's Method with Disciples (miracles in the Gospel
of John)
Unit Two: The Disciple--Himself and Other Disciples (11 lessons)
Standard CEU: 1.1
ACSI CEU: 1.0
Lessons 1-7: The Disciple's
Character (the Beatitudes)
Lesson 8: Life in the Kingdom (survey of the remainder of the Sermon on
the Mount)
Lesson 9: The Law of All Relationships (the disciple's love as reflected
in Matthew 5:43-48 and John 13:35)
Lessons 10-11: The Disciple's Prayer (Matthew 6:5-15)
Optional textbook
The Training of the Twelve by A. B. Bruce (1894; reprint, Grand Rapids: Kregel Publications, 2000). This textbook may be ordered from the BJU Campus Store (toll-free 1-800-252-1927).