Week 16, Syllabus

Mr. Ditzenberger-Church History
Lesson: Romans Unit 3-Epistles Week: 16 Dates: November 26-30

Objectives:
1. Students will have an overview of the book of Romans by explaining main themes and sections.
2. Students will build support for God’s righteousness.
3. Students will demonstrate their understanding of Paul’s argument for universal quilt by answering questions.
4. Students will demonstrate their understanding of God’s great miracle of justification by class discussion and individual writing.

Monday
1. Introduction to Romans-page 1 and notes (center of Gentile world in Paul’s day; to fulfill his ministry to the Gentiles)
2. Definitions-page 2
3. Read 1: 1-17. Does it follow the pattern of the standard NT epistle?
4. Paul’s prayer-8-15
5. God’s Righteousness Revealed-reference Habakkuk, Galatians, and Hebrews.
6. Answer questions, page 1 and 2.

Tuesday
1. Universal Guilt. Opener-If God reveals his wrath, is he unloving?
a. Discuss Lewis quote toward bottom of pg 4.
b. God’s Judgment v Man’s Judgment. Before looking at text, compare God’s judgment to man’s judgment. Make a list.
c. Universal guilt means universal judgment.
2. Before looking at Paul’s argument for sin, what argument could you make? Write a paragraph.
3. Finish section 2 on page 5. Discuss.
4. Answer questions, page 3 and 4.

Wednesday
1. Quiz over the first two days.
a. Y or N, has Paul ever visited Rome?
b. What are the key verses of the entire letter (in the opinion of many)?
c. What is the gospel?
d. Give two attributes of God’s judgment.
e. Give one example of a charge that Paul makes against Jews and Greeks in chapter 3.
f. Bonus: Explain how recognizing the universality of sin is crucial to Paul’s argument.

2. What is the greatest miracle ever?
3. The Universal Solution-the righteousness of God-God makes the unrighteous, the guilty, not guilty and righteous.
4. Discussion of page 6.

Thursday
Opener-Which is the way a more relational God would do things, by faith or by the law? Support your answer.
1. God’s righteousness and wrath.
2. Review of Acts 15. Why was circumcision such an important aspect of following God for the Jews.
3. Abraham-an example of faith and a pillar of his argument.
4. Make a list of the benefits of being justified by faith in 5: 1-11.
5. Questions on page 5.

Friday
1. Mini-test on Epistles.
2. Free day.

Syllabus, Week 15

Mr. Ditzenberger-Church History
Lesson: Epistles, Philippians
Unit 3-Epistles
Week: 15 Dates: November 19-21
Objectives:
1. Students will develop tips or advice for understanding the letters based on their original intent of being read to.
2. Students will recognize and be able to give examples of cultural and universal distinctions of the letters.
3. Students will
Monday
1. Turn in Homework-epistles.
2. Letters are mostly read.
3. Make list of tips for reading and understanding letters.
4. Cultural and universal distinctions in the letters.
5. Handout William Webb exercise.
Tuesday
1. Background of Philippians-visual and historical.
2. Listen to Audio File of Philippians.
3. Make two lists (include references for each point)
a. What do you learn about Paul?
b. What do you learn about the Philippians?
Wednesday
1. Interpreting Philippians or group’s book-cultural commands, key verse, themes, Christ in the book, how does the letter challenge you, encourage you? These and more are questions for the groups to discuss as they research their epistle.
2. Also, think about application for a conclusion. What is one thing that can be done as a result of this book? What does the Holy Spirit have to say to the modern church through the teaching of this book?
Thursday
1. Holiday
Friday
1. Holiday

Epistle Assignment

Pretend you are an apostle like Paul who has founded several churches. There are specific issues confronting these churches. Write a letter in response to two of these issues using the format for ancient letter writing.

1. Sexual immorality in youth group.
2. Some are teaching that there are many ways to God.
3. Some of the teens are addicted to drugs.
4. Several people have quit their jobs because they believe Jesus is coming back soon.
5. The elderly are being neglected.
6. Some are teaching that Jesus has already returned.

Syllabus, Week 14

Mr. Ditzenberger-Church History

Lesson: Acts’ Conclusion/Epistles

Unit 2/3

Week: 14 Dates: November 12-16

Objectives:

1. Students will review the main themes of Acts.

2. Students will illustrate/draw a picture of Paul that attempts to integrate his personality and characteristics into his appearance.

3. Students will learn the basic framework and categories of the epistles.

4. Students will develop tips or advice for understanding the letters based on their original intent of being read to.

5. Students will recognize and be able to give examples of cultural and universal distinctions of the letters.

Monday

1. Turn in Homework: list the five most important chapters of Acts and thoroughly explain why you believe they are important. List the five most important themes in the book of Acts and give two examples of where this theme occurs.

2. Charades – break class into groups of 4. Give 4-5 different items from the book of Acts to be silently performed in front of the class. The group that gets their items guessed the fastest wins.

3. Make your own tract and give it to someone: either someone you don’t know or someone you know is not a Christian. Make sure that you present the gospel – past, present and future aspects as it was presented in Acts. Content (30), Grammar and spelling (5), Design (5), Illustrations (5), Handed out (5). Tract is due on Wednesday.

Tuesday

1. Review for test over Paul’s life-test on Friday.

2. Draw picture of Paul. Try to present his characteristics in his face, body, hands, whatever you include. If you don’t like to draw, write a descriptive composition of what you believe he would be like, write from a perspective of someone like Luke, who visited Paul.

Wednesday

1. Epistles-definition.

2. Examples-Paul’s letters (specific audience); General Epistles-general audience.

3. Format for Ancient Letters

a. Name of writer – opposite to our letters which end with the name of writer

b. Name of recipient

*A to B

c. Greeting – ‘Grace and peace to you’

d. Prayer wish/thanksgiving

e. Body

f. Final greeting/farewell

4. Write your own epistle. Include a-f. Focus on a problem that you see in the church today. Act as if you have a relationship with the church and you have invested in them significantly. This can be a traditional church, a youth oriented church, a new church just planted on a mission field, etc. Due Monday. 2 points for each of the six points. 10 points for the content of the topic-is it addressed to a specific issue? Is biblically based advice given? Conventions-3 points total. 25 pts total.

Thursday

1. Letters are mostly read.
2. Make list of tips for reading and understanding letters.
3. Cultural and universal distinctions in the letters.
4. Handout William Webb exercise.

Friday

1. Project day.

Paul the Missionary Test Review

2 characteristics of Paul during the storm, 2 of Paul defenses/speeches to authorities, summarize them and give the result, provide five similarities of Christ and Paul, main theme of preaching of Peter and Paul, methods of evangelism in the Areopagus, who had a dispute in the book of Acts and what was the short and long term result, chapter 15-Jerusalem council, five key themes in Acts and an example of each, last verse of Acts, MC: how many miss. journeys, idolatry in Ephesus, Peter and Paul’s use of heaven and hell, what is the Areopagus, where did Paul go 1^st when he entered a city

Syllabus Week 13

Mr. Ditzenberger-Church History
Lesson: The Conclusion of the Book of Acts.
Unit 2
Week: 123 Dates: November 5-November 7
Objectives:
1. Students will outline and explain Paul’s speeches in the final chapters of Acts.
2. Students will analyze the response of Paul to an extreme trial.
3. Students will reflect on why Luke ended the book of Acts the way he did.
4. Students will list the five most important chapters and themes from the book of Acts.

Monday
Overview of Paul’s life as a backdrop to his trials mentioned in the final chapters of Acts.
Paul’s Trials, Chapters 22-26
Contrast of 13-21 and 22-26
Begin in class-Outline the following and explain what happens after each speech.
a. 22:1-21 – Jews
b. 23:1-6 – Sanhedrin
c. 24:10-21 – Felix – Governor of Caesarea
d. 25:8-11 – Festus – Felix’s successor
e. 26:1-29 – king Herod Agrippa II and Festus
5. 23:6; 24:15, 21; 25:19; 26:8, 23 – Resurrection key theme in Acts.

Tuesday
1. Read Acts 27 and make a list of answers to this question, what kind of a guy was Paul in the midst of the storm?
2. 27:9 – The Fast refers to the Day of Atonement, the national day of repentance.
3. As time permits, students can work on their project.

Wednesday
1. What is the perfect ending to Acts?
2. Read Acts 28
3. 28:14 –Although their journey ended in disaster, they made it to their destination. This was in accordance with the Lord’s word to Paul (Acts 23:11; 27:23-24). “So we came to Rome. A simple but dramatic phrase.
4. Closing thoughts on Acts.
5. Homework-list the five most important chapters of Acts and thoroughly explain why you believe they are important. List the five most important themes in the book of Acts and give two examples of where this theme occurs.

Thursday
Deepavali.

Friday
Teacher in-service day.