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Bible
- A Timeline of Israel and Judah’s History (1000 BC–400 BC). A visual overview of the history and prophets of the Northern and Southern kingdoms, which is often a confusing “blur” for many Bible readers.
Doctrine of Scripture and Theological Method
- Theological Triage: Unity in Essentials, Charity in Nonessentials. An illustration of ranking doctrines by their relative importance. See also the podcast discussion of this handout.
- The Fourfold Method: Four Senses of Biblical Interpretation. An overview of the quadriga with examples from Scripture. This chart is largely explained in the article “How to Preach Using the Quadriga.”
- Reading in Community Interpreting Scripture with the Local and Catholic Church. An illustration of how Creeds, Confessions, and the Church function in biblical interpretation.
- Apostles’ Creed: A Thoroughly Scriptural Summary of the Faith. A demonstration of how the Creed brings together many scriptural words, phrases, concepts into a concise summary of the heart of the Christian faith.
Christology
- The Incarnation: A Primer on Chalcedonian Christology. The key teachings of the Chalcedonian Definition about the one person and two natures of Christ.
- Descent to Dead: “He Descended to the Dead.” A model of the descensus, confessed as a matter of first importance in the Apostles’ Creed.
Soteriology
- Predestination: Three Schemes of the Order of Divine Decrees. A comparison of Calvinistic and Arminian understandings of predestination. This handout is largely explained in the article “Yes, Wesleyan-Arminians Believe in Predestination!“
- Original Sin & Free Will: Prevenient Grace for Depraved Humanity. An overview of key concepts in the doctrine of sin (e.g., total depravity and inability). The concepts in this handout are further explained in the article “Original Sin, Free Will, and God’s Grace: A Wesleyan Affirmation of the Second Council of Orange.”
- Union with Christ: Every Spiritual Blessing in Him. See also the article “The Big Thing in Salvation: Opening Our Eyes to Union with Christ.”
Ecclesiology
- Israel & the Church: The Church as the Israel of God. See the podcast discussion of this handout and the article “Israel and the Church: What’s the Relationship?”
- Infant Baptism: The Biblical and Historic Methodist Case. See also the video “Is Infant Baptism Biblical?“
- A Healthy Church: Signs, Beliefs, and Practices of a Holy, Happy Church.
- Elders & Deacons: Two Offices in the Local Church. Explore our other resources on elders and deacons.
- The Great Commission: The Church’s Mission Statement (Matthew 28:18–20).
- Calendar of the Church Year: Redeeming the Time Together. See also the article “An Introduction to the Church Calendar.”
- Advent, Christmas, Epiphany: A Guide for Pastors and Churches. See also the podcast “Understanding Advent and the Liturgical Calendar.”
Christian Life
- Modest Clothing: Reflecting the Gospel in Our Dress as Holy People. See the two podcast discussions on this handout.
