Associate Professor of Theology and Global Studies Jon Hoglund teaches classes in theology and global studies. He longs to see the global church empowered and equipped for making disciples and establishing healthy churches. He served for thirteen years training ministry leaders in Ukraine and Vietnam before coming to Bethlehem College & Seminary. Between those […]
Now, the Future: An Introduction to Eschatology attempts to acquaint students with the doctrine of the last things, especially as it concerns the relationship between the millennium and Christ’s Second Coming. Students will study four prominent millennial viewpoints (historic premillennialism, amillennialism, postmillennialism, and dispensational premillennialism) in an effort to clarify key interpretive issues and arrive […]
The Pleasures of God: God’s Delight in Being God is a course that considers the worth and excellency of God through the lens of God’s pleasures. The curriculum simply investigates the biblical teaching on one pleasure of God in each lesson. Students will carefully examine the biblical text, thoughtfully interact with John Piper’s book, The Pleasures […]
God’s Mission and Christian Missions: God’s Global Glory and the Unfinished Task is a six-week course advancing the truth that God is on a mission to fill the earth with his glory through his redeemed people. The course will assert that ambassadors of Jesus Christ and his gospel should be sent to every people group, […]
New Testament Survey: The Apostolic Witness to Jesus Christ is a 12-lesson introduction to the New Testament. This course surveys the message of the New Testament, both at the individual book level and at the canonical level. This course is an attempt to present, book by book, the message of Jesus Christ through his apostles. […]
Work with Your Hands: Serving God in Secular Employment is a six-week course advancing the truth that Christians ought to intentionally and joyfully glorify God in “secular” employment. The course will assert that work is a good gift from God (though impacted by the Fall), and will seek to provide a biblical and theological grounding for […]
The Kingdom of God Is at Hand: Understanding Jesus’ Proclamation is a six-week course advancing the truth that the kingdom of God has been inaugurated by Jesus but not yet consummated. The course will seek to provide an understanding of Jesus’ preaching and teaching ministry especially as it relates to the kingdom of God. Students […]
Tracing God’s Ways is a 12-week course that attempts to provide students with a comprehensive, chronological, and biblical overview of God’s purposes as they are providentially unfolding in redemptive history. The course begins with creation and the garden of Eden and then progresses through biblical history by focusing on the defining events and persons in God’s […]