TH009 - The Holy Spirit, Grace, Church and Hope

This is a survey unit offering a basic introduction to the following themes:

  • The Holy Spirit: Old Testament perspectives; Jesus and the Spirit; “personality” and deity; ministries and gifts, individual and corporate; Holy Spirit and human spirit.
  • The doctrines of grace: justification and sanctification; election; grace; regeneration and renewal; law and works in Christian life.
  • Church and ministry: biblical images; marks; mission and the Kingdom of God; major developments and issues in the forms of ministry.
  • The means of grace: prayer; Word and sacraments; sacramental principles; baptism in the New Testament and history; the Lord’s Supper in the New Testament and history.
  • The Christian hope: Jewish eschatology and the “age to come”; New Testament perspectives; eternal life; promise and fulfilment; cosmic and personal destiny.

Unit Exclusions: 

Prior to 2020, this unit content was delivered under the unit code TH211.
TH021, TH003, TH004, TH103, TH104

Full Course Unit Descriptor:

For the full Course Unit Descriptor, please see the Australian College of Theology website 

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