A Course at the Academy, Christ Reformed Church (Anaheim)
September-October, 2004
Instructor: Lee Irons
Books
KP = Meredith Kline,
Kingdom Prologue - required
SBA = Meredith Kline,
The Structure of Biblical Authority - recommended
CTRP = Mark Karlberg,
Covenant Theology in Reformed Perspective - required
Lecture 01a/b (Sept. 10): Introduction & ANE Suzerainty Treaties
Read The Use of the Treaty Format in the Mosaic Covenant
Read A Sample Hittite treaty
Read SBA, pp. 27-38, 45-53
Lecture 02a/b (Sept. 17): The Adamic Covenant of Works
Read Genesis 1-2
Read KP, pp. 1-7, 14-21, 91-117
Lecture 03a/b (Sept. 24): The Promise (Seed & Abrahamic)
Read Genesis 3
Read Genesis 15
Read KP, pp. 292-355
Lecture 04a/b (Oct. 1): The Mosaic Covenant & the Davidic Covenant
Read Galatians 3
Read 2 Samuel 7
Read KP, pp. 236-38
Read CTRP, pp. 193-202
Lecture 05a/b (Oct. 8): The Ministry of the Prophets; The Gospels
Read Ezekiel 37
Read CTRP, pp. 309-19
Read SBA, pp. 57-62
Lecture 06a/b (Oct. 15): The Whole (Federal) Enchilada
Read Romans 5:12-21
Read KP, pp. 138-42
Read Kline's Covenant Theology
Read Comments on the A. A. Hodge One-Covenant
Construction of the Redemptive Order
Proposed Definition of the Kingdom of God:
"The Kingdom of God has come when God exercises his sovereign power
(1) to bestow his holy realm
(2) on his holy people
(3) through his obedient king (i.e., federal head)"