Foundations of Faith

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Course Description:

This course stresses the importance of proper spiritual foundations for life and ministry by focusing on foundations of the Christian faith identified in Hebrews 6:1: Repentance, faith, baptism, laying on of hands, resurrection, and eternal judgment.

Course Objectives:

  • Explain the six basic doctrines of the Christian faith listed in Hebrews 6:1-3.
  • Establish a proper spiritual foundation in your own life.
  • Go on to spiritual maturity.

Course Requirements:

  • Complete the Study Guide reading for each lesson.
  • Complete the Self-Test questions for each lesson. You do not need to send us your answers. Please remember that as students preparing for ministry, your calling is not just about gaining knowledge—it’s about developing the character that reflects Christ in all aspects of life. One of the simplest yet most powerful ways to walk in integrity is by honestly and faithfully answering every self-test question in your coursework.
  • As you complete each chapter you need to go to the Activity Feed and post a comment about something that interested or impacted you as you worked through the lesson. Your comment needs to be well thought out and consist of at least fifty (50) words. Ensure that you start your comment with the course name and lesson number. You also need to post comments on two other students’ recent course comments.
  • Complete the Lesson Assignments. Your answers are reviewed so please write well thought out answers..
  • After you have completed all of the Lessons, you will need to complete the Final Examination, the Final Paper and the Final Assignment.

Click on the link below for the Foundations of Faith Study Guide:

Foundations of Faith

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Course Content

Lesson 1
OBJECTIVES: Upon completion of this chapter you will be able to: Write the Key Verse from memory. Distinguish between right and wrong spiritual foundations. Explain the importance of building on the right spiritual foundation. Acknowledge Jesus Christ as the true spiritual foundation. List three steps for building a proper spiritual foundation. KEY VERSES: Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God, Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment. And this will we do, if God permit. (Hebrews 6:1-3)

Lesson 2
OBJECTIVES: Upon completion of this chapter you will be able to: Write the Key Verse from memory. Define "repentance from dead works.” Explain the origin of sin. Recognize different names used for sin in the Bible. KEY VERSE: For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God. (Romans 3:23)

Lesson 3
OBJECTIVES: Upon completion of this chapter you will be able to: Write the Key Verse from memory. Explain the importance of repentance. Explain what causes men to repent. Name four things associated with repentance. Define conversion. Explain the importance of conversion. Define justification. Explain what it means to be "saved.” Use the parable of the prodigal son to describe repentance and conversion. KEY VERSE: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. (Luke 5:32)

Lesson 4
OBJECTIVES: Upon completion of this chapter you will be able to: Write the Key Verse from memory. Define faith. Identify different types of faith. Define the term "faith toward God.” Explain why faith toward God is important. Explain how faith can be increased. KEY VERSE: But without faith it is impossible to please Him: for he that cometh to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of them that diligently seek Him. (Hebrews 11:6)

Lesson 5
OBJECTIVES: Upon completion of this chapter you will be able to: Write the Key Verse from memory. Identify four baptisms mentioned in the New Testament. Define the word "baptize.” Explain the importance of Christian baptism. List qualifications to be met by those seeking Christian baptism. KEY VERSE: I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but He that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: He shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire. (Matthew 3:11)

Lesson 6
OBJECTIVES: Upon completion of this chapter you will be able to: Write the Key Verse from memory. Explain some of the purposes of the Holy Spirit. Explain how to receive the baptism of the Holy Spirit. Name the outward physical sign of the baptism of the Holy Spirit. Identify the true evidence of baptism in the Holy Spirit. Recognize gifts and fruits of the Holy Spirit. KEY VERSE: But ye shall receive power after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth. (Acts 1:8)

Lesson 7
OBJECTIVES: Upon completion of this chapter you will be able to: Write the Key Verse from memory. Define laying on of hands. Identify purposes for laying on of hands in Old Testament times. Identify purposes for laying on of hands in New Testament times. List qualifications for ministering by laying on of hands. KEY VERSE: Long time therefore abode they speaking boldly in the Lord, which gave testimony unto the word of His grace, and granted signs and wonders to be done by their hands. (Acts 14:3)

Lesson 8
OBJECTIVES: Upon completion of this chapter you will be able to: Write the Key Verse from memory. Define the word "resurrection.” Distinguish between past, present, and future resurrections. Describe the present spiritual resurrection of believers in Jesus Christ. Describe the past resurrection of Jesus. KEY VERSES: Jesus saith unto her, I am the resurrection and the life; he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. (John 11:25-26)

Lesson 9
OBJECTIVES: Upon completion of this chapter you will be able to: Write the Key Verse from memory. Describe the future resurrection of the dead. Distinguish between the resurrections of the just and the unjust. Explain how the death and resurrection of Jesus affected the destiny of the human soul. KEY VERSES: For the Lord Himself shall descend from Heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God; and the dead in Christ shall rise first; Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air; and so shall we ever be with the Lord. (I Thessalonians 4:16-17)

Lesson 10
OBJECTIVES: Upon completion of this chapter you will be able to: Write the Key Verse from memory. Define the word "judgment.” Explain why judgment is necessary. Identify who will judge at the final judgment. Identify who will be judged in the final judgment. Explain the principles governing final judgment. KEY VERSE: For the Lord is our judge, the Lord is our lawgiver, the Lord is our king. (Isaiah 33:22)

Lesson 11
OBJECTIVES: Upon completion of this chapter you will be able to: Write the Key Verse from memory. Define "perfection.” Identify the example of perfection for believers. Name the standard of perfection for believers. Distinguish between initial and progressive perfection. List factors involved in the perfection process. KEY VERSE: Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in Heaven is perfect. (Matthew 5:48)

Final Exam, Final Paper, and Final Assignment

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