TEI Classes

Taught by John C. Rankin

   The TEI curriculum equals eight courses at 12-hours each, designed for the grassroots of the church, taught at various sites. For those who complete it, it is designed to give competence and confidence in the content and ethics of the Bible, biblical impact on history, and the ability to satisfy the questions of the most motivated skeptics.

  1. Only Genesis:
    • The all-defining biblical story line of creation, sin and redemption.
    • The four all-defining subjects of the biblical order of creation: God → life → choice → sex.
    • The ten positive assumptions of “Only Genesis” (which is the same as the biblical order of creation, Genesis 1-2): God’s nature, communication, human nature, human freedom, hard questions, human sexuality, science and the scientific method, verifiable history, covenantal law and unalienable rights.
    • The six pillars of biblical power (the first four come from the order of creation, the second two from the order of redemption): the power to give, the power to live in the light, the power of informed choice, the power to love hard questions, to power to love enemies and the power to forgive.
    • This foundation interprets all of the Bible and life, and is traced repeatedly through the rest of the curriculum.
  2. Old Testament I: The Pentateuch (Genesis through Deuteronomy).
  3. Old Testament II: Joshua through Esther.
  4. Old Testament III: Job through Malachi.
  5. New Testament.
  6. Church History.
  7. Pagan Origin Texts and Comparative Secular Constructs.
  8. The Messiah, American Culture and World Conflict.