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HERMENEUTICS 2025

Biblical Hermeneutics is the study of the principles and methods of interpreting the text of the Bible.

The class seeks to equip the student with a collection of interpretive tools to help derive the original, intended meaning of Scripture and come to an accurate understanding of the Bible in light of its whole. 

We also think of Hermeneutics as a set of lenses through which we can view the Word of God to accurately “give the sense” (Nehemiah 8:8) of the Scripture’s true, Holy Spirit-inspired meaning.

Join us for an introductory survey of Hermeneutics (12-week class) as we learn to dig deeper into the unsearchable riches of the Word of God together!

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ANCIENT LANDMARKS

This class seeks to equip the student through a series of studies in the core, non-negotiable doctrines of the Christian faith!  These doctrines serve as Ancient Landmarks in the Church.  

The title is taken from Prov. 22:28 where “Ancient Landmarks” are boundaries that are easily movable that we are called to leave in place.  In not moving the Ancient Landmarks, we do so in pursuit of honesty, equity, loving our neighbor, and surrender to the heart of God.  

Through Ancient Landmarks, we not only learn about the core doctrines of the Christian faith, but we also learn about how those doctrines “accord with godliness” (1 Tim. 6:3) in the life of the believer.  

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PRACTICING THE WAY 2025

A brand new class in Spiritual Formation!

Come and learn the practices of Jesus and endeavor with us to be with Jesus, become like Him, and do as He did!   If you participate in the course, you and your community will walk away with:

• A Spiritual Health Reflection

• An understanding of what it means to apprentice under Jesus and a working grasp of spiritual formation

• A formation audit of your current life and a plan for intentional counter-formation

• Embodied training in spiritual practices, including Sabbath, solitude, prayer, Scripture, and more

• A Rule of Life

• A plan for table-based community

• Personalized next steps in your apprenticeship to Jesus.

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