BIB 208: Acts to Revelation
A study of the origin and teachings of the early church — Acts, Paul's letters, Hebrews, and the New Testament's closing books.
Course Description
BIB 208 picks up where the Gospels leave off, following the birth and growth of the church from Pentecost into the late first century. The course gives special attention to Acts — especially Paul's missionary journeys — and to Romans, the Corinthian letters, and Hebrews. It also takes up the eschatological material in Thessalonians and Revelation, where the New Testament looks ahead.
Students learn to read the apostolic letters as occasional documents written into specific situations, while still tracing the larger theology that runs through them. Principles for contemporary living are drawn from the material throughout, so the course connects first-century texts to the questions readers face today.
Prerequisites
- None
Corequisites
- None
Learning Outcomes
Trace the Early Church
Follow the church's birth and spread through the narrative of Acts.
Study Paul's Mission
Map Paul's missionary journeys and read his letters in their original settings.
Engage Pauline Theology
Work through Romans, the Corinthian letters, and the broader Pauline corpus.
Read Hebrews and the General Epistles
Examine the New Testament's non-Pauline letters and their distinct concerns.
Study New Testament Eschatology
Engage the future-oriented material in Thessalonians and Revelation responsibly.
Biblical Worldview Connection
The New Testament's second half is where the story of God's people becomes the story of the global church — and where Christian theology takes the shape it still has today. A Biblical Worldview reads these books as Scripture, not just historical commentary, and BIB 208 follows that lead from Acts straight through Revelation.
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BIB 208 carries the New Testament side of ACU's Biblical Studies Intensive Minor. Explore the programs that include it.
