The focus is on applying the principles of spiritual growth to real life and developing reality in leaders' lives. Beginning with an inductive study of 2 Timothy, students develop a complete teaching series from the book. Course content is practicial, focusing on biblical interpretation techniques, cultivating a spiritual burden for the text, and developing teachings. This limited enrollment workshop is highly interactive, combining individual inductive study with class discussions and collaborative in-class exercises. Xenos offers 6 to 10 classes per quarter, and this partial list is typical of the elective courses.
Some courses have prerequisites, such as membership in a group, or preveious coursework.
All are open to the public, and are often attended by members of other churches. Acts of the Apostles - The first century church experienced growth and other phenomena that are nearly unparalleled in church history. We'll take a closer look at this period of the church and apply some of the lessons from the book of Acts to our situation today. Emphasis is placed on the historical situation and events of the first century. This class is intended, not only to provide an understanding of the book of Acts, but also to give some crucial background about Paul's epistles.