1. BIL102: Workshop 2
Glenn Johnson

2. Welcome & Intros
Name
Who are your people (family/work/,
etc)
Spiritual Upbringing
Hopes/Apprehensions about this
class

3. Devotion & Prayer
"For God so loved the world that
he gave his only Son, so that
everyone who believes in him
will not perish but have eternal
life.
God did not send his Son into
the world to condemn it, but to
save it.
"There is no judgment awaiting
those who trust him. But those
who do not trust him have
already been judged for not
believing in the only Son of
God.”
-John 3:16-18, NLT

4. Devotion & Prayer
"But when the Holy Spirit has
come upon you, you will
receive power and will tell
people about me
everywhere – in Jerusalem,
throughout Judea, in
Samaria, and to the ends of
the earth."
Acts 1:8, NLT

5. • Quick Tour of BIL 102 in Learning Studio (Workshops/Honesty
Policy)
• Syllabus Review
• Discussions: Done in Class (Read ahead to prep for them)
• Indicated Assignment Times: Not Exact
• QUIZZES: Almost entirely from JIL text and in-class lecture
• LECTURES IN LMS: Supplemental
• Biblestudytools.com
• Review of Assignments
• Project Teams: No Official Teams; in-class group activity

6. Two Questions:
a) What concerns are there with
reliability/accuracy of New Testament?
b) Why is/isn’t it important?

7. NEW TESTAMENT
BACKGROUND:
How It All Came To Be
Ongoing STORY About:
-People of Faith
-Jesus Christ & His Unique Place and
Message In History
-First Century Movement: Christianity
-Things Yet To Come…

10. -400 Silent Years between
OT & NT
-Gap In Biblical Record
-Silence of Prophetic Voice
NEW TESTAMENT BACKGROUND: How It All
Came To Be

11. NEW TESTAMENT
BACKGROUND: How
It All Came To Be
Alexander the Great
-B.C. 334
-Master of the Middle East
-Died at 33 of Pneumonia
-”When Alexander saw the breadth
of his domain, he wept for there
were no more worlds to conquer”

12. Spread of Hellenism
-Gave Rise: Hellenist Jews
-Greek: Common Language
-Pharisees & Sadducees Born
NEW TESTAMENT
BACKGROUND: How It All
Came To Be

13. Jews Return From Exile
-Rebuilt Temple B.C. 450
-B.C. 175: Syrians Beat Egypt
& Were Dominant
-Pharisees & Sadducees Born
NEW TESTAMENT BACKGROUND: How It All
Came To Be

14. Antiochus
-Syrian King: B.C. 168
-Offered Greek Pig On
Jewish Altar, the
“Abomination of
Desolation”

15. Judaism?
-Almost Died
-Mattathias: Birthed
Maccabean Revolution
-Vs. 300 Elephants & 20K
Syrians
-Got Elephants Drunk on
Wine and Won Battle
NEW TESTAMENT BACKGROUND:
How It All Came To Be

16. NEW TESTAMENT BACKGROUND: How It All
Came To Be
-“Alas! Why was I born to see this, the ruin of my people,
the ruin of the holy city, and to live there when it was
given over to the enemy, the sanctuary given over to
aliens? Her temple has become like a person without
honor; her glorious vessels have been carried into exile.
Her infants have been killed in her streets, her youths by
the sword of the foe? What nation has not inherited her
palaces and has not seized her spoils? All her adornment
has been taken away; no longer free, she has become a
slave. And see, our holy place, our beauty, and our glory
have been laid waste; the Gentiles have profaned them.
Why should we live any longer? Then Mattathias and his
sons tore their clothes, put on sackloth, and mourned
greatly.”
(1 Maccabees 2:7-14)

17. NEW TESTAMENT BACKGROUND:
How It All Came To Be
-ROME
BATTLED AND
WON THE
WORLD UNDER
CAESAR
AUGUSTUS
(B.C. 27)
-Expansion By
War to Expansion
By Peace

18. NEW TESTAMENT BACKGROUND: How It All
Came To Be
-Unity of Roman
Empire=Spread of
Christianity
-ROADS

19. NEW TESTAMENT BACKGROUND: How It All
Came To Be
HEROD THE
GREAT
-Rebuilt the Temple
-Jealous Guy: Killed
3 Wives and 2 Sons

20. NEW TESTAMENT BACKGROUND:
How It All Came To Be
-A.D. 70……Destruction of Temple
-No Jewish State Until 1948

21. Have you thought about all the views we all have
about the Bible and how that impacts our expression
of God in the world?

22. HOW WE GOT THE NEW
TESTAMENT
ROADBLOCKS: To
Understanding The New
Testament
1.Never Put Anything On Top of
A Bible
2.Saved A Life Miraculously
3.Never Write In A Bible or
Throw It Away
4.Protection Against Sexual Sin

23. HOW WE GOT THE NEW
TESTAMENT
BIBLE: “Book”
HOLY: “set aside for a special
purpose”
2 DIVISIONS: OT & NT
TESTAMENT: “covenant/agreement”
REVELATION: “God revealing Himself
to us”
INSPIRATION: “God-given desire in
the heart of man to record
revelation”

24. HOW WE GOT THE NEW
TESTAMENTTOOK 27 YEARS TO ACQUIRE
BIBLE OF THE EARLY
CHURCH?
Old Testament!
APOCRYPHA: 14 Extra Books
NOT In Old Testament
No written record of Jesus
until 20 years after his death
“Q”: name of earliest source
we know, which Mark and
Luke copied from

25. HOW WE GOT THE NEW
TESTAMENT
1st Body: -Paul wrote 1st book in NT: 1 & 2
Thessalonians
-AD50-65: all Paul’s letters circulating
by now
2nd Body: -Synoptic Gospels
-AD69-70: Gospel of Mark appeared
-AD80:Matthew:used Mark; Q; or
material he only had
-AD90:Luke used Mark word for word
-AD100:John appears; no parables; no
exorcisms
3rd Body: -General Epistles
-AD70: Hebrews
-AD90:James
-AD95:Revelation
-AD120:2 Peter; last letter written
?

26. HOW WE GOT THE NEW
TESTAMENT
AD397: 27 Books Chosen For New
Testament
?

27. HOW WE GOT THE NEW
TESTAMENT
WHY CLOSE THE NEW
TESTAMENT?
?
Marcion

28. HOW WE GOT THE NEW
TESTAMENT
200AD
-Church Drew a List of Books By 3
Tests
1. Tradition
2. Reader’s Value
3. Apostle’s Name On Book

29. HOW WE GOT THE NEW
TESTAMENT
ORIGEN OF ALEXANDRIA
-First Listing of NT Books in AD300
-AD325: Eusebius Made NT Book
List..First Time 7 General Epistles
Appear
-AD367: Athanasius…NT Finally
Listed With 27 Books

30. HOW WE GOT THE NEW
TESTAMENT
-AD397 Carthage: Council Voted On
Each Book
-AD400: Cyril Of Jerusalem Left
Revelation Out

31. HOW WE GOT THE NEW
TESTAMENT
THERE ARE NO ORIGINAL COPIES OF THE NEW
TESTAMENT….

32. HOW WE GOT THE NEW
TESTAMENT
TRANSLATIONS: Interpretations
Rating Translations
A.Group Translations (best for study)
B.Individual Translations
C.Church Translations
D.Paraphrased

33. HOW WE GOT THE NEW
TESTAMENT
TRANSLATIONS:
Interpretations
Rating Translations
A.Group Translations (best
for study)
B.Individual Translations
C.Church Translations
D.Paraphrased
Rating Translations
A.KJV, NRSV, RSV, NIV,
NLT, NASB
B.Phillips, Montgomery
C.Book of Mormon,
Catholic Bible
D.Living Bible, Message

34. CHRIST IN THE SYNOPTIC
GOSPELS

35. CHRIST IN THE SYNOPTIC
GOSPELS MATTHEW
-Tax Collector
-Very Jewish Picture of Jesus
-First Birth Stories
-First Typical Sermon
-5 Women In Lineage
-Skillfully Organized
-Only Writer W/3 Wise Guys

36. CHRIST IN THE SYNOPTIC
GOSPELSSermon on the Mount
Matthew 5-7
-Heart of the Kingdom of God
(KOG)
-Very Strong Words
-Strive For Perfection
-Views: Absolutist
-Views: Modification
-Demands of the KOG: very
radical; cause of unease
-New “Law” Given To Jesus’
Disciples

37. CHRIST IN THE SYNOPTIC
GOSPELSSermon on the Mount
Matthew 5-7
-Poetic Literary Style: Uses
Parallelism (One Line is Related
To Another)
-7:2- Synonymous: Same Idea
Repeated for Emphasis
-6:14-15- Antithetic: Contrast
Between 2 Lines
5:17- Step: Point Stated, Then
Builds
7:3- Synthetic: Correspondence In
Rhythmic Form; 2nd
Extends
Meaning

38. CHRIST IN THE SYNOPTIC
GOSPELS MARK
-Most Unique Gospel
-Often Ignored
-”Maverick” Gospel
-No Beginning/Ending
-No Xmas Story
-”Tells it like it is”
-First Gospel
-Gospel of Action; “Immediately”
-Respected Disciples: Appear Dull/Dense
-”Epitimao”=Physically Censor, Rebuke, Rap On
Knuckles..Appears 9x to Demoniacs, Oceans,
Seas, Disciples, Even Jesus

39. CHRIST IN THE SYNOPTIC
GOSPELS MARK
-Markan “Sandwich”: Unique Literary Device Where
One Story is Split Apart & Another Inserted As
“Meat”…Outer Stories Interpret Inner Stories…
Always Have “Toothpick” To Connect Them
-6 Mini Gospels
-Is Only Place Where Jesus Calls Someone “Satan”
-Insiders Are Outsiders & Vice-Versa
-”Messianic Secret”
-Role of the Sea: Place of Wilderness, Separation,
Evil
-No Sermons In Mark
-Author John Mark from Acts 15:36-41

40. CHRIST IN THE SYNOPTIC
GOSPELS
LUKE
-Only Gentile (Non Jewish) Writer in NT
-Purpose: “Orderly Account” (1:1-4)
-Same Author As Acts
-Longest Gospel
-Was M.D.
-FOCUS: Social Outcasts
-Smelly Shepherds: First to Know of
Jesus Birth

41. CHRIST IN THE SYNOPTIC
GOSPELS
LUKE
-No Room At The Inn?
-”Proper Place”
-Born In Cave Outside of Inn
-350+ Poems Written Attacking
Innkeeper

42. CHRIST IN THE SYNOPTIC
GOSPELS
LUKE
-Only One To Record Good
Samaritan
-Stresses Women Throughout
-Stresses Role Of Children:
Mentioned 3x In Connection
w/Jesus
-Luke 19:1-10: Lost People
Matter To God

43. CHRIST IN THE SYNOPTIC
GOSPELS
JOHN
-Written by Apostle John, “the
disciple whom Jesus loved”
-From Galilee
-Simple Approach: Light and
Darkness Theme
-”Problem Child of the NT”
-Beautiful Literary Style: Moves
Like a Symphony

44. CHRIST IN THE SYNOPTIC
GOSPELS
JOHN
-Only Gospel Introduced With a
Hymn
-No Birth Stories, Parables,
Exorcisms
-Jesus Given Name “Logos”
-More Sayings of Jesus From
Cross & Graphic Depiction of
Resurrection Story

45. CHRIST IN THE SYNOPTIC
GOSPELS
JOHN
-Jesus said, “I am the bread of life.
He who comes to me will never go
hungry, and he who believes in me
will never be thirsty.” (John 6:35)
-KOG: Is NOW, but Not Yet a Reality

46. Distinctive Features In Acts
-Acts is the only book in the New
Testament that tells us specifically of the
beginning of the church
-Physical Israel gives way to new spiritual
Israel
-Church becomes the instrument through
which the promise given to Abraham
would reach the world
Proclamation
Apologetic
Conciliatory
Historical

47. Distinctive Features In Acts
EUROPE

48. Distinctive Features In Acts
Revolves Around 2 Main People
Peter: In Jerusalem (Ch. 1-12)
Paul: From Syria To Rome (Ch. 13-
28)

49. Distinctive Features In Acts
Historical Background For Paul’s 10 Letters
….NOT TO MENTION
PHILEMON

50. Distinctive Features In Acts
11 Major Speeches In Acts
1. Peter on Pentecost (2:14-40)
2. Peter to Jews In Jerusalem (3:12-26)
3. Stephen Before the Sanhedrin (7:2-53)
4. Peter to Cornelius (10:34-43)
5. Paul To Jews Among Gentiles (13:16-41)
6. Paul to Greeks In Athens (17:22-31)
7. Paul to Ephesian Elders (20:18-35)
8. Paul To Jews At Jerusalem (22:1-21)
9. Paul to Felix, Gov. of Judea (24:10-21)
10.Paul to King Agrippa (26:2-23)
11.Paul to Unbelieving Jews (28:25-28)

51. Distinctive Features In Acts
GIVES US A UNIQUE LOOK AT HOW
EARLY CHURCH PRESENTED GOOD
NEWS OF JESUS CHRIST ACROSS
CULTURAL SETTINGS

52. Distinctive Features In Acts
PRAYER HAS A SIGNIFICANT PLACE IN ACTS

53. Distinctive
Features In
Acts
ATTENTION GIVEN TO
CONVERSION PROCESS AND
HOW PEOPLE CAME TO
CHRIST IN NEW TESTAMENT
CHURCH

54. Distinctive
Features In
Acts
ONE OF MOST SIGNIFICANT
FEATURES IS COMING AND
ACTIVITY OF HOLY SPIRIT

55. Handout: Use as a guide to understanding
Sermon on the Plain in Luke 6:17-49
Review of Dropbox Assignment

56. DISCUSSION ZONE: LEADERSHIP IN ACTS
LEADERSHIP: Core Construct at IWU…..
Noah: One person can make a difference.
Esther: God has a place for you.
Joseph: Don’t give up your dreams.
Moses: Live in the faith zone, not the safe zone.
Rebekah: Give generously to others.
Abraham: God always does the right thing.
Nehemiah: No problem is too big when you have the right help.
David: You can overcome the limitations others place on you.
Jonathan: Strengthen a leader and save a nation.
Paul: Persevere and you will receive a great reward.
Peter: Speak up, you may be wrong but what a way to grow.
Moses: Be prepared to take a walk in the wilderness.
Rahab: Even a prostitute can be honored by God.
 http://www.truthortradition.com/articles/biblical-leadership-is-servant-leadership

57. DISCUSSION ZONE: LEADERSHIP IN ACTS
Read Article
Convene in groups of 3-4
Identify 1 leadership quality outlined
and speak to how it could impact your
job, home and school
Reconvene as a class to discuss
findings (each will contribute)
Summary