Weekly outline

    GREETINGS
    GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE COURSE
    COURSE FORUMS
    Study weeks:
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    FINAL

  • SM020 THEOLOGY OF REST 

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    Dear Students! Welcome to the Course "THEOLOGY OF REST". We hope and pray you will have a wonderful experience studying with us and complete this course successfully!

    The very first thing we expect you to do is to follow our weekly schedule. We strongly encourage you to complete your lessons within the suggested time frame, which will require maintaining the pace outlined in your course materials. It is recommended that you take a genuine effort in regular forum participation. This allows an opportunity to learn from other students and enrich their learning experience by your views, ideas and discoveries, as you navigate through the course together.

    Before you get started, please, review the Course Description and the Course Schedule.

    Updates on your group activities, further instructions and other relevant information will be available at “Announcements” forum page.

    If you have any questions or messages to the course tutor, please, do this on  “Ask a question” forum page. While the tutor will provide you with support during the course, you should be aware of the self-discipline required for the successful study.

    You are welcome to submit your prayer requests to «Prayer Room» forum page.

    • GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE COURSE 

      Before you get to the lessons, it is paramount that you review the course description and the timetable. They provide important information about the topics and readings, the required assignments and their purpose, etc.

    • FORUMS

    • Rest, the Pleasure of His Image

      After watching the lectures the students will be able to

      • explain why rest is a core value with God;
      • identify the connection between rest and the image of God;
      • describe divine rest;
      • realize that the reflection of God’s image in their lives is impossible without rest;
      • give an answer to the question, how can I please God by resting?

    • Rest, the Pleasure of His Trust

      After watching the lectures the students will be able to

      • realize that God takes great pleasure when they make good on His trust;
      • summarize the main idea of Exodus 16:21-30;
      • explain what treating something as holy means;
      • articulate the Sabbath principle;
      • find opportunities to please God like never before;
      • consume the gift of rest with gratitude;
      • explain the significance of a personal “Copernican Revolution”. 
      Restricted Not available unless:

    • Rest, the Pleasure of His Perspective

      After watching the lectures the students will be able to

      • identify the symptoms of lost perspective;
      • unveil causes for disintegration of perspective;
      • share a key to restoring perspective;
      • list the ingredients essential to the restoration of a true perspective;
      • describe the limits of leisure activities;
      • experince joy after repentance;
      • explain why repentance is a prerequisite to rest. 
      Restricted Not available unless:
      • You get a particular score in Weekly Quiz 2
      • The activity Answer if you watched and read all for the week 2 is marked complete

    • Sabbath, a Time to Discover and to Release

      After watching the lectures the students will be able to

      • identify the essential element of the Sabbath from Jesus’s point of view;
      • explain an Exodus and a Deuteronomy reason for the Sabbath;
      • humble themselves and cast their cares upon the One who cares for them;
      • distinguish between what is the responsibility of God and what is personal responsibility.
      Restricted Not available unless:
      • You achieve a required score in Weekly Quiz 3
      • The activity Answer if you watched and read all for the week 3 is marked complete

    • Sabbath, a Time to Review and to Remember

      After watching the lectures the students will be able to

      • look at themselves in the mirror of God’s Word;
      • explain the virtue of humility;
      • examine their speech, attitudes, actions, and emotions;
      • remember God as a Mighty Creator and a Merciful Redeemer;
      • engage in making memories by entering Sabbath-rest.
      Restricted Not available unless:
      • You achieve a required score in Weekly Quiz 4
      • The activity Answer if you watched and read all for the week 4 is marked complete

    • Commuting Between Two Poles

      After watching the lectures the students will be able to

      • refresh long-range hopes;
      • rest while engages in work and life;
      • welcome Jesus as their Trainer and learn how to rest by observing Him;
      • accept Jesus’s invitation to share the burden evenly;
      • avoid being stuck between private and public life;
      • resist the temptation of sacrificing private life on the alter of popularity, productivity and pressure.
      Restricted Not available unless:
      • You achieve a required score in Weekly Quiz 5
      • The activity Answer if you watched and read all for the week 5 is marked complete

    • Rest, Forgiving as Forgiven

      After watching the lectures the students will be able to

      • find satisfaction, security, and success in the Good Shepherd;
      • take the initiative and forgive others as God has forgiven them;
      • live with the consequences of sin without becoming bitter;
      • explain what forgiveness means. 
      Restricted Not available unless:
      • You achieve a required score in Weekly Quiz 6
      • The activity Answer if you watched and read all for the week 6 is marked complete

    • From Rest to Revival

      After watching the lectures the students will be able to

      • explain why rebellion happens;
      • explain when revival happens;
      • repent of their rebellion and enter His rest. 
      Restricted Not available unless:
      • You achieve a required score in Weekly Quiz 7
      • The activity Answer if you watched and read all for the week 7 is marked complete

    • заключительная неделя

      This week is the deadline for submitting your literature review and the written assignment. These are the prerequisites to obtain the permission to take the FINAL TEST.

      Keep up the good work: "The one who is victorious I will make a pillar in the temple of my God. Never again will they leave it. I will write on them the name of my God and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which is coming down out of heaven from my God; and I will also write on them my new name."

      • Step 1. Final Paper

        Please, submit your final paper (1000-1500 words): “The Significance of Sabbath Rest for Modern Christians“

      • Step 2. Final Exam

        Please, take the final exam for this course. 

      • Step 3. Reading Report

        Please, submit your reading report. 

      • Step 4. Course Evaluation

        It is very important to know your opinion about this course . Please fill in the feedback form Evaluation of Online Course, which you will find below.

        If you have something to say about how this course helped you in your ministry, in your spiritual development, we will be glad to hear it. If you want to say something to the teacher, you can send any comments and suggestions to our email address : tvs.student@gmail.com 

        THANK YOU!