Your final assignment will be a credo – or “What I Believe” – document. As a reminder, it will be a brief yet comprehensive statement of what you believe regarding each of the doctrines covered in this course: the doctrines of revelation, God, humanity, and sin. Your document will also begin with a prolegomena or introduction.
More reminders: Each section will be no more than two (and not less than one-and-one-half), single-spaced pages in length (not including Scripture references, should you list them all together as a block of text). Per the grading rubric, you will be assessed on each statement’s comprehensiveness (i.e., did you cover all the important elements of the doctrine?), brevity (i.e., did you express those elements with the right amount of well-chosen words, refusing to fluff up the statement with wasted words?), and creativity (i.e., not that you made up new stuff – that would be heresy! – but that you communicated the important elements of the doctrine in personal, unique, integrative, and engaging ways).
Your credo should make heavy use of Scripture. Unless otherwise critical to your statement, you are not required to quote entire Scripture verses. The “address” (e.g., Gen. 1:1) is enough.
You are expected also to cite (again, no need to quote; ruins your brevity) liberally from all pertinent course resources: Grudem, McGrath, even Elwell and Kapic.
Each session you will work on that particular doctrinal focus. You are expected to submit something each week, even though you will not be graded on the quality or quantity of that submission. The final project, submitted at the end of Session 5, will earn you the grade. The weekly submission, therefore, is to keep you on track and away from trying to do your entire credo mere hours before you submit it in the final session.
This week’s assignment is your DOCTRINE OF REVELATION.
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