New Testament Survey Track

Created by Christian University GlobalNet

About this Learning Track

At Christian University GlobalNet (CUGN) we offer students a big picture overview of the Old and New Testaments. Whether you are a pastor, ministry leader, or simply someone seeking to deepen your understanding of the Christian faith, these Old and New Testament courses will deepen your understanding of God’s relationship with Israel, Jesus’ ministry, and give you an appreciation of God’s great love and grace for all of us.

New Testament Survey courses cover vital information regarding the birth and ministry of Jesus, the ministry of the disciples, the background and context of the New Testament books, and the growth of the early church. Dr. Craig Blomberg uses scripture as the primary focus of these studies, while also providing an important backdrop of relevant cultural, geographical, linguistic, and historical contexts in which the New Testament documents were written.

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Courses

Course 1 :
New Testament Basics: Things We Thought We Knew

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About this Course

This provides an introduction to the New Testament as it surveys vital information that guides the student's thinking in the study of the New Testament books.

This course presents both basic and essential details for an accurate understanding of New Testament Scriptures. Organized in a two lesson format, the course provides guided content outlines, audio-visual lecture presentations, and quizzing modules.

Course Outline

  • Lesson 1: What Are We Going To Do with the New Testament?
  • Lesson 2: What Life Looked Like In Jesus' Time
  • Final Exam

Course 2 :
Matthew-Mark: Two Presentations of Jesus

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About this Course

This introduces students to the Gospels as literature and then focuses in on the Gospels of Matthew and Mark. Students will study the specific purposes of each book and how the writers told the account of Jesus’ life to accomplish their unique goals.

This course presents both basic and essential details for an accurate understanding of New Testament Scriptures. Organized in a three lesson format, the course provides guided content outlines, audio-visual lecture presentations, and quizzing modules.

Course Outline

  • Lesson 1: Is the New Testament Really the New Testament?
  • Lesson 2: Matthew-Mark: Two Stories of Jesus
  • Lesson 3: The New Testament as God's Revelation
  • Final Exam

Course 3 :
Luke-John: Two Interpretations of Jesus

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About this Course

This provides two different renditions of Jesus’ life and ministry. Adding the perspectives of Luke and John to those given by Matthew and Mark will provide additional detail and explanation to the incredible life of Jesus Christ, the Lamb of God.

This course presents both basic and essential details for an accurate understanding of New Testament Scriptures. Organized in a three lesson format, the course provides guided content outlines, audio-visual lecture presentations, and quizzing modules.

Course Outline

  • Lesson 1: Luke-John: The Gospel According to Luke & John
  • Lesson 2: Jesus & John: Two Miracle Births
  • Lesson 3: Who IS This Man? The Beginning of Jesus' Ministry
  • Final Exam

Course 4 :
Jesus in Galilee: Popularity & Misunderstanding

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This studies the great Galilean phase of Jesus’ ministry, which is the setting for the Sermon on the Mount, and then actually studies the Sermon itself.

This course presents both basic and essential details for an accurate understanding of New Testament Scriptures. Organized in a three lesson format, the course provides guided content outlines, audio-visual lecture presentations, and quizzing modules.

Course Outline

  • Lesson 1: The Steady Ministry & the Fickle Response
  • Lesson 2: The Sermon on the Mount: How God's Kingdom Works
  • Lesson 3: Can We Trust the New Testament Books?
  • Final Exam

Course 5 :
Jesus in Judea: Opposition & Rejection

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This course will survey the Judean phase of Jesus’ ministry and give insight into His teachings and actions that increased the Jewish opposition to the point where they would turn one of their own countrymen over to the Romans for crucifixion.

This course presents both basic and essential details for an accurate understanding of New Testament Scriptures. Organized in a two lesson format, the course provides guided content outlines, audio-visual lecture presentations, and quizzing modules.

Course Outline

  • Lesson 1: Luke-John: Digging Deeper into Luke & John
  • Lesson 2: Jesus in Judea and His Final Week of Ministry
  • Final Exam

Course 6 :
Acts: Crucifixion, Resurrection & Proclamation

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Most people recognize the fact that the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ was the turning point of world history. After His resurrection and ascension, His disciples spread His Church across the Roman Empire and changed the world. This course will add depth to the student’s understanding and appreciation of these world-changing and individual life-changing events.

This course presents both basic and essential details for an accurate understanding of New Testament Scriptures. Organized in a four lesson format, the course provides guided content outlines, audio-visual lecture presentations, and quizzing modules.

Course Outline

  • Lesson 1: From the World to the Cross, From the Cross to the Skies
  • Lesson 2: What Influenced Life's Daily Routines for Jesus
  • Lesson 3: Acts - The Early Church Explodes on the Scene
  • Lesson 4: Acts - The Church that Refused to Stop Growing
  • Final Exam

Course 7 :
Galatians-1 Corinthians: Paul's Earliest Letters

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The New Testament epistles to the Galatians and Thessalonians are Paul’s earliest preserved letters. In them, he began to lay a theological and behavioral foundation for Christian belief and conduct. This course surveys these early writings.

This course presents both basic and essential details for an accurate understanding of New Testament Scriptures. Organized in a three lesson format, the course provides guided content outlines, audio-visual lecture presentations, and quizzing modules.

Course Outline

  • Lesson 1: Galatians - An Introduction to Paul's Epistles and a Survey of His Galatian Epistle
  • Lesson 2: 1 Thessalonians-1Corinthians: Paul's Doctrine of Last Things
  • Lesson 3: Judaism - The Religion Jesus Was Born Into
  • Final Exam

Course 8 :
1 & 2 Corinthians: Two Letters to a Tough Church

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About this Course

The people who came to Christ and formed the Corinthian church brought a wagon-load of philosophical, religious, and moral baggage with them that made this a tough church. The two letters we have from Paul to the Corinthians deal with some of the most thorny spiritual and moral issues addressed anywhere in the Bible. This course contains essential help for the Church in any age.

This course presents both basic and essential details for an accurate understanding of New Testament Scriptures. Organized in a two lesson format, the course provides guided content outlines, audio-visual lecture presentations, and quizzing modules.

Course Outline

  • Lesson 1: 1 Corinthians - How the Body of Christ Must Function
  • Lesson 2: 2 Corinthians - How a Godly Person Deals With an Ungodly Church
  • Final Exam

Course 9 :
Romans-Ephesians: The Letter to the Roman Church & Letters From a Roman Prison

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Although Paul hadn’t yet visited there when he wrote his epistle to the Christians at Rome, he wanted to make certain they were clear on what the Gospel really was. In the Roman epistle, we have Paul’s great theological statement on God’s salvation. Later, Paul was imprisoned in Rome while waiting for his trial before Caesar. While there, he wrote four letters. In this course we study the letters Paul wrote both to and from Rome.

This course presents both basic and essential details for an accurate understanding of New Testament Scriptures. Organized in a three lesson format, the course provides guided content outlines, audio-visual lecture presentations, and quizzing modules.

Course Outline

  • Lesson 1: Romans - Paul's Theological Magnum Opus
  • Lesson 2: Philemon-Ephesians: Four Letters of Joy From an Imprisoned Apostle
  • Lesson 3: Archaeology & the New Testament
  • Final Exam

Course 10 :
1 Timothy-Hebrews: Letters to Pastors & to a Church Struggling to Believe

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This course combines three letters of instruction to young pastors and a letter to a church struggling with its foundational beliefs. The Pastoral Epistles provide doctrinal and tactical help to those who lead God’s people; and Hebrews presents Jesus Christ as the sovereign Savior and Lord of His church and encourages its readers to pursue unreservedly their relationship with Him.

This course presents both basic and essential details for an accurate understanding of New Testament Scriptures. Organized in a two lesson format, the course provides guided content outlines, audio-visual lecture presentations, and quizzing modules.

Course Outline

  • Lesson 1: 1 Timothy-Titus : Three Letters to Two Pastors
  • Lesson 2: Hebrews - The Struggle to Believe in Jesus
  • Final Exam

Course 11 :
James-Jude: Letters to Everyone - General & Johannine Epistles

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Unlike Paul’s epistles, the general epistles were not addressed to a particular city or person. These letters deal more with the broader topics of suffering and the dangers of false teachings and unbelief among Christians. This course covers these epistles.

This course presents both basic and essential details for an accurate understanding of New Testament Scriptures. Organized in a three lesson format, the course provides guided content outlines, audio-visual lecture presentations, and quizzing modules.

Course Outline

  • Lesson 1: James-1 Peter: Growing Through the Tough Times
  • Lesson 2: 2 Peter-Jude: Little Letters With Big Messages
  • Lesson 3: Archaeology & New Testament Cities
  • Final Exam

Course 12 :
Revelation: The Book of Revelation - The End & The Beginning

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This course we look at how the New Testament and the Bible culminate with the glorious description of the Revelation of Jesus Christ. All of history’s events are culminated in this fantastic story of Christ’s ultimate triumph over evil and the restoration of all things to their created design.

This course presents both basic and essential details for an accurate understanding of New Testament Scriptures. Organized in a two lesson format, the course provides guided content outlines, audio-visual lecture presentations, and quizzing modules.

Course Outline

  • Lesson 1: Revelation - What is the Book of Revelation and What's it About?
  • Lesson 2: Revelation: Its Content & Meaning
  • Final Exam

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When you have completed this learning track on BibleMesh.com, you will need to enroll here to apply for your certificate of completion. This enrollment will be activated when you have successfully finished all the courses in this track.

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Instructors

  • Dr. Craig Blomberg
    Dr. Craig Blomberg

    Craig Blomberg is the Distinguished Professor of New Testament at Denver Seminary, in Littleton, CO, where he specializes in New Testament Studies. He received his B.A. from Augustana College, Illinois (with a triple major in mathematics, Spanish, and religion), a M.A. from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, and a Ph.D. from the University of Aberdeen, Scotland.


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