A First-Year Course

New Testament Theology incarnation, kingdom & the new creation

An immersive, multi-page introduction to the theology of the New Testament — built around seven movements of apostolic witness, the fulfillment of OT promise in Christ, and the interpretive traditions that continue to shape Christian reading.

For the thoughtful student continuing the journey from the Hebrew Scriptures into the apostolic writings.

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Featured Article

The Central Christian Claim

Jesus Is God every major objection answered

A comprehensive twelve-section treatment of the most contested Christian claim. Did Jesus exist? Did he claim to be God? Is the New Testament reliable? How early was the confession of his deity? Did he rise from the dead? Is the incarnation philosophically coherent? How do Christians answer Jewish, Muslim, Jehovah's Witness, Mormon, Unitarian, and pluralist objections? Each question worked through with care — the cumulative case for the deity of Christ.

→ Examine the Evidence

The Interactive Timeline

Seven movements of apostolic history — from incarnation to consummation — with Vosian biblical theology, the already / not yet eschatology, and key figures from Mary and the apostles to John on Patmos.

Begin the Journey

Canon & Structure

How the 27 books were gathered: four Gospels, Acts, thirteen Pauline letters, Hebrews, the Catholic epistles, Revelation. The internal logic of the canonical order and what it teaches.

Study the Canon

Major Theological Themes

Fifteen great themes — kingdom, gospel, cross, resurrection, dikaiosynē, justification, agapē, pistis, Spirit, church, mission, eschatology, incarnation, union with Christ, and new creation — traced across the whole NT.

Trace the Threads

Hermeneutics & Method

How to read the NT responsibly: the already / not yet, Synoptic criticism, Pauline theology, how the apostles read the OT, occasional vs systematic readings, and the Christocentric question.

Greek Theological Glossary

The essential Greek terms every NT student must know — euangelion, basileia, dikaiosynē, agapē, pistis, charis, soteria, logos, pneuma, ekklēsia, koinōnia, parousia — with pronunciation and theological weight.

Learn the Language

Major Scholars & Schools

From Vos and Bultmann to Jeremias, Ladd, Käsemann, Dunn, Wright, Bauckham, Hays, Gathercole, and beyond — the voices that shaped modern NT theology, their distinctive approaches, and their ongoing debates.

Meet the Masters

Study Guide & Reading Plan

A 12-week reading plan, focus questions for each movement, essential secondary-source bibliography, and exam-style review questions for self-testing.

Start Your Work

Apologetics & Common Objections

An exhaustive Q&A treatment of the major historical, philosophical, and comparative objections — historicity, the resurrection, christology, contradictions, the canon, comparative religion, and more.

Defend the Faith

Historical & Cultural Context

Second Temple Judaism, the Greco-Roman world, the Jewish sects, languages, geography, and daily life — the world into which Jesus was born and the apostolic gospel preached.

Enter the World

Theological Glossary

English theological vocabulary — imputation, propitiation, hypostatic union, ordo salutis, federal headship, perichoresis — across God, Christology, salvation, church, and last things.

Learn the Terms

Systematic Theology

The church's organized doctrinal articulation across the nine traditional loci. Theology Proper, Christology, and Soteriology are covered in depth as the foundation pieces.

Read the Doctrine

Who Jesus is and what he accomplished. The Chalcedonian definition, the two natures, the states of humiliation and exaltation, the threefold office, the atonement (with penal substitution as the controlling category), the extent of the atonement, and Christ's continuing work.

Study the Christ

How God saves sinners — the application of Christ's work by the Spirit. The full ordo salutis: election, calling, regeneration, faith and repentance, justification (the article on which the church stands), sanctification, perseverance, and glorification.

Trace the Order

The central Christian claim with every major objection answered — historical (did he exist? did he claim deity?), textual (is the NT reliable?), philosophical (is the incarnation coherent?), comparative (Jewish, Muslim, JW, Mormon, pluralist objections), and ethical. The cumulative case for the deity of Christ.

Examine the Claim

Textual Criticism

The Greek manuscripts, the great codices, the famous variants, the modern critical editions — how the NT text we have came to be, and why we can trust it.

Examine the Text

Build a personal Scripture memorization library. Starts with 91 ASV verses (gospel, God, Christ, salvation, Christian life, comfort, hope) and lets you import 260+ more references from Fighter Verses, the Navigators TMS, or a Core 30 — adding text from your preferred translation. Four practice modes with spaced repetition.

New Believers Course

A twelve-week guided program for those who have recently come to faith in Christ. Four movements covering the gospel and assurance, the means of grace (Bible, prayer, Spirit, church), the Christian walk (sin, temptation, suffering), and the believer's outward life (witness and vocation). Each week includes substantive teaching, a memory verse, practical action steps, and a quiz.

Foundations II — Building on the Basics

A second twelve-week course for the Christian who has finished the New Believers Course and is ready to go deeper. Four movements: knowing God better (Trinity, attributes, how God speaks), understanding the story (covenant, kingdom, hard passages), living wisely (decisions, relationships, money), engaging the world (faith and reason, church and culture, end of the story). Movement 1 (Weeks 1–3) available now; further movements coming.

About This Course

This course-site is the companion to the Old Testament Theology course. It assumes you have some familiarity with the shape of the Hebrew Scriptures — though it can be read on its own. The approach is broadly evangelical and Reformed with close attention to Vosian biblical theology, while engaging the full range of contemporary scholarship — New Perspective on Paul debates, the apocalyptic school, narrative theology, and canonical criticism. The governing conviction is that the New Testament is the fulfillment, not the replacement, of the Old — and that both must be read together to be read rightly.

Studying the Old Testament too? Visit the sister course → OT Theology