Please note: Enrollment in this course is contingent upon approval by SIBI, as outlined in the Learning Plan provided upon enrollment. Applicants must complete the acceptance process before payment. This course is residential.
Class is Mondays and Wednesdays from 9:20-12:00 (CDT)
Class Description:
Historical Christian Evidences is but one division of Christian Apologetics. There are several others also. However, this study will focus on the evidences that come from historical Christianity, for Christianity is more than simply a religion. Christianity is a historical religion grounded in the space-time events surrounding Jesus’ life, death, and resurrection. The New Testament is the recorded source of that information, so it is primarily from that source that we will weigh the evidences that support the claims of the Bible to be the word of God and Jesus to be the Son of God.
- Teacher: Darrin Bible
Please note: Enrollment in this course is contingent upon approval by SIBI, as outlined in the Learning Plan provided upon enrollment. Applicants must complete the acceptance process before payment. This course is residential.
Class is Mondays and Wednesdays from 9:20-12:00 (CDT)
Course Description:
This course focuses on the study of the Old Testament books of prophecy known as the Minor Prophets (Book of the Twelve). An emphasis is given, of course to the nature of biblical prophecy, the historical setting of each prophetic book within the history of Israel and major themes and concepts contained herein.
- Teacher: Arthur Puente
Please note: Enrollment in this course is contingent upon approval by SIBI, as outlined in the Learning Plan provided upon enrollment. Applicants must complete the acceptance process before payment. This course is residential.
Class is Mondays and Wednesdays from 1:50-4:30 (CDT)
Course Description:
This course focuses on the study of the Old Testament books of Genesis through Deuteronomy. It therefore focuses on the historical narrative that begins with the creation and ends with the Israelites preparing to enter the land of Canaan. An overview of the history found in these biblical books will be presented in this course as well as the geography, chronology, and key theological themes and principles of God’s relationship to his people.
- Teacher: Arthur Puente
Please note: Enrollment in this course is contingent upon approval by SIBI, as outlined in the Learning Plan provided upon enrollment. Applicants must complete the acceptance process before payment. This course is residential.
Class is Mondays and Wednesdays from 1:50-4:30 (CDT)
Course Description:
The order of our study is as follows: Colossians first (with Philemon), and then work our way through Ephesians. The purpose behind this is because much of what Paul teaches the Ephesians is based on the truths he has already established in his letter to the Colossians.
COLOSSIANS
The letter to the Colossians deals with THE PREEMINENCE OF THE CHRIST because of a false teaching that had taken hold of this community of believers. The argument from this heresy taught that Christ was simply “one of many” intermediaries between man and God rather than “the one and only”. If you get Christ wrong, then nothing else in your religion really matters. The identity of Jesus is the key to the maturity of the church in Colossae.
PHILEMON
This small, personal letter is written to one of the members of the Colossian church. It deals with a relational rupture between two believers, both of whom are equally valuable to Paul.
EPHESIANS
The letter to the Ephesians deals with the identity of the Church, or THE POSITION OF THE CHURCH. Knowing that God planned for the church before time began, and that we are “in Christ” gives the church and each individual Christian the power to live a victorious life.
- Teacher: James "Gibby" Gilbert
Please note: Enrollment in this course is contingent upon approval by SIBI, as outlined in the Learning Plan provided upon enrollment. Applicants must complete the acceptance process before payment. This course is residential.
Class is Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9:20-12:00 (CDT)
Course Description:
Paul's prayer for the believers in Colossians asks "God to give you complete knowledge of his will and to give you spiritual wisdom and understanding. Then the way you live will always honor and please the Lord, and your lives will produce every kind of good fruit. All the while, you will grow as you learn to know God better and better." (Colossians 1:9-10 NLT) The plea is for believers to be transformed into the likeness of Christ. It is a transformational process for the duration of the Christian walk that is culminated at the moment when "the perishable puts on the imperishable, and the mortal puts on immortality" (Romans 15:54 ESV). Until that day arrives, God calls us to "build yourselves up in your most holy faith and pray in the Holy Spirit...keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ that leads to eternal life...have mercy on those who doubt; save others by snatching them out of the fire; to others show mercy" (Jude 20-22).
One of the greatest challenges we face while aiding others in their transformation to spiritual maturity is growing in our emotional and spiritual health. "Emotional health and spiritual maturity are inseparable" (Peter Scazzero) and are both part of the transformational work of a relationship with God, the body and the lost.
Relationships are essential in spiritual nurturing; however, we each must take responsibility for our own spiritual and emotional growth. How do we feed ourselves spiritually? What will we do when we face times of spiritual drought? How can I keep my focus when I am overwhelmed by activity around me? How do I maintain a good relationship when it seems all is against me? When I feel all alone in ministry, what will sustain me in the times of trouble?
Our study together will not only give you a foundation in nurturing yourself emotionally and spiritually, but it will also equip you in fulfilling the second part of the great commission, "...teaching them to observe everything I have commanded you..." (Matthew 28:20). We must be prepared to teach new converts these spiritual principles of spiritual and emotional growth and nurturing. These foundational principles will provide the framework for us to have emotionally healthy spirituality in our lives, the lives of the body and those seeking God.
- Teacher: Zane Perkins
Please note: Enrollment in this course is contingent upon approval by SIBI, as outlined in the Learning Plan provided upon enrollment. Applicants must complete the acceptance process before payment. This course is residential.
Class is Tuesdays and Thursdays from 1:50-4:30 (CDT)
Course Description:
Students will explore the life of Jesus through the carefully investigated account through Luke the physician. Students will go through the life of Jesus and His teachings and discover applications for living as Christians in today’s world.
- Teacher: Matt Glawe
Please note: Enrollment in this course is contingent upon approval by SIBI, as outlined in the Learning Plan provided upon enrollment. Applicants must complete the acceptance process before payment. This course is residential.
Class is Tuesdays and Thursdays from 1:50-4:30 (CDT)
Course Description:
An exegetical, theological, and homiletical study of the epistles of James and Peter. Each epistle will be studied in its original context as well as its application to the modern world.
- Teacher: Ron Bontrager
Please note: Enrollment in this course is contingent upon approval by SIBI, as outlined in the Learning Plan provided upon enrollment. Applicants must complete the acceptance process before payment. This course is residential.
Class is Fridays from 9:20-1:00 (CDT)
Course Description:
This course is designed to help students improve their study and research skills and to communicate more effectively, especially in written form. Students will be introduced to the proper writing form for research papers at Sunset, and they will be given a brief review of English grammar. An additional area of study will include an overview of the Koine Greek, the language of the New Testament.
- Teacher: John Knox
Please note: Enrollment in this course is contingent upon approval by SIBI, as outlined in the Learning Plan provided upon enrollment. Applicants must complete the acceptance process before payment. This course is residential.
Class is Fridays from 9:20-1:00 (CDT)
Course Description:
Studies in Exodus: This course is introduced with a preliminary overview of the Law of Moses- specifically the Decalogue/Sinai Covenant, the
construction of the Tabernacle and the inauguration of the Levitical priesthood. The study of the sacrificial worship and atonement in Leviticus
is rooted in the Law, the Tabernacle and priesthood as ordained in Exodus, (Ex. 20-40).
Studies in Leviticus: The Introduction of Leviticus presents an overview of the book itself, and the major lessons God expected the Hebrew people to learn from its message. Israel was to be the “holy people” of the “Holy God” who had adopted them for the sacred mission He had planned for them.
However, our study will focus primarily on the sacrificial system.
- Teacher: Paul Dowell