Southern Nebraska Register
The Emmaus Institute for Biblical Studies will offer five new classes of varying lengths beginning Feb. 17.
“The New Testament Letters and Revelation” will be presented Monday evenings, Feb. 17 through May 12, taught by Joshua Burks and available in person, live online, or by recorded video. The course will focus on God’s instructions for the Church, beginning with the Letters of St. Paul, continuing through Hebrews and the Catholic Letters, and culminating in the climactic drama of Revelation. The course may be taken for transfer credit toward graduate programs at the University of Mary and the Augustine Institute.
“The Nicene Creed: What Christians Believe and Why It Matters” will be presented Tuesday evenings, Feb. 18 through May 13, taught by Chad Steiner and available in person, live online, or by recorded video. On the 1,700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea, this course will explore the relationship between history, Scripture, and our common confession of faith by examining each of the 12 “articles” of the Creed, with a view to understanding what it is we are confessing at nearly every Mass.
“Elementary Biblical Greek II” will be presented Wednesday evenings, Feb. 19 through May 14, taught by Dr. Vern Steiner and available in person only. The course is a continuation of Greek I and is for students who completed the first semester, or who receive special permission from the instructor.
“Theology of the Body” will be presented Thursday evenings, Feb. 20 through May 1, taught by Dr. John Kincaid and available live online or by recorded video. This is a free 10-week course on Pope St. John Paul II’s seminal work on the nature and purpose of human sexuality, with particular attention to the manner in which the beloved pope rooted his vision of human sexuality in the teachings of Sacred Scripture.
“Laughing with God: Humor in the Bible” will be presented Thursday evenings, Feb. 20 through March 27, taught by Dr. Vern Steiner and available in person, live online, or by recorded video. For readers who think of the Bible as boring or who imagine that laughter and the Lord do not belong in the same sentence, the eye-opening six-week course will explore the various types of humor in the Bible, with a view to hearing and receiving God’s message effectively conveyed through what can be both daringly funny and deadly serious.
Full course descriptions and registration details are available at www.emmausinstitute.net. All in-person classes are held in the Emmaus classrooms in the Calvert Office Park, 3601 Calvert, Suite 23, Lincoln.
