The course gives you knowledge about how to understand the relationship between atonement, justification and the Christian life (sanctification). You will be introduced to each of the three different topics as well as to how they are related. The Biblical foundations of atonement, justification and sanctification will be the starting point. Then the topics will be studied from an evangelical point of view, although the Lutheran perspective will be emphasised, especially pertaining to the doctrine of sanctification.
Teaching amounts to 40 hours of classroom instruction and is mainly given through lectures and/or seminars. The classroom experience aims to stimulate you to independent reflection. Normally, there will be offered 24 classes in atonement and justification and 16 classes in sanctification.
Knowledge
The students have:
- knowledge about the biblical basis for the doctrine about the atonement, justification and sanctification.
- knowledge about Reformation teaching about the atonement, justification and sanctification.
- knowledge about some different interpretations of the doctrine of the atonement, justification and sanctification, as presented in the curriculum literature.
Skills
The students can:
- discuss and explain questions concerning the coherence between atonement, justification and sanctification.
To be eligible for final assessment you must:
- Attend a minimum of 70 % of the lectures (cf. chap. 5.5)
* Students who don’t complete the attendance requirement, must retake the course the next time it is offered.
* See the document “Attendance Regulations for Fjellhaug International University College” for more details.
All course requirements and exams are individual and are submitted digitally.
Course Requirements:
To receive final assessment, you must:
- Submit a paper on a given topic. The required length of the paper is 1000 words.
Deadline for submission is given at the start of the semester but notice that the requirement must be fulfilled not later than two weeks before the exam date.
Final Assessment:
| Form of assessment | Duration | Grading scale | Comment |
| Oral Exam | 20 minutes | A-F | No preparation time. |
Final assessment is based on the oral exam.
The course and the oral exam will be graded A-E for pass and F for fail.
Some readings are available digitally on the school’s learning management system (LMS) and are marked with *.
Concordia (2017): Confessing the Gospel: A Lutheran Approach to Systematic Theology (2. Volume). St. Louis, MO: Concordia Publishing House, pp. 1021–1108.
Dieter, Melvin E. (ed.) (1989): Five Views on Sanctification. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, pp. 9–238.
McNall, Joshua M. (2019): The Mosaic of Atonement: An Integrated Approach to Christ’s Work. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Academic, pp. 13–320.
Schreiner, Thomas R. (2015): Faith Alone. The Doctrine of Justification. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan; pp. 19–206, 239–261.
