OUTLINE OF THE TWO YEARS
Over the two year programme we cover six main topics, three in each year
The Training Ground is a course designed by a group of evangelical churches in East London to help Christians of every sort both to grasp God’s word and to share it more clearly – whether at home, at work, at church or wherever you are
The first Training Ground programme began in September 2015, and will finish this July.
With God’s help we plan to repeat the course again over the next two years, beginning in September 2017 and finishing in July 2019.
There will be 18 sessions per year on alternate Saturday mornings during term time, from 8.30 am to 11.00 am. The course takes place at Osborne Square Church in Dagenham.
The course costs £240 per person for the full two years. This includes not only the teaching but also textbooks, course notes for each session, tea, coffee and biscuits. Recordings and notes can be accessed on our website.
Costs can be paid in annual or termly instalments. If you want to participate but have a problem with the cost, please let us know.
Over the two year programme we cover six main topics, three in each year
| First year - First semester | ||
|---|---|---|
| Dates | Bible Overview | Christian Truths and the Gospel |
| 8:30 - 9:50 | 10:10 - 11:00 | |
| 30 September 2017 | The pattern of the kingdom (Roberts, ch 1) | Introduction & Revelation (Grudem, preface & ch 1) |
| 14 October 2017 | The perished kingdom (Roberts, ch 2) | Revelation (Grudem, ch 1) |
| 28 October 2017 | The promised kingdom (Roberts, ch 3) | God & creation (Grudem, ch 2 & 3) |
| 11 November 2017 | The partial kingdom I (Roberts, ch 4, pages 59-76) | God & creation (Grudem, ch 4 & 6) |
| 25 November 2017 | The partial kingdom II (Roberts, ch 4, pages 76-91) | Humanity & sin (Grudem, ch 7) |
| 9 December 2017 | The prophesied kingdom (Roberts, ch 5) | Humanity & sin (Grudem, ch 8) |
| 13 January 2018 | The present kingdom (Roberts, ch 6) | Person & work of Christ (Grudem, ch 9) |
| 27 January2018 | The proclaimed kingdom (Roberts, ch 7) | Person & work of Christ (Grudem, ch 10) |
| 10 February 2018 | The perfected kingdom (Roberts, ch 8) | Person & work of Christ (Grudem, ch 10) |
| First year - Second semester | ||
|---|---|---|
| Dates | Reading the Bible | Christian Truths and the Gospel |
| 8:30 - 9:50 | 10:10 - 11:00 | |
| 24 February | Reading the Bible (Beynon & Sach, ch 1, 13) | Person & work of Christ (Grudem, ch 11) |
| 10 March 2018 | Meaning (Beynon & Sach, ch 2, 7, 9) | The Holy Spirit & his work (Grudem, ch 12) |
| 24 March 2018 | Flow (Beynon & Sach, ch 4, 5, 15) | The Holy Spirit & his work (Grudem, ch 13) |
| 21 April 2018 | Context (Beynon & Sach, ch 3) | The Holy Spirit & his work (Grudem, ch 14) |
| 5 May 2018 | Literary devices (Beynon & Sach, ch 6, 11, 12) | The Holy Spirit & his work (Grudem, ch 15 & 5) |
| 19 May 2018 | Words & tone (Beynon & Sach, ch 8 & 10) | The church (Grudem, ch 17) |
| 2 June 2018 | Application I (Beynon & Sach, ch 14 & 16) | The church (Grudem, ch 17) |
| 16 June 2018 | Application II (Beynon & Sach, ch 17) | The last things (Grudem, ch 18) |
| 30 June 2018 | Christ in all the Bible (Roberts, ‘Epilogue’) | The last things (Grudem, ch 19 & 20) |
