Course Syllabus Course title: ST 701 Christ Course description: A systematic study of the historical unfolding of God’s plan and promises of redemption through the person and work of Jesus Christ. Course credit: 3 credits Course instructor: Greg Nichols was ordained as a pastor in 1978. He is a graduate and former professor of Trinity Ministerial Academy, Montville, NJ. He is the author of Covenant Theology: A Reformed and Baptistic Perspective (Solid Ground Books, 2011). He is a pastor of Grace Immanuel Reformed Baptist Church, Grand Rapids, Michigan. Greg and his wife Ginger have 4 children. Course requirements: The student must satisfactorily complete the following course requirements: (1) Lectures The student must listen to all 30 lectures by Greg Nichols on the doctrine of Christ either live or via audio/video format. (2) Reading The student must read completely the assigned reading in the following textbooks according to the reading schedule given below: Required Textbooks Louis Berkhof, Systematic Theology (Eerdmans, 1941). B. B. Warfield, The Plan of Salvation (Simpson Publishing, 1989). John Murray, The Covenant of Grace (Presbyterian & Reformed, 1953). John Murray, Redemption Accomplished and Applied (Presbyterian & Reformed, 1955). Robert Letham, The Work of Christ (Inter-Varsity Press, 1993). AND … Donald MacLeod, The Person of Christ (Inter-Varsity Press, 1998). OR … G. C. Berkhouwer, The Person of Christ (Eerdmans, 1955). Note: The substitution of another work for those listed above in each category may be considered, but the course instructor must approve it in advance of its being read. The student will also be required to read chapter 7 from The Westminster Confession and the Second London Baptist Confession, both of which can be accessed on the Internet. Reading Schedule Predestination Berkhof, ST (pp. 109-25), 16 pages B B Warfield, Plan of Salvation (entirety), 106 pages Total: 122 pages Covenants Berkhof, ST (pp. 262-99), 37 pages Murray, Covenant of Grace, 32 pages Robert Letham, The Work of Christ (pp. 39-74), 34 pages Chapter 7 of WCF and LBCF, 2 pages Total: 108 pages