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Gary North wrote, in regards to "established" versions of the educational model: "The establishment has bricks and mortar, conventional instruction, uninspired teaching, scholarship money, certification, and continual intellectual reinforcement. The revolutionaries have a compelling vision, innovative books, little money for scholarships, no certification, and a willingness to probe 'banned' topics of discussion."

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Let's be the revolutionaries! Let's bring all areas under the authority of Christ's lordship! That's the aim of "Shepherd School"...to bring training for church leaders back to the local church, while providing a framework for a Biblical worldview for a “faith for all of life.”

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Scriptural basis
2 Timothy 2:2 - and what you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses entrust to faithful men, who will be able to teach others also
2 Corinthians 10:5 - We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ


When: The second Monday of every month (6-9PM); the fourth Monday of every month (6-7:30PM), unless otherwise stated.

  • Spring Semester: February - May

  • Fall Semester: August - November

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Who: Must be a male committed to studying, reading, and applying theology to all of life

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Requirements

  • Must complete required readings (25-50 pages a week)

  • Be committed to monthly preaching or personal evangelism - open air, nursing home, prison, street corners, abortion clinic

  • Prepare and deliver short sermons / exhortations / projects in our practicum meetings

  • Complete end of semester project

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Meeting Example
2nd Monday of the Month from 6:00 - 9:00 PM

  • Open in prayer

  • Study portion of 1689 London Baptist Confession (6:00 - 6:45 PM). This would be our study of Systematic Theology.

  • Study portion of Scripture (6:50 - 7:35 PM). This would be our study of Biblical Theology.

  • Review of required external reading material (7:45-8:30 PM). This would be our study of Practical and Applied Theology

  • Close in Prayer (8:30 - 9:00 PM)

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Click here for Fall Semester 2022 Syllabus

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Books We Will Read in Shepherd School
 

Biblical Theology

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Systematic Theology

  • 1689 London Baptist Confession

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Covenant Theology

  • Jeff Johnson - The Kingdom of God: A Baptist Expression of Covenant Theology 

  • Sam Renihan - The Mystery of Christ: His Covenant and His Kingdom

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Doctrines of Grace

  • RC Sproul - Chosen By God

  • Charles Spurgeon - A Defense of Calvinism

  • AW Pink - The Sovereignty of God

  • Albert Martin - The Practical Implications of Calvinism

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Church

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Evangelism

  • Ryan Denton - Even If None: Reclaiming Biblical Evangelism

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Christian Ministry

  • Charles Spurgeon - The Soul Winner

  • John Owen - The Mortification of Sin

  • Joel Beeke - Family Worship

  • Voddie Baucham - Family Driven Faith

  • John Bunyan - Pilgrim's Progress

  • Jonathan Edwards - Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God

  • John Owen - The Glory of Christ

  • John Flavel - Keeping the Heart

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Worldview

  • Voddie Baucham - Expository Apologetics

  • Jason Garwood - The Politics of Humanism: A Christian Response to the Humanist Worldview

  • Andrew Sandlin - Christian Culture


Law of God and Reconstructionism

  • Matt Trewhella - The Doctrine of the Lesser Magistrates

  • Joseph Morecraft - Liberty and Justice for All

  • Greg Bahnsen - By This Standard

  • Joel McDurmon - Bounds of Love

  • RJ Rushdoony - Law and Liberty

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Eschatology

  • RC Sproul - The Last Days According to Jesus

  • Doug Wilson - Heaven Misplaced

  • David Chilton - Paradise Restored

  • Gary Demar - Last Days Madness

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