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CURRICULUM CLUSTER 001

Theology of the Human Person

Before we argue about human behavior, we must examine what we mean by a human being.

A connected course of study from creation to Christian hope. We begin with the image of God, then test how faithfully we carry that teaching into our treatment of people.

CREATED · STUDIES OPEN

Made in the Image of God — But What Does That Actually Mean?

Read Genesis 1:26–27 in context, examine key Hebrew terms, and distinguish human dignity from moral innocence.

Open the teachingInvestigate the evidence

BEGIN WITH THE FOUNDATIONS

What Does It Mean to Be Human?

Examine creaturehood, embodied life, dependence, relationship, responsibility, and resurrection hope.

Read the foundational teaching

GO DEEPER IN THE TEXT · GENESIS 1:1–2:3

The Creator, the Creature, and the Gift of Limits

Follow the passage from God’s initiative through creation, blessing, human vocation, and the seventh day.

Read the passage commentary

FRACTURED · FIRST STUDY OPEN

The First Lie Was About God—and About You

Examine Genesis 3: competing claims, promised wisdom, human responsibility, and the cost hidden inside deception.

Open the Genesis 3 teaching

The nine-unit pathway

Created includes two teachings, a passage commentary, and an investigation. Fractured now opens with its first cornerstone teaching. These are developing units; the remaining pathway is a roadmap, not a completed course.

  1. 01 · CreatedHuman dignity, creaturehood, and vocation.Studies available
  2. 02 · FracturedThe entrance and consequences of sin.First study available
  3. 03 · DistortedFalse accounts of God and ourselves.In development
  4. 04 · DividedHostility, partiality, and damaged community.In development
  5. 05 · EnslavedSin, misplaced allegiance, and freedom.In development
  6. 06 · WoundedSuffering, lament, and responsible care.In development
  7. 07 · RedeemedChrist’s saving work and new life.In development
  8. 08 · ReconciledPeace with God and life with one another.In development
  9. 09 · GlorifiedResurrection and the Christian hope.In development

How we examine a teaching

Text → Context → Language → Doctrine → Interpretation → Challenge → Application → Connection.

  • Text: what the passage explicitly states.
  • Inference: a conclusion drawn from evidence; its reasoning must be shown.
  • Theological synthesis: an account built from several passages read together.
  • Tradition / interpretation: an interpretive proposal whose strengths and limits should be examined.

Applications are identified as applications. These labels make the reasoning inspectable; they do not make every conclusion equally certain.

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