About Joshua

Life Skills

The point of the Joshua program is not just to have knowledge but to be life effective. During the course of the year students will learn necessary skills for effective practical living. We will cover etiquette, car maintenance, finances/budget, taxes, time management, relationships, conflict resolution, and much more.

Theology

The Joshua Theology class is designed to give students an overview of the basic doctrines of the Christian faith. Our desire is that students will walk away with not only an understanding of what it means to be a Christian but that they would own their faith and practically live out what Jesus describes in the Bible as being a disciple. This is not a quest for knowledge but rather owning ones faith and striving to understand the heart of God and what he desires from his people. During the year we will cover such topics as scripture, God, man, sin, Christ, salvation, church, and the end times.

Old Testament

The Old Testament Class at the Joshua Wilderness Institute has three purposes. The first is to demonstrate to students their ability to study the Old Testament scriptures on their own. Many students today are prone to ignore the OT when it comes to life application, discipleship, or evangelism because they feel that it is either too difficult to interpret or too outdate to be relevant. The first purpose of this class is to dispel that myth. The second purpose of the class is study the character of God. Similarly, when students want to understand who God is they spend the majority of their study time investigating Jesus Christ in the New Testament. While this is certainly a good way to understand God, it is not all that has been revealed about Him and to get a complete picture one must look at the Old Testament. The third and last purpose of the class is to get a clear perspective on the overarching rise and fall of man's relationship with God as displayed in the OT. The Old Testament scriptures show such a clear pattern of man's duality and his constant fluxuation from faithfulness to faithlessness despite God's consistency. This pattern is important for students to understand because that same duality is present in our lives, despite God's consistency, and an understanding of His faithfulness regardless of our failure is a major key to ongoing growth in discipleship, and the avoidance of discouragement.

The Consequences of Ideas

This is a course in critical thinking in which the student is taught not what to think, but how to think in a Biblical context. The emphasis of the course is on theology, philosophy and worldviews with foundational principles revealed from the creeds, confessions and the Westminster Catechism. The ultimate goal of the course is for the student to be able to formulate their beliefs and worldview in order to live a life in line with God’s Word. This will be accomplished by exposing the student to the various evangelical theologies and thoughts of the day and provide them the resources that accompany Scripture to accurately critique all they hear and read.

Inductive Bible Study

The purpose of the inductive Bible classes is to equip students with the tools needed to properly study God’s word. Throughout the year they will have a variety of teachers as each month the students will work through a different book of the Bible as they put into practice the inductive skills they are learning.