"What is Creation?" Theopolis Chicago Regional Course with Peter Leithart

2720 Kirchoff Road,Rolling Meadows IL 60008

08 April, 2022

Description

Peter Leithart explores the Biblical teaching of creation and what it teaches us about God, ourselves, and the world. What is Creation?Discussions of creation often revolve around debates about science and faith. Did God really create the world in six days? How old is the earth? Is evolution true? These are important questions, but the Bible’s teaching about creation is far richer and vaster. In the 2022 Theopolis Regional Course, Peter Leithart will explore how Genesis 1 provides the foundation of everything we know about God, His relation to the world of time and space, the nature of the created reality, and the purpose and destiny of human beings and the creation. The course will answer questions such as: Why is the creation account written in the way it is?Why is God’s name (‘elohim) plural? Why does God speak of Himself as “us”?Is “classical theism” compatible with Genesis 1?What is heaven? What is the relationship between heaven and earth?Why does God first create a formless, empty, dark, and watery earth? Why didn’t He create everything instantly?What does Genesis 1 tell us about God’s relationship to time?What does the fact that God created the world by speaking tell us about God? What does it tell us about creation?Why does God create light first and the light-bearers later?What does it mean for animals to be “living souls”?What does it mean for man to be created in the “image of God”?What does it mean for man to “have dominion”?The course will be offered at Christ Covenant Church of Chicago on April 8-9, 2022. Daily Schedule8 AM: Coffee and refreshments (provided) 8:30 AM: Matins (Morning Prayer) 9 AM – Noon: Lecture & Discussion Noon: Sext (Midday Prayer) 12:15 PM – 2 PM: Lunch (provided on location) 2 PM – 4:30 PM: Lecture & Discussion 5 PM – 7 PM: Dinner (on your own, recommendations provided) 7 PM: Vespers (Evening Prayer, OPEN TO PUBLIC) 7:30 PM: Evening Lecture (OPEN TO PUBLIC) Required readings for the course discussion sessions will be provided to all registrants.