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== '''Course 9 (PhD/MDiv): Resolving Contradictions with Sensus Plenior''' ==
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=== '''Week 1 – Introduction: The Nature of Contradiction''' ===

* '''Day 1:''' Why We See Contradictions: Hebrew vs. Greek Frameworks
** The limits of rational categories (e.g., binary logic vs pattern logic)
** The Hebrew worldview: paradox, pattern, and purpose
* '''Day 2:''' Sensus Plenior as a Reconciliatory Method
** Structure and symbol as unifying forces
** SP is not compromise, but deeper coherence

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=== '''Week 2 – Doctrinal Tensions I: Grace and Law''' ===

* '''Day 3:''' Grace vs. Law in Narrative Structure
** The law as shadow of grace through the cross
** Symbolic readings of Torah as gospel foreshadowing
* '''Day 4:''' Reconstructing the Tension Through Symbols
** Examples: Mount Sinai, blood, the veil, leprosy, garments
** Workshop: resolving Exodus or Leviticus passages

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=== '''Week 3 – Doctrinal Tensions II: Justice and Mercy''' ===

* '''Day 5:''' Judgment, Sacrifice, and Substitution
** SP patterns: the judge who is judged, the priest who dies
** Christ as both justice and mercy in every structure
* '''Day 6:''' Narrative Resolution: Cain, David, Jonah, and the Cross
** Comparing “justice withheld” stories through SP
** Student reflection assignment: “How SP Reframes Justice”

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=== '''Week 4 – Doctrinal Tensions III: Sovereignty and Free Will''' ===

* '''Day 7:''' The God Who Commands and the Man Who Chooses
** Symbolic resolution: two sons, two trees, two roads
** Reading Genesis 2–3 structurally
* '''Day 8:''' Joseph and Pharaoh: Divine Control Through Human Conflict
** SP resolution of providence and participation
** Class debate: Is God orchestrating or responding?

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=== '''Week 5 – Contradictions in Proverbs and Wisdom Literature''' ===

* '''Day 9:''' “Answer a fool” / “Don’t answer a fool” – Which is true?
** Parallelism, poetic tension, and the Spirit’s interpretive key
** Application: how to teach paradox with integrity
* '''Day 10:''' Proverbs and the Cross: Resolution through Pattern
** Case studies: wisdom vs folly, rich vs poor, reward vs judgment
** Workshop: harmonizing conflicting proverbs

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=== '''Week 6 – Gospel Harmonies and Apparent Discrepancies''' ===

* '''Day 11:''' Why the Gospels Tell Different Stories
** Gospel development as progressive revelation, not contradiction
** Symbolic and theological reasons for variance
* '''Day 12:''' SP Reading of Gospel Discrepancies
** The fig tree, the blind men, the resurrection accounts
** Assignment: resolve one Gospel tension through the cross

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=== '''Week 7 – Contradictions in the Law''' ===

* '''Day 13:''' Legal Conflicts in Torah: Ritual vs Moral Law
** Symbolic readings of dietary laws, Sabbath, leprosy, etc.
** Unifying all through Christ’s fulfillment
* '''Day 14:''' Structural Reconciliation of Judgment Laws
** Bloodguilt, stoning, and cleansing rituals through the cross
** Workshop: choose one commandment and trace its fulfillment in Christ

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=== '''Week 8 – Reframing Theology Through SP''' ===

* '''Day 15:''' Historical Confusion: Theology Through Non-Hebraic Lenses
** Church history, scholasticism, and Greek philosophy
** The damage of separating Spirit and symbol
* '''Day 16:''' Restoring Theological Confidence Through SP
** How to teach unity in Scripture with integrity and precision
** Group reflection: “Where has SP brought peace to my theology?”

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=== '''Week 9 – Student Teaching Lab''' ===

* '''Day 17:''' Teaching the Tension: Student-Led Resolution Sessions (Round 1)
** 5–7 minute teachings: one contradiction and SP-based resolution
* '''Day 18:''' Teaching the Tension: Student-Led Resolution Sessions (Round 2)
** Continued with peer and instructor feedback

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=== '''Week 10 – Final Projects and Integration''' ===

* '''Day 19:''' Final Paper/Presentation Workshop
** Refine logic, symbols, citations
** Optional peer review + feedback sessions
* '''Day 20:''' Final Presentations: Resolving Three Contradictions
** Each student presents one symbol-based resolution with a theological reflection
** Class celebration and commissioning: peace through the cross