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Tending His Sheep

Essential Practical Theology for the Maturing Christian Working in the Kingdom of God.

Stephen Gose, PhD, Th.D. Candidate

 It is a workbook on "shepherding" local fellowships in "Christian Education" and nurturing the Body of Christ toward maturity. It compares the first-century beliefs to today's church dogma. It reviews essential Systematic Theology on various doctrines, their origins, historical background, and their final inclusion into the modern-day church.

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 This workbook is a study on Practical Theology and living as an "ambassador" within the "Kingdom of God" and the "Kingdom of Heaven". It builds on the knowledge gained from "Feeding His Lambs" and adds the topics of our current and future roles as Christians within the "Kingdom of Heaven" and the "Kingdom of God". Furthermore, it provides a gentle introduction to various essential teachings (aka -also known as- "doctrines") found in Systematic, Historical, and Practical Theologies, — their origins, their motivations, from those early years toward encroaching heresies and heterodoxy, and their "final traditional agreements" incorporated into today's church dogma. The "sparring sessions" become more intense as we review these ancient "heresies and heterodoxies".

Links are provided to various external scripture translations, lexicons, topical commentaries from the Blue Letter Bible and other proprietary resources. These external links provide additional background information, and concepts for deeper spiritual growth from notable Theologians found throughout the modern-day Body of Christ. I generally quote from the New American Standard Bible and will indicate otherwise when I use another translation. I assume the reader is ready to "eat spiritual finger food" and is beyond the need for, and "weened from, "spiritual milk". (criteria found in Hebrew 5:13-14 and workbook #1 online lessons) I have incorporated several of my dad's — Rev. C. G. Gose, Th.D., D.Div. — sermons, lectures, journals, and articles throughout this entire collection.

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Stephen Gose, PhD, Th.D. Candidate

Avatar is an adorable cartoon sketch of my wife. My 48th anniversary is this coming Sept 1, 2026!

Stephen Gose, Ph.D. Information Systems (honorary) (and second-generation German) is a retired Professor Emeritus with a 41-year career as a certified network engineer, and "Certified Cisco Academy Instructor" (CCAI) since 2002. He is listed in the Who's Who for Information Technology for his directly related work for the Internet backbones in the Caribbean, Netherlands, Israel, and Russia. He was awarded "Letters of Appreciation" from AT&T, and the German, Israeli, Dutch, and Russian Governments. Steve has nearly three decades of international "teaching and conference lecturing" in both Local-Area and Wide-Area Networks, network security, Internet backbones, software engineering, and program/project management. He is a retired US Army Signal Corps Officer. He earned, in 2014, the ITT Technical Institute's "Instructor of the Year" out of 8,000 instructors across 144 campuses throughout the USA. 

He graduated from Grand Canyon University with his first B.A. in Religions and Music Education, then a B.S. in Business Admin. from the University of Maryland, and an M.B.A. in International Management from Liberty University.

He is currently pursuing his Th.D. He has been a licensed minister since 1972 and a missionary to Okinawa, Japan. He earned the US Army Chaplain Outstanding Service Award in 1983. 

In his spare time(?), Steve enjoys creating online casual games, software engineering, and managing his online gaming businesses. 

My driving theme: "Always stay humble and kind"

His website is: https://www.Stephen-Gose.com/

His game showcase is: http://www.renown-games.com

His theology website: http://kingdomofgodprinciples.com/

Game Support Site: http://makingbrowsergames.com/

Review my profile on LinkedIn.com: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephen-gose/

Contents

Table of Contents

Copyrights & Distribution

Attribution

About this Workbook

Disclosures

This workbook is

  1. … NOT for folks who …
  2. … for Believers in Jesus, the Christ, and Son of God.

What you’ll learn …

Knowing Jesus Personally

  1. Summary
  2. How will you respond?
  3. Part I - Ruling & Reigning

Kingdom of WHAT?

  1. “Rightly Dividing The Word”
  2. Deeper Dive: But Matthew says …
  3. “The King and Kingdom of Heaven”,
  4. Deeper Dive: Charles Ryrie’s Clarifications
  5. Dispensationalism by Charles Ryrie

Role as Ambassadors

  1. Understanding our position
  2. Understanding our influence
  3. Understanding our stewardship
  4. Luke 19:12-19.
  5. 1 Corinthians 3:11-16
  6. 1 Timothy 6:18-19

Role as kings of THE King

  1. Understanding our Rulership
  2. Part II - Basic Doctrines

Essential Doctrines

  1. “Eve’s Lesson” To Theologians
  2. Doctrinal Categories
  3. Orthodoxy and Traditions
  4. Warning! Heresies Ahead!
  5. Early Church Fathers
  6. Justin Martyr — “… made like God.”
  7. Athanasius — “… putting on the body”
  8. Resources

The Bible - Doctrine of Bibliology

  1. Our Reception of the Bible
  2. New Testament Available Today
  3. King James Version
  4. Deeper Dive: Apocrypha Removed? Why?
  5. The Bible “is” OR “contains” God’s Words?
  6. Understanding the Bible
  7. Deeper Dive: Synoptic Gospels
  8. The Synoptic Problem and Q
  9. Resources

Theology Proper — Doctrine of God

  1. Who is God?
  2. Yahweh’s Attributes
  3. Yahweh’s Nature
  4. Yahweh’s Emotional Personality
  5. Yahweh’s Benevolence
  6. Doctrine of Christology
  7. Christ — the Son of Man
  8. Who is This “Unique” Son
  9. Deeper Dive: Christ’s 3-day “Descent” into Hell?
  10. Doctrine of Pneumatology
  11. Quotes Wilbur Pickering’s New Testament
  12. Pickering Footnotes:
  13. “Who” or “What” is the Holy “Breath”?
  14. Is the Holy Ghost a male or a female?
  15. Neuter in nature, not personal
  16. Mission of the Holy Ghost
  17. Biblical Search
  18. More than One Spirit?
  19. Historical Background
  20. Blasphemy against the “Holy Breath”?
  21. Who is telling us the Truth??
  22. Doctrine of the Trinity
  23. Resources

Theology Practicum

  1. A doctrine on which to base our faith?
  2. First Century Beliefs - Sun vs Egg
  3. Third Century Beliefs
  4. Early Heresies: Tri-theism
  5. Early Heresies: Non-trinitarianism

Mankind - Doctrine of Christian Anthropology

  1. Reconciling Anthropology & Christianity
  2. “The Distinction Between The Spirit, The Soul, And The Body”
  3. Created in His image
  4. Review from “Feeding His Lambs” page 8.
  5. Soul of Mankind
  6. Commissioned for His Governance
  7. “Man in the Image of God”
  8. Proving the Soul’s Existence
  9. Advanced test: Soul Responding to Stimuli
  10. Decline of Mankind
  11. Early Heresies — Marcion & Gnostics
  12. Resources

Non-humans - Doctrine of Angelology

  1. What is Angelology?
  2. Who or What are Angels?
  3. Angelic Missions
  4. Who or What are “devils”, “evil spirits”, & Satan
  5. Resources

Sin & Evil — Doctrine of Hamartiology

  1. What is Sin?
  2. The overall concept
  3. Broader definition of sin
  4. Deeper Dive: Hebrews 6:4-12 Explained
  5. Where did “Sin” come from?
  6. What is Evil?
  7. Sin vs. Evil
  8. Resources

Salvation - Doctrine of Soteriology

  1. “A Believer’s Guide to Spiritual Fitness.”
  2. Election
  3. Conditional Election
  4. Unconditional Election
  5. Redemption
  6. Justification
  7. Sanctification
  8. Propitiation & Reconciliation
  9. Deeper Dive: Atonement Debated
  10. Regeneration
  11. Resources

Church - Doctrine of Ecclesiology

  1. Church Foundation
  2. Church Commission
  3. Missiology is a Doctrine?
  4. Church Fellowship
  5. Church Organizational Structure
  6. Christian Zeal Examined
  7. Mark 16:9-20 Debate
  8. True Christian Zeal
  9. Resources

Future Events - Doctrine of Eschatology

  1. What is Eschatology
  2. Signs Preceding Christ’s Return
  3. The “Rapture”
  4. The Tribulation — Next Earth Judgment
  5. Closing Events — Summarized
  6. Rewards & Awards
  7. Types of Royal Awards
  8. The Crown of Glory
  9. Malalchi 3:8-15 (KJV)
  10. The Crown Imperishable
  11. The Crown of Life
  12. The Crown of Rejoicing
  13. The Crown of Righteousness
  14. Resources
  15. Part III - Daily Conduct

Prayer

  1. Quote from a note by John MacArthur
  2. Learning to Communicate.
  3. The Prayer God Hears
  4. Resources

Faith

  1. What is Faith?
  2. Living by Faith

Living Abundantly

  1. Isaiah 42:1-9
  2. How to Achieve Abundant Living?
  3. “To Whom parables were directed”
  4. Achieving Abundant Living.
  5. Resources
  6. Appendix
  7. Table of Contents:

Book 1: Tending your Spiritual Neonatus

  1. Are Christians anemic both physically and SPIRITUALLY?
  2. “10 Things I’ve Learned From Lambs”
  3. Daily Spiritual Nutrition Plan
  4. New Believer’s Bible Lessons
  5. Spiritual Snacks between Meals (by Topics)

Vocabulary & Definitions

Influential Authors

  1. About Dr. S. Lewis Johnson, Jr.
  2. About Watchman Nee (Nee Shu-tsu )
  3. About Dr. Wilbur Pickering & “PickNT”

Study Tools

  1. Linguistics
  2. Tools
  3. Religious Quizzes (off-site)
  4. Quiz Listing from “Select Smart”
  5. Recommend quizzes for insight
  6. Use with discretion

Personal Journal & Notebook

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