Course Offerings
O God, Our Help in Ages Past: Church History Part 2
Description
This course focuses on the historical events and developments of the Protestant Reformation occurring in the 16th century while also giving proper attention to the events leading up to the Reformation as well as the subsequent results. This course will consider the lives and contributions of the reformers, including their doctrinal positions, and will explore the main ecclesiastical traditions growing out of the Protestant Reformation that impacted and continue to impact the church and the broader culture.
Offered Winter 2012
View course syllabus.O God, Our Help in Ages Past: Church History Part 1
Description
This course examines the historical developments in the life of the church and its surroundings from the post-apostolic period (AD100) up to the dawn of the Protestant Reformation (AD1453). The course will trace the flow of church history from its foundations in the New Testament through the early persecutions, conflicts with heresy, and eventual conquest of the Roman Empire, concluding with the developments of the Middle Ages, including the missionary expansion of Christendom, the emergence of Islam, the formation of Eastern Orthodoxy, and the rise and decline of the Roman Catholic Church.
Offered Fall 2011
Doctrine of Scripture
Description
This course examines the nature of the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments, giving attention to the witness of the Bible to itself. The course considers the broader concept of divine revelation, as well as specific theological concepts such as biblical infallibility and inerrancy, the attributes of Scripture, and the closing of the canon. Also explored are historical issues such as the process of canonization and the transmission and translation of the Bible through the years.
Offered Fall 2010.
Christology: Person and Work of Christ
Description
This course examines the person and work of Jesus Christ, exploring the reality of and the relationship between the two natures of Christ (divine and human), his three-fold office, and the nature of and various theories concerning his atoning work. The course also includes an evaluation of the contemporary notions of “the Jesus of history” and “the Christ of faith”.
Offered Spring 2011.
Offered May 23-27 2011.
Description
This trilogy of courses aims to provide foundations for understanding the teaching of the Bible and the doctrinal formulations of the church throughout history. The program consists of a three-year cycle of courses including a two-semester survey of the Bible which traces the unified story of Scripture within a redemptive-historical framework in order to help people see THE STORY of the Bible within the stories of the Bible (Bible Survey I & II), a two-semester survey of church history beginning with the post-apostolic age and concluding with the present-day church (Church History I & II), and a two-semester overview of basic theology based on the Apostles’ Creed (Christian Doctrine I & II).
This program is set to begin Fall 2011 with Bible Survey I.
YEAR ONE
Bible Survey I (Genesis through 2 Chronicles)
Bible Survey II (Psalms through New Testament)
YEAR TWO
Church History I (A.D. 100 – A.D. 1054)
Church History II (A.D. 1054 – Present)
YEAR THREE
Christian Doctrine I (Doctrines of God, Man, Sin, and Salvation)
Christian Doctrine II (Doctrines of the Holy Spirit, Church, and Last Things)
Hebrew I
Description
This course introduces the language of Biblical Hebrew, including basic grammar, syntax, and vocabulary, and covers the Hebrew alphabet and vowel pointing, Hebrew nouns and suffixes, Hebrew vocabulary (occurring 134 or more times in the Old Testament), and introduces the Qal perfect verbal system.
Offered by request. Minimum of 5 students per class.
Hebrew II
Description
This course continues the study of Biblical Hebrew, including basic grammar, syntax, and vocabulary, and covers the Qal Imperfect verbal system, the Piel, Hiphil, and Niphal perfect and imperfect verbal systems,
the use of the Waw-conversive, and Hebrew vocabulary (occurring 50 or more times in the Old Testament).
Offered by request. Minimum of 5 students per class.
Greek I
Description
This course introduces students to the grammar and syntax of New Testament Greek by examining the declension of Greek nouns (including the definite article, adjectives, and pronouns), the function of Greek cases, the morphology of Greek indicative verbs, and by repeated exposure to essential vocabulary. Students are required to read Samuel Lamerson’s English Grammar to ACE New Testament Greek as a prerequisite for the course.
Offered by request. Minimum of 5 students per class.
Greek II
Description
The course continues introducing students to the grammar and syntax of New Testament Greek by examining the use of Greek participles, different moods and tenses, various verbal forms, and by repeated exposure to essential vocabulary.
Offered by request. Minimum of 5 students per class.
Greek III
Description
A review of the paradigms and vocabulary learned in Greek I & II (vocabulary occurring 22 or more times), together with further study of the grammar and syntax of New Testament Greek, of verbal principle parts,
along with translation and exegetical work in the Greek New Testament.
Offered by request. Minimum of 5 students per class.
Greek IV
Description
A review of the paradigms and vocabulary learned in Greek I & II (vocabulary occurring 10 or more times), together with further study of the grammar and syntax of New Testament Greek, of verbal principle parts,
along with translation and exegetical work in the Greek New Testament.
Offered by request. Minimum of 5 students per class.