Degree for Subject #7480 (Schedule #10882)
Evangelism and Discipleship
This course prepares students to share the gospel with non-believers. Special attention is given to the challenges of sharing the good news. The course trains students on their responsibility of making disciples, and what is involved in this process.
Apologetics
This is a study of the defense of the Christian faith, with emphasis on the Biblical and theological foundation, as well as preferred methodology in dialoguing with those challenging the truth of Christianity. Attention is given to defending the faith in an Arab world context.
Expository Preaching
This course presents advanced training in preaching based on exegesis of certain biblical texts from the Old and New Testaments. This course stresses the structure of the text from the original languages, the flow of thought, the exegetical outline, the homiletical outline, the main idea along with communication skills. This course also stresses the method […]
Survey of Church History II
This is a study of the development of Christian thought, theology, and practice from the Reformation to modern time. Special attention is given to pivotal figures and eras of this period of church history.
Survey of Church History I
This is a study of the development of Christian thought, theology, and practice from the early church to the Reformation. Special attention is given to pivotal figures and eras of this period of church history.
Ethics
This course is an introduction to moral theology, with an emphasis on building a commitment to using a Biblical and theological foundation to guide one’s beliefs and choices in contemporary life, rather than relative cultural values. Several major ethical issues of international and contextual relevance are studied from a Biblical point of view.
Eschatology and the Book of Revelation
This course covers personal eschatology and general eschatology. Personal eschatology is in regard to every person and includes the study of death, resurrection, the intermediate state between death and resurrection, the judgment seat of Christ, the general judgment, hell, and eternal punishment. General eschatology includes the importance of studying eschatology, the eschatological system followed in […]
Ecclesiology
This course is a study of various understandings of and issues in ecclesiology from both a historical and Biblical point of view. Emphasis is placed on applying the doctrine and principles gleaned from this study to contemporary worship, ministry, and leadership in local churches within the Arab world.
Soteriology
This course is in five sections. Section one is the introductory material covering a metanarrative of salvation and the Biblical roots. Section two discusses and critically analyses the soteriological development in the thinking of the Church Fathers and Theologians who made a major contribution to the doctrine. Including the thinking of Irenaeus, Athanasius, Anselm and […]
