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 […]
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 […]
Patrology, Christology, and Pneumatology
This course is a continuation of TH 620 and presents the study of the persons of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. The study of the Father includes: an analysis of the divine name Yahweh and His distinctive function. The study of the Son includes His deity, the unity of His two natures, His emptying […]
Theology Proper and Trinitarianism
This course is a study in unity in diversity of the Trinity, with emphasis on comparison and contrast with the understanding of pervading Arab philosophy of God and His attributes. The course then demonstrates the necessary triune concept of God as a basis for God’s incarnation and redemption and for man knowing God in a […]
Bibliology
This course deals with how the Bible came from God’s mind to a written form. It covers the study of inspiration, canonicity, transmission, translation, and interpretation. The course stresses the Bible’s inerrancy, infallibility, and authority.
Advanced Studies in New Testament Books 3
This course surveys Hebrews to Revelation, emphasizing the contribution of each book to the kingdom theme, the occasion of each book’s writing, and the application of each book’s message. Also, the course focuses on the new covenant and the relationship between faith and works and New Testament Eschatology.
Advanced Studies in New Testament Books 2
This course surveys Romans to Philemon, emphasizing the contribution of each book to the kingdom theme, the occasion of each book’s writing, and the application of each book’s message. Also, the course focuses on Paul’s theology and the believer’s relationship to the Mosaic law.
