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Course overview
Want to better understand faith and religion, sharpen your Bible studies skills and bring scripture to life? Take the next step in your professional or personal development with our online Biblical studies courses.
These learning programmes can be a stepping stone towards pastoral work or teaching, and they are also designed for those who wish to enhance their understanding of faith and religion at a personal level.
Job outcomes
- Pastor / Priest
- Theologian
- Preacher
- Chaplain
- Teacher
- Writer / Editor
- Missionary
- Evangelist
- Counsellor
- Non-profit / charity worker
Recognition
Study method
- Online
- Blended
- In-class
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Duration study load
- 24 weeks
Entry requirements
There are NO previous work or education requirements for entry into our Biblical studies course.
So if you want to enhance your understanding of faith and religion, simply enrol on this learning programme today.
Course features
- Further your personal knowledge of faith and religion
- Expedite your career in pastoral work
- Save time and money by learning remotely
- Work through the course material at your own pace
- Have a personal tutor to assist you in your studies
- Receive a 10% discount on your course fees by paying upfront, or opt for our interest-free weekly payment plan
Materials
All the materials you need to complete our Biblical studies course are included in the course fee. Once you enrol, you will receive:
- All required study materials and course notes
- Assignment projects with constructive tutor feedback
- A tutor who will answer all your course and career questions and provide guidance
Subjects
- The meaning and books of the Bible
- History of authorship
- History of the Old Testament
- Inspiration of the New Testament
- Development of the Canon of the New Testament
- Concepts of comparative religion
- Christianity
- Judaism
- Islam
- Baha’ism
- Definition of Christian ethics
- The Sources of Christian Ethics
- The Ethics of Jesus
- Christian character
- The nature of sin
- The Christian and the family
- The ethics of interpersonal relations
- The Christian duties to self
- Duties to the society
- The Christian family
- The Christian and the problem of divorce
- The meaning of counselling
- The importance of counselling
- The ethics of Christian counselling
- The counselling process
- The character of a counsellor
- The need for your best attention
- The value of discussion
- Accepting the counsellee
- Patience in counselling
- The therapeutic process
- Addressing the basic problems in counselling
- Problems and their settings
- Tracing the origin of problems
- Physical causes of problems
- Motives and perspectives for discussion
- Focusing on the problem of self-reliance
- Names and attributes of God
- Transcendence and immanence of God
- Theodicy: The Problem of Evil
- God-head (Trinity)
- The doctrine of humanity
- The doctrine of sin
- Various conceptions of salvation
- Introduction to ecclesiology
- The initiatory rite of the church
- Government of the church
- Three Views on the Millennium
- Meaning, history and methodology of the Old Testament
- God I – existence and nature
- God II – names and manifestations
- God III – attributes
- Divine revelation
- Creation, providence and theodicy
- Humankind – designation, origin and nature
- Election and covenant
- Theocracy and the law
- Sacrifice and worship
- The problem of sin
- Redemption and mission
- Human destiny and hope
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