Biblical Studies & Ministry Course

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
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

Name
Description
Origin
Transmission of the text
Contents, history, and doctrine