Department of Bible

Personal Bible study can be a life-changing experience once you master the basic principles. The course goals are to help you develop your observational skills and to teach you how to survey, synthesize, and chart a book and to begin to analyze passages, words, and historical backgrounds.

Required for Preliminary Certificate.
Required for OT/NT Intensives.

Fall I
Saturdays, 9 a.m. - Taylor
Thursdays, 6 p.m. - Taylor
Mondays, 6 p.m. - Gardner

Spring I
Mondays, 6 p.m. - Blossom

The Bible was written in times, cultures, and languages very different from our own. The principles of interpretation and application taught in this course will help you better understand the meaning of the Bible for the original readers and for your life as well.

Fall II
Saturdays, 9 a.m. - Taylor
Thursdays, 6 p.m. - Taylor
Mondays, 6 p.m. - Gardner

Spring II
Mondays, 6 p.m. - Blossom

The Bible is a book which is misused and misunderstood by many people. It is imperative that Christ's followers know how to accurately undesrtand God's revealed message. Building on the methods and skills learned in 101A and B, this course will introduce more hermeneutical principles to enable the student to better interpret the Scriptures.
Required for Advanced Certificate

Spring I
Mondays, 6 p.m. - Blossom
Thursdays, 6 p.m. - Taylor
Saturdays, 9 a.m. - Taylor

The Bible is made u of literally hundreds of stories. Each of them easily stands alone, and yet they are all part of an overarching, larger plot. The goal of this course is to demonstrate how the entire Bible fits together by tracing its central message from beginning to end. The better we know the Bible's grand story, the more we will come to understand and appreciate how all the pieces come together.

Fall II
Mondays, 6 p.m. Blankley

The controversial verses--divorce, the Deity of Christ, spiritual gifts, doubting, the prayer of faith, wine, communion, . . .--will be analyzed. The approach is inductive and will help the student to get a handle on the various methodologies and techniques of Bible interpretation.

Spring I, Thursdays, 7:35 p.m. - Mann

Well meaning Christian often interpret and then apply the Bible in ways that would come as a complete surprise to the Biblical authors. They also have widely differing interpretations among themselves and, at times, make the Bible mean anything they want it to mean. To avoid this problem, we must be aware of the "seven deadly sins" of Bible study. A required course for serious minded students of Scripture.

Fall I
Mondays, 6 p.m. - Blankley

Did our Bible appear the same way that the Koran and Book of Mormon did, by specail dictation? Or was God more creative than that? Why do we have so many English translations? What are the differences--and why are they all so different?

Spring II
Mondays, 6 p.m. - Kraus

Students of the Bible are often apprehensive about studying the biblical languages. Acquiring proficiency to read these archaic languages takes years and is very expensive. This course, however, is a practical introduction to the basic principles of Hebrew and Greek. The ultimate goal of this course is to help the student become skilled at using lexical aides such as concordances and exegetical commentaries. While the student will not learn from this course how to read Hebrew or Greek with any proficiency, the student will learn how to pronounce, transliterate, and find the meaning of words in the original languages. This skill will enhance the student’s biblical studies.

Fall II, Thursdays, 7:35 pm - Taylor

This six-course series introduces the grammar and vocabulary of Old Testament Hebrew. The goals are for you to acquire beginning ability to read the Hebrew Old Testament, to use Hebrew in a practical way in your study of God's Word, and to utilize the study aids available.

This course is a continuation of the elemental principles of Hebrew grammar and introduces adjectives, prepositions, conjunctions, word structure, sentence syntax, and the basic noun and verb forms in the Hebrew language.
Required for Old Testament Hebrew Grammar.

Fall I / Spring I
Mondays, 7:35 p.m. - Hurt, Jr.