Diploma of Biblical Studies & Christian Ministry

Course Outline: What You Will Cover

1 Introduction to the Bible

• 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 The Christian
• 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 Imminence 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 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