COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
Personal Revival
This course is brief, with little academic emphasis. Its primary purpose is to infuse into the student the disciple of a regular daily quiet time. It gives students guidelines for understanding the subjective experiences common to all believers such as divine guidance, spiritual warfare and growing in faith.
Christian Leadership I&II: Principles and Practice
Many sectors of Latin America have only known authoritarian and dictatorial systems of government, whether religious or political. The notion of a leader disposed to serve and suffer for his followers, who treats them as people of value, has few cultural antecedents.
These two courses are taught together. The book has three sections: Principles, Practice and the Mentor. The student will have a biblical concept of leadership, along with practical managerial skills. He will understand better his mentoring role as the core of his leadership.
Materials: Teacher's Manual// Book by , Christian Leadership//Book by , Spiritual Leadership
Gospel of Grace: Joyfully Justified
Many Christians assume they understand the gospel well, until they study justification. The Apostle Paul considered this doctrine so important, he made it the central theme of Romans and Galatians. This course shows why justification is the basis of our security of salvation. It deals with such themes as imputation, faith and works and finishes with a refutation of the catholic errors on justification.
Personal Evangelism
The best personal evangelism training we have ever seen is the Way of the Master series with and actor who is the protagonist in the Left Behind movie series. The 12 lessons on VHS are revolutionary because the approach is totally biblical. It emphasizes repentance in a way other witnessing plans fail to do.Way of the Master DVD series Costs $25.00 but well worth it. You can show it to groups. (Our church showed it at adult Sunday School resulting in real enthusiasm for witnessing.) 12 lessons, about 40 minutes each. The book The Way of the Master by , contains much of the same material as the DVD. Seminaries and educational institutions receive a 50% discount. To order by phone, you may call Living Waters 1-800-437-1893. To see their web site, go to Living Waters.
As a suppliment to the Way series, we recommend a little booklet from RBC Ministries with a witnessing plan for those who wish another approach. This is How Can I Share My Faith Without An Argument. RBC has numerous helpful booklets at a reasonable price. This ministries has numerous excellent teaching booklets, some for Christians, others for different kinds of unbelievers.Phone number to order is:
Church Government (Ecclesiology)
Witherow shows the Bible approves only one form of church government. He lays out the six principles with irrefutable scriptural evidence.
In his basic manual, The Body of Christ, Gary Teja touches on all the fundamentals: The roles of church officers, their duties and privileges the roles of church offices, along with their duties and privileges; the membership, church discipline and marks of a biblical church.
Materials: The Apostolic Church by // The Body of Christ by // Recommended essays by : Elder Controversy, Deaconesses
Bible Interpretation (Hermeneutics)
Ignorance of the common sense rules of interpretation is behind most doctrinal errors. Sproul explains what are these rules and why they exist.
Materials: Book, How To Study The Bible by . No manual exists for this course because it is found as a study guide in the last part of the book.
How to Teach
Many Christian workers think they know how to teach and do not. The biblical philosophy of teaching involves sharing one's life with the student, not just imparting data. Research shows certain techniques are more efficient than others. Hendricksen explains these are 'law' of the teacher.
Materials: Book, Teaching to change lives. by .
Essay: Teaching Methods by Smalling. There is no manual for this course because there is a study guide at the end of book.
History of the Reformation
Since we are training people to be reformers, not just reformed, it seems appropriate for students to grasp how the reformers went about it. The reading for the course is the first section of the book below.
Materials: A History of Christian Thought: From the Protestant Reformation to the Present Day by is a classic introduction to the reformation. It covers the whole period from the reformation to the present day. The book is large and a bit expensive (about $20) but worth the price as a reference work.
We have no manual in English for this course