Online Program Enrollment


The Theology Program
Summer  2009 Semester
Please note, this is online students only. To find more about the online program, go here.

Science & The Bible

Instructor: Rob Bowman ThM.
Online meeting dates: Time: Tuesdays July 14-Sept 8 from 9pm EST – 10:30pm
Place: Online - Paltalk (www.paltalk.com/express) Course Requirements: Minimum 3 hours per week.
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  Course description 
Come join us for a balanced look at the issues regarding science and the Bible.
Nine sessions (tentative schedule):

1. History of science (Copernicus, Galileo, Newton, Darwin, Einstein, Hawking)
2. Revelation and the philosophy of science (general v. special revelation; realism v. nonrealism in science; how science changes; models for relating science and theology; naturalism)
3. Models of creation and evolution (young-earth and old-earth creationism, theistic evolution, atheistic and pantheistic evolution)
4. Genesis 1-3 and creation (Genesis 1:1 and creation ex nihilo; age of the earth and universe; origin of life and its diversity; origin of the human race; historicity of the Fall)
5. Genesis 4-9 and creation (the genealogies and the antiquity of the human race; the nature, extent, and universality of the Flood; interpretations of the Flood and of geology)
6. Creation in the rest of the Bible (wisdom literature [Psalms, Proverbs, Job]; Romans 5 and 8; creation and its consummation in biblical eschatology)
7. Physical sciences and creation (origin of the universe, fine-tuning and design arguments)
8. Biological sciences and creation (origin of life, arguments for and against macroevolution, ID)
9. Human sciences and creation (origin of human race; mind-body problem and modern brain science)
This course will meet Tuesdays July 14-Sept 8 from 9pm EST – 10:30pm Course cost $100.00 USD.
   

Fall 2009 Semester (coming soon)

   
Introduction to Theology Instructor: C. Michael Patton ThM.
Online meeting dates: Tuesdays 9pm - 10pm (GMT-5 Hours) Sept 1st- Nov. 10th, 2009
Course Requirements: Minimum 3 hours per week.
  Course description

This is a theological studies methods course. Its primary purpose is to teach you skills for developing a Christian mind, by helping you construct a solid foundation for thinking through life’s most important issues. We will begin by establishing the reality and nature of truth and then learn that rightly interpreted Scripture is the final arbiter of truth. You will learn the about various sources for theology and the way that different people use and misuse these sources. This course endeavors to enable people to think theologically and construct a biblical worldview that makes the Christian’s witness relevant to all people in need. This course is a prerequisite to all other required courses of theology.

This course will meet Tuesday nights, 9 - 10pm Eastern time, for 10 weeks beginning on Sept. 1st 2009, and finishing on Nov. 10th, 2009. Course cost $100.00 USD.

   
Ecclesiology & Eschatology Instructor: C. Michael Patton ThM.
Online meeting dates: Tuesdays 10pm - 11pm (GMT-5 Hours) Sept 1st- Nov. 10th, 2009
Course Requirements: Minimum 3 hours per week.
  Course description

What is the Church? Why is the Church here? What is the Church supposed to be doing? And how it the Church supposed to do it? These are questions of Ecclesiology. What does the future hold? What are the events that we should expect to happen when God brings about the end of His current plan? Why are there so many conflicting interpretations about the millennium, the tribulation, and the rapture? These are questions of Eschatology. This course is a study of both the nature and purpose of the Church and a study of the end times. The purpose of this course is to orient people to the program of God throughout the ages, understanding how the Church fits in to His program. The vital relationship between one?s view of the Church and one?s view of the end times will be emphasized. We will come to the understanding that while orthodox Christianity has always believed that Christ is coming back, there are many differences concerning the details of His coming.

This course will meet Tuesday nights, 10 - 11pm Eastern time, for 10 weeks beginning on Sept. 1st 2009, and finishing on Nov. 10th, 2009. Course cost $100.00 USD.

 

Spring  2010 Semester (coming soon)

   
 Trinitarianism Instructor: C. Michael Patton ThM.
Online meeting dates: Tuesdays 9pm - 10pm (GMT-5 Hours) Jan. 12th- Mar. 16th, 2010
Course Requirements: Minimum 3 hours per week.
  Course description

Who is God? Better yet, what is God? Can we know for certain that He exists? If so, how? How can God be one yet three? How can Christ be both God and man? This course is a study of the nature, existence, and attributes of our Trinitarian God. We will examine the biblical evidence and historical development of our understanding of the doctrine of the Trinity, person of Christ (Christology), and the person of the Holy Spirit (Pneumatology). Particular attention will be spent on worldview analysis in order to answer the question “What is God?” before we can approach the question “Who is God?” We will also learn and evaluate the common arguments for the existence of God that philosophers and theologians have put forth over the centuries. A defense of the orthodox doctrine of the Trinity will be put made as well as one for a belief in the full humanity and full deity of Christ.

This course will meet Tuesday nights, 9 - 10pm Eastern time, for 10 weeks beginning on Jan. 12th, 2009 and finishing on Mar. 16th, 2010. Course cost $100.00 USD.

   
Soteriology Instructor: C. Michael Patton ThM.
Online meeting dates: Tuesdays 10pm - 11pm (GMT-5 Hours) Jan. 12th- Mar. 16th, 2010
Course Requirements: Minimum 3 hours per week.
  Course description

This course is a study of the nature of salvation. It will focus on the process and responsibilities of salvation from the standpoint of God and from the standpoint of man. We will look both to Scripture and the church history for answers. Focus will be made on the doctrine of justification—the central issue of the Reformation. Much time will be spent attempting to understand the ongoing debate between God’s sovereignty in salvation and man’s responsibility. We will also examine at the different views of the atonement, faith and repentance, eternal security, and the destiny of the unevangelized.

This course will meet Tuesday nights, 10 - 11pm Eastern time, for 10 weeks beginning on Jan 12th. 2010, and finishing on Mar. 16th, 2009. Course cost $100.00 USD.