The new College term starts this week, but there’s still time to sign up for one or more of the modules we are teaching over the coming weeks. We can still accept registrations for:
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In the latest in a series of interviews with preachers around the world, EBC’s Principal, John Brand, interviews Evangelist Glen Scrivener who was a stand up comedian before becoming a preacher and takes the Scriptures and preaching extremely seriously.
EBC’s Principal, John Brand, interviews preacher and blogger Peter Mead in his series of interviews with preachers around the world
“…the process of being conformed to the image of Christ by the gracious working of God’s Spirit and for the transformation of the world”
(Dallas Willard)
In this module, taught by Heather Holdsworth, the Gospel of Matthew will be the discipleship handbook from which Jesus’ discourses will be studied. ‘Kingdom Focussed Discipleship’, studies the principles and depths in Christ’s first sermon set out in Matthew 5-7.
The course will run over 10 Tuesday mornings, from 11.00am – 1.00pm, starting on January 9th, and since they are held over zoom you don’t even need to leave home!
There are two ways to get involved:
Please note that fees must be paid in advance. Registration is essential and can be done here.
You can download a Module Description: here
If you have any questions or want more information, please email info@edinburghbiblecollege.co.uk
The Christian life is a spiritual life, because the Holy Spirit should be at the heart of our daily Christian experience. There is no Christian life apart from the presence, power and resources of the Holy Spirit. This course will seek to teach clearly the biblical truths about the person and work of the Holy Spirit, while also addressing the areas of controversy and confusion.
Taught by EBC’s Principal, Rev John Brand, the course will run over 10 Tuesday afternoons, from 2.00 – 4.00pm, starting on January 9th, and since they are held over zoom you don’t even need to leave home!
There are two ways to get involved:
Please note that fees must be paid in advance. Registration is essential and can be done here.
You can download a Module Description: here
If you have any questions or want more information, please email info@edinburghbiblecollege.co.uk
John Calvin wisely stated that “Nearly all the wisdom we possess, that is to say, true and sound wisdom, consists in two parts: the knowledge of God and of ourselves……Accordingly, the knowledge of ourselves not only arouses us to seek God, but also, as it were, leads us by the hand to find him.”
This module will examine the biblical teaching on the doctrine of humanity, emphasising the constitutional nature of human beings, what it means to be made in the image of God and the effects of sin on human nature.
Taught by EBC’s Principal, Rev John Brand, the course will run over 10 Thursday mornings, from 9.30 – 10.30am, starting on January 11th, and since they are held over zoom you don’t even need to leave home!
There are two ways to get involved:
Please note that fees must be paid in advance. Registration is essential and can be done here.
You can download a Module Description: here
If you have any questions or want more information, please email info@edinburghbiblecollege.co.uk
This module introduces the student to Matthew, Mark and Luke, both as individual books with their own distinctive agendas, structures and themes, and also as a synoptic record of the life and ministry of Christ as distinct from the fourth gospel. It address the issue of the supposed ‘synoptic problem’ and gives reasons why we can have confidence in the reliability of the gospel accounts.
Taught by EBC’s Principal, Rev John Brand, the course will run over 10 Wednesday afternoons, from 2.00 – 4.00pm, starting on January 10th, and since they are held over zoom you don’t even need to leave home!
There are two ways to get involved:
Please note that fees must be paid in advance. Registration is essential and can be done here.
You can download a Module Description: here
If you have any questions or want more information, please email info@edinburghbiblecollege.co.uk
“What think ye of Christ? is the test to try both your state and your scheme;
you cannot be right in the rest, unless you think rightly of him.”
(John Newton)
In this module, taught by Rev Dr Sandy Roger and EBC’s Principal, Rev John Brand, we will study the biblical teaching on the doctrine of Christ, focussing on his being and the main aspects of his life, work, death, resurrection and continuing ministry, as well as considering some of the inadequate Christological views that have been held through the centuries.
The course will run over 10 Wednesday mornings, from 11.00 – 1.00pm, starting on January 10th, and since they are held over zoom you don’t even need to leave home!
There are two ways to get involved:
Please note that fees must be paid in advance. Registration is essential and can be done here.
You can download a Module Description: here
If you have any questions or want more information, please email info@edinburghbiblecollege.co.uk
This week saw two major changes to EBC’s Board of Directors.
First we reluctantly accepted the resignation of Greig Ferguson, Pastor of Yoker Evangelical Church. Greig has decided to stand down because of growing ministry commitments and, while thanking him for his contribution to the work of the College in recent years, we commend him and his ministry to the Lord.
Then we welcomed Rev Gavino Fioretti, Minister of Evanton Free Church, to the Board. Gavino has taught a couple of modules at the College which have been very well received and we are delighted at this new level of involvement.
This piece expresses the passion and vision of EBC
Affectionately known around the world – at least at one time – as ‘The Land of the Book’, Scotland, the land of the Covenanters, of Knox, of the saintly Bonar brothers, Samuel Rutherford, and so many more, is, today, in a dark place spiritually.
As of old, “The wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates are destroyed by fire.” (Nehemiah 1:3)
As in much of the UK as a whole, the Church in Scotland is in steep decline and most of the mainline denominations are confused and compromised. In Scotland, it is estimated that the Church of Scotland itself will be extinct in the next decade if things continue on the current trajectory.
Much of the blame for all of this is put on the world around us and its influence on the church, but the truth is that the churches are emptying and closing at an alarming rate, not because of opposition or persecution or even secularism; not because of external influences, but due to internal decay, because of biblical illiteracy in the pew and biblical error and unbelief in the pulpit.
As John MacArthur has rightly said, “Satan is most effective in the church, when he comes, not as an open enemy, but as a false friend; not when he persecutes the church, but when he joins it; not when he attacks the pulpit, but when he stands in it.”
Or as Sinclair Ferguson expresses it, “The decay of the church is never the fault of the world. Inward spiritual decline always precedes outward collapse.”
Not everything is bleak. There has been a rediscovery of biblical expository preaching in some quarters, the forging of gospel partnerships, and a passion for the planting of new churches.
EBC was born out of a vision and a burden to not just weep and lament, as did Nehemiah, but, like him, to do something to help rebuild the walls, to restore the glory of what once was.
The Church in Scotland needs strengthening – not just by truly regenerate preachers in the pulpit but by biblically literate men and women in the pews.
We exist to meet both pressing needs – serve the churches and equip the saints, and the more the saints are equipped the more effectively they can serve their churches.
