Accommodation Wanted. We are trying to help one of our students – a single mature male – find suitable accommodation in the Broxburn / Uphall area. if you know someone who could help, even for 3 nights each week, please could you contact us. Thanks.
New EBC Board Member
EBC is governed by and accountable to local churches through our Board of Directors which is made up of leaders of evangelical churches and we’re delighted to welcome Pastor David Childs as a new member of the Board.
David grew up in the South East of England in a Christian home. In his early twenties God led him to Africa with African Inland Mission as a Mechanical Engineer to help with the maintenance on a mission station in Central African Republic.
This marked a turning point in the direction his life would now take.
On his return he headed to Bible College followed by 10 years pastoral ministry in Southampton. After a short spell pastoring in the North East of England David arrived in Scotland in 2011 to pastor Strathaven Evangelical Church.
Throughout David’s ministry he has maintained his heart for mission. Never one to be content with theory, he has been working with some church leaders in Angola to establish a leadership training program.
David met Diane, from Northern Ireland, at Bible College and they have two sons, Joel and Matthew, and more recently two daughters in law, and 3 grandchildren.
David has a passion for, and a track record in, discipling, mentoring and training and we are sure he will prove a great asset to the College.
How to support EBC without it costing you anything
Do you ever buy anything from Amazon? For many of us, love them or loathe them, we often turn to Amazon to buy things online. Well now, you can buy from Amazon in the usual way and at the same time support the ministry of EBC financially.
Here’s how it works:
- Instead of going online to www.amazon.co.uk, go to smile.amazon.co.uk
- Choose Edinburgh Bible College as your charity of choice
- From then on, a small percentage of every amount you spend on Amazon will be given paid into EBC’s bank account.
It couldn’t be simpler and won’t cost you anything other than what you were going to spend anyway.
The Bible In A Day
NEWS FLASH!
There is now NO CHARGE for this seminar.
(though if you want to make a donation we wouldn’t try to dissuade you!)
Just register here and we’ll send you a zoom link
These six hours will give you a bigger Bible…
(Rev Dr Sandy Roger)
- Do you know your Jeremiah from your Jeroboam; your Elisha from your Elijah?
- Do you know when the Exodus was, or the Exile?
- Where were Jerusalem, Jericho and Joppa?
- Who were Habakkuk and Hezekiah?
- Did you know that Adam and Noah were alive at the same time
- or what was the last letter Paul wrote?
For many – perhaps most – Christians, vast sections of the Bible are either ‘no go’ or at least ‘not gone’ areas. They are strangers to much of God’s exciting and important revelation to us.
The Bible in a Day is designed to change all that.
- We will make you feel at home in the worlds of the Old and New Testaments and help you join up all the pieces in a clear and helpful way.
- We’ll give you the what, where, when, who and why of all the major events and sections of the Bible.
EBC Principal John Brand has presented this material in many local churches around the UK and is now presenting it online in a special one day seminar.
Presented over four 1.5 hour sessions on Saturday 3rd October, with opportunities for questions and interaction, this is a great way to really get to know your Bible – your whole Bible.
Pre-registration is essential and can be done here.
We all felt that John was extremely well at explaining the Bible and came across in an enthralling manner, keeping our interest at all times.
The McKernan family
To see what others have said about the seminar, click here
Bible Overview
Here are details of the last of our new virtual classrooms which are running this autumn and which are open to anyone. (You can find more information about our virtual classrooms here.)
Becoming familiar with the whole Bible appears a rather daunting task, but this course is designed to help you make all the relevant connections and discover the big, redemptive, storyline. It provides an overview of the whole Bible, looking at the dominant motif, the setting and environment out of which it came, and the contribution each book of the Bible makes to the whole.
Over two College years, starting this autumn with Genesis through to 2 Samuel, we’ll guide you through each of the Bible’s 66 books giving you it’s outline, key verse and timeline among other things.
Course dates:
Thursdays
- October 8, 15, 22, 29; November 12, 19, 26; December 3, 10
- from 9.30 – 10.30am
Course Tutor:
Rev John Brand, EBC Principal
John has been involved in a Bible preaching and teaching ministry for more than 40 years, has pastored 3 local churches, headed up an international missions agency, led 2 Bible Colleges and trained preachers in several countries including Sudan and South Sudan.
Course Cost:
We want to make our courses as widely accessible as possible so this course, like our other virtual classrooms, is available on a donation basis, though the usual cost for this course would be £45 for each term.
Registration:
Pre-registration for this course is essential and can be done here.
Discipleship
Here are details of another of our new virtual classrooms which are running this autumn and which are open to anyone. (You can find more information about our virtual classrooms here.)
Jesus gave his followers one task. The most rewarding, challenging, and strategic work. A creative, personal, and flexible investment in the future. This one activity has propelled the church though history and placed it in our hands. And now His commission comes to us, “Go, and make disciples.”
This module approaches the task with confident hope in the teaching of Jesus Christ and the example of the early church. It explores the marks of a disciple and unpacks the everyday elements of making disciples, so that you can continue to grow as a life-giving, good-news Christian and bring others along with you.
Course dates:
Thursdays
- October 8, 15, 22, 29
- November 12, 19, 26
- December 3, 10
- all from 11.00am – 1pm
Course Tutor:
Dr Adrian Holdsworth
Adrian serves as Director of Church Operations at Carrubbers Christian Centre in Edinburgh, supporting the Elders in strategic and operational projects. He has a passion for relational discipleship ministry.
Course Cost:
We want to make our courses as widely accessible as possible so this course, like our other virtual classrooms, is available on a donation basis, though the usual cost for this course would be £90.
Registration:
Pre-registration for this course is essential and can be done here.
BIBLICAL APOLOGETICS
Here are details of another of our new virtual classrooms which are running this autumn and which are open to anyone. (You can find more information about our virtual classrooms here.)
We live in a world where doubt is heroic and faith is moronic. That’s why we need apologetics, which helps us in two ways: (1) personal edification and (2) persuasive evangelism.
It is common for Christians to be disturbed by things they find in the Bible and doubts that they have encountered out in the world. Apologetics helps us tackle and understand these issues that otherwise can undermine our confidence in the person and promises of the Lord Jesus.
Also in our increasingly post-Christian society there are many objections to taking the Bible seriously and many difficulties in communicating the gospel with secular people. Apologetics helps us to think through the hardest questions in the classroom, and equips us with strategies for sharing the good news of Jesus out in the field.
The course will be taught by Rev David Nixon and Dr Andy Bannister, drawing on materials and experiences developed while doing apologetics ministry in 21st century Scotland.
Course dates:
Wednesdays October 7, 14, 21, 28; November 11, 18, 25; December 2, 9
Time: 11.00am – 1.00pm
Course Tutors:
Rev David Nixon
David is Associate Pastor at Carrubbers Christian Centre in Edinburgh, and also lectures and writes.
Dr Andy Bannister
Andy is Director of Solas Centre for Public Christianity. He holds a PhD in Islamic studies and is an Adjunct Research Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Islam and Other Faiths at Melbourne School of Theology.
Course Cost:
We want to make our courses as widely accessible as possible so this course, like our other virtual classrooms, is available on a donation basis, though the usual cost for this course would be £90.
Registration:
Pre-registration for this course is essential and can be done here.
Who is God?
Here are details of another of our new virtual classrooms which are running this autumn and which are open to anyone. (You can find more information about our virtual classrooms here.)
What you think about when you think about God is the most important thing you’ll ever think.
A W Tozer
n this 9 week course we will study ‘true theology’ – what the Bible teaches about God – focussing on his being, his names and his attributes. With God’s help we will study in such a way that as well as our heads being biblically informed our hearts will be deeply warmed and our lives profoundly transformed.
There is no doubt but that 99% of our troubles as Christians is that we are ignorant of God. We spend so much time feeling our own pulse, taking our own spiritual temperature, considering our moods, our states, and fears. Oh, if we had but had some conception of Him, the inconceivable glory of God.
D M Lloyd-Jones
Course dates:
Tuesdays October 6, 13, 20, 27; November 10, 17, 24; December 1, 8
Time: 11.00am – 1.00pm
Course Tutor:
Rev John Brand, EBC Principal
John has been involved in a Bible preaching and teaching ministry for more than 40 years, has pastored 3 local churches, headed up an international missions agency, led 2 Bible Colleges and trained preachers in several countries including Sudan and South Sudan.
Course Cost:
We want to make our courses as widely accessible as possible so this course, like our other virtual classrooms, is available on a donation basis, though the usual cost for this course would be £90.
Registration:
Pre-registration for this course is essential and can be done here.
Galatians
Here are details of another of our new virtual classrooms which are running this autumn and which are open to anyone. (You can find more information about our virtual classrooms here.)
The letter to the Galatians has been referred to as the “Magna Carta of Christian liberty”. It addresses the issue of false gospels, specifically, the heretical claim by the “Judaizers” that works of the Law, such as circumcision, are essential for Gentiles (non-Jewish people) before they can receive salvation as Christians.
Paul had once delivered the Gospel of grace to the Galatians, which they so wonderfully believed. Now, in his letter to them, he must chastise them for so readily believing “another gospel”. He will go on to expose and dismantle this false gospel by appealing to both Old Covenant promises of salvation and their fulfilment through the New Covenant in Christ Jesus. This pharisaic infiltration by the Judaizers has also generated contentions and bad fruit between the Galatian saints. Paul, therefore, exhorts them to reject the false teaching, to walk in the Spirit and put away the desires of the flesh so that they may produce good fruit.
Galatians is a warning and an encouragement to the Church in every generation, as it deals with issues that have plagued the Christian faith since it began.
Course dates:
Tuesdays October 6, 13, 20, 27; November 10, 17, 24; December 1, 8
Time: 9.30 – 10.30am
Course Tutor:
Mr Ryan McKernan
Ryan is an EBC Graduate who is currently looking to the Lord for his direction for ministry
Course Cost:
We want to make our courses as widely accessible as possible so this course, like our other virtual classrooms, is available on a donation basis, though the usual cost for this course would be £45.
Registration:
Pre-registration for this course is essential and can be done here.
Scottish Church History
Today, we are posting details about the first of five virtual classrooms we are running this autumn. You can find more information about our virtual classrooms here.
“The Faith of the Gospel on Fire” is a great way of describing how the Reformation transformed Scotland. What made believers ready to sacrifice everything, even their lives, rather than disobey Christ in any way?
This course focuses on Scotland’s long reformation, covering the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. It seeks to understand the significance of the events that took place as well as the people and principles involved. We trace the connection between the first Reformation of 1560 and the Second Reformation period associated with the National Covenant of 1638. Tracking the tumultuous twists and turns of different events, kings can be challenging. We will seek not only to understand these but also the spiritual impact behind the events.
Our hope is that you will not only discover more about this period but that you will see how its legacy can enrich us today. “Come and see the works of God” (Psalm 66:5)
Course dates:
Tuesdays October 6, 13, 20, 27; November 10, 17, 24; December 1, 8
Time: 2.00 – 4.00pm
Course Tutor:
Mr Matthew Vogan
Matthew is the General Manager at Reformation Scotland Trust. He has written various books including volumes about Samuel Rutherford and Alexander Shields.
Course Cost:
We want to make our courses as widely accessible as possible so this course, like our other virtual classrooms, is available on a donation basis, though the usual cost for this course would be £90.
Registration:
Pre-registration for this course is essential and can be done here.