Happy New Year

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A very happy and blessed New Year to you and yours from all of us involved in the ministry of EBC.

Now that the Christmas decorations are packed way for another year and you’ve made – and possibly broken – your New Year resolutions, there’s one more thing on your ‘to do list’ before life fully returns to some sort of normality – choose which of the new modules at EBC you will follow this Spring.  With what we have on offer, some of them starting next week, we believe you will be spoiled for choice.  

Details about what’s available can be found here.

All of these classes are being held over zoom, which means that WHEREVER you are or WHOEVER you are, you can join in.  Additionally, for those of you who crave some human, rather than virtual, interaction, two of these modules – Isaiah and Romans – will be taught in person as well as on zoom.

Leviticus – Hebrews

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Join us in a study of these two immensely significant books over 10 Tuesday mornings, between 11.00am and 1.00pm, starting on 10th January 2023. The course will be held on zoom, so that wherever you live you will be able to take part.

You can simply audit the course and benefit from the teaching and fellowship, or complete an assignment with a view to gaining some study credits. Full study notes and recordings are included in the price, which is £200, but only £150 for the auditing option.

Registration is essential and can be done here. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us.

The Doctrine of God

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Who is God?  Who is this One who reveals himself in Scripture, in the person of Jesus Christ and through the Holy Spirit?

James M Boice

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

This module is a study of the biblical teaching on the doctrine of God, focussing on his being, attributes and the Trinity. It is designed to stir our hearts to worship the incomprehensible yet knowable God.

The class will be held on 10 Tuesday afternoons, between 2 and 4pm, starting on January 10th and will be held on zoom, so that wherever you live you will be able to take part.

You can simply audit the course and benefit from the teaching and fellowship, or complete an assignment with a view to gaining some study credits. Full study notes and recordings are included in the price, which is £200, but only £150 for the auditing option.

Registration is essential and can be done here. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us.

The decline of the knowledge of the holy has brought on our troubles. A rediscovery of the majesty of God will go a long way toward curing them. It is impossible to keep our moral practices sound and our inward attitudes right while our idea of God is erroneous or inadequate. If we would bring back spiritual power to our lives, we must begin to think of God more nearly as He is.

A W Tozer

Romans

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Over 9 Wednesday afternoons in the Spring, EBC’s Director of Training, Pastor John Brand, will be guiding students through the monumentally important Letter to the Romans.

Frederick Godet, the 19th century Swiss Protestant Theologian said of Romans

The Reformation was certainly the work of the Epistle to the Romans and that of the Galatians, and it is probable that every great spiritual renovation in the Church will always be linked, both in cause and effect, to a deeper knowledge of this book.

Martin Luther, the German Reformer said

The Epistle to the Romans is the true masterpiece of the New Testament and the very purest Gospel which is well worth and deserving that a Christian man should not only learn it by heart, word for word, but also that he should daily deal with it as the daily bread of man’s souls.   It can never be too much or too well read or studied, and the more it is handled the more precious it becomes, and the better it tastes.

Is there a more important book in the Bible? This module is intended to open up Romans, highlighting and expounding the great doctrines of the faith that it teaches, as well as identifying all the practical implications and applications.

The class will be held on 9 Wednesday afternoons, between 2 and 4pm, starting on January 18th and will be held both on zoom and in-person, so that wherever you live you will be able to take part.

You can simply audit the course and benefit from the teaching and fellowship, or complete an assignment with a view to gaining some study credits. Full study notes and recordings are included in the price, which is £180, but only £135 for the auditing option.

Registration is essential and can be done here. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us.

Spring 2023 Classes

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Over the next few days we will be posting details of the new classes we will be running in the Spring. All our classes are open to ANYONE and because they are all held on zoom, you can join from ANYWHERE in the world. Two of the classes are also held in-person at our base in Broxburn, West Lothian.

To get more information about individual subjects, click on the title. Not all links currently work but all will do within a few days.

Leviticus and Hebrews

Tuesdays from 11.00am – 1.00pm

on zoom

cost: £200 (auditing only £150)

Scottish Church History

Wednesday from 10.00am – 1.00pm

on zoom and in person

cost: £300 (auditing only £225)

Romans

Wednesdays from 2.00 – 4.00pm

on zoom and in person

cost: £200 (auditing only £150)

Isaiah

Thursdays from 11.00am – 1.00pm

on zoom

cost: £200 (auditing only £150)

Doctrine of God

Thursdays from 2.00 – 4.00pm

on zoom

cost: £200 (auditing only £150)

Route 66: Bible Overview

This term covering Psalms to Malachi

Mondays from 7.00pm – 9.00pm

on zoom

cost: £200 (auditing only £150)

More information about each of these modules will be posted here in the next few days. Registration is essential and can be done here:
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Have you signed up yet for one of our new modules? Route 66 (Bible Overview) started last evening but you could still enrol in time for next week’s class and not have missed too much. We had a keen group of students online, signing in from as far apart as Aberdeen and Belfast, and that’s possible because all our courses are held over zoom. All our other courses – see below – start next week and we are still accepting registrations (here).

Details of the individual subjects can be found here.

Route 66: Bible Overview

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There’s still time to join others who have already signed up for our new evening class series which starts at 7.00pm on Monday 26th September.

Over 30 Monday evenings between now and next summer we’ll work our way through the whole Bible – book by book – becoming familiar with the structure and theme of each book of the Bible, and seeing how it contributes to the storyline of the Bible as a whole. ANYONE is more than welcome to join us, and more details can be found about this course as well as our other autumn 2022 courses here.

Evening Classes on Zoom

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Two weeks today our new autumn series of evening classes on zoom starts and we hope you are going to join us. Over the next nine months, week by week and book by book we will travel Route 66, working our way right through the Bible, studying each individual book as well as setting it in its wider biblical context. This would be a great way to get a good handle on your Bible in a way you may never have done before.

Held over zoom, you don’t even need to leave home to benefit from this course! And because all sessions are recorded, if the live teaching time doesn’t suit you, registered students can access and watch them at a convenient time of their own choosing.

There are two ways to get involved:

  • You can audit the course – simply taking part, enjoying the teaching and online fellowship, and benefitting from lots of notes and materials
  • you can submit assessments – completing three assignments for marking and gaining EBC study credits

The course starts on Monday 26th September 2022 and runs from 7.00 – 9.00pm each Monday evening during College term time. Specific dates will be provided.

The cost is:

  • auditing option: £150 per term (10 sessions @ £15 per night); £420 for the whole year if paid in advance
  • assessments option: £200 per term (10 sessions @ £20 per night); £570 for the whole year if paid in advance

Please note that fees must be paid at least one term in advance. Registration is essential and can be done here.

If you have any questions or want more information, please email info@edinburghbiblecollege.co.uk

You can download a Module Description: here

Course Tutor:

Pastor John Brand DipTH, EBC Director of Training

John was born to missionary parents in India and trusted Christ for salvation while at boarding school there at the age of 11.  He later trained at the Bible Training Institute in Glasgow, and then, for 12 years, pastored two Independent Evangelical churches, one in the inner city of London and then one in Liverpool, during some of which time he also served on the UK Council of Africa Inland Mission International (AIM). In 1993 he took on the role of AIM’s Director for Scotland, becoming Director for UK and Europe in 1999. During his 8 years in this position he exercised a Bible teaching ministry throughout UK and Europe and made regular visits to many of AIM’s fields of service in Africa where he was involved in ministering to missionaries and nationals. Married to Caroline and with two grown up sons and two grand-daughters, John is Pastor of Grace Community Church, Broxburn, contributes book reviews and articles to Christian publications, and is author of three books – A Concise Chronology of the Bible, The Bible as it Happened and Mission Matters, which has also been published in Romanian. In the little spare time he has, he enjoys reading, walking and family history research.

Introduction to New Testament Greek

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If you are serious about studying the Bible in any depth and reading commentaries, we believe you really should get at least the basics of the New Testament Greek alphabet and the way the language works.

If you are a teacher or preacher, it is essential to have at least a reading knowledge of the language, so that you can follow the text even if you need to look at a translation or dictionary from time to time. This will help you to understand both the text itself and some of the more complex areas of interpretation.

More details here