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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.
Hermeneutics (Interpreting the Bible)
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.)
Hermeneutics is the technical term for the theory and methodology of correctly studying the text of Scripture. This course is designed to give you the tools to study any passage of Scripture and come to a correct understanding and application of the text.
Hermeneutics is both a science and an art. It is a science because there are rules that must be applied, and it is an art in that the skill and gifting of the interpreter is necessary for the correct application of the rules.
This will be a very practical and interactive course with lots of exercises and opportunities to apply what you have learned.
This course runs over 18 weeks – 9 in the autumn of 2020 and 9 in the Spring of 2021. There is an optional, additional 9 week component in the summer of 20201.
Course dates:
In order to make this course as widely accessible as possible we are running it at two different times in the week
Tuesdays
- October 6, 13, 20, 27; November 10, 17, 24; December 1, 8
- from 7-9pm
Thursdays
- October 8, 15, 22, 29; November 12, 19, 26; December 3, 10
- from 2-4pm
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 for each term.
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.