
Prayer and Praise for May
A Day in the Bible
Over recent years I have presented my Bible in a Day seminar to 100s of people in numerous churches around the UK and also in Poland. That seminar is still available but I am now developing a new one called A Day in the Bible and have already got bookings for it in Liverpool and Omagh in the autumn.
This seminar addresses two hugely important subjects –
Session 1: The Story of the Bible
- How did we get our English language Bibles?
- Why only 66 books – why these 66 and who decided on them?
- What do we make of The Apocrypha and other extra biblical literature?
- Why do we still need new versions and translations?
- How do I choose the best version to use?
Session 2: The Doctrine of the Bible
The Bible is:
- Inspired
- Infallible
- Inerrant
- Authoritative
- Sufficient
- Clear
There will be lots of notes and visuals, opportunities for questions and answers, and a book containing all the contents of the seminar.
If you would be interested in discussing possibilities for presenting this in your church – either over one day or perhaps two evenings – please contact me.
It’s Friday…..but Monday’s Coming!
The summer term starts on Monday 28th, but there is still time to sign up for one or more of the new one-term modules which we are teaching over the coming weeks.
Full details of any course can be found by clicking on the link:
Summer Term Modules
There are just 10 days until the start of or summer term and we have a strong and varied programme of subjects available for study. ANYONE, ANYWHERE can join, because they are all taught over zoom.
There is still time to register for one or more of the modules and you can get more information by clicking on one of the links below:
Prayer and Praise
Each month we produce a very brief powerpoint presentation with a few pointers for praters and praise related to the ongoing ministry of the College. A number of individuals use it as well as a few churches who include it in their prayer meetings. We are grateful to everyone for supporting the College in this way and if you would like to have the powerpoint sent to you automatically each month, please let us know. You can download the April edition here.
Preachers on Preaching
Here is another of the Principal’s interviews with preachers around the world. This time it’s Peter Grainger in Edinburgh.
New Adjunct Lecturers
We are always looking to strengthen our already formidable team of adjunct lecturers and have recently added two new men who will be teaching in the summer term.

Rev Ben Fiddian studied Genetics at the University of Sheffield and Theology at the Wales Evangelical School of Theology in Bryntirion, South Wales. He has served in a variety of ministry contexts in the UK and overseas and is currently exploring research interests in the challenges posed to faith and religion by secular multiculturalism. Based in St Andrews, he enjoys walking his dogs on the local beaches. He will be teaching Pneumatology, the doctrine of The Holy Spirit.

Jamie Gallacher is ‘one of our own’, having graduated from EBC with a Diploma in Expository Preaching (Honours) EBC in 2017 and a Licentiate in Theology in 2020. He then undertook further studies at Highland Theological College and graduated with a BA(Hons) in Theological Studies. Jamie is currently planning on doing a 1 year top up Masters at Edinburgh New College and then hopefully a PhD in Textual Criticism. He will be teaching Introduction to New Testament Greek.
Prayer and Praise
Each month we produce a very brief powerpoint presentation with a few headlines for prayer and praise. Our hope and prayer is that individuals who support the work might find them useful but also that church fellowships might take a few minutes each month in their prayer meeting to remember the work before the throne of grace. We usually produce the presentation at the turn of the month but, for various reasons, the March one is a little later than we had hoped.
You can download the powerpoint here.
Pneumatology: The Doctrine of The Holy Spirit
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 one of our new Adjunct Lecturers, Rev Ben Fiddian, the course will run over 10 Tuesday mornings, between 11.00am and 1.00pm, starting on April 29th, and since they are held over zoom you don’t even need to leave home!
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; cost £140
- you can submit assessments – completing an assignment for marking and gaining EBC study credits; cost £200
Registration is essential and can be done here. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us.
