This course of study explores the relationship between the basic doctrines of the Bible and counseling, with emphasis on the biblical basis of the Cognitive and Temperament therapies. Since Jesus gave the command to go into all the world and preach the Gospel (Mark 16:15, 16), preaching has been the center piece of the three-fold mission of the church: (1) evangelism, (2) edification, and (3) equipping. Preaching has gone through some mountain peaks and valleys. It has been popular and unpopular. Today it is on a slippery slope. It is in trouble. This graduate course is designed to upgrade, renew and take preaching in the 21st century back to the place God intended (cf. 2 Timothy 4:1-8). This course is designed to address issues in the following areas of theology: eschatology, ecclesiology, and theology proper (Trinity). We will be addressing various issues within each of these areas at the professor’s discretion and identifying which ones, and to what extent, they have had, or are having, within the Churches of Christ.
This course is designed to investigate Christian evidences beyond the historical evidences of Christ and the early church. The course will include an overview of the nature of Christian apologetics, Archeology and the Bible, the evidences of intelligent design and the Creator in creation from the sciences, and the use of Christian evidences in postmodern generations. This course is certainly not a complete review or compilation of all evidences within these areas, but is designed to open some doors of investigation by presenting some evidences and reviewing beginning materials. Overall, the intention of this course is to provide further confidence in the Word of God from a scientific point of view.
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