New Wineskin Theological Seminary & Bible College

Bachelor’s Degree Course Description

Fall 2005

Introduction To Exegetics & Hermeneutics: This couse will explore the various methods of interpreting scripture. It will begin with a booklet called “Rightly Dividing the Word.” It will continue with a text book called How to Understand Bible by T. Norton Sterrett. It will be driven by the statement of Jesus in John 5:39-40.

Introduction to Church History: This course will explore the history of the Christian Church from the Apostles to the 1970’s. Students will examine the positions of various Christian thinkers by examining their writings. This will be a survey course that will look at various epochs of Christian history examining the notable events and creeds.

Homeletics: This course will examine different types of preaching. Students will contrast expository preaching with “proof text” preaching. Each of the sermons in the book of Acts will be analyzed. Likewise, sermons of great preachers throughout history will be examined and discussed. The topics of discussion will be individuals such as Spurgeon, Dr. King, Dr. Ironsides, Martin Luther, and George Whitfield, to name a few. Preaching Style will also be examined.

Dispensationalism/Covenant Theology: This course will examine the theology and exegetics behind three different theological systems; Dispensationalism, Covenant Theology, and New Covenant Theology. Students will work with text books as well as internet material. The places where they are in agreement will be examined as well as the places where they differ.

Exegetics/Hermemeutics II: This course will be a continuation from the introductory course. The introductory course will be a prerequisite to taking this course. The debate between Augustine and Pelagius will be examined. We will look at Calvin, Luther, Arminius

Old Testament: This course is an introduction to the Old Testament. It will be examined by its various major divisions; the Pentatuch, the Poetry and Wisdom books, The Major Prophets and the Minor Prophets. It will be an over all survey of the Old Testament.

Church and the Community: This course will explore and define the role of the church in the community at large. There will be a discussion of social programs that the church can administer to the needy, the disinfranchised, the broken hearted, and the bound of our communities.

The Pastor in the Church: This course will look at the multifaceted duties of the shepherd. Being an overseer or a pastor is much more than preaching on Sunday and conducting bible study and prayer services.

New Testament: This course will be an introduction to, and an over view of, the New Testament. It will be examined by its various divisions; the Gospels, the Acts of the Apostles, the Epistles, and the Apocolypse. The occasion and recipients of the epistles will be examined as well.

Evangelism: This course will survey the biblical mandate to the church for evangelism. It will examine practical techniques for implementing this mandate. It will provide training skills to equip a person to develope an evangelistic plan.

Counseling/Biblical Perspective: This course is designed to provide the pastor or minister the skills to counsel from a biblical perspective. The text book will be Competent to Counsel by Adams.

Early Church Fathers: This course will examine the writings of the Early Church Fathers. This will include but not be limited to Clement, Tertullian, Ignatius, Origen, The Shepherd of Hermas, and The Didache. Much of this material is available on the internet.

Exegetics Independent Study NT: This course will provide the student with the opportunity to conduct and share independent study. Each student will be assigned to write a commentary on the New Testament book of their choice. They will then share their writings with the other students in the class. The sharing will be in the form of an oral presentation.

Christ in the Scriptures: This course will survey the figures and types of Christ in the Old and New Testament. It will also touch on the Pre-incarnate Christ, the visitation of the “Angel of the Lord” and “Melchizedek the King of Salem.” Likewise, Christ of the gospels, the risen Lord, and the Crist of the book Revelation.

The Reformation: This course will examine the reformation from a variety of angles; the circumstances that led to refomation, the thinkers that brought about the reformation. The theology that caused the reformers to splinter into various groups. It will also look at the men of the reformation such as, Luther, Calvin, Zwingli, Menno Simmons, and John Knox.

Comparative Religions: This course will be a survey of the worlds major religions. It will compare Christianity with Judiasm, Buddhism, Islam, and Hinduism.

Exegetics Independent Study OT: This course will provide the student with the opportunity to conduct and share independent study. Each student will be assigned to write a commentary on the Old Testament book of their choice. They will then share their writings with the other students in the class. The sharing will be in the form of an oral presentation.

New Covenant Theology: This course will explore and examine the main points of “New covenant Theology.” This study takes the position that the new covenant is distinct and seperate from the Old Covenant and that it is in full force today.

Revelation: This course will examine Revelation Chapter by Chapter and verse by verse. The four basic interpretational approaches will be discussed and examined, that is, the Allegorical, The Preterist, the Historical, and the Futurist as they relate to doctrines of eschatology.

Homeletics II: This course will be a continuation of Homeletics I with the emphasis on personal preaching and sermon developement. Each student will be assigned a book of the New and Old Testaments and will be required to develope sermons from them. These will be shared in group oral presentations of 3 to 7 minute sermonettes.

Homeletics III: This course will be a continuation of Homeletics II. It will invaolve independent study in developing sermons from scripture in context. This will instruct students in the art of “expository preaching.”

Marriage & Family Counseling: This course will examine the needs for family counseling. It will be a continuation of the Counseling a Biblical perspective. It will address the biblical mandates in contrast with the psychoanalytic mandates for counseling.

Ministerial Internship*: This is a course designed to allow the minister to do independent study in the feild. It will be set up to work hand in hand with a local church.

Preaching - Evangelism - Missions: This course will examine the mandate for preaching the gospel and how this is connected with evangelism and missions. Who is responsible for evangelism and missions. It will also explore methods for implementing evangelism and missions in the church.