Certification of Bible and Theology

This Course is designed to equip students with the skills and knowledge required to defend the authority of the Christian scriptures and to correctly interpret them and apply their message to contemporary ministry contexts.

Curriculum covered

1. Course Description
2. Introduction to Course
3. What is the Bible?
4. Page to Canon
5. Canon to Us
6. Responding to Questions about Bibliology
7. A Need for Interpretation
8. Pre-Understandings
9. Quality Resources
10. Online Quality Resources
11. Historical Context
12. Historical: Cultural Ingredients
13. Literary Context: OT Genre
14. Legal Stipulations
15. Literary Context: Poetry
16. Literary Context: NT Genres
17. More Literary Context
18. Literary Context: Observation Skills
19. Literary Context: Semantics
20. Literary Context: Word Studies
21. Word Study Example
22. Putting it all Together
23. All About Theological Principles
24. Application
25. Parables

About your instructor

Matthew Jarlett

Following the completion of his Bachelor of Arts (Biblical Studies), Matthew assumed Vocational Education Course Supervisor role with Harvest Bible College.

This series systematically introduces every aspect of Christian theology. Beginning with asking the what, why, how and which of theology, the presenter Grant Buchanan moves to the ways God has and does communicate with People & Creation.

Curriculum Covered

1. What is Theology?
2. Why Theology?
3. How Theology?
4. Which Theology?
5. Revelation
6. General Revelation
7. Special Revelation
8. Bibliology: Study of Scripture
9. Theology of Scripture
10. Trustworthiness of Scripture
11. Biblical Interpretation
12. Theology of God
13. Existence of God
14. Attributes of God
15. Names of God
16. The Trinity
17. Creation (1)
18. Creation (2)
19. Angels (1)
20. Angels (2)
21. Demons & Satan
22. Theology of Humanity
23. Where did we come from?
24. Humanity
25. The Image of God

About your instructor

Pastor Grant Buchanan

Prior to Bible teaching, Grant served as a full-time pastor and school chaplain. Although a lecturer in theology and biblical studies with a focus on Pauline theology and the Gospels, Grant also operates as a professional counsellor and is working towards the completion of this Doctor of Philosophy by exploring a pneumatological reading of Galatians in light of 6:15 and the impact this has on Christian identify.

This series systematically introduces every aspect of Christian theology. Beginning with asking the what, why, how and which of theology, the presenter Grant Buchanan moves to the ways God has and does communicate with People & Creation.

Curriculum Covered

1. Sin & Salvation: Salvation
2. Sin & Salvation: Blood
3. Sin & Salvation: Evil
4. Sin & Salvation: Affliction
5. Christology
6. Heresies
7. The Creeds
8. The Deity of Jesus
9. The Humanity of Jesus
10. Atonement
11. Atonement in the New Testament
12. N.T. Wright on the Atonement
13. The Resurrection & Ascension
14. Who is the Holy Spirit?
15. The Holy Spirit in the Old Testament
16. The Holy Spirit in the New Testament
17. The Personhood of the Holy Spirit
18. The Fruits, Gifts & Baptism in the Spirit
19. Theology of Church
20. What is the Church?
21. Church: Local and Universal
22. The Church & the Kingdom
23. Church Leadership & Roles
24. Theology of the Future
25. Death
26. The Second Coming & the Rapture
27. The Millennial Reign & Judgement
28. New Heavens, New Earth

About your instructor

Pastor Grant Buchanan

Prior to Bible teaching, Grant served as a full-time pastor and school chaplain. Although a lecturer in theology and biblical studies with a focus on Pauline theology and the Gospels, Grant also operates as a professional counsellor and is working towards the completion of this Doctor of Philosophy by exploring a pneumatological reading of Galatians in light of 6:15 and the impact this has on Christian identify.

This course is designed to equip students with the skills and knowledge required to evaluate, synthesis, communicate and apply the biblical narrative to a selected contemporary ministry context.

Curriculum Covered

1. Seeing the Bible as One Story
2. What is the Story? (Working it Out)
3. The Plot: Orientation & Creation
4. The Plot: Complication
5. The Plot: Resolution
6. The Exodus (YHWH vs Pharaoh)
7. Sinai Covenant
8. The Desert & Covenant Renewal
9. The Former Prophets (From Conquest to Exile)
10. The Judges Cycle
11. Ups & Downs of Samuel
12. The Tragedy of Solomon
13. The Latter Prophets
14. Isaiah: Concerns Three Crises
15. Jeremiah: the Weeping Prophet
16. The Day of YHWH: the Minor Prophets
17. The Writings

About your instructor

Matthew Jarlett

Following the completion of his Bachelor of Arts (Biblical Studies), Matthew assumed Vocational Education Course Supervisor role with Harvest Bible College.

This course will kick start your interpretive journey of the Scriptures as you unpack the nature of the Bible and how to read sentences, paragraphs and discourses within the biblical text.

Curriculum Covered

1. The Nature of the Bible (1)
2. The Nature of the Bible (2)
3. Pre-Understandings (1)
4. Pre-Understandings (2)
5. The Interpretive Journey (1)
6. The Interpretive Journey (2)
7. Reading Sentences
8. Reading Paragraphs (1)
9. Reading Paragraphs (2)
10. Observation
11. Reading Discourses (1)
12. Reading Discourses (2)

Pastor Grant Buchanan

Prior to Bible teaching, Grant served as a full-time pastor and school chaplain. Although a lecturer in theology and biblical studies with a focus on Pauline theology and the Gospels, Grant also operates as a professional counsellor and is working towards the completion of this Doctor of Philosophy by exploring a pneumatological reading of Galatians in light of 6:15 and the impact this has on Christian identify.

The Bible is not one book, but a collection of books with many genres. In this course, you’ll uncover the different genres in the Bible and learn how they affect the way in which Scripture is read and interpreted.

Curriculum Covered

1. New Testament Genre: Gospels
2. New Testament Genre: Epistles
3. New Testament Genre: Revelation
4. Old Testament Genre: Narrative
5. Old Testament Genre: Law & Prophets
6. Old Testament Genre: Poetry
7. Old Testament Genre: Wisdom
8. New Testament Genre: Acts
9. Communicating the Passage
10. Where we have Been

About your instructor

Pastor Grant Buchanan

Prior to Bible teaching, Grant served as a full-time pastor and school chaplain. Although a lecturer in theology and biblical studies with a focus on Pauline theology and the Gospels, Grant also operates as a professional counsellor and is working towards the completion of this Doctor of Philosophy by exploring a pneumatological reading of Galatians in light of 6:15 and the impact this has on Christian identify.

It’s difficult to get to the heart of the Bible without an understanding of biblical context. You’ll dive into how to get a grasp of historical and literary contexts, before exploring word studies and getting to the original intention of the passage.

Curriculum Covered

1. Historical Context (1)
2. Historical Context (2)
3. Historical Context (3)
4. Literary Context (1)
5. Literary Context (2)
6. Literary Context (3)
7. Word Studies (1)
8. Word Studies (2)
9. Word Studies (3)
10. Meaning & Original Intention (1)
11. Meaning & Original Intention (2)
12. Meaning & Original Intention (3)
13. Interpretation
14. Holy Spirit & Interpretation
15. Application
16. Literary Context & Genre

About your instructor

Pastor Grant Buchanan

Prior to Bible teaching, Grant served as a full-time pastor and school chaplain. Although a lecturer in theology and biblical studies with a focus on Pauline theology and the Gospels, Grant also operates as a professional counsellor and is working towards the completion of this Doctor of Philosophy by exploring a pneumatological reading of Galatians in light of 6:15 and the impact this has on Christian identify.

This course gives an overview of the life and ministry of Jesus as described by four gospel narratives. The aim of the course is to bring an understanding of the cultural and historical environment of the day within its literary setting.

Curriculum Covered

1. Course Description
2. Introduction to Course
3. Concept of Audience
4. Context of the Internal Narrative Audience (1)
5. Context of the Internal Narrative Audience (2)
6. Context of the Internal Narrative Audience (3)
7. Interpretation
8. What are the Gospels?
9. Why Four Different Accounts?
10. Structure of Gospel Accounts (1)
11. Structure of Gospel Accounts (2)
12. Structure of Gospel Accounts (3)
13. Structure of Gospel Accounts (4)
14. What is the Gospel? (1)
15. What is the Gospel? (2)
16. History of the Birth of Jesus
17. The Passion Week
18. Jesus & the Fulfilment of the Old Testament (1)
19. Jesus & the Fulfilment of the Old Testament (2)
20. Jesus & the Fulfilment of the Old Testament (3)
21. Jesus is the Breather of Life
22. Putting it all Together
23. What does the Kingdom look like? (Mark)
24. Abstracting Principles
25. Application
26. What Does the Kingdom Look Like? (Matthew & Luke)
27. What Does the Kingdom Look Like? (John)
28. Jesus Kingdom Gospel Today?
29. Jesus’ Commissioning

About your instructor

Matthew Jarlett

Following the completion of his Bachelor of Arts (Biblical Studies), Matthew assumed Vocational Education Course Supervisor role with Harvest Bible College.