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FEBC’S
FIRST CONFERMENT OF THE DOCTOR OF THEOLOGY (ThD) DEGREE
AT HER 30TH GRADUATION SERVICE, MAY 8, 2005
FEBC introduced
her Doctor of Theology programme at her 40th anniversary in
2002. In view of the rapidly declining theological standards not only in
evangelical but also fundamental colleges and seminaries around the world,
FEBC felt it a duty to offer conservative Bible scholars the opportunity
for advanced theological studies in order to train a new generation of
faithful leaders for the Bible College movement. There is a vital need to
train more principals and professors of theology who are fully committed to
the Verbal Plenary Inspiration (VPI) and the Verbal Plenary Preservation (VPP)
of Scripture (Ps 12:6-7, Matt 5:18, 2 Tim 3:16, 1 Pet 1:23-25), and to the
biblical doctrine and practice of Personal and Ecclesiastical Separation
(Deut 7:1-11, 2 Cor 6:14-7:1, 2 Thess 3:6-15). This is in keeping with the
Pauline injunction, “And the things that thou hast heard of me among many
witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach
others also” (2 Tim 2:2).
The ThD programme
was officially launched in July 2002 with three students—Rev Prabhudas
Koshy, Rev Quek Suan Yew, and Mr George Skariah. All three have proven
themselves to be capable teachers and defenders of the Word of God within
the total spectrum of Biblical and Systematic Theology, and are proficient
in the three biblical languages of Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek. They have
succeeded in writing and defending their respective dissertations:
Prabhudas Koshy,
A Teaching and Counseling Manual for Pastors from the Book of Proverbs
(380 pp).
Quek Suan Yew,
Biblical Polemics: A Critical Analysis of Four Major Modern Religious
Movements Which Contribute to the Ultimate Formation of the One World
Church in the Light of Historic Fundamentalist Theology (486 pp).
George Skariah,
The Biblical Doctrine of the Perfect Preservation of the Holy Scriptures
(368 pp).
The examining
committee comprised FEBC’s founding principal—Dr Timothy Tow; the academic
dean—Dr Jeffrey Khoo; and two distinguished Christian leaders from USA—Dr
Arthur Steele, Chancellor of Clearwater Christian College, and Dr D A
Waite, President of the Dean Burgon Society.
In a letter to
the academic dean, Dr Waite wrote, “May our God continue to bless your
important ministry in training men to pass on to other generations the
needed truths of both perfect inspiration and perfect preservation of the
Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek Words underlying our King James Bible. I hope
that this will be only the FIRST of many other Th.D. candidates who
successfully graduate from your institution from all over the world. We
need many, many more to stand on these important doctrines. If we in the
United
States are slow to produce such, perhaps the Lord will continue to use you
brethren in Singapore to succeed in this task.”
It goes without
saying that if FEBC is to contend earnestly for the Once-For-All-Settled
Faith (Ps 119:89, Jude 3), she can and must only do so in the strength of
our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ—the Author and Finisher of our Faith (Heb
12:2). We will continue to walk in the narrow way (Matt 7:13-14). May the
Lord keep and preserve FEBC true and faithful to His Great Commission and
to His Forever Infallible and Inerrant Word until the day of His
Second Coming.
Soli Deo
Gloria!
To God alone be the glory!
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The
3 doctoral candidates
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Hooding Ceremony
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Das
Koshy is conferred the ThD
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Quek Suan Yew is conferred the ThD
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George Skariah is conferred the ThD and congratulated by Dr Steele
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Recessional
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Dr Das Koshy with the academic dean
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Dr Quek Suan Yew with family and relatives
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