BASIC THEOLOGY FOR EVERYONE

The Basic Theology for Everyone courses are conducted during the regular FEBC semesters on Monday and Thursday nights from 7.30 p.m. to 9.30 p.m. These classes are especially opened to the public.

There is no minimum educational requirement for admission to these courses, but those working towards the Certificate must have at least 3 GCE “O” Level passes inclusive of English.

A pamphlet introducing the courses that will be offered may be obtained from the College office. The registration form should be completed and submitted to the Registrar, FEBC, 9A Gilstead Road, Singapore 309063 before 16 July 2010, together with your payment. Cheques should be crossed and made payable to Far Eastern Bible College. Please write your name on the reverse side of the cheque.

Should students decide to drop a course, fees will be refunded if the FEBC Office is notified within 21 days of commencement.

Attendance will be taken at every lecture. Certificates of Attendance will be awarded to students who have attended at least 80% of the respective courses.

In the Semester, July to November 2010, the following courses are offered:
 

SECOND KINGS

Rev Dr Quek Suan Yew, STM, ThD

Mondays, 19 July – 8 November 2010, 7.30-9.30pm

Just as the book of Joshua describes the entrance of Israel into the Promised Land, the book of 2 Kings describes the removal of Israel from the Promised Land. The LORD Himself sent Israel into exile. What was the reason?

The book of 2 Kings is a continuation of history of the Divided Kingdom as found in 1 Kings. 2 Kings reveals the holiness of God in His dealings with Israel. Israel was God’s chosen nation—the apple of God’s eye. Nevertheless, when Israel sinned against God, she had to be punished. God as the righteous Judge is no respecter of persons. The basis of God’s punishment of Israel was His Law and His Covenant.

The church today has much to learn from this poignant story of the fall of God’s people. Israel began with great promise. God gave Israel a spiritual purpose. She was to manifest the grace and mercies of God to a lost and dying world. She failed the LORD miserably. The church today is given the same privilege. Is the church fulfilling this privileged duty as God’s ambassadors and evangelists, or has the church likewise sinned against God?

A study of this book will teach us valuable lessons on the holiness, grace, longsuffering and mercies of God. We will see how God patiently guided a disobedient Israel back to the straight and narrow path of truth and righteousness. King after king was encouraged to repent and return to God. Prophet after prophet was sent to rebuke and exhort the nation. But when the sins of Israel were full, the LORD had to do that which was truly painful but nonetheless needful to redeem His people.

Come and study about Israel’s sinful and painful past so that we might learn not to repeat the mistakes of history, but rather do that which is good and right before God in these last days.

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SECOND CORINTHIANS

Rev Dr Jeffrey Khoo, STM, PhD

Thursdays, 22 July – 11 November 2010, 7.30-9.30pm

Second Corinthians is an epistle written with full of emotion and passion. It is an epistle that reveals a whole lot about the Apostle Paul. If one wants to know who Paul really was as a person and as a servant of God, this is the epistle to study.

In this epistle, Paul’s “heart is enlarged” (2 Cor 6:11). This statement of his comes just before the classic passage on separation, “Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers” (2 Cor 6:14). Many a time, the doctrine of separation is taught clinically and practised coldly, but this ought not to be. We need to understand the Pauline ethos and pathos which led him to command the church to live a separated life. We need to understand the many problems that plagued the Corinthian church and the sufferings Paul went through for the sake of Christ and His church in order to appreciate why separation is so vital and necessary in the life of the church, especially today.

The second epistle of Paul to the Corinthians has a lot to teach about the pastoral ministry. How to be a good pastor, missionary, or servant of God? Bible College students will find a whole lot of instruction here from the life and example of the Apostle Paul. Members of the church likewise would learn how to recognise a true minister of the gospel and how to treat good pastors in a godly manner. Many in the church today treat their pastors like puppets or “Go-fetchers”. Sadly there are pastors today who are simply “rice-preachers”, pleasing men, not God. How did the Apostle Paul serve the Lord and His church, and how should believers regard true servants of the Lord? What are the spiritual qualities God desires from His servants? Come, let us study 2 Corinthians, and learn how both the clergy and the laity can serve the Lord together according to His will and way.  

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Online Courses

Information Technology (IT) has made it possible to offer distance learning efficiently and effectively. Many colleges and universities today see distance learning through IT as the answer to educating self-motivated learners who desire to gain knowledge and experience in an academic setting.

In a postmodern world where truth is deemed uncertain and unknowable, it is vital that every Christian know what truth is and where it is found. The information explosion that we see today fuels the postmodernistic worldview. There are so many ideas, views, opinions, perspectives of practically every aspect of life found in the internet. What is right and what is wrong? What is truth and what is error? The World Wide Web offers a world of information, both good and bad. The many voices in the internet can overwhelm the undiscerning and untrained mind and heart, and lead to confusion and despair.

For this reason, FEBC seeks to accelerate the twofold teaching command of the Great Commission: (1) "teach all nations" and (2) "teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you" (Matt 28:19-20). By means of IT and the internet, FEBC can go the distance to "teach all nations ... to observe all things" in the perfectly inspired and preserved, infallible and inerrant Words of God which are the sole and supreme authority of faith and practice, by which we discern truth from error, right from wrong.

Besides the traditional, on-campus "Basic Theology for Everyone" courses held on Monday and Thursday nights, three online courses are offered this semester: (1) Knowing the End Times, (2) The Second Epistle of Peter, and (3) The Bible and Science.

For details of the online courses for this semester, click Here. For inquiries, write to FEBC's IT Manager, Mr Murray Ong.

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