Certificate Objectives
Certificate in Christian Apologetics
Certificate Objectives
Upon completion of this course the student should be able to:
- Intelligently discuss the various arguments for the existence of God.
- Recognize and refute the various arguments against the existence of God.
- Be familiar with basic Theology.
- Be familiar with basic hermeneutical principles.
- Based upon the electives chosen, the student will also have a working knowledge of various world religions, cults, philosophy of religion, and Christian ethics.
Certificate Objectives
Upon completion of this course the student should be able to:
- Discuss and/or instruct others in the basic beliefs of the Christian faith.
- Identify and refute doctrinal teaching that is opposed to historic Christian theology.
- Discuss, in depth, the doctrine of Christ.
- Discuss, in depth, the doctrine of salvation
- Discuss, in depth, the doctrine of the end times.
- Depending upon the electives chosen, the student should acquire a working knowledge of New Age / Occult practices and beliefs, various world religions, OT and NT overviews, and apologetic's.
Certificate Objectives
Upon completion of this course the student should be able to:
- Discuss the content of OT books.
- Discuss the content of NT books.
- Discuss and apply principles of biblical hermeneutics
- Discuss in depth the content, themes, style, and theology of the Gospel of John.
- Discuss in depth the content, themes, style, and theology of the book of Romans.
- Discuss in depth the content, themes, style, and theology of the book of Revelation.
Certificate Objectives
Upon completion of this course the student should be able to:
- Understand and discuss the history of Christian philosophical thought.
- Understand and discuss the various divergent paths of Christian philosophical thought.
- Apply Christian epistemology to the development of a Christian philosophy.
- Understand and discuss the role of Christian philosophy in the area of apologetic's.