C580 Baptist Identity

16 sessions with audio lectures by Dr. Tom Nettles

Study the history and distinctives of Baptists from their seventeenth century origin as a separate denomination to the present day. Topics of study include: 1) the rise and development of English Baptists, 2) Baptist Beginnings in the United States to the formation of the Southern Baptist Convention, 3) The History of the Southern Baptist Convention to the present. Dr. Tom Nettles is one of the foremost Baptist historical theologians in America. Since 1997 he has served as Professor of Historical Theology at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, KY.

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Five texts are required for this course:

• The Baptists: Beginnings in Britan (vol. 1) by Tom Nettles (Christian Focus, 2005)
• The Baptists: Beginnings in America (vol. 2) by Tom Nettles (Christian Focus 2005)
• Baptist Confessions of Faith by W. L Lumpkin
• By His Grace and For His Glory by Tom Nettles (Founders Press, 2006)
• Ready for Reformation? by Tom Nettles (Broadman & Holman, 2005)

Students will have 20 weeks to complete all the sessions (September 8, 2009 to January 29, 2010).

C403 Systematic Theology III

16 sessions with audio lectures by Dr. Roger Nicole

This is the third in a series of four courses on Systematic Theology. Topics in this third course include: the Person and Work of Christ, the Nature of the Atonement, the Doctrine of Salvation and the Doctrine of Election. Students can take the Systematic Theology courses in any order. It is not necessary to take Systematic I and II before taking Systematic III. Dr. Roger Nicole is a retired professor of theology emeritus at both Gordon-Cornwell Theological Seminary and Reformed Theological Seminiary in Orlando, Florida.

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Two texts are required for this course:

• A New Systematic Theology of the Christian Faith by Robert Reymond
• An Abstract of Systematic Theology by James P. Boyce (text available online)

Students will have 20 weeks to complete all the sessions (September 8, 2009 to January 29, 2010)

C101 Preaching and Preachers

16 sessions with audio lectures by Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones

In this course students will have the opportunity to hear one of the greatest preachers of the twentieth century share his vision of preaching.

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Three texts are required for this course:

• Preaching and Preachers by Martyn Lloyd-Jones
• Between Two Worlds by John Stott
• The Supremacy of God in Preaching by John Piper

Students will have 20 weeks to complete all the sessions (September 8, 2009 to January 29, 2010)