Doctorate Programs

Courses

Course Descriptions

Christian Education & Spiritual Form I
This course presents an accessible interpretation, application, and critique of the adult education model from a biblical perspective. Topics include biblical foundations for adult education, cultural factors that affect education, learning from gender differences and small groups in adult education.

Christian Education & Spiritual Form II
A continuation from part I, this course is a practical study composed of applied, theoretical, and age-specific topics in higher education such as teaching different age groups, teaching single adults vs. family-oriented teaching, adult Sunday school, mentoring and discipleship and more.

Educating for Life
Reflections on Christian teaching and learning are the focus of this course. You will master the nature of Christian education, the criticisms that face Christian education, Christian learning within a pluralistic society and the goals of Christian education.

Evangelical Theology I
This course is an introduction to defining theology and the goal of theology. You will begin a study of God and the gospel, the God who creates and God’s purpose and plan.

Evangelical Theology II
A continuation of part I, this course dives into the gospel, the Kingdom of God, Revelations, salvation and the Holy Spirit.

Evangelical Theology III
The last section of this course will cover the topic of humanity and the community of the church.

Children & the Christian Educator
Ministering to children is one of the most important tasks of the body of Christ. In this course, you will gain insight into understanding and ministering to children up to age 12. Study topics include age-group characteristics, maximizing ministry funds, effective discipline, evangelism of children and more.

Foundations of Ministry I
A successful Christian education ministry includes one that is built on a strong foundation that incorporates contemporary innovations and application. This course will teach you the foundation of Christian education ministry to help you better serve communities in a local church, parachurch organization, at home, or in the mission field abroad.

Foundations of Ministry II
A continuation from part I, this course helps you see Christian education from a broader perspective. You will be given valuable ministry resources including how to organize and administer Christian education in your church and resources for specialized education ministries.

Nurture & Christian Developmental Perspectives
This course is designed to prepare you to pass your faith on to the next generation of Christians. You will learn more about the art of teaching younger generations, how to be more intentional, have a developmental perspective and integrate theology into your teaching.

Adult Christian Education I
Effective church ministry to adults and their families is vital for church growth. This course provides information about the context for ministry to adults and how spiritual formation takes place in this age group.

Adult Christian Education II
A continuation from part I, this course provides resources for communicating with adults, ideas on activities that attract adults and their families and other tools necessary to build a vibrant thriving adult ministry.

God, Religion & Politics in America
Religion has often been a progressive force in American politics. This course discusses how history reveals the continuity of present controversies with past religious struggles, how the secular standards of the founding fathers have been misunderstood, and explains why the policy of a separate church and state has, ironically, made the position of the church stronger.

Elective
Your choice of any course offered by Omega.

Thesis
Three theses of 5,000 words each.

Courses

Course Descriptions

Strategic Planning
Does your church or ministry have a mission? Have you fully realized and developed the strategies necessary to carry out that mission? This in-depth study will help your church or ministry create a strategic plan that can adapt to changes in your community while keeping you focused on carrying out your mission.

Theological Terms & Meanings
This course expands your knowledge on over 300 theological terms. Each textbook entry offers more detail than a typical dictionary, including the meaning of the term, its importance and how it has been understood in both historic and contemporary theology. This coherent collection serves as a first point of reference for theology students, scholars in other fields, religion journalists, and all who are seeking accurate initial information across a range of interests.

Homiletics IV
Principles and passion must be united before much of significance occurs in the pulpit and the type of preaching that best carries the force of divine authority is expository preaching. Effective sermons are produced when students carry to task an unquenchable desire to bring a passage of scripture into contact with life. This course will help you become more effective by going through the process of preparing and delivering expository sermons.

Christian Leadership III
Leaders in our culture strive to guide others but often miss the mark biblically. Leaders must exhibit the model of what true biblical leadership represents and must be authentic and have purpose as their goal. This course will give you the tools through scripture to build a strong foundation of leadership. Topics of study include communication, accountability, support and prioritizing people so you can grow and flourish in service and work through biblical leadership.

History of English Translations of the Bible
Up until the Reformation Era, the attempt to translate the Bible directly into English was met with resistance, but today most of the world’s Bibles are in English. This course is essential for anyone who wants to learn more about the various English versions, what is contained in them, who translated them and the time in history in which they were translated.

Discipleship
What does it mean to be a disciple of Jesus Christ in everyday life? Ordinary people make extraordinary disciples. Whatever your vocation and wherever your location, you are first and foremost a disciple of Jesus Christ. In this course you will learn the biblical significance of being a disciple.

Pastoral Care
Effective counseling requires both a caring relationship and an understanding of human behavior. The church must be more effective in ministering to our suffering brothers and sisters. This course will help you develop a model of biblical counseling that can be integrated into the local church to reach and heal a hurting community.

Typology
Discover and experience the wholeness available through Christ as you grasp the mysteries hidden in the language of the many types and shadows of the Old Testament. Through this course, you will grow in the multifaceted dimensions of God’s revealed plan of redemption and see the magnitude of God’s wisdom, majesty, love and overall plan for the wholeness of man.

Pastoral Counseling
This course will help you in ministering to those whose religious beliefs border those of superstition, magic and even idolatry. It will also answer questions such as: When does religion get sick? What kinds of experiences blight the religious lives of individuals, groups and their leaders? What can the pastor and his church do about these experiences when they occur? and more.

Church Growth III
Is your church meeting both the physical and spiritual needs of your community? This course provides practical advice and biblical resources to help your congregation embrace change, resolve conflict, overcome social barriers and move into a life-changing outreach of holistic ministry.

Church Stewardship
This course serves as a vital stewardship resource for shaping a giving environment, suggestions for developing committed steward leaders, counsel on stewardship strategies and insights from respected leaders. You will gain the opportunity to shape a biblical vision for kingdom giving.

Church Management I
This course provides a simple approach to managing church resources. It offers a handbook for running the day-to-day operations of the church from setting church goals to making budget decisions and managing church personnel or volunteers. You will learn practical application, tips and tools with real life examples to create quality leadership and organizations that create quality people.

Elective
Your choice of any course offered by Omega.

Thesis
Three theses of 5,000 words each.

Courses

Course Descriptions

Exegetical Fallacies
This course is designed for preachers and teachers of the gospel who want to correct common errors found in explanations or interpretations of a text, particularly scripture. This study will help you uphold the word of truth with great reverence.

Typology
Discover and experience the wholeness available through Christ as you grasp the mysteries hidden in the language of the many types and shadows of the Old Testament. Through this course, you will grow in the multifaceted dimensions of God’s revealed plan of redemption and see the magnitude of God’s wisdom, majesty, love and overall plan for the wholeness of man.

Miracles (Old Testament & New Testament)
Miracles in the Bible describe the work of deity transcending the ordinary powers of nature at critical moments of revelation. This course studies these miracles and serves as a reference for Bible students and teachers alike.

History of English Translations of the Bible
Up until the Reformation Era, the attempt to translate the Bible directly into English was met with resistance, but today most of the world’s Bibles are in English. This course is essential for anyone who wants to learn more about the various English versions, what is contained in them, who translated them and the time in history in which they were translated.

The Revelation
This course is a profound explanation of the Bible’s strangest and most controversial book. From its beginning in the waning days of the Roman Empire, this study traces how people have interpreted the Book of Revelation over two thousand years, with each new generation seeing its own conflicts, suffering and hope reflected in powerful images of cosmic war and divine victory.

Theological Terms & Meanings
This course expands your knowledge on over 300 theological terms. Each textbook entry offers more detail than a typical dictionary, including the meaning of the term, its importance and how it has been understood in both historic and contemporary theology. This coherent collection serves as a first point of reference for theology students, scholars in other fields, religion journalists, and all who are seeking accurate initial information across a range of interests.

Parables (Old Testament & New Testament)
The course is an analysis of more than 250 parables in scripture. This monumental work gives a comprehensive survey of the uses of parabolic illustration and instruction from Genesis to Revelation.

Homiletics IV
Principles and passion must be united before much of significance occurs in the pulpit and the type of preaching that best carries the force of divine authority is expository preaching. Effective sermons are produced when students carry to task an unquenchable desire to bring a passage of scripture into contact with life. This course will help you become more effective by going through the process of preparing and delivering expository sermons.

Christian Leadership III
Leaders in our culture strive to guide others but often miss the mark biblically. Leaders must exhibit the model of what true biblical leadership represents and must be authentic and have purpose as their goal. This course will give you the tools through scripture to build a strong foundation of leadership. Topics of study include communication, accountability, support and prioritizing people so you can grow and flourish in service and work through biblical leadership.

Introduction to Christian Philosophy I
While philosophical thought can contribute to theological understanding, the errors of philosophy must be recognized and refuted to confirm the reasonableness of Christianity. The first half of this course focuses on how philosophy is the critical analysis of fundamental concepts of human inquiry and includes the normative discussion of how human thought ought to function as well as the description of the nature of reality.

Introduction to Christian Philosophy II
One of the basic issues facing Christians in philosophy is how to relate to faith and reason. What role does revelation have in determining philosophical truth? What part does reason have in determining divine truth? What is considered right and wrong, and is “right” universal? How do we know what is right and do moral duties conflict? This course will help you anchor reason in Christian faith and be a reliable source through a field filled with formidable obstacles.

Book of Hebrews
This course is a comprehensive view of the book of Hebrews, providing doctrinally sound interpretation that emphasizes the practical application of Bible truth.

World Religions
This course is a masterful survey of world religions and presents a clear and concise portrait of the history, beliefs, and practices of Eastern and Western religion.

Dead Sea Scrolls
This course explores the Dead Sea scrolls and how they have impacted our understanding of the Bible, Judaism and Christianity. You will also learn more about the interpretation of significant biblical themes, the rise of early Christianity and the Qumran community.

God, Religion & Politics in America
Religion has often been a progressive force in American politics. This course discusses how history reveals the continuity of present controversies with past religious struggles, how the secular standards of the founding fathers have been misunderstood, and explains why the policy of a separate church and state has, ironically, made the position of the church stronger.

Elective
Your choice of any course offered by Omega.

Thesis
Three theses of 5,000 words each.

Courses

Course Descriptions

Christian Philosophy
While philosophical thought can contribute to theological understanding, the errors of philosophy must be recognized and refuted to confirm the reasonableness of Christianity. This course focuses on how philosophy is the critical analysis of fundamental concepts of human inquiry and includes the normative discussion of how human thought ought to function as well as the description of the nature of reality.

Exegetical Fallacies
This course is designed for preachers and teachers of the gospel who want to correct common errors found in explanations or interpretations of a text, particularly scripture. This study will help you uphold the word of truth with great reverence.

Early Christian Beliefs I
This course will explore answers to questions such as: What did early Christians believe about the divinity of Christ? What did they think about the resurrection? How did they regard John the Baptist? What were the beliefs of those who sat at the feet of Jesus and His disciples? You will be able to grapple with these questions and ascertain what early Christians believed on over 700 different theological, moral and historical topics.

Early Christian Beliefs II
A continuation from part I, this course collects relevant comments on key Christian concepts from prominent figures and includes key biblical verses and functions as a topical index to the writings of Ante-Nicene fathers.

Apocalyptic Literature
Appreciation for the contribution apocalyptic literature has made in the history of Judaism and Christianity will help you understand their continuing influence on modern society. This course will help you sift through this vast and often confusing library of writings so you can expand your knowledge.

Parables (Old Testament & New Testament)
The course is an analysis of more than 250 parables in scripture. This monumental work gives a comprehensive survey of the uses of parabolic illustration and instruction from Genesis to Revelation.

World Religions
This course is a masterful survey of world religions and presents a clear and concise portrait of the history, beliefs, and practices of Eastern and Western religion.

Exegesis II
This course builds on the belief that the task of exegesis is to understand the divine human intention is locked within the biblical text. This essential, classic guide will assist you in coming to grips with the New Testament and provide step-by-step analysis of exegetical procedures.

Figures of Speech I
This course serves as an extensive reference and study guide for serious Bible scholars. It classifies figures of speech into three different divisions: omission, addition and change. It also breaks down whether figures of speech affect words themselves, the sense, meaning, order or application of words.

Figures of Speech II
A continuation of part I, this course explores the importance of understanding not just the meanings of words themselves, but also the laws which govern their usage and combinations. This comprehensive study tool is a necessity for any serious Bible scholar or theologian, as it includes Greek and English translations of the figures in question, examples and illustrations, and indexes of figures of both Greek and English, of subjects, structures, and texts, and of Hebrew and Greek words.

Miracles (Old Testament & New Testament)
Miracles in the Bible describe the work of deity transcending the ordinary powers of nature at critical moments of revelation. This course studies these miracles and serves as a reference for Bible students and teachers alike.

Hebrew (Workbook)
This course delivers the basics of Hebrew in a fun, effective, clear and concise manner. Upon completion the student will be able to read and name every letter and vowel, write in print and script and recite the entire alphabet.

Greek (Workbook)
Studying Greek can be intimidating. Not only do you face the usual challenges of learning a new language, you also have to contend with a non-Roman script. This course lessens the anxiety of a new script and increases your desire to master Greek. You will learn basic vocabulary and sentence structure and learn how to read and speak basic Greek in less time than you thought possible.

Biblical Ambiguities
This course is an eye-opening look at linguistic, cultural, numerical and relational considerations of the Bible, of which most readers are unaware. It is a helpful resource to show you why the Bible is believable and dependable, with a message you can live by.

Theological Terms & Meanings
This course expands your knowledge on over 300 theological terms. Each textbook entry offers more detail than a typical dictionary, including the meaning of the term, its importance and how it has been understood in both historic and contemporary theology. This coherent collection serves as a first point of reference for theology students, scholars in other fields, religion journalists, and all who are seeking accurate initial information across a range of interests.

Typology
Discover and experience the wholeness available through Christ as you grasp the mysteries hidden in the language of the many types and shadows of the Old Testament. Through this course, you will grow in the multifaceted dimensions of God’s revealed plan of redemption and see the magnitude of God’s wisdom, majesty, love and overall plan for the wholeness of man.

God, Religion & Politics in America
Religion has often been a progressive force in American politics. This course discusses how history reveals the continuity of present controversies with past religious struggles, how the secular standards of the founding fathers have been misunderstood, and explains why the policy of a separate church and state has, ironically, made the position of the church stronger.

Major/Emphasis Courses
After completion of the main courses, you will choose a major/emphasis in one of the following areas:
• Biblical Studies
• Church Management & Administration
• Christian Counseling
• Church Leadership

Click here for the list of courses and descriptions for each major/emphasis.

Thesis
Three theses of 5,000 words each.