PS712 Expository Preaching with Style and Effectiveness Focuses on advanced expository preaching with tailored emphasis on narrative literature, particular genre, epistolary plot, and issues of culture. A study of the spiritual and psychological dynamics of effective Bible teaching and the principles of learning and teaching with exposure to creative and various pedagogical methods. Practices A study of basic pastoral procedures and practices of the ministry with attention to the person and role of the pastor, presented from both practical and biblical points of view. A Biblical Approach to Counseling This course examines the biblical principles involved in effective counseling, using three-level model for counseling derived from Scripture. An advanced study of the principal skills and techniques used in counseling by the one aspiring to have a biblical approach to counseling.
Attention is given to diagnostics, therapy, testing, group counseling, and special cases.
The course presents how to counsel people who have been oppressed by spirits or demons either by possession or influence. The approach is biblical and practical, treating both theory and reality. The course is designed to equip counselors who desire to help couples and families in their ministries, using both biblical and practical guidelines. A practical study in how to counsel individuals with special needs, such as alcoholism, drug abuse, sexual abuse, eating disorders, homosexuality, and suicidal depression. An examination of the life of the church through the lenses of scripture, history, and culture.