During the fall semester, Calvary Baptist Seminary of Lansdale, PA is offering two excellent classes that deal with biblical prophecy, Daniel and Revelation. These classes are offered in the evening, one day a week, to make it more convenient for you to participate and are taught by two veteran professors from Calvary’s faculty.

Those participating have the option to audit the class(es) or even to take it for credit. The cost to audit a class as a visitor is $100, normal tuition rates would apply to take a class for credit.

Evening classes start August 23, and meet once a week for fourteen weeks.

Evening Class Schedule

Monday Evening, 7–8:45 pm
Daniel, Dr. Charles McLain

Tuesday Evening, 7–8:45 pm
Counseling Principles, Pastor Ron Jones

Wednesday Evening, 7–8:45 pm
Revelation, Dr. Al Huss

For more information call the seminary office at 215.368.7538.

When one thinks of “systematic theology,” one typically thinks of the traditional doctrinal loci: Bibliology, Theology Proper, Christology, Pneumatology, Anthropology, Hamartiology, Angelology, Soteriology, Ecclesiology, and Eschatology.  These ten doctrines have been the primary categories in which theological content has been arranged for roughly the past 400 years.  The traditional approach to systematic theology largely reflects a scholastic perspective that treats the Bible as an academic textbook full of doctrinal facts.  While this approach to Scripture uncovers much truth, it also carries with it some glaring weaknesses.  Chief among these is a tendency to attach proof-texts to theological propositions that may not be fully legitimate.  Verses used to “prove” this or that doctrinal point are often torn from their context and misapplied.  At times, we use Scripture to defend our theological positions, rather than using theological language to explain what Scripture actually teaches. 

Here at Calvary Baptist Seminary, we are re-packaging our systematic theology courses in a way that adheres more closely to the biblical narrative, even while retaining a doctrinal focus.  We want our systematic theology to draw its content from Scripture itself.  To that end, we are unveiling a new sequence of systematic theology courses that will hopefully result in a more biblical approach to systematic theology.  Instead of our current six-course track, we will cover the tradition doctrinal loci with four courses that treat the major doctrines as they appear in the flow of God’s progressive revelation.  The four courses are as follows:

1. God, Revelation, and Creation:  In this course, the student is introduced to the task of theology and theological methodology. The student then begins working through the biblical narrative with a doctrinal focus on the Triune God and his attributes, general and special revelation with an emphasis on Scripture, and the created order, including particular attention to spirit beings and man.

2. Fall, Atonement, and Messiah:  In this course, the student continues working through the biblical narrative from the Fall of mankind through the coming of Jesus Christ. The doctrinal focus of the course is on man’s sin and its consequences, God’s redemptive plan in the establishment of Israel, God’s Law and its individual and social significance, the nature of atonement and the anticipation of Messiah, and the person of Jesus Christ.

3. Reconciliation, Community, and Spirit:  In this course, the student continues working through the biblical narrative from the coming of Jesus Christ through the work of the Spirit in the birth of the Church. The doctrinal focus of the course is on the work of Jesus Christ, the nature of the salvation we have in Christ and its implications, the person of the Holy Spirit, and the beginning and nature of the Church.

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