Certification of Bible and Theology
Academic Level
Diploma/Degree
Duration
9-12 Months
Assessment
Yes. Certificate of Completion
Study Method
Online
Certification of Bible and Theology Overview
The Certification of Bible and Theology qualification is for people who want a clear, systematic and thoughtful approach to understanding God and the scriptures.
Understanding the Bible and Theology is an important part of your relationship with God. It gives meaning to your faith, enabling you to deepen your understanding of who God is and breathing new life into how we live in the real world.
This qualification will give you the foundational knowledge and skills needed to understand the Old and New Testaments. It also builds a base of theological knowledge which gives the learner the confidence to go further in their understanding of God.
The Certification of Certification of Bible and Theology is part of the Axx Bible and Theology stream. This stream is a systematic approach to understanding the Bible and Theology. It starts by building a foundation of introductory concepts and grows into discussing some of the most interesting doctrines about God.
Who is the Certification of Bible and Theology for
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This Certification of Bible and Theology is designed for those who want to truly understand God and the Bible.
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It is ideal for those who have a strong desire to seek out truth and answers for today.
What you will learn
Engaging the Scriptures
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How to use the skills and knowledge required to defend the authority of the Christian scriptures and to correctly interpret them.
Introduction to Theology
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The what, why, how and which of theology to reveal the true nature of God.
The Biblical Narrative
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How to evaluate, synthesis, communicate and apply the biblical narrative to a selected contemporary ministry context.
Introduction to Biblical Studies
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How to unpack the nature of the Bible and how to read sentences, paragraphs and discourses within the biblical text.
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How to uncover the different genres in the Bible and learn how they affect the way in which Scripture is read and interpreted
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How to get to the heart of the Bible’s historical and literary contexts, by exploring word studies and knowing how to get to the original intention of the passage.
Jesus. Kingdom. Gospel
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How to give an overview of the life and ministry of Jesus as described by four gospel narratives.
Included Courses
This Course is designed to equip students with the skills and knowledge required to defend the authority of the Christian scriptures and to correctly interpret them and apply their message to contemporary ministry contexts.
Curriculum Covered
- Course Description
- Introduction to Course
- What is the Bible?
- Page to Canon
- Canon to Us
- Responding to Questions about Bibliology
- A Need for Interpretation
- Pre-Understandings
- Quality Resources
- Online Quality Resources
- Historical Context
- Historical: Cultural Ingredients
- Literary Context: OT Genre
- Legal Stipulations
- Literary Context: Poetry
- Literary Context: NT Genres
- More Literary Context
- Literary Context: Observation Skills
- Literary Context: Semantics
- Literary Context: Word Studies
- Word Study Example
- Putting it all Together
- All About Theological Principles
- Application
- Parables
About your instructor
Matthew Jarlett
Following the completion of his Bachelor of Arts (Biblical Studies), Matthew assumed the Vocational Education Course Supervisor role with Harvest Bible College.
Course Reviews
need for interpretation
for the need of culture,covenant,language,situation,time that i need the interpretation better
Understanding the scriptures made simple.
I do not regret the day I decided to study theology with axx, the lessons are beyond any reasonable doubt an antidote to heresy and misinterpretion of scriptures.
Enlightenment
Every topic i have covered in all the course builded a stare of knowledge in my way of understaning the scriputers and i want to say the topics have been designed to bring more understanding in the way one read and apply the word
This series systematically introduces every aspect of Christian theology. Beginning with asking the what, why, how and which of theology, the presenter Grant Buchanan moves to the ways God has and does communicate with People & Creation.
Curriculum Covered
- Sin & Salvation: Salvation
- Sin & Salvation: Blood
- Sin & Salvation: Evil
- Sin & Salvation: Affliction
- Christology
- Heresies
- The Creeds
- The Deity of Jesus
- The Humanity of Jesus
- Atonement
- Atonement in the New Testament
- N.T. Wright on the Atonement
- The Resurrection & Ascension
- Who is the Holy Spirit?
- The Holy Spirit in the Old Testament
- The Holy Spirit in the New Testament
- The Personhood of the Holy Spirit
- The Fruits, Gifts & Baptism in the Spirit
- Theology of Church
- What is the Church?
- Church: Local and Universal
- The Church & the Kingdom
- Church Leadership & Roles
- Theology of the Future
- Death
- The Second Coming & the Rapture
- The Millennial Reign & Judgement
- New Heavens, New Earth
About your instructor
Pastor Grant Buchanan
Prior to Bible teaching, Grant served as a full-time pastor and school chaplain. Although a lecturer in theology and biblical studies with a focus on Pauline theology and the Gospels, Grant also operates as a professional counsellor and is working towards the completion of this Doctor of Philosophy by exploring a pneumatological reading of Galatians in light of 6:15 and the impact this has on Christian identify.
Course Reviews
church
MATT 18:20
IT WAS BIRHED BY GOD.i believe to produce closed fellowship
Enlightenment
The fact that i have been reading and have heard others preach many gaps still existed after going through the course many questions were answered
Humanity
great teachings & understanding the theological classes
This series systematically introduces every aspect of Christian theology. Beginning with asking the what, why, how and which of theology, the presenter Grant Buchanan moves to the ways God has and does communicate with People & Creation.
Curriculum Covered
- Sin & Salvation: Salvation
- Sin & Salvation: Blood
- Sin & Salvation: Evil
- Sin & Salvation: Affliction
- Christology
- Heresies
- The Creeds
- The Deity of Jesus
- The Humanity of Jesus
- Atonement
- Atonement in the New Testament
- N.T. Wright on the Atonement
- The Resurrection & Ascension
- Who is the Holy Spirit?
- The Holy Spirit in the Old Testament
- The Holy Spirit in the New Testament
- The Personhood of the Holy Spirit
- The Fruits, Gifts & Baptism in the Spirit
- Theology of Church
- What is the Church?
- Church: Local and Universal
- The Church & the Kingdom
- Church Leadership & Roles
- Theology of the Future
- Death
- The Second Coming & the Rapture
- The Millennial Reign & Judgement
- New Heavens, New Earth
About your instructor
Pastor Grant Buchanan
Prior to Bible teaching, Grant served as a full-time pastor and school chaplain. Although a lecturer in theology and biblical studies with a focus on Pauline theology and the Gospels, Grant also operates as a professional counsellor and is working towards the completion of this Doctor of Philosophy by exploring a pneumatological reading of Galatians in light of 6:15 and the impact this has on Christian identify.
Course reviews
church
MATT 18:20
IT WAS BIRHED BY GOD.i believe to produce closed fellowship
Enlightenment
The fact that i have been reading and have heard others preach many gaps still existed after going through the course many questions were answered
Humanity
great teachings & understanding the theological classes
This course is designed to equip students with the skills and knowledge required to evaluate, synthesise, communicate and apply the biblical narrative to a selected contemporary ministry context.
Curriculum Covered
- Seeing the Bible as One Story
- What is the Story? (Working it Out)
- The Plot: Orientation & Creation
- The Plot: Complication
- The Plot: Resolution
- The Exodus (YHWH vs Pharaoh)
- Sinai Covenant
- The Desert & Covenant Renewal
- The Former Prophets (From Conquest to Exile)
- The Judges Cycle
- Ups & Downs of Samuel
- The Tragedy of Solomon
- The Latter Prophets
- Isaiah: Concerns Three Crises
- Jeremiah: the Weeping Prophet
- The Day of YHWH: the Minor Prophets
- The Writings
About your instructor
Matthew Jarlett
Following the completion of his Bachelor of Arts (Biblical Studies), Matthew assumed the Vocational Education Course Supervisor role with Harvest Bible College.
Course Reviews
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This course will kick start your interpretive journey of the Scriptures as you unpack the nature of the Bible and how to read sentences, paragraphs and discourses within the biblical text.
Curriculum Covered
- The Nature of the Bible (1)
- The Nature of the Bible (2)
- Pre-Understandings (1)
- Pre-Understandings (2)
- The Interpretive Journey (1)
- The Interpretive Journey (2)
- Reading Sentences
- Reading Paragraphs (1)
- Reading Paragraphs (2)
- Observation
- Reading Discourses (1)
- Reading Discourses (2)
About your instructor
Pastor Grant Buchanan
Prior to Bible teaching, Grant served as a full-time pastor and school chaplain. Although a lecturer in theology and biblical studies with a focus on Pauline theology and the Gospels, Grant also operates as a professional counsellor and is working towards the completion of this Doctor of Philosophy by exploring a pneumatological reading of Galatians in light of 6:15 and the impact this has on Christian identify.
Course Reviews
gifts
1st cor the manifestation of the gift of the spirit is given to each to profit all.
on the application should be manifested by all people
trustworthiness
– The trustworthiness of scripture is taken from the prime subject of
its pages – the God who speaks, creates and reveals.i trust the scripture for they are worthy
interpretation and the holyspirit
the objective is to grasp the meaning of the text that God has intended to us.so as i stephen not to create meaning out of the text,rather to seek to find the meaning that is already there
The Bible is not one book, but a collection of books with many genres. In this course, you’ll uncover the different genres in the Bible and learn how they affect the way in which Scripture is read and interpreted.
Curriculum Covered
- New Testament Genre: Gospels
- New Testament Genre: Epistles
- New Testament Genre: Revelation
- Old Testament Genre: Narrative
- Old Testament Genre: Law & Prophets
- Old Testament Genre: Poetry
- Old Testament Genre: Wisdom
- New Testament Genre: Acts
- Communicating the Passage
- Where we have Been
About your instructor
Pastor Grant Buchanan
Prior to Bible teaching, Grant served as a full-time pastor and school chaplain. Although a lecturer in theology and biblical studies with a focus on Pauline theology and the Gospels, Grant also operates as a professional counsellor and is working towards the completion of this Doctor of Philosophy by exploring a pneumatological reading of Galatians in light of 6:15 and the impact this has on Christian identify.
Course Reviews
gifts
1st cor the manifestation of the gift of the spirit is given to each to profit all.
on the application should be manifested by all people
trustworthiness
– The trustworthiness of scripture is taken from the prime subject of
its pages – the God who speaks, creates and reveals.i trust the scripture for they are worthy
interpretation and the holyspirit
the objective is to grasp the meaning of the text that God has intended to us.so as i stephen not to create meaning out of the text,rather to seek to find the meaning that is already there
The Bible is not one book, but a collection of books with many genres. In this course, you’ll uncover the different genres in the Bible and learn how they affect the way in which Scripture is read and interpreted.
Curriculum Covered
- Historical Context (1)
- Historical Context (2)
- Historical Context (3)
- Literary Context (1)
- Literary Context (2)
- Literary Context (3)
- Word Studies (1)
- Word Studies (2)
- Word Studies (3)
- Meaning & Original Intention (1)
- Meaning & Original Intention (2)
- Meaning & Original Intention (3)
- Interpretation
- Holy Spirit & Interpretation
- Application
- Literary Context & Genre
About your instructor
Pastor Grant Buchanan
Prior to Bible teaching, Grant served as a full-time pastor and school chaplain. Although a lecturer in theology and biblical studies with a focus on Pauline theology and the Gospels, Grant also operates as a professional counsellor and is working towards the completion of this Doctor of Philosophy by exploring a pneumatological reading of Galatians in light of 6:15 and the impact this has on Christian identify.
Course Reviews
gifts
1st cor the manifestation of the gift of the spirit is given to each to profit all.
on the application should be manifested by all people
trustworthiness
– The trustworthiness of scripture is taken from the prime subject of
its pages – the God who speaks, creates and reveals.i trust the scripture for they are worthy
interpretation and the holyspirit
the objective is to grasp the meaning of the text that God has intended to us.so as i stephen not to create meaning out of the text,rather to seek to find the meaning that is already there
This course gives an overview of the life and ministry of Jesus as described by four gospel narratives. The aim of the course is to bring an understanding of the cultural and historical environment of the day within its literary setting.
Curriculum Covered
- Course Description
- Introduction to Course
- Concept of Audience
- Context of the Internal Narrative Audience (1)
- Context of the Internal Narrative Audience (2)
- Context of the Internal Narrative Audience (3)
- Interpretation
- What are the Gospels?
- Why Four Different Accounts?
- Structure of Gospel Accounts (1)
- Structure of Gospel Accounts (2)
- Structure of Gospel Accounts (3)
- Structure of Gospel Accounts (4)
- What is the Gospel? (1)
- What is the Gospel? (2)
- History of the Birth of Jesus
- The Passion Week
- Jesus & the Fulfilment of the Old Testament (1)
- Jesus & the Fulfilment of the Old Testament (2)
- Jesus & the Fulfilment of the Old Testament (3)
- Jesus is the Breather of Life
- Putting it all Together
- What does the Kingdom look like? (Mark)
- Abstracting Principles
- Application
- What Does the Kingdom Look Like? (Matthew & Luke)
- What Does the Kingdom Look Like? (John)
- Jesus Kingdom Gospel Today?
- Jesus’ Commissioning
About your instructor
Matthew Jarlett
Following the completion of his Bachelor of Arts (Biblical Studies), Matthew assumed the Vocational Education Course Supervisor role with Harvest Bible College.
Course Reviews
structure of gospel account
on the structure contains the narrative,prophetically,anouncement,devine annointing,the prophetic actions that are manifested in book mark and mathew
Growth through learning
The understanding of how the four Gospel are stractured the understanding of the kingdom and Jesus ministry as explained in the four Gospel …very enlightening
application
john 7:21-23
james 1:22
the application
specific
measureable
relevant
Certification of Bible and Theology Enrolment Options
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- 8 Specifically Designed Courses
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Upfront Payment
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Certification of Bible and Theology Snapshot
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8 specifically designed courses
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162 lessons
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54 hours on-demand video
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Certification
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Full lifetime access
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Access on computer, mobile devices and TV
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All learning resources, handouts and E-library at no extra cost
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Personalised Certified Certificate of Completion
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Certification of Bible and Theology Requirements
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Certificate of Bible and Theology qualification only requires a desire to learn about the introductory concepts of the Bible, and how I fit into the plans and purposes of God
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This certificate only requires a desire to learn about the introductory concepts of the Theology (God), and who God is and why I exist
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A love of God and the Word
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Learners are welcome to commence this qualification at any time
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A computer, tablet or smartphone is required
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No additional software is required
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Internet connection is required
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Lessons are presented in English
All assessment tasks must be completed to be certified
- Learners are required to complete all video lessons
- Each lesson has a short multiple choice quiz
- There are no essays to be written in this qualification
