Most courses will be offered all year-round in a one-week modular format that meet in the evenings Monday through Friday (6:00pm-10:30pm), and all day Saturday (9:00am-5:30pm) on our Murrieta Campus. Following the completion of the in-class module portion of the course, the student will have fourteen (14) additional weeks to complete further research and assignments which may include reading, research, writing, taking exam(s), participating in online group discussions and/or discussions with your professor. Traditional semester courses will meet in the evening once per week over a period of twelve to fifteen weeks. These courses are usually biblical language offerings. Each of the courses offered in 2009 are required core courses for all programs except biblical languages. To register for any of the following courses simply complete the VES admission packet and upon acceptance into the seminary register for residential courses online (see "HOME" page) or submit the course registration form. For questions call toll free at 888.JOHN.1717 or locally at 951.698.6389.

 

March 2009

Module 309: March 9-14 AP501 Introduction to Apologetics (3 units/Prof. N. Geisler)

Time: Monday through Friday 6:00pm-10:30pm; Saturday 9am-5:30pm

Textbook: Norman L. Geisler. Baker Encyclopedia of Christian Apologetics.

Course End Date: June 19, 2009    Location: Auditorium, Classroom D

 

April 2009

Module 409: April 27-May 2  OT505 Introduction to the Dead Sea Scrolls (3 units/Prof. R. Price)

Time: Monday through Friday 6-10:30pm; Saturday 9am-5:30pm

Textbooks: Randall Price. Dead Sea Scrolls PowerPoint (Rose Publishing, 2005; ISBN-13: 978-159636-046-4

Randall Price. The Dead Sea Scrolls: The Discovery Heard Around the World (Rose Publishing, 2005) ISBN 1-59636-044-5 (Pamphlet)

Randall Price. Secrets of the Dead Sea Scrolls. (Harvest House,1996)

Highly Recommended: Martin Abegg, Jr., Peter Flint, Eugene Ulrich. The Dead Sea Scrolls Bible. HarperSanFrancisco, 1999, ISBN 0-06-060063-2; and Florentino Garcia Martinez and Eibet J.C. Tigchelaar. The Dead Sea Scrolls. Study Edition. 2 volumes (Eerdmans, 1997). SET ISBN 0-8028-4493-6.

 

May 2009

Module 509: May 18-23 TH570 Ecclesiology and Eschatology (3 Units/Prof. T. Ice)

Time: Monday through Friday 6pm-10:30pm, Saturday 9am-5:30pm

Textbook: Norman L. Geisler. Systematic Theology: Church and Last Things. Volume 4.

Mark Hitchcock and Thomas Ice. Breaking the Apocalypse Code.

Course End Date: August 21, 2009    Location: Auditorium Building, Classroom D

 

June 2009

Module 609: June 22-27  RW499 Research and Writing Skills (Required CR/Prof. B. Nixon)

Time: Monday through Friday 6pm-10:30pm, Saturday 9am-5:30pm

Textbooks: Kate L. Turabian. A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations. (7th edition)

David Skwire. College Writing Essentials.

Jane E. Aaron. The Little, Brown Essential Handbook. (6th edition).

Course End Date: October 2, 2009     Location: Auditorium Classrooom B     

 

July 2009

Module 709: July 13-18 TH560 Hamartiology and Soteriology (3 units/Prof. R. Rhodes)

Time: Monday through Friday 6pm-10:30pm, Saturday 9am-5:30pm

Textbook: Norman L. Geisler. Systematic Theology: Sin and Salvation. Volume 3.

Course End Date: October 23, 2009  Location: Auditorium, Classroom D

 

August 2009

Module 809: August 10-15  NT510 New Testament Survey I (3 units/Prof. G. Carle)

Time: Monday through Friday 6pm-10:30pm,; Saturday 9am-5:30pm (NOTE: The Monday evening class session will not start until 7:00 pm)

Textbooks: F.F. Bruce. The New Testament Documents: Are They Reliable?

Bruce Metzger. The New Testament: It's Background, Growth, and Content.

Albert Bell. Exploring the New Testament World: An Illustrated Guide to the World of Jesus and the First Christians.

H. Wayne House. Chronological and Background Charts of the New Testament.

*Note: The above textbooks will also be required for NT Survey II.

Course End Date: November 20, 2009       Location: Auditorium, Classroom C

 

September 2009

Module 909: September 21-26 TH580 Historical Theology (3 units/Prof. W. Nix)

Time: Monday through Friday 6pm-10:30pm, Saturday 9am-5:30pm

Textbooks: J.N.D. Kelly. Early Christian Doctrines.

Harold O.J. Brown. Heresies.

Henry Bettenson. Documents of the Christian Church (3rd edition).

Course End Date: December 28, 2009

 

October 2009

Semester Course: October 2-December 18 BLG501 Biblical Greek I (3 units/D. Stewart)

Time: Fridays 6:00pm-10:30pm

Texbooks: William Mounce. Basics of Biblical Greek (Second Edition).

William Mounce. Basics of Biblical Greek Workbook (Second Edition).

Nestle-Aland Greek New Testament 27th Edition, UBS fourth Edition Revised.

Pre-Assignment: Memorize the Greek alphabet (pronounciation and written)

Course End Date: December 18, 2009     Location: Auditorium, Classroom C

 

Module 1009: October 19-24 TH520 Biblical Hermeneutics (3 units/Prof. H. Wayne House)

Time: Monday through Friday 6pm-10:30pm, Saturday 9am-5:30pm

Textbooks: Bernard Ramm. Protestant Biblical Interpretation: A Textbook of Hermeneutics.

E.D. Hersch. Validity in Interpretation

Course End Date: January 29, 2010      Location: Auditorium, Classroom D

 

November 2009

Module 1109: November 9-14 TH530 Prolegomena and Bibliology (3 units/Prof. N. Geisler)

Time: Monday through Friday 6pm-10:30pm, Saturday 9am-5:30pm

Textbook: Norman L. Geisler. Systematic Theology: Introduction and Bible. Volume 1.

Course End Date: February 19, 2010    Location: Auditorium, Classroom D

 

December 2009

Module 1209: December 7-12 TH550 Christology and Pneumatology (Profs. R. Rhodes/D. Shirley/3 units)

Time: Monday through Friday 6pm-10:30pm, Saturday 9am-5:30pm

Textbooks: John Walvoord. Jesus Christ Our Lord.

Robert Bowman and J. Ed Komoszewski. Putting Jesus in His Place: The Case for the Deity of Christ.

E.W. Bullinger. Word Studies on the Holy Spirit.

Course End Date: March 19, 2010

NOTE: This course will be team taught by Dr. Rhodes (Monday through Thursday) and Professor Shirley (Friday and Saturday). 

 

January 2010

Module 0110: January 18-23 NT520 NT Survey II (3 units/Prof. H. Wayne House)

Time: Monday through Friday 6pm-10:30pm, Saturday 9am-5:30pm

Textbooks: Same as NT Survey I.

Course End Date: April 30, 2010    Location: Auditorium, Classroom D

 

Semester Course: January 29-April 16 BLG502 Biblical Greek II (3 units/Prof. D. Stewart)

Time: Fridays 6pm-10:30pm

Texbook: Same as Greek I.

Course End Date: April 16, 2010

 

February 2010

Module 0210: February 15-20 BL500 Biblical Languages (3 units/Prof. H. Wayne House)

Time: Monday through Friday 6pm-10:30pm, Saturday 9am-5:30pm

Textbook: Accordance Bible Software is mandatory for this course. The correct edition may be purchase through VES ($140 - this is approximately 50% discount off retail).

Note: Students must obtain the alphabetic preparation DVD from VES which will assist you to memorize and write the Greek alphabet prior to the beginning of the course.  

Course End Date: May 28, 2010 

 

March 2010

Module 0310: March 15-20 OT500 Old Testament Survey (3 units/Prof. E. Hindson)

Time: Monday through Friday 6pm-10:30pm, Saturday 9am-5:30pm

Textbook: Norman L. Geisler. A Popular Survey of the Old Testamet.

Course End Date: June 25, 2010          Location: Auditorium, Classroom D

 

April 2010

Module 0410: April 5-10 OT506 Book of Daniel (3 units/Prof. A. Fruchtenbaum)

Time: Monday through Friday 6pm-10:30pm, Saturday 9am-5:30pm

Textbook: John Walvoord. Daniel: The Key to Prophetic Revelation

Course End Date: July 9, 2010           Location: Auditorium, Classroom D

 

(ISCA) International Society of Christian Apologetics Annual Meeting 2010

Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Forth Worth, Texas April 23-24, 2010

 

Module 0410: April 26-May 1 TH540 Theology Proper and Creation (3 units/Prof. N. Geisler)

Time: Monday through Friday 6pm-10:30pm, Saturday 9am-5:30pm

Textbook: N. Geisler. Systematic Theology: God and Creation Volume II

Course End Date: August 6, 2010           Location: Auditorium, Classroom D

 

May 2010

Semester Course: May 13-August 5  BLH501 Biblical Hebrew I (3 units/Prof. A. Pitts)

Time: Thursdays 6pm-10:30pm

Textbook: John H. Dobson. Learn Biblical Hebrew (2nd Edition)

Logos Original Languages Library Software. To purchase at discounted rate use this special link for VES students http://www.logos.com/academic/veritasseminary/required

Course End Date: August 5, 2010

 

VES GRADUATION: Thursday, May 20, 2010 (Auditorium, 2:00 PM)

 

Module 0510: May 10-15 AP502 Archaeology and Biblical History (3 units/Dr. Steven Collins)

Time: Monday through Friday 6pm-10:30pm, Saturday 9am-5:30pm

Textbook: Kenneth Kitchen. On the Reliability of the Old Testament.

Steven Collins. Let My People Go: Using Historical Synchronisms to Identify the Pharoah of the Exodus (can purchase a PDF download at www.shop.tsu-edu.us)

Course End Date: August 20, 2010

 

June 2010

Module 0610: June 14-19 AP503 Apologetics to Islam (3 units/Prof. S. Tavassoli)

Time: Monday through Friday 6pm-10:30pm, Saturday 9am-5:30pm

Textbook: Joshua Lingel. Christian Apologetics to Islam Reader (purchase from VES) - $15

Course End Date: September 24, 2010            Location: Auditorium, Classroom D

 

Module 0610: June 21-26 NT504 Revelation (3 units/Prof. T. Ice)

Time: Monday Through Friday 6pm-10:30pm, Saturday 9am-5:30pm

Textbook: Robert L. Thomas, Revelation 1—7 (Moody Press, 1992).

Robert L. Thomas, Revelation 8—22 (Moody Press, 1995).

C. Marvin Pate, Gen. Ed., Four Views on the Book of Revelation (Zondervan Publishing House, 1998)

Course End Date: October 1, 2010          Location: Auditorium, Classroom D

 

July 2010

Module 0710: July 19-24 RE504 World Religions (3 units/Prof. W. Corduan)

Time: Monday through Friday 6pm-10:30pm, Saturday 9am-5:30pm

Textbook: Winfried Corduan. Neighboring Faiths: A Christian Introduction to World Religions
J.B. Hare, ed., The Internet Sacred Text Archive. The texts are available online at www.sacred-texts.com

Course End Date: October 29, 2010

 

August 2010

Module 0810: August 16-21 FC510 Gospel and Culture (3 units/Prof. F. Field)

Time: Monday through Friday 6pm-10:30pm, Saturday 9am-5:30pm

Textbook: TBD

Course End Date: November 29, 2010

 

Semester Course: August 26-November 11 BLH502 Biblical Hebrew II (3 units/Prof. A. Pitts)

Time: Thursdays 6pm-10:00pm

Textbooks: Gary D. Pratico and Miles V. Van Pelt, Basics of Biblical Hebrew: Grammar (2nd Ed.; Zondervan, 2007).

Course End Date: November 11, 2010

 

September 2010

Module 0910: September 13-18 RE505 Contemporary Cults (3 units/Prof. R. Rhodes)

Time: Monday through Friday 6pm-10:30pm, Saturday 9am-5:30pm

Textbook: Ron Rhodes. The Challenge of the Cults and New Religions.

Norman L. Geisler and Ron Rhodes. Correcting the Cults.

Norman L. Geisler and Ron Rhodes. Conviction Without Compromise.

Course End Date: December 27, 2010

 

October 2010

Module 1010: October 25-30 AP504 Christian Ethics (3 units/Dr. Paul Copan)

Time: Monday through Friday 6pm-10:30pm, Saturday 9am-5:30pm

Textbook: TBD

Course End Date: February 4, 2011

 

November 2010

Module 1110: November 8-13 PH520 History of Philosophy/Christian Thought I (3 units/Prof. N. Geisler)

Time: Monday through Friday 6pm-10:30pm, Saturday 9am-5:30pm

Textbook: Primary source philosophy readings provided by VES.

Course End Date: February 18, 2011

 

December 2010

Module 1210: December 13-18 PH510 Logic (3 units/H. Wayne House)

Time: Monday through Friday 6pm-10:30pm, Saturday 9am-5:30pm

Textbook: TBD

Course End Date: March 18, 2011

 

January 2011

Module 0111: January 24-29 NT500 Jewish and Greco-Roman Contexts for the New Testament (3 units/A. Pitts)

Time: Monday through Friday 6pm-10:30pm, Saturday 9am-5:30pm

Textbook: TBD

Course End Date: May 7, 2011

 

February 2011

Module 0211: February 21-26 PH530 History of Philosophy/Christian Thought II (3 units/N. Geisler)

Time: Monday through Friday 6pm-10:30pm, Saturday 9am-5:30pm

Textbook: Primary Source Readings. Readings provided by VES.

Course End Date: June 4, 2011

 

March 2011

Module 0311: March 21-26 NT Exegesis of Galatians (3 units/A. Pitts)

Time: Monday through Friday 6pm-10:30pm, Saturday 9am-5:30pm

Textbook: TBD

Course End Date: July 1, 2011

 

April 2011

Module 0411: April 11-16 OT500 Ancient Neareastern Contexts for the Old Testament (3 units/Dr. Adeeb F. Mickahail)

Time: Monday through Friday 6pm-10:30pm, Saturday 9am-5:30pm

Textbook: TBD

Course End Date: July 22, 2011

 

May 2011

Module 0511: May16-21 AP501 Introduction to Apologetics (3 units/N. Geisler)

Time: Monday through Friday 6pm-10:30pm, Saturday 9am-5:30pm

Textbook: Norman L. Geisler. Baker's Encyclopedia of Christian Apologetics.

Course End Date: September 2, 2011

 

June 2011

Module 0611: June 20-25 NT510 NT Survey I (3 units/Prof. H. Wayne House)

Time: Monday through Friday 6pm-10:30pm, Saturday 9am-5:30pm

Textbooks: TBD

Course End Date: September 30, 2011   

 

July 2011

Module 0711: July 11-16 TH560 Hamartiology and Soteriology (3 units/Prof. Robert Lightner)

Time: Monday through Friday 6pm-10:30pm, Saturday 9am-5:30pm

Textbooks: TBD

Course End Date: October 21, 2011  

 

August/September 2011

Module 0811: August 29-September 3, 2011 NT520 New Testament Survey II (3 units/Prof. H.W. House)

Time: Monday through Friday 6pm-10:30pm, Saturday 9am-5:30pm

Textbooks: TBD

Course End Date: December 9, 2011  

 

October 2011

Module 1011: October 10-15 TH550 Christology and Pneumatology (3 units/Prof. R. Rhodes)

Time: Monday through Friday 6pm-10:30pm, Saturday 9am-5:30pm

Textbook: John Walvoord. Jesus Christ Our Lord.

Robert Bowman and J. Ed Komoszewski. Putting Jesus in His Place: The Case for the Deity of Christ.

E.W. Bullinger. Word Studies on the Holy Spirit.

Course End Date: January 20, 2012

 

November 2011

Module 1111: November 7-12 TH530 Prolegomena and Bibliology (3 units/N. Geislerl)

Time: Monday through Friday 6pm-10:30pm, Saturday 9am-5:30pm

Textbook: Norman L. Geisler. Systematic Theology: Introduction and Bible. Volume 1.

Course End Date: February 17, 2012

 

December 2011

Module 1211: December 5-10 TH520 Biblical Hermenuetics (3 units/A. Pitts)

Time: Monday through Friday 6pm-10:30pm, Saturday 9am-5:30pm

Textbook: TBD

Course End Date: March 16, 2012

 

January 2012

Module 0112: January 16-21 TH580 Historical Theology (3 units/Prof. W. Nix)

Time: Monday through Friday 6pm-10:30pm, Saturday 9am-5:30pm

Textbooks: J.N.D. Kelly. Early Christian Doctrines.

Harold O.J. Brown. Heresies.

Henry Bettenson. Documents of the Christian Church (3rd edition).

Course End Date: April 27, 2012

 

February 2012

Module 0212: February 6-11 TH540 Theology Proper and Creation (3 units/Prof. N. Geisler)

Time: Monday through Friday 6pm-10:30pm, Saturday 9am-5:30pm

Textbooks: N. Geisler. Systematic Theology: God and Creation Volume II

Course End Date: May 18, 2012

 

March 2012

Module 0312: March 12-17 TH570 Ecclesiology and Eschatology (3 units/Prof. T. Ice)

Time: Monday through Friday 6pm-10:30pm, Saturday 9am-5:30pm

Textbooks:Norman L. Geisler. Systematic Theology: Church and Last Things. Volume 4.

Mark Hitchcock and Thomas Ice. Breaking the Apocalypse Code.

Course End Date: May 18, 2012