Students who have been officially admitted to VES may register for any of the following courses by submitting a completed course registration form or enrolling online with your username and password. New courses will be added monthly as they are taught on the main campus in Murrieta, California. VES Students may purchase any course for $150 without enrollment.

All external studies students must include RW499 Research & Writing Skills within their first registration period.

 

RW499 Research & Writing Skills (B. Nixon/Pass-Fail)

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)

NOTE: Students are responsible to purchase their own textbooks for this course except for the reading packet which will be included with your course at a mandatory cost of $10. 

 

AP501 Introduction to Apologetics (N. Geisler/3 units)

Textbook: N. Geisler. Baker Encyclopedia of Christian Apologetics ($35)

AP502 Archaeology and Biblical History (S. Collins/3 units)

Textbooks:   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


AP503 Islamic Apologetics (S. Tavassoli/3 units)

Textbooks: Joshua Lingel, I2 Ministries. Christian Apologetics to Islam Reader. ($15)

 

AP504 Christian Ethics (N. Geisler/3 units)

Textbook: N. Geisler. Christian Ethics: Options and Issues ($18)

 

AP507 Problem of Evil (N. Geisler/3 units)

Textbooks: N. Geisler & W. Corduan. Philosophy of Religion (2nd ed) ($30)

N. Geisler. Roots of Evil ($15)

 

AP508 Resurrection of Jesus (G. Habermas/3 units)

Textbook: G. Habermas & M. Lincona. The Case for the Resurrection ($18) and N. Geisler. The Battle for the Resurrection ($25)

 

AP509 Introduction to C.S. Lewis (G. Habermas/3 units)

Textbooks: W. Martindaale & J. Root, eds. The Quotable Lewis ($19); C.S. Lewis. Problem of Pain ($10); Miracles ($10); Mere Christianity ($10).

 

NT510 New Testament Survey I (G. Carle/3 units)

Textbooks: Albert Bell. Exploring the New Testament World: An Illustrated Guide to the World of Jesus and the First Christians ($20)

F.F. Bruce. The New Testament Documents: Are They Reliable? ($12)

Bruce Metzger. The New Testament: It's Background, Growth, and Content ($20)

H. Wayne House. Chronological and Background Charts of the New Testament ($20)

 

NT520 New Testament Survey II (H. Wayne House/3 units)

Textbooks: Same as NT Survey I above.

Albert Bell. Exploring the New Testament World: An Illustrated Guide to the World of Jesus and the First Christians ($20)

F.F. Bruce. The New Testament Documents: Are They Reliable? ($12)

Bruce Metzger. The New Testament: It's Background, Growth, and Content ($20)

H. Wayne House. Chronological and Background Charts of the New Testament ($20)

 

OT505 Introduction to the Dead Sea Scrolls (R. Price/3 units)

Textbooks: R. Price. Secrets of the Dead Sea Scrolls (ebook $5); R. Price. Dead Sea Scrolls PowerPoint ($25); R. Price. The Dead Sea Scrolls: The Discovery Heard Around the World (Pamphlet: $3)

OT506 Book of Daniel (A. Fruchtenbaum/3 units) 

Textbook: John Walvoord. Daniel: The Key to Prophetic Revelation ($20)

 

OT515 Old Testament Survey (Prof. E. Hindson/3 units)

Textbook: Norman L. Geisler. A Popular Survey of the Old Testament. ($20); E. Hindson Old Testament Survey Notes ($20)

 

PH510 Logic (N. Geisler/3 units/audio course)

Textbook: N. Geisler. Come Let Us Reason ($15)

 

PH530 History of Modern and Contemporary Philosophy II (N. Geisler/3 units)

Textbook: Primary source philosophical readings provided by VES ($40)

 

RE504 World Religions (W. Corduan/3 units)

Textbooks: W. Corduan. Neighboring Faiths ($20) and H. Wayne House. Charts of World Religions ($22)

 

RE505 Contemporary Cults (R. Rhodes/3 units)

Textbooks: R. Rhodes. The Challenge of the Cults and New Religions ($25); N. Geisler & R. Rhodes. Conviction Without Compromise ($15); N. Geisler & R. Rhodes. Correcting the Cults ($25)

 

TH520 Biblical Hermeneutics (H. Wayne House/3 units)

Textbook: Bernard Ramm. Bernard Ramm. Protestant Biblical Interpretation: A Textbook of Hermeneutics ($15); E.D. Hersch. Validity in Interpretation ($25)

 

TH530 Prolegomena and Bibliology (N. Geisler/3 units)

Textbook: N. Geisler. Systematic Theology Volume I: Introduction and Bible ($25) 

 

TH540 Theology Proper and Creation (N. Geisler/3 units)

Textbook: N. Geisler. Systematic Theology Volume II: God and Creation ($25)

 

TH550 Christology and Pneumatology (R. Rhodes/D. Shirley/3 units)

Textbooks: JohnWalvoord. Jesus Christ Our Lord. ($20)

Robert Bowman and J. Ed Komoszewski. Putting Jesus In His Place: The Case for the Deity of Christ ($20)

E.W. Bullinger. Word Studies on the Holy Spirit. ($15)

 

TH560 Hamartiology and Soteriology (N. Geisler/3 units)

Textbook: N. Geisler. Systematic Theology Volume III: Sin and Salvation ($25)

 

TH560 Hamartiology and Soteriology (R. Rhodes/3 units)

Textbook: N. Geisler. Systematic Theology Volume III: Sin and Salvation ($25)

 

TH570 Ecclesiology and Eschatology (T. Ice/3 units)

Textbooks: N. Geisler. Systematic Theology Volume IV: The Church and Last Things ($25)

Mark Hitchcock and Thomas Ice. Breaking the Apocalypse Code ($10).

 

TH580 Historical Theology (W. Nix/3 units)

Textbooks: Henry Bettenson. Documents of the Christian Church (3rd edition) ($28)

J.N.D. Kelly. Early Christian Doctrines ($18)

Harold O.J. Brown. Heresies ($17)

Timothy George. Theology of the Reformers. ($20)