Have you ever tried to run away from God? Can a mere man hide from the presence of an all-knowing, all-powerful God? God used a reluctant prophet to tell an evil city of his compassion for them. When God calls you to deliver a message to someone you don’t love, will you run, or get angry, or comply? Would it take a great calamity, an earthquake, or flood for God to get your attention?

Although Jesus’ parables may seem simple on the surface, they convey deep and complex truths about God’s Kingdom. The parables Jesus uses in his teaching aren’t merely illustrations or moral tales. They are intricate stories that reveal the mysteries central to the kingdom of God.

Carl Ellis is uniquely qualified to teach about Christianity in an African American context and his depth of experience makes him an ideal guide for relating how theology developed over time within the African American church. For thousands of years, God has mightily used many Africans to advance his kingdom. In this course, Ellis delves into Scripture and Church history, describes important movements—like African American missions during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and the civil rights movement—and analyzes important events happening today.

For serious theological study you need to be able to recognize the original words of the New Testament since they regularly appear in commentaries and lexicons. This course will make you feel at ease when you encounter such references by teaching you the Greek alphabet and showing you how to pronounce whole words. To help you master the Greek alphabet, each lesson has an interactive activity section with various experiential exercises, such as game-type drills, an alphabet song, and quizzes.

No matter your context, writing is crucial. When you have information that you need to get across to an audience, how much you can successfully transmit is directly proportional to how well you write. This series of courses by Richard Newton will help you improve as a writer. You will learn some of the basic skills you need to not only communicate your point effectively but also to hold the attention of others compellingly. You’ll learn how to write what you mean in a meaningful way that persuades others. You will develop graceful and impactful ways to conclude a writing piece and discover tools you can use to sharpen your work, and consider worthwhile ways to strategically revise your writing on your own and in community. Whether you are interested in becoming a better author, essayist, preacher, or public speaker these courses will help you hone your craft.

In More than the Ceremony: A Wedding Primer for Pastors, Grant Fishbook shares some practical tips for pastors that will help them in this important aspect of their ministry. Pastor Fishbook, who has officiated hundreds of weddings, discusses the importance of premarital counseling and includes advice on what to cover during these sessions. He provides some tips on how to make sure the both the rehearsal and ceremony are run smoothly and on time. He shares some creative and practical ideas for how to make the ceremony special and unique for the couple involved. Pastor Fishbook closes out the course by stressing the importance of following up with the newly married couple at several intervals after their marriage.

The Lord’s Prayer has been an important part of the lives of Christians for centuries. This course can help you gain a greater understanding and appreciation of the prayer that Jesus taught his disciples to pray. In this enriching video course, Prof. N.T. Wright offers insight into the context and meaning of the Lord’s Prayer. Immerse yourself in this beautiful prayer, and you could experience a deeper joy and closer walk with God. At the end of each section you will find a list of three questions to help you engage with the material Prof. Wright presented in his lectures. The purpose of these questions is to provide you with the opportunity for personal reflection, or to help you think more deeply about what you are learning. They are in no specific order, and you do not need to answer them all. The questions are intended to help you engage with the material and to assist your own further study. The goal is that as the Spirit renews our minds, we will be able to practically...

The Logos Academic Training bundle is a complete program for learning the best ways to use Logos for seminary-level research. It consists of four concise courses designed to help any student of the Bible improve the academic rigor of their study and research skills by using Logos Bible Software. These courses were designed to help seminaries train their students to use Logos to successfully research, examine, and present on specific Bible passages or theological topics.