The School of Biblical and Theological Studies offers courses from the following departments:

• Apologetics (APOL)
• Bible (BIBL)
• Biblical Counseling (BICO)
• Biblical Languages (BILG)
• Christian Womanhood (CHWO)
• Ministry (MINI)
• Religious Education (REED)
• Sacred History (SAHI)
• Sacred Literature (SALI)
• Sacred Music (SAMU)
• Theology (THEO)
• Other Types of Credit

Does the Church Need Psychology? (3 credits): Emphasizes the sufficiency of the Bible, the Holy Spirit, and prayer for dealing with the needs of people. 

Marriage Counseling (4 credits): Pre-marital advice, problems that occur during a marriage, divorce, re-marriage, and ministering to divorced church members and preachers are issues that are covered from the biblical perspective. 

Dealing With Divorce (1 credit): A study of the causes and effects of divorce. How to counsel in order to prevent divorce and how to counsel those who have already been divorced. 

Pastoral Counseling (3 credits): Discovers various approaches to establishing relationships with church members. Special emphasis is placed upon how to handle different types of church members. 

Parenting Infants (1 credit): Enables the counselor to help new parents prepare for the arrival of their first baby and to deal with the adjustments of transitioning into parental life.  

Child Development (2 credits): Teaches the biblical approach to child training. 

Adolescent Development (2 credits): Bible principles that will equip parents and youth workers to better prepare their teenagers for Christian service. 

Answering Questions from the Bible (3 credits): Teaches the counselor to apply biblical answers to the questions and problems they will encounter as they minister to others.  

How To Lead Others To Christ (2 credits): A condensed version of the Personal Evangelism course that is only offered to students in the Diploma of Biblical Counseling program. All other students must take the regular Personal Evangelism course.

Counseling Internship (6 credits): The student spends six months as an intern in a biblical counseling environment approved by SB&TS. This allows the student to receive credit toward their degree while receiving hands-on experience in a structured environment.

Basic Greek (2 credits): There is a $150 course fee for this course. 

Advanced Greek (2 credits): There is a $150 course fee for this course.  

The Christian Wife (3 credits): This course will help you become the kind of wife (helpmate) that God desires you to be. Special emphasis is placed upon the role of the preacher's wife. 

Practical Helps For Christian Ladies (3 credits): Mature Christian ladies teach Biblical principles for godly living. 

Biographies of Christian Ladies (3 credits): You will be encouraged to greater love for Christ and to new levels of Christian service as you study the lives of ladies who God has used in the past.  

Biblical Truths For Ladies (1 credit): A course designed to teach the role, blessings, and joys of a Christian woman. 

Great Women of the Bible (1 credit): A study of the lives of Biblical characters.  

Women’s Studies (4 credits): Reading assignments to help the Christian woman grow in her walk with the Lord.

Biblical Modesty (1 credit): The Bible teaches that women are to be modest.  This course will enable the Christian woman to understand modesty from a biblical perspective.

Department of Ministry

Missionary Leadership (2 credits): Practical instruction from seasoned missionaries on how to motivate and lead a congregation when serving in an alien culture.  

Jewish Awareness & Evangelism (1 credit): Teaches the student to use the Old Testament scriptures to share the Christian faith with Jewish people in a tactful and respectful manner.  

Discipleship Training (2 credits): A practical course in how to disciple into maturity new converts and new church members.   

Introduction to Missions (2 credits): An overview of the various types of home and foreign missionary works.  

Missionary Methods (5 credits): The same as the course The Life of the Apostle Paul with a special emphasis placed upon the various strategies that Paul, the greatest missionary of all-time, used during his missionary journeys. 

Missionary Biographies (3 credits): A study of the lives of great men who God used in successful missionary endeavors of the past. 

Biographies of Great Preachers (3 credits): A study of the lives of many  preachers who were used of God in the previous generations. 

Mentoring As Discipleship (3 credits): Learn the mechanics of mentoring and their potential in raising up leadership within the local church. 

What Is A Pastor (3 credits): Defines the responsibilities of pastoral ministry. 

Practical Wisdom for Ministers (4 credits): Taught by Baptist preachers with years of experience - this course surveys typical problems encountered in the ministry and offers solutions. 

Legal Issues/New Testament Churches (1 credit): Taught by pastor and veteran attorney Al Cunningham, president of the Biblical Law Center. 

Church Leadership (2 credits): Dr. Roberson always says, "Everything rises and falls on leadership." In 20 video lessons Dr. Roberson teaches you how to be the leader that God has called you to be. 

Church Education (4 credits): A course of how-to's. How to conduct: business meetings, elect deacons, perform funerals, perform weddings, administer the Lord's Supper, baptize converts, organize a building program, etc. All aspects of church work are covered in this practical how-to course. 

The Sunday School (3 credits): Hands on instruction in how to start, build, maintain, and grow a Sunday School. 

Personal Evangelism (5 credits): Step-by-step instructions that will teach you how to share your faith and lead others to give their lives to Christ. 

Homiletics (4 credits): Learn how to develop and deliver topical, textual, and expository sermons. At the courses end the student will be evaluated on three full-length sermons.  

Homiletics II (4 credits): Continued study in the development and delivery of sermons.  

Life and Work of David Brainerd (3 credits): A detailed study of missions centered around the life and writings of a great missionary. 

Understanding Church Splits (1 credit): Topics include: How to Detect an Upcoming Split, How to Avoid a Split, When to Encourage a Split, How to Survive a Split, and How to Heal a Fractured Church.  All instruction is given by preachers who have experienced church splits.  Hundreds of pastors/churches world-wide have benefited from this excellent material. 

Life and Work of David Brainerd (3 credits): A detailed study of missions centered around the life and writings of a great missionary. 

The Bus Ministry (2 credits): Methods for reaching children and families through the use of buses and vans.  

Youth Ministry (1 credit): A practical how-to course for those who desire to minister to youth through the local church.  

The Life of the Apostle Paul (5 credits): A verse by verse study of the Book of Acts reveals the life and lifestyle of the Apostle Paul. This course contains nearly 75 hours of tape-recorded lessons. 

Sign Language (1 credit): Learn to minister to the deaf by communicating with them in their own language. This video course is taught by veteran sign-language teacher Dr. Cathy Rice.  

Ministry Internship (6 credits): The student spends six months as an intern serving under the pastor of a local church. This allows the student to receive credit toward their degree while receiving hands-on experience in a structured work environment.

Department of Religious Education

Biographies of Christian Educators (3 credits): A study of the lives of great educators from past generations. 

Religious Education Credit: This credit is earned by developing courses that will be added to the SB&TS curriculum. If the course is approved, SB&TS will award the student the same number of credits as the courses catalog offering. If the student develops a course that we offer for two credits we will award the courses developer two credits toward their degree. 

Biographies of Christian Educators (3 credits): A study of the lives of great educators from past generations. 

Developing Children’s Curriculum (1 credit): How to course on the development of various children’s curriculum for the local church’s educational ministries.   

Philosophy of Education (4 credits): Compares various “educational philosophies” (both secular and religious) with each other and with the Bible.    

How To Tutor (1 credit): Explains basic strategies that can be used by parents, siblings, and teachers to successfully tutor children in the foundational subjects of Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic.  

Our Children’s Future (1 credit): A crash course explaining many of the challenges and dangers our children will face as they grow up in a morally bankrupt society. 

The Sunday School (3 credits): Hands on instruction in how to start, build, maintain, and grow a Sunday School. 

Education Internship (6 credits): The student spends six months as an intern serving under the administrator of a Christian educational institution. This allows the student to receive credit toward their degree while receiving hands-on experience in a structured work  environment.

Department of Sacred History

Judeo-Christian History (6 credits): A comprehensive study of the writings of Josephus and Philo. 

History of Western Civilization (12 credits): Starting with its oriental heritage, the progression of western civilization is studied through the time of Napoleon. Special emphasis is placed upon the effects that the time of Christ and the reformation had on the development of our society. 

Alternative History (2 credits): A study of history from the “conspiratorial” viewpoint. Special emphasis is given to methods that “conspiracy theory” teachers have used to incorporate Bible prophecy into their teachings. 

History of Baptists (3 credits): This course defines what a Baptist is and how the Baptist churches have been perpetuated throughout the ages. 

Church History (3 credits): A study of the life of the early church, the rise of Catholicism, and the establishment of the Protestant denominations. 

The Albigenses and Piedmont Brethren (5 credits): Focuses on these two ancient sects, there holiness, witness, persecution, and peculiarities. Based on the writings of Samuel Morlans and Peter Allix. 

Ancient Jewish History (6 credits): Antiquities of the Jews by Flavius Josephus. The student will read all twenty books in this series by Josephus chronicling the history of the Jews from ancient times to the Roman occupation. 

Roman Jewish History (4 credits): War of the Jews by Flavius Josephus. The student will read all seven books of Josephus on this period of Jewish history with log and write a synopsis of how each one sheds light on the New Testament era. 

America’s Spiritual History (2 credits): The Christian heritage of America from the Mayflower Compact to the present day.  

Biographies of Great Preachers (3 credits): Study the lives and ministries of 120 men who have been greatly used of God down through the centuries.  

The Life of Charles Spurgeon (4 credits): A detailed study of the life and ministry of the “Prince of Preachers.” 

The Life of Dwight Moody (2 credits): A detailed study of the life and ministry of the man who many consider to have been the greatest American preacher of the 19^th Century.   

The War Between the States (3 credits): A comprehensive overview of the period of American history commonly known as The Civil War and Reconstruction. 

The Christian General (4 credits): A Comprehensive study of the life and command of General Robert E. Lee. 

War Between the States Biographies (2 credits): An overview of the lives and religious experiences of 425 General Officers who led armies during the War Between the States. 

The Christian History of the South (4 credits): A study of the history and effects of Christianity on the Southern section of States commonly referred to as The Bible Belt.

Department of Sacred Literature

First Century Literature (6 credits): Study of the writings of the Apostolic Fathers, Justin Martyr, Irenaeus, Clement, Mathetes,  Polycarp, Ignatius, Barnabas, and Papias. 

Second Century Literature (6 credits): Study of the Fathers of the Second Century including Hermas, Tatian, Theophilus, Athenagoras, and Clement of Alexandria. 

Latin Antiquities (6 credits): Study of the Ante-Nicene Fathers, Latin Christianity and its Founder Tertullian.  I.Apologetic, II. Anti-Marcion, III. Ethical. 

Greek New Testament as Literature (6 Credits): Student must read the entire New Testament in the Received Text with reading log. 

King James New Testament as Literature (6 Credits): Student must read the entire New Testament with log and write a fifteen thousand word paper arguing the accuracy of the King James translation in relation to its source text, the Textus Receptus. 

Third Century Literature I (6 Credits): Examines the writings of Tertullian, Minucius Felix, Commodianus, and Origen. 

Third Century Literature II (6 Credits): Examines the writings of Hippolytus, Cyprian, Caius, and Novatian. 

Third Century Literature III (6 Credits): Examines the writings of Gregory Thaumaturgus, Dionysius the Great, and Julius Africanus. 

Fourth Century Literature (6 Credits): Examines the writings of Lactantius, Dionysius of Rome, Teachings of the Apostles, and the Early Liturgies. 

Fourth Century Apocrypha (6 Credits): An academic study of the Fathers of the Third and Fourth Centuries, Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs, Apocrypha of the New Testament, etc. 

The Septuagent (8 Credits): Student must read the text of this translation with log and write a five thousand word paper on the role of the Septuagent in Jewish, Christian, and Western history.

Writings of Jonathan Edwards (3 credits): All of the published writings of the Great Awakening preacher are read and summarized. 

Writings of Charles G. Finney (3 credits): All of the published writings of the great revivalist are read and summarized. 

Writings of William Law (3 credits): All of the published writings of the missionary are read and summarized. 

Writings of John Bunyan (3 credits): John Bunyan’s literary accomplishments are not limited to Pilgrim’s Progress. All of the published writings of the great preacher and sufferer for Christ are read and summarized. 

General Reading Credit: Students receive credit for reading and summarizing books from an approved list of “classics.”

Department of Sacred Music

Hymnology (2 credits): A comprehensive study of the great hymns of the faith with special emphasis placed on the history of each hymn and the message it proclaims.  

Basic Vocal Instruction (1 credit): Attend an old-fashioned gospel "singing school" by way of video. Without any prior knowledge of music you will be able to sight-read music, recognize and sing shape notes, know how to determine sing your part, harmonize, develop timing, etc. 

Music Analysis (1 credit): Various types of music are analyzed and compared in this study of the three basic elements of music: melody, harmony, and rhythm. 

Playing Hymns by Ear (1 credit): This course teaches basic drills that will enable the serious student to listen to any piece of music and play it successfully.    

Musical Ministry Internship (6 credits): The student spends six months as an intern serving under the pastor or music minister of a local church. This allows the student to receive credit toward their degree while receiving hands-on experience in a structured work  environment. 

Voice/Instrumental Lessons: SB&TS will award one credit for every sixteen hours of local instruction that the student receives from an approved voice or instrument teacher.

Department of Theology

Bible Doctrines (3 credits): Teaches the fundamental doctrines of the Bible. 

The Biblical Doctrine of Justice (3 credits): The late Dr. Jack Hyles, Pastor of the World’s Largest Baptist Church, said that this is “the most profound course that has been taught in a college – any college.”  

The Biblical Doctrine of Jurisdiction (1 credits): God is the “lawgiver,” He ordained government, and He set the bounds of its jurisdiction. A Biblical Study on the role and limitations of government.  

Christology I (4 credits): A study of Christ that places special emphasis on who Jesus was and why he came to earth. 

Christology II (4 credits): A study of Christ that places special emphasis on the miracles and teachings of Jesus. 

Demonology (1 credit): A theological study of Satan,. Demons, demon possession, and related subjects.  

Numerology (1 credit): Study of the use, meaning, and typology of numbers in scripture.

Calvinism (3 credits): Based on Calvin’s Institutes, this course familiarizes the student with the doctrinal system popularized by John Calvin.  

Arminianism (3 credits): The theological system commonly referred to as Arminianism is studied along with the published writings of Jacobus Arminius.  

Soteriology (2 credits): A detailed study of the doctrine of salvation. 

Practice of the Early Church (4 credits): Compares the practices of the Apostles with the way in which we conduct our church services today.  

Prayer (4 credits): Teaches the doctrine and mechanics of prayer with a hope that the student will develop a more intimate prayer life.  

Pneumatology (3 credits): A complete study of the doctrine of the Holy Spirit.  

Ecclesiology I (3 credits): An introductory course on the doctrine of the church. Special emphasis is placed on the purpose and importance of the local church.  

Ecclesiology II (3 credits): Study topics include Christ’s headship over His church, the church as the “body of Christ,” the authority that the church exercises as Christ’s body, church/state issues, how the church relates to the world around it, etc. 

Eschatology (3 credits): A study of Bible prophecy and end-time events as foretold in the Bible. 

Jewish Feasts and Holidays (1 credit): A comprehensive overview of Old Testament feasts and other Jewish holidays. 

Life of Christ (2 credits): A biographical survey of the life of Jesus Christ.

The Old Testament Tabernacle (1 credit): A detailed study of the architecture and ministry of the Tabernacle.  

The Doctrine of Heaven (1 credit): What will Heaven be like? This course is a complete study of Heaven.

Other Types of Credit

Credit by Thesis: A student may earn three credits toward their degree for every 10,000 words (undergraduate), 12,500 words (Master's level), or 15,000 words (Doctoral level) written as the result of independent research on approved topics. 

Life Experience Credit: A student may receive as many as 50 undergraduate credits or 10 Master's level credits as the result of knowledge that they have gained through life, work, and ministry experience. If you would like for SB&TS to determine if you are eligible for this type of credit, please submit a resume of teaching and ministry experience to the school for evaluation. We will also consider awarding credit to the student for books that the student has written, research the student has conducted, etc. 

Seminar Attendance: Credit will be awarded for instruction the student receives as the result of attending approved seminars. To determine if you are eligible for this credit submit a list of all seminars that you have completed (or that you plan to attend) and we will inform you as to how many credits (if any) you will receive.  Include in this listing the number of hours of instruction you received at each seminar and the # pages of reading that accompanied the seminar instruction. We will need proof of your having attended the seminar.  

Apprenticeship Programs: Many home school organizations offer college level apprenticeship programs. Your participation in one of these programs may qualify you for advanced standing in an undergraduate program. Please contact the school for details.

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