Overview: This course looks at the overall message of the Bible, and discusses important topics like:

• What is the Bible?
• Definition of the Bible
• Background and message of the different books of the Bible.
• Old Testament Overview
• New Testament Overview
• How should we understand the Bible?
• Bible Text extraction principles
• Views On the Inspiration and Authority of The Bible

This course is the first subject of the full qualification certificate for:

International Certificate: Biblical and Theological Studies (120 Credits)

 You must enroll in the BIBLE READING 365 course together with this one, so that you can read the Bible every day according to the READING PLAN for reading the Bible in 1 year.

The BIBLE READING 365 course forms part of the full qualification certificate for: International Certificate: Associate Minister (120 Credits)

When you start with BIBLE READING 365 now, you will finish it together with the last course of the full qualification, and you can complete the entire course in 1 Year.

Course Outcomes:

Required Reading: All required reading is provided here online, so no book purchase is necessary.

Assignments:

1. Watch the videos for each week. (when there are videos available for each section, please watch them. The video transcript will also be available wherever possible.
2. Discussion forum is available to shar questions with other students and your teachers.
3. Unit Quiz: Each unit will have its own quiz of 25 questions. It is easier to work with smaller sections (chunks) of information, than to write one massive exam at the end of the course. All marks from tests will be used to calculate your total score.
4. Quiz time: You have 75 minutes to complete each quiz test. Once the quiz started, it cannot be stopped until completed and submitted. You cannot save the test and return to it later. You cannot retake the test.
5. Quiz rules: We urge you to study the work and write the test on your own knowledge. You may refer to the learning material when you get stuck, but when you do refer to learning material during the test, use it to also learn from it in the process. Do not write the tests without reading and studying the course material. If you write the test without studying, you make your chances to fail bigger. And you will not know where to start looking for answers. 75 minutes is not enough to quickly read through all the work to find any answers.
6. DO IT FOR THE LORD: By not doing the work, and just trying to rush through it all to get certificate, you will not learn anything. And if you do not learn anything. you cannot teach people the truth about God's Word, and you will lead people down the wrong path.

*The course has a total of 247 points: 20 points for each of the twelve quizzes and 12 points for the final feedback assignment. 

Grading Scale:

A 95-100%   A- 90-94%   B+ 87-89%   B 83-86%   B- 80-82%   C+ 77-79%   C 73-76%   C- 70-72%    D+ 67-69%   D 63-66%   D- 60-62%   F 0-59%

Your average for the course must be at least 60%. Otherwise, you will fail the course and will receive no credit.

Deadline: You have 180 days to finish the course. Complete the whole course before the end of 180 days. Once the deadline date is reached, you will be removed from the course, and all your progress will be lost. You will have to redo the entire (whole) course.

You must complete the course to receive a credit.

Course Forum: Each course forum is at the beginning of the course, right before the first-course content section, and has comments and questions from other students in the class. The forum is a great way to post a question or comment for other students who are currently enrolled in the course to see. Additionally, you can search the forum to see if anyone in the past has addressed or discussed the issue, question, or comment you were wanting to post about.

Accessibility: All videos in this course have a transcription.