Distance Learning
Get connected with ABC’s Distance Learning program
Alberta Bible College offers courses through printed course packs that include student workbooks and texts. The advantages of distance learning include
- course can be started at any time during the year,
- four months to complete the course,
- work at your own pace,
- instructor is available to answer questions and give guidance,
- course can be applied to a degree or diploma at ABC and other schools (check with the school first though)
- assignments can be submitted by email, fax, or mail.
- courses are only $585 (plus cost of textbooks)
- Click here to contact us with any questions you may have
- Click here to register today
Bible and Theology
Gospels (request syllabus)This course studies the central figure of human history, Jesus Christ, His message, His mission and the demands and rewards He offers His followers, as viewed from the perspective of one or more of the four Gospels.
| Textbook: |
| Four Gospels, One Jesus? by Richard Burridge ($22.00) The Parables of Jesus by David Wenham ($18.00) |
Spiritual Formation (request syllabus)
This course focuses on the nature of personal and corporate spiritual growth. A study of the Bible’s teaching about conversion serves as the foundation for an investigation of the classic spiritual disciplines.
| Textbook: |
| Contemplative Bible Reading: Experiencing God through Scripture by Richard Peace ($12.00) Devotional Classics: Selected Readings for Individuals and Groups Richard J. Foster ed. ($24.00) |
Hebrew Poetry and Wisdom (request syllabus)
A study of the six books in the Old Testament designated wisdom (Job, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes) and poetry (Psalms, Song of Solomon, Lamentations). In addition to studying the content and message of each of these books, this course introduces students to the forms and rhetorical devices characteristic of poetry and wisdom in the Hebrew Bible and to the distinctive theology of Hebrew wisdom.
| Textbook: |
| A Theological Introduction to the Book of Psalms by McCann, J. Clinton ($32.00) Old Testament Wisdom Literature: A Theological Introduction. by Bartholomew, Craig G. and Ryan P. O'Dowd ($35.00) |
General Studies
History of Christianity I (request syllabus)A study of the church in the Roman and medieval worlds from the first to the sixteenth century, this course includes topics such as the expansion of Christianity, the development of doctrine and struggle against heresy, the establishment of Christendom and the rise of the papacy and monasticism, the decline of the Roman Empire, the Dark Ages, the contribution of the Celtic church, the papacy, the Crusades, the Renaissance, medieval monasticism and mysticism, Scholasticism, and the beginning of the Protestant Reformation.
| Textbook: |
| The Story of Christianity by Justo L. Gonzalez ($31.00) |
History of Christianity II (request syllabus)
This course, a study of the church in the modern world from the seventeenth to twentieth century, includes topics such as the Reformation, the Counter-Reformation, Puritanism, Pietism, the first and second Evangelical Awakenings, the development of liberalism and fundamentalism, and recent movements in ecumenism.
| Textbook: |
| The Story of Christianity by Justo L. Gonzalez ($31.00) Turning Points: Decisive Moments in the History of Christianity by Mark Noll ($30.00) |
If you want to be better prepared to serve God and deepen your knowledge of scripture, we invite you to further explore these opportunities. Upon receipt of your registration form, with payment, we will mail you the course material binder and textbooks (as requested) so you can begin your studies.
