B I BLE I NST I TUTE OF LOS A NG E:: LE S
a Saviour, and reall y desire to be saved . (7) H ow to deal with those who haYe little or no concern about their souls. (8 ) How to deal wi th those who haYe diffi culti es. (All the difficulties that one meets in personal work are carefully studi ed under this head, and the va ri ous passages of Sc ripture t hat have been most used of Goel in deli ve ring men from t hese difficu lt ies, are brought forward) . (9) How to deal with those who entertain fal se hopes. ( 10) How to deal with those who lack assurance. ( 11 ) How to deal with backsliders . ( 12) How to deal with professed skept ics, infidels, atheists, and agnost ics . ( 13 ) How to deal with those who wi sh to put off decis ion unt il some other time. ( 14) How to deal w;th the deluded . Under this head all the modern de lusions, such as Chri st ian Science, Ru sselism, Seventh Day Adventism, Spiritualism, Theosophy, etc., are considered . and the student taught to use hi s Bible to deliver people from these de lu sions. ( 15) How to deal with Chris tians who need c unsel, rebuke or encouragement. The course in Personal \ \'o rk is a course in real and practical psychology. VIII. Homiletics T he object of thi s department is to qualify men and women to prepare and deliver sermons, Gospel add resses, Bible readings and expos itions of God's "\Vorel whereve r needed- in pulpi t, street . jail, shop or cottage. P ract ical demonstration in sermon outline and structure is given, and frequent use is made of the blackboard to illustrate same. From time to time, stu dents are required to prepare for criticism out lines of sermons and addresses. The second year in Homi let ics is wholly de YOted to preaching by students in the class room. Here par t icular attention is paid to correct ing defects in the construction and deli Yery of sermons and Gospel addresses . Both teacher and class take part in this work of cr it ici sm. Direc ti on is also giYen in public praye r and the public reading of the \i\To rd of God. Cycle of Study
FIRST YEAR
First Semester-The Call to Preach ; Concept ion of the Min ist ry ; T he Permanent Funct ion of the Min istry ; The Goal
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