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LF550 The Art and Science of Mentoring and Spiritual Direction (3 credits)
21-30 November 2018 (from Wednesday to the following Friday), 9.00 am-5.00 pm 

Mentoring and spiritual direction in the Christian tradition are spiritually formative and transformative ministries. There is a certain skillset which can be taught in mentoring and in spiritual direction. Yet there is also the ‘art’ side of discernment, listening to one another, and to God, and prayer. This practical course is suitable to equip Church members, leaders, pastors, seminarians and anyone who is interested in the foundations of mentoring and spiritual direction.

Alex Tang, PhD

Alex Tang, PhD & MD, is an associate professor of Paediatrics in Monash University and consultant paediatrician at KPJ Johor Specialist Hospital.  His PhD is in Spiritual Formation, Discipleships, and Education.  He is a popular speaker, especially on ethical issues and spiritual formation.

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TS560 Worldview and Biblical Decision Making (2 credits)
Wednesdays, 9.00 am-11.15 am

Your worldview shapes how you live even if you don’t know what it is and how it works. This course seeks to explore the big questions of life to enable you to better understand, defend, and live out your faith in the marketplace of competing ideas and lifestyles.  It will also help you develop a biblically-informed framework for making moral decisions.

Lewis Winkler, PhD

Lewis joined Cru in 1987 and has taught in three seminaries in the USA and Asia.  He enjoys interacting with students over basketball and casual discussion on how the Bible applies to life and issues today.

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TS510 Theology 1 (3 credits)
Fridays, 1.45 pm-5.00 pm

Survey, interact with, and imaginatively apply in contemporary context the major theological and scriptural doctrines relating to the Bible, God the Father, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit.

Pre-requisite: BS510 Bible Study Methods and Hermeneutics, TS510 Worldview and Biblical Decision Making or IS520 Contextualisation.

Clive Chin, PhD

Clive Chin is the Senior Pastor of Orchard Road Presbyterian Church, having served as a pastor for 17 years in Chinese churches in the USA. In the last 13 years, he served as a theological educator in the USA and Asia, including being Academic Dean at Singapore Bible College. He holds a PhD in Biblical and Theological Studies from Dallas Theological Seminary (USA), and a PhD in Intercultural Studies from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (USA). He has authored two books: The Perception of Christianity as a Rational Religion in Singapore, and Mystical Union and Imitation of Christ. He and his wife, Rhonda, have two children, Elisabeth (21) and Stephen (18).

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TS500 Church History 1 (3 credits)
Tuesdays & Fridays, 9.00 am-10.30 am

Do you know your spiritual heritage? This course will take you through a study of Christianity from the late first century to the rise of the Enlightenment. There is special emphasis on key figures and events as well as theological developments in the Church through these centuries.

Lewis Winkler, PhD

Lewis joined Cru in 1987 and has taught in three seminaries in the USA and Asia.  He enjoys interacting with students over basketball and casual discussion on how the Bible applies to life and issues today.