New MAPI Course: "Responding to Islamic Christology" (Dr Paul Blackham) - Oct.20-Dec.8

We are proud to introduce the 8th of our Ten MAPI courses for our 'Master's Degree in "Apologetics and Polemics to Islam" program (MAPI). This course is entitled IS508[25] "Responding to Islamic Christology", which will be taught by Dr Paul Blackham (with additional help during Q&As from Dr Jay Smith and Dr Daniel Janosik) every Monday evening, from October 20, to December 8, 2025. This is an important course dealing with two of the most often asked questions from Muslims concerning whether Jesus is GOD, and whether the Trinity is true, and how we as Christians can defend both. Note: this course is for Christians alone. Why? Because it is being taught at the Veritas International University (VIU), which is an academic seminary belonging to the Calvary Chapel Denomination. If you would like to take this course, just e-mail "Eliott Davis" before October 20 at: edavis@ves.edu NOTE: For this course we are starting at a different time. We will beginning our lectures 3 hours earlier than usual, at 5:00 p.m. (EST) or 10:00 p.m. (London time) Beginning on Monday the 20th of October (starting at 5:00 p.m. - EST 10:00 p.m. - London) Dr Blackham will lecture for 8 weeks, with each lecture followed by a 'live' Q&A between students and Dr Blackham on the material introduced that week. Dr Blackham has promised that they will be "live" so that you as students can have "live" and personal access to him. Often the Q&A time following the lectures can go for another hour or two. The Lectures will be 'live', via Zoom Webinar, every Monday evening from 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. (Eastern Time - USA), followed by Q&As until December 8th. Since all of our teaching is by Zoom Webinar, those of you who have registered can watch the lectures from the comfort of your own home, anywhere in the world, or at any time, as every lecture will be recorded and the URL along with the accompanying PowerPoint, and the PDFs will be sent to you by Dr Smith the next day by a Mailchimp email. As we have in the past, we are offering this course for 3 categories of students: 1) FULL-TIME MASTER'S OR DOCTORAL DEGREE STUDENTS: The first category are those students who want to take this course for a Master's or a Doctorate academic credit. This is a 3-credit course, so the fee for each credit is $330, coupled with administration costs makes the total for the whole course around $1,500 (depending on whether you are a returning or a new student). For these full-time students, the full course itself continues for 15 weeks, stretching from October 20, 2025 until January 30, 2026 (though there are only 8 weeks of lecture). This will give you ample time to read and then write logs on the books required for the course, participate in the discussions, write your Research papers, and write your final 'open book' exam. 2) AUDIT STUDENTS: The second category are those students who want to simply audit the course. The fee for the entire 8-week course is $340. An Audit student will not have any assignments, but will have access to the Populi site where the discussions and assignments are found (like the Full-time academic students), and will be able to listen to the lectures and will be sent the Power-points and PDFs to download. 3) PERSONAL ENRICHMENT STUDENTS: The third category are those students who simply want to take this course for their 'Personal Enrichment'. Their fee for the 8-week course is only $240. Unlike the Full-time students or the Audit students, they will not have access to the Populi site, but they will still have "live access" to all of the lectures, and they will be sent the Power-points and PDFs to download and use in their own ministries. To underline the distinctions, while all of the students in all 3 categories will have access to all of the lectures, the Power-points and the PDFs for the entire 8-week course, the full-time Academic (as well as the Audit students) will also have admission to the Populi site to participate in the ongoing weekly discussions, and will have access to the reading lists and assignments, though the full-time students will be the only ones required to fulfill them. If you are interested in any of these 3 levels, simply e-mail the registrar 'Eliott Davis' at: edavis@ves.edu But hurry, as the first lecture begins on Monday, October, 2025 at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time (US). LECTURE TOPICS: Week #1: Introduction and reviewing the Foundations of the arguments Week #2: What the Qur'an and the Traditions say about Jesus' Divinity & the Trinity Week #3: Jesus in ALL of Scripture Week #4: The Trinity in ALL of Scripture Week #5: Jesus' Divinity & the Trinity beyond the Scriptures Week #6: Nicene Creed and Medieval Philosophy, and Muslim Philosopher's Views Week #7: Dr Shabir Ally's & other current Muslim's views on Jesus and the Trinity Week #8: Conclusions: Throwing Questions at Dr Blackham to stump him! © Pfander Centre for Apologetics & Polemics - US, October 5, 2025 (124,740)