Contemporary Theological Issues examines significant theological controversies, movements, and cultural challenges confronting the church today in the Philippines and the wider contemporary evangelical world. Students will learn to evaluate contemporary teachings and practices in light of Scripture’s authority and sufficiency, sound principles of biblical interpretation, and historic Christian doctrine.
The course addresses issues such as biblical authority, the gospel, prosperity theology, the work of the Holy Spirit, religious pluralism, gender and sexuality, social and cultural ideologies, and syncretism. The course will pay particular attention to the challenges faced by churches and Christian leaders in the Philippines.
Students will be equipped to recognize doctrinal error, distinguish essential Christian doctrines from secondary matters, respond to theological disagreements with biblical conviction and Christian charity, and shepherd their congregations toward doctrinal maturity
About your Instructors
Devraj Urs is the Director of The Expositor’s Academy in Southern Philippines and is one of the Pastors at Soli Deo Gloria Christian Church in Davao City. He worked in Information Technology Management for over two and a half decades and was a lay pastor-teacher at a local church in Southern California for seven years. He finished his pastoral training with a Master of Divinity in 2011 and a Master of Theology in Bible Exposition in 2013. He ministered at Grace Community Church in teaching, discipleship, and counseling before the elders of Grace Community Church ordained him to the gospel ministry. He served as a Pastor-Trainer at the TMAI Seminary in India for over 3 years before God sovereignly moved him to the Philippines in 2017. Devraj serves as a pastor-teacher-trainer, training national pastors in Mindanao, Visayas, and parts of South Asia on rightly dividing the Word of God in preaching, teaching, and counseling. He lives with his wife in Davao City.
Abraham Ramos is an associate professor at The Expositors Academy and a pastoral intern at Soli Deo Gloria Christian Church in the Philippines. He completed his Biblical Studies Degree with an emphasis in Bible Exposition at The Master’s University in 2013 and a Master of Divinity degree in May 2024 at the Master’s Seminary. He seeks to train and equip indigenous pastors in his local church and other churches in the Philippines.
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