Current Course Offerings

The course offerings for Koinonia Institute are continually growing. All of these courses are available to students who are currently members of Koinonia Institute. You can check the upcoming schedule by logging in and clicking on “Course Schedule”. Click here to become a member of Koinonia Institute.

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BIB501-1: Old Testament Survey (required for Bronze)

(3 credits) An overview of the Old Testament, emphasizing the integrity of design. An introduction to conservative hermeneutics with an emphasis on inerrancy and using the Bible to interpret itself.

BIB501-2: New Testament Survey (required for Bronze)

(3 credits) An overview of the New Testament, exploring the claims, reality, and mission of Jesus Christ and to provide an initial exposure to eschatological controversies.

BIB502-1: The Book of Genesis I

(3 credits) An expositional study of Genesis Chapters 1-11, with an emphasis on the Creation Week, the Fall, and the Flood.

BIB502-2: The Book of Genesis II

(3 credits) An expositional study of Genesis Chapters 12-50, with an emphasis on the Call of Abraham, the lives of Isaac and Jacob, and the twelve tribes of Israel.

BIB505: The Book of Numbers

(2 Credits) It took only three days to get Israel out of Egypt, but it took 40 years to get “Egypt” out of Israel! This book is a chronicle of failures — 38 years of exile that should never have happened, but for their lack of faith.

BIB512: The Books of 1&2 Chronicles

(4 Credits) This study explores the priestly history of the Southern Kingdom, with emphasis on the Davidic dynasty and its decline, up to its subsequent captivity by the Babylonian Empire.

BIB515-1: The Books of Psalms I

(3 Credits) Psalms emphasizes the heart and soul of humanity. It is a collection of songs and prayers that intimately express the deepest emotions experienced by mankind. It provides comfort, strength and help during our darkest moments as well as praise and joy only found through God’s everlasting love and forgiveness.

BIB515-2: The Books of Psalms II

BIB516: The Book of Proverbs

(2 credits) An expositional study of Proverbs.

BIB522: The Book of Daniel

(4 credits) An expositional study of Daniel. Scholars consider Daniel’s prophecies to be fundamental to understanding the main theme of the end times.

BIB528: The Book of Zechariah

(4 credits) Among the book of Zechariah’s many precious passages we find the Messiah presented as the Shepherd, the Stone, the Coming King, and the Branch who will remove iniquity. We find the Triumphal Entry on a donkey, One betrayed for 30 pieces of silver, His Crucifixion, and His Second Coming when they will “look upon me whom they have pierced.”

BIB529-1: The Book of Matthew I

(3 Credits) This book focuses on the presentation of Jesus Christ as the Messiah, the Lion of the Tribe of Judah. This unit explores the legal genealogical claim of Christ to the throne of David, His Manifesto of the Kingdom (the Sermon on the Mount).

BIB529-2: The Book of Matthew II

(3 Credits) Matthew 2 continues with Christ’s training of the disciples, including a detailed analysis of the Kingdom Parables and the famed, but often confusing, “Olivet Discourse.” Substantial emphasis is focused on the climactic Final Week, detailing the events of the Last Seder, Gethsemane, the six trials, the Crucifixion and the Resurrection.

BIB534-1: The Book of Romans I

(3 Credits) Romans is the definitive statement of Christian doctrine — the most comprehensive book in the New Testament. Its impact on History is unequaled. It has an international outlook: As a Roman citizen, and with both Hebrew and Greek culture of history, religion, philosophy, poetry, science, music, etc., Paul’s Epistle to the Romans is the most profound writing that exists anywhere. It is the definitive analysis on sin, the law, and grace.

BIB534-2: The Book of Romans II

BIB536: The Book of Galatians

(2 Credits) The Epistle to the Galatians is regarded as one of Paul’s greatest and most important letters. It has been characterized as a “short Romans” and embraces in its six short chapters such a variety of vehement and intense emotion as could not be paralleled in any other work.

BIB542: The Book of Hebrews

(4 credits) Hebrews is one of the two greatest theological treatises of the New Testament. It is the “Leviticus” of the New Testament, detailing how the Lord Jesus Christ is both the fulfillment and the successor to all that had gone on before.

BIB543: The Book of James

(2 credits) An expositional study of James, focusing on the practical Christian walk rather than on doctrine; it is directed toward a living faith.

BIB546: The Book of Jude

(2 credits) An expositional study of Jude, overflowing with fascinating Old Testament references and allusions: lessons from Israel in the wilderness, the angels that sinned, the strange events of Sodom and Gomorrah, and other insights from Cain, Balaam.

BIB547-1: The Book of Revelation I

(3 credits) An expositional study of Revelation Chapters 1-5, with an emphasis on the Letters to Seven Churches.

BIB547-2: The Book of Revelation II

(3 credits) An expositional study of Revelation Chapters 6-22, with an emphasis on God’s judgments on post-Rapture earth.

BTE501: Introduction to Hermeneutics

(2 credits) This is an introductory course on both the origins of the Bible as well as providing different hermeneutical approaches to study.

BTE502: Our Jewish Roots

(2 credits) The Jewish Roots class begins with a look back. We will look at the Temple and see what insights we can find concerning our makeup. We then look at the present and attempt to understand the Mosaic Feasts, with a special emphasis on Passover. Students are encouraged here to participate in the Feasts. Finally we look to the future in order to see clearly what future prophecies have yet to be fulfilled and what their impact will be on the Israel of today.

BTE503: Unveiling Christmas/Easter Stories

(2 credits) An “UNVEILING” of our two highly venerated, and perhaps favorite, holidays Christmas and Easter. Most reasonably informed Christians are well aware that many of the traditions that surround the Christmas holidays have pagan origins and very little correlation with the actual events as recorded in the Bible. However, most of us are surprised when we discover that some of what we have been taught about “Easter” is not only in error, but deliberately so!

BTE504-1: The Wisdom of Hebrew I

(3 credits) The Wisdom of Hebrew I is the first of a two volume series designed for the serious Bible student interested in the Hebrew language. This course is NOT a “How to Read and Write Hebrew” course but gives insight and understanding to some of the more meatier topics involving Hebraic concepts. (Please note: this class is not recommended for new believers.)

BTE504-2: The Wisdom of Hebrew II

(3 credits) The Wisdom of Hebrew II is the first of a two volume series designed for the serious Bible student interested in the Hebrew language. This course is NOT a “How to Read and Write Hebrew” course but gives insight and understanding to some of the more meatier topics involving Hebraic concepts. (Please note: this class is not recommended for new believers.)

BTE505: Discouragement and Trials

(3 credits) The Bible is full of stories about men and women much like ourselves, who went through a variety of trials and tribulations. The challenge for Christians today is how to respond to the trials and tribulations we are going through. This study will review trials that Joseph, David, Job and the Apostles went through and how they responded to trials the Lord set before them as examples for us.

BTE507: The Ten Commandments

(3 credits) The Ten Commandments is the hub of all of Israel’s religious and civil laws. The first four commandments pertain to the relationship of the Israelites with God, and the other six deal with social relationships within the covenant community. Pastor Joe Focht goes through each of these Ten Commandments and shows why they are still important to Christians today and how they are to be applied to our everyday Christian walk.

BTE620: Intro to Biblical Cryptology

(3 credits) Introduction to Cryptography (the study of secret writing) details astonishing hidden messages within the text of the Torah that could only have been placed there by the Great Author Himself. Students will be able to use this exciting information to discover the hidden messages because many of them do not require a computer to decipher.

I601: Review of Strategic Trends

(2 credits) You will explore the “Strategic Trends” as monitored daily by Koinonia Institute, and venture through Chuck Missler’s two-volume 2007 edition, in which he goes into more detail about trends that effect your life.

I602: Intro to Multimedia Presentation Techniques

(2 credits) This course is designed to prepare our members to participate in one of the principle activities of the Institute, which is to monitor the strategic trends on our horizon and their relationship to the Biblical scenario that we are admonished to understand.

I603: Intro to the Issachar Database

(2 credits) One of the principle resources to the members of the Institute is the development of the Issachar Database (IDB), the online repository of intelligence resources and the communications hub of the surveillance network. Within this course members will be introduced to the various skills required to navigate and participate in the IDB.

I610: Survey of Group 1 Geopolitical

(3 credits) Each class member will compile a 5-minute Bullet Briefing of a topic from a selected surveillance sector within Group I which includes Asia (China, India), Babylon, E.U., Islam, Israel (Jerusalem, Temple Mount, Judaism), Magog Invasion, Central Asia, Russia, United Nations, U.S., etc.

I620: Survey of Group 2 Technological

(3 credits) Group II of the Surveillance Sectors of the Issachar Database includes the technological sectors such as: Biotechnology (Molecular Biology, Pestilence, et al), Communications Technology, Energy, Frontiers of Science (Astrophysics, Quantum Physices, et al), Weapons Technology (Nuclear, Biological) et al.

I630: Survey of Group 3 Cultural

(3 credits) Group III of the Surveillance Sectors of the Issachar Database includes the cultural sectors such as: Origins: Creation/Evolution, Intelligent Design, Ecclesiastical and Interfaith Trends (Ecumenicalism, Emergent Church, Vatican, Experiential Spirituality), Archeological discoveries, et al.

I640: Survey of Group 4 Economic

(3 credits) Group IV of the Surveillance Sectors of the Issachar Database includes the economic sectors such as: Global Economy and the individual economies of the United States, Europe, Asia, Russia and their respective currencies, et al.

PRO501: Intro to Prophecy (required for Bronze)

(2 credits) An introductory review of Bible Prophecy in four parts: The Nature of Prophecy, Prophecies Past, Prophecies Future, and Prophecies Present. This leads to PRO502: Strategic Trends

SD501: Spiritual Disciplines I (required for Bronze)

(2 credits) Discipleship, prayer, the text, and small groups.

SD502: Spiritual Disciplines II

(2 credits) In Spiritual Disciplines II, “Looking Up”, by Dan Stolebarger, stresses the importance of “walking the walk” before “talking the talk.” This study begins by examining what it means to be with Him or better yet what it means to walk with God. It focuses on the simple and yet profound truth that unless one is walking with God, then one cannot bear fruit.

PI550: Israel Tour

(3 credits) We believe a trip to Israel is worth one year in Seminary! Travel to Israel and walk the land and experience Jesus in what we believe will be a life changing event.

PI650: Insider’s Briefing of Israel

(3 credits) This practicum focuses on truly becoming a “Son of Issachar, who understood the times and knew what Israel had to do.” (1 Chronicles 12:32)