We’ve just launched several a new forum feature on the King's Evangelical Divinity School (formerly Midlands Bible College) eCampus, greatly adding to the school's interactive distance learning programmes. Log in and have a look. In time, as the two new categories are exploited by students, various new forums will be added. For now, play around with the new forums and make yourself aware of their features. See this new feature as a valuable resource to interact with the King's community (both staff and fellow students) concerning a whole range of issues, including asking and discussing theological questions, posting information on resources, sharing news, socialising and forging friendships, asking fellow students about course-related issues, and so on. The software permits you to edit your profile, change how the forum looks on your screen, upload an image (avatar), set up messaging when new posts are added etc.

Midlands Bible College interview with Paul Wilkinson, author of For Zion's Sake

In November 2007 Paul Wilkinson's book For Zion's Sake: Christian Zionism and the Role of John Nelson Darby was published by Paternoster. Already on its third print run, Midlands Bible College contacted Paul for a brief interview concerning his research and book, as well as asking him about responses to the book and opportunities arising out of it. The full interview with Paul can be found below. Further details of the book, together with a special purchase offer currently being made available by Paternoster, can be found on the publisher's promotional flyer.

By Andy Cheung, New Testament Tutor and Coordinator of Student Resources.

Have you ever considered studying New Testament Greek or wondered what benefits there are in learning the Biblical languages? Consider the remarks of A. T. Robertson, a distinguished Greek scholar, who said, “The Greek New Testament is the New Testament. All else is translation. Jesus speaks to us out of every page of the Greek.  To get these words of Jesus it is worthwhile to plough through any grammar and to keep on to the end.”

Paternoster has just published a new book on Israel and Christian Zionism entitled For Zion's Sake, by Paul Wilkinson. Dr Wilkinson will be one of several speaker at a forthcoming seminar on Israel currently being organised by the Midlands Bible College. Details of his book can be found in the publicity flyer. A review of For Zion's Sake will appear in the Evangelical Review of Society and Politics and also on the college blog.

Recently, the Midlands Bible College and Divinity School caught up with Paul Wilkinson for an interview on his new book.