Course Requirements

Grading Factors

Required Reading – 10%
Course Notes – 30%
Reports – 30%
Project – 30%

Required Reading

Each student is required to obtain and read Faith in Action by Greg Neal and Hebrews from the King James Bible. Faith in Action is available for purchase from Berean Publications at https://bereanpublications.com/.

Course Notes

Each student is required to take thorough notes of each lesson throughout this course. The formatting of course notes should be as follows: half-inch margins, typed in 12-point Arial font that is double-spaced with justified alignment. A cover sheet must accompany the course notes and follow the following formatting: half-inch margins, 12-point Arial font that is double-spaced with right alignment. The cover sheet must include the student’s name, course number and name, “Course Notes,” and date. Each lesson must be indicated by a separate title and a new section of notes, using some form of outline or bulleted layout which clearly indicates main points and subpoints. Course Notes should be uploaded as a single .pdf file via the NFBC Online portal for grading. Course notes are due at the conclusion of the course.

Reports

Two reports that are each ten pages in length must be written on the topics listed below. Scriptural support for the reports must be sourced only from Hebrews; however, references to Scripture may not be quoted in full but only be used as a point of reference. The formatting of each report must be as follows: half-inch margins on all sides typed in 12-point Arial font that is double-spaced with justified alignment. A cover sheet formatted with half-inch margins, 12-point Arial font, double spacing, and right alignment must accompany the report. The cover sheet must include the student’s name, course number and name, report title, and date. Reports should be written adhering to formal, third-person grammar rules (no use of I, we, you, us, etc.). Grammatical errors will be counted ten points each up to nine errors. Reports with an excess of nine grammatical errors will receive a zero for the grammar portion of the report’s grade. Completed reports should be uploaded as a single .pdf file via the NFBC Online portal for grading. Reports that fail to meet the minimum page requirement will be penalized accordingly.

Report Topics

Report #1: “The Superiority of Jesus Christ and Salvation”
- This report must be ten pages in length and should provide explanation of and scriptural support for the superiority of Jesus Christ and salvation as portrayed throughout Hebrews chapters one through ten. This report is due following the completion of Lesson Fifteen.
Report #2: “The Walk and Worship of the Believer”
- This report must be ten pages in length and should provide explanation and scriptural evidence the walk and worship of the believer as portrayed throughout Hebrews chapters twelve and thirteen. This report is due following the completion of Lesson Twenty-Three.

Report Grading Factors

Cover Sheet – 10%
Formatting – 20%
Grammar – 35%
Content – 35%

Project

Thirteen Sunday school lessons that are each two pages in length must be written on each chapter from the book of Hebrews. Each lesson must be written to accomplish at least one of the following objectives as defined in 2 Timothy 3:16: for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, or for instruction in righteousness. The formatting of each lesson must be as follows: half-inch margins on all sides typed in 12-point Arial font that is single-spaced with justified alignment. Each lesson must begin on a new page indicated by a separate title heading followed by the lesson material using some form of outline or bulleted layout which clearly indicates main points and subpoints. A sample lesson is attached for reference purposes regarding proper lesson layout. A cover sheet formatted with half-inch margins, 12-point Arial font, double spacing, and right alignment must accompany the project. The cover sheet must include the student’s name, course number and name, project title, and date. The project should be written adhering to formal, third-person grammar rules (no use of I, we, you, us, etc.). Grammatical errors will be counted ten points each up to nine errors. Projects with an excess of nine grammatical errors will receive a zero for the grammar portion of the project’s grade. Once the project is completed, it will need to be uploaded as a single .pdf file via the NFBC Online portal for grading. The project is due following the submission of the second report. If the project fails to meet the minimum page requirement, it will be penalized accordingly.

Project Grading Factors

Cover Sheet – 10%
Formatting – 20%
Grammar – 35%
Content – 35%

Course Completion

Students must complete course requirements in full to receive credit for the course. Any attempt to progress through the course without fully completing all required steps constitutes academic dishonesty and may result in loss of course credit.

Academic Integrity

Students are expected and required to conduct themselves in an honest and truthful manner as established and exemplified by God and His Word. Any and all work submitted by a student must be his own, and any ideas derived or copied elsewhere must be carefully documented and credited. Behavior unbecoming of students includes but is not limited to:

Cheating: Students may not borrow, use, or share work originally prepared by another person (student or non-student) or entity (including generative artificial intelligence, large language models, content generation bots, or other non-human intelligence or digital tools) for any purpose in any course assignment beyond basic proofreading (grammar and spell-checking).

Plagiarism: Students may not represent as their own work all or any portion of the work of another person or entity. Plagiarism includes but is not limited to: (1) stealing, misquoting, insufficiently paraphrasing, or patch-writing; (2) the submitting of work, without proper approval, originally prepared by the student for another course; (3) the submitting of work from any source without proper attribution; (4) the submitting of work that, in whole or in part, is identical or substantially identical to work the student did not author.

Recording of Course Lectures: Students may not make video or audio recordings in any course, nor may they utilize artificial intelligence recording, transcription, and summarization tools and software at any time in any course, both on-campus and online.

Submission of Academic Work Purchased or Obtained from an Outside Source.

Any student found engaging in any of the behavior listed above will be penalized with a zero grade for the assignment or project affected and may be subject to further disciplinary measures in accordance to college policy.

Contact

Any questions regarding this course must be directed to [email protected].