A confessional online school of divinity in the Scottish and continental Reformed traditions
Sound divinity, freely taught
Programs from a first certificate to the doctorate. The curriculum of The Log College & Seminary is copied in full, every lecture, reading and assignment, and the school adds its own layer: the Westminster Standards in the 1647 text, read with the Scottish and continental Reformed tradition and the Three Forms of Unity.
There are two kings and two kingdoms in Scotland … and of Christ’s kingdom he is not a king, nor a lord, nor a head, but a member.
Confessional
Taught within the Westminster Confession and Catechisms in the 1647 text and the Three Forms of Unity: the Belgic Confession, the Heidelberg Catechism and the Canons of Dort.
Online
Study from your own church and home, in your free time and at your own pace. Each course sets out its lectures, readings and written work in order, with the hours they ask.
Free and bilingual
No tuition and no fees. Each lecture and reading is listed with its link where one is online. The site is in English and Spanish; the LCS lectures and readings are in their original English.
Find your program
Where are you headed?
Start from your calling and the education you already have. Each path lists the programs that fit and what you need to begin.
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Grounding in the faith
For church members, Sunday school teachers and anyone beginning theological study.
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Serving as an elder or deacon
For the men who govern and serve the congregation.
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Called to the ministry of the Word
Preparation to preach and shepherd: the full divinity course, with or without a prior degree.
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Graduate study
Master's programs in biblical, theological or counseling studies, and the school's own Master of Theology in the Scottish and continental tradition.
- Master of Biblical Studies With a bachelor's degree · 71 credits
- Master of Theological Studies With a bachelor's degree · 85 credits
- Master of Theology in Nouthetic Counseling After a counseling degree, the MTS or an MDiv · 42-54 credits
- Master of Theology in Reformed Studies After a BDiv or MDiv · 30 credits
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Doctoral research
Doctorates in ministry, counseling, Puritan studies and church history, and the school's research doctorate from the primary sources.
- Doctor of Ministry Pastors with an MDiv and three years in the ministry · 63 credits
- Doctor of Theology in Nouthetic Counseling After an MDiv, the MTS or the ThM in Nouthetic Counseling · 78 credits
- Doctor of Theology in Puritan Studies After a 60-credit theological master's · 78 credits
- Doctor of Theology in Church History After a 60-credit theological master's · 83 credits
- Doctor of Theology in Reformed Studies After a ThM or equivalent · 36 credits
How study works
One class at a time, from the text outward
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Create an account and enroll
Choose a program. The school's own classes open one at a time and you enroll in them here; the LCS courses can be studied at once from their lists. The admissions page says what each level asks of you.
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Follow each class step by step
LCS courses set out numbered lectures, readings and written work. The school's own classes move from the text and its Scripture proofs to the catechisms, the history of the doctrine, a lecture and readings, and save your progress as you go.
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Write, and have your work read
Each of the school's own classes ends in a written assignment. A reviewer reads it and marks it reviewed, or returns it with comments for you to revise.
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Stay in your church
You study where you worship. The degree programs and the diploma ask for a reference from your pastor, session or consistory.
Begin here
Certificate in the Westminster Confession
Thirty-three classes, one for each chapter of the Westminster Confession of Faith in the 1647 text. Each class gives the chapter with its Scripture proofs, the catechism questions and the continental parallels that teach the same doctrine, a lecture and readings, the history of the doctrine, Roman Catholic teaching in its own words, objections answered and a written assignment. The certificate stands on its own and is also the first unit of every degree, so the credits carry forward.
Two streams, one faith
Scotland and the Low Countries
Scotland
The Westminster Standards as the Church of Scotland adopted them in 1647, with the Scots Confession, the Books of Discipline, the Directory for Public Worship and the Covenants. Knox, Melville, Rutherford, Boston and the Disruption.
The Low Countries
The Belgic Confession in its original text, the Heidelberg Catechism and the Canons of Dort, with the Church Order of Dort (1619). Calvin’s Geneva, the Synod of Dort, Voetius, à Brakel and the Dutch Further Reformation.
Where the two traditions differ in practice, on the songs of worship, holy days and the civil magistrate, the school says so openly and teaches each position from its own advocates.
Where things stand
What is open, and what is being written
167 courses can be studied now from their lists of lectures, readings and assignments, each marked for conformity: the LCS courses, and the school's own courses with lists from its verified research. The school's own 53 courses (theses not counted) are also being written as full classes and open one at a time.
The school's own courses, open or opening soon
- Certificate in the Westminster Confession Self-study 0 of 33 classes released. The rest follow one chapter at a time, after review.
The programs are church-recognized training, not accredited degrees.
Begin with the Confession
Create a free account, enroll in the Certificate in the Westminster Confession, and follow the classes as they open.