PTC 261 Course at a Glance (2025)

Applied Theology of the Person

Lectures By: Edward Welch

3 Credits

Course Description

This course aims to draw out answers about who we are and how we care for others from Scripture in such a way that we know God better, know ourselves better, and are led into faith and love. The course will consider non-Christian counseling case studies as a way to demonstrate careful engagement as well as Scripture’s breadth and depth.

Books to Purchase

The books listed below are required readings which students should acquire by the start of the term. Additional required readings will be listed in the course syllabus and available electronically in Canvas.

Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Biblical Doctrine (2nd ed)
by Wayne Grudem
Zondervan Academic, 2020
ISBN: 9780274840472
[Please note: the 1st edition is also acceptable]
Created to Draw Near
by Edward T. Welch
Crossway, 2020
ISBN: 9781433566387
Love’s Executioner and Other Tales of Psychotherapy
by Irvin Yalom
Basic Books, 2012
ISBN: 9780465020119

Estimated Workload

Lectures Readings Assignments
1.75-3 45-90 3.5-5.5
Hours Per Week Pages Per Week Hours Per Week

Course Assignments

The assignments listed below are provided for general guidance for students to reference as they plan and register. Please reach out to support@wts.edu if you have any questions.

  • Small Group Meetings [4 - 1 hr mtgs]
  • Brief reflections after each lecture [46 lecture reflection assignments]
  • 2 Personal Application Papers [3.5 pages each]
  • Final Case Study Project [6 pages]