ATTENTION: We have noticed a tendency, actually 1 out of 6 new students which amounts to hundreds of students total, to rush through this course because it is so basic.  Therefore, we have included the following explanation to clarify study and testing matters:

These instructions concern only the Eternal Security Course. Attendance for the entire course is 11 weeks minimum. Attendance per section is 1 week minimum and tests need to be taken a minimum of 1 week apart. Study the first section for 6 days and then take the test for that section on the 7th day. For example:  If your Begin Sign In form is dated the 10th, then you can take your first test on or after the 16th.  And then your attendance for the 2nd lesson will begin on the day after you passed the first test.  If you passed the first test on the 16th, then you can start your attendance the next day, which is the 17th, and you may turn in the second test on or after the 23rd. To compute the minimum date on which you can take any test, simply add 7 to the date on which you passed your last test. Under no circumstances can you complete more than 1 section and take the test for it in any one week.  The next section cannot be started until the following week begins. If you fail a test then you cannot retake it until at least the next day.  You need to spend at least one day finding all of the correct answers in the textbook or workbook or KJV Bible, whichever is appropriate for the question, for every question missed on the test.  You will automatically receive a copy of the test and you can use the correct answers on it to make sure you find them in the study materials. All attendance is figured from the date that you submit your Sign In form for the course.  If you submit a Sign In form with incorrect information on it then you will be instructed to submit an "Amended" Sign In with the correct information.  In that case your attendance will be figured from the date of your submission of the Amended form.    The most common mistakes on the Sign In form are to submit the wrong Required Attendance per Lesson or the wrong Required Attendance for the course overall.  You will find both of those attendance requirements on each course main page.  It is given on those pages as required minimum attendance per lesson and required minimum attendance for the course overall.  It is not the same for all courses.  Each course main page will plainly give both of those requirements for that course.  There are no maximum attendance requirements. Failure to meet the lesson or overall course attendance or testing requirements will result in any tests not meeting those requirements being disallowed and discarded.  Also, any tests which follow that test in sequence cannot be turned in until you have met the full minimum attendance requirement per lesson for them after retaking the failed test.  If they are turned in before the retake is completed and passed then they will be disallowed as being out of sequence. In plain terms:   If you send in your first test in this course sooner than 7 days after your Sign In date, that test will be disallowed and you will have to retake it at the proper time. If you submit your second test less than 7 days after your first test, then that test will also be be disallowed and you will have to retake it at the proper time. The rest of the section tests must be spaced in like manner, 1 test per 1 week minimum attendance for each section or they will also be disallowed and you will have to retake them at the proper times. If you submit your Final Test before completing the entire 11 weeks of attendance, that Final Test will also be disallowed and you will have to retake it at the proper time. These are college courses and following instructions is part of what is being taught.  Therefore, exact adherence to all instructions is required of all students at all times.  The instructions given on the website are specifically designed to help the student have the best chance at a quality education in the Word and Ways of God and they are also designed to facilitate the operation of the college in an effective manner. Failure to follow instructions is the biggest problem among not only the unsaved, but it is also the biggest problem among God's people and one of the main reasons that the name of God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit, is blasphemed among the nations.  Failure to follow the instructions of the earthly authority that God has placed over a person, not only in this area of education but also in every other facet of their Christian life, is a sure indication that they will also neglect to follow the instructions of God as given in His Word, the Bible.        Therefore, to facilitate the necessary and in-depth training of the students, SLBC requires complete adherence to the instructions given in each course.  This will facilitate their best chance at an education in the Word and Ways of God.

    If you proceed faster than the required pace, then you will not retain the information in the text nor will you be able to locate the information to score in the 90-100% range on the open book tests which is where you should be scoring given that the tests are all open-book.

• TESTING:  Make sure you read and submit the Testing Instructions Agreement if you have not already done so.  On that agreement you will receive instructions concerning what to enter for your User Name and User ID.  Without reading that form you will not know how to correctly enter those two pieces of information on the test opening page.  Only one such form is required for each student's file.
      The section tests can be taken on or after the 7th day of the minimum required week of study per section.  If tests are submitted before that time then they will be disallowed and the student will have to retake them when the attendance requirements have been met.
  ATTENTION:  If you fail a test, you MAY NOT attempt that test again on the same day.  You must restudy that section in the textbook and find all of the correct answers to the questions missed and then retake the test no sooner than the next day.
• FINAL TEST
  - You may not take the Final Test until you have met the attendance for the entire course which is 11 weeks.  You may take the Final Test after 11 full weeks of attendance which will place your Final Test on or after the first day of the 12th week from your Sign In to "Begin" date. You may not take the Final Test on the same day that you passed the last Section Test.  You may take the Final Test on or after the next day after passing the last Section Test.
  - Once you have completed all sections of the textbook and passed all of the corresponding tests, and found the correct answers to any questions missed on each test, then you may Retrieve the Password and, upon receiving the Password, take the Final Test for the course.
  - Once you pass the final test do not take it again.
  - If you fail the Final Test then you need to restudy both the textbook and all of the section tests and then retake the Final Test no sooner than the next day after failing it. Repeat this process, after the one day required wait between each retake, until you pass the Final Test.
  - If you miss any questions on the Final Test, even though you receive a passing score, then you need to review the textbook and all of the section tests and find the correct answers to the questions you missed.  This is required for every course and every test.
  

• SIGN-IN first for this course and mark the form "Begin" unless you have done so previously.  You do not sign in when you finish each lesson.  You only sign in and mark the form "Finish" when you have completed the entire course and you are ready to submit your request for the password for the Final Test.
  

• Download and print the COURSE RECORD FORM.  On it you will keep a record of your sign in "Begin" date because you will be required to enter it on the Sign In "Finish" form that you will submit at the end of the entire course.  You will also keep other pertinent information on that form such as date and score for each test so that you will be able to keep track of your progress through the course.
  

• TEXTBOOK: You may now go to the textbook and begin your study of the doctrine of Eternal Security.
     The textbook is offered in two different formats; both have active links to the tests.
  1. You may now click HERE to go to the textbook in html (webpage) format.
  2. Or, you may now click HERE to go to the textbook in pdf format.