Do You Know Of A Solid Bible Correspondence Course?
Q: 1) Must be based on solid Christian fundamental doctrine.
2) Must use KJV/NKJV or other TR or Majority Text based Bible.
3) Must be Word focused, no Theology please.
I need to study the Bible in-depth to lead a home Bible study group.
A:I'm kicking myself for writing this (for my own reasons), but you
might try Moody Bible Institute. Go to http://www.moody.edu and
look under "External Studies" or "Correspondance" (can't remember
which it is listed under).
Perhaps I am biased, but Jehovah's Witnesses offer free home Bible
studies at your convenience. Whatever you learn from them, they will
show you in the Bible itself to prove the point and you will truly learn
to use the Bible make a defense for the faith. If you don't like the
study, you can cancel anytime. Try it for a few months, you have nothing
to lose.
Family Radio School of the Bible also has a correspondence course. It's
free. Their website is http://www.familyradio.com
Thanks for asking. You will probably get a ton of mail. Here are some
starting points. First, subscribe to "Christian History" magazine $4/copy,
4 copies a year, $16/year renewal cost. In it are advertisements for
various resources, both for Macs and IBM PCs, as well as Seminaries and
Bible Colleges (most usually are conservative et al). I believe it is
owned now by Christianity Today magazine (but it maintains its own
editorial staff).
I advise getting a CD-ROM for your MAC or IBM PC and buying the 7 Bibles
and 21 References Books CD put out by Ellis (? I think that is the
publisher). It also has a Greek link to Strong's Exhaustive Concordance.
The only drawback it that the Greek is anglisized and not using the Greek
letters. I have had a year of Greek and so this seemingly minor point
bothers me, but otherwise an excellent CD-ROM.
As far as correspondance coursework, you are not looking for a Seminary but
an undergraduate Bible College. One to start with is Multnomah School of
the Bible in Portland, Oregon. Multnomah is the name of a nearby waterfall
in the Columbia Gorge. Spectacular beauty. However, there must be
hundreds of such colleges around. Another in Bethany Bible College in
Minnesota. Just keep an eye peeled and look for the Ads in Christian
magazines that college students read. Another school is Asbury College in
WiImore Kentucky. Costs vary from college to college.