Free Online Biblical Training Courses

Over the last few months I have been interacting with hundreds of Christians in Africa through Facebook. What has become clear is that there is a real thirst to get further training in theology in order to be more effective in ministry. While Theology on the Web can support such training by providing free access to thousands of theological articles, commentaries and other books – it is an online library – and therefore does not offer any courses that visitors can follow.

In response to these requests for biblical training courses I have been searching the Internet for suitable material. After looking at their material carefully I have decided to recommend BiblicalTraining.org to my visitors. This non-profit organisation is headed by Dr Bill Mounce and offers free access to a superb collection of courses taught by world-class theologians, which can be downloaded and shared with others. The courses are divided into three levels:

Foundations: Classes that are appropriate for all followers of Jesus. When you begin, they do not assume you know anything about the Bible, and they will teach you basic Bible content and beliefs.
Academy: The university-level classes will take you deeper than Foundations but not assume you want to be taking graduate-level classes
Institute: These seminary-level classes can fully prepare you with the biblical and theological training you need to be an informed leader in your church

Institute Level Courses

Here is a list of BiblicalTraining.org’s current Institute and other related courses:

Pastoral Care and Leadership – Dr. John Johnson
Old Testament Survey – Dr. Douglas Stuart
New Testament Survey – Gospels – Dr. Robert Stein
New Testament Survey – Acts to Revelation – Dr. Robert Stein
Biblical Hermeneutics – Dr. Robert Stein
Old Testament Theology – Dr. Paul House
Biblical Theology – Dr. Greg Beale
Systematic Theology I – Dr. Bruce Ware
Systematic Theology II – Dr. Bruce Ware
Worship – Dr. Gary Parrett
Spiritual Life of the Leader – Dr. Stephen Martyn
Psalms – Dr. Bruce Waltke
Proverbs – Dr. Bruce Waltke
Greek Tools for Bible Study – Dr. Bill Mounce
Biblical Greek – Dr. Bill Mounce
Textual Criticism – Dr. Daniel Wallace
New Testament Introduction – Dr. Ben Witherington
Life of Christ – Dr. Darrell Bock
New Testament Survey: Acts-Revelation – Dr. Thomas Schreiner
Introduction to the New Testament: Gospel and Acts – Dr. Craig Blomberg
Introduction to the New Testament: Romans to Revelation – Dr. Craig Blomberg
Acts – Dr. Craig Keener
Romans – Dr. Douglas Moo
Galatians – Dr. Douglas Moo
Pastoral Epistles – Dr. Bill Mounce
Hebrews – Dr. George Guthrie
Revelation – Dr. Robert Mulholland
New Testament Theology – Dr. Frank Thielman
Principles of Effective Leadership – Dr. John Johnson
Theology of Ministry – Dr. John Johnson
World Mission of the Church – Dr. Timothy Tennent
Introduction to Buddhism – Dr. Timothy Tennent
Introduction to Hinduism – Dr. Timothy Tennent
Introduction to Islam – Dr. Timothy Tennent
Christian Apologetics – Dr. Ronald Nash
History of Philosophy and Christian Thought – Dr. Ronald Nash
Christian Ethics – Dr. Ronald Nash
Advanced Worldview Analysis – Dr. Ronald Nash
C.S. Lewis: His Theology and Philosophy – Dr. Michael L. Peterson
Church History I – Dr. Gerald Bray
Church History II – Dr. Gerald Bray
Martin Luther – Dr. Gordon Isaac
Theology of World Missions – Dr. Peter Kuzmič
Introduction to Wesleyan Theology – Dr. Steve Seamands
Theology and Practice of Evangelism – Dr. Robert Tuttle, Jr.
Educational Ministry of the Church – Dr. Gary Parrett
Preaching – Dr. Bryan Chapell

I am currently greatly enjoying working my way through Craig Keener’s course on Acts, distilled from his recent 4,000 page commentary on that book. The BiblicalTraining.org site requires you to register in order to download the courses, but is completely free. I will shortly be adding direct links to relevant courses on my websites.

Do you know of any good Bible training courses? Feel free to share them in the comments.

Rob