Contents 01 Foundations
Chapter 1
Start with Bible Basics.
Follow the Bible’s story and see how its two testaments fit together.
Two testaments: one unfolding plan of promise and fulfillment.
Old Testament39 books
New Testament27 books
Then explore
One God, three Persons. Follow the six-step case.
God Is One
OT Hints of Plurality
The Father Is God
The Son Is God
The Holy Spirit Is God
The Trinity
One God, three Persons.
See why Christians confess one God as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, and how Scripture brings these truths together.
- One God
- “The LORD our God, the LORD is one.”
- Deuteronomy 6:4
- The Word (Jesus) is God
- “…and the Word was God.”
- John 1:1–3, 14
- Father, Son & Holy Spirit
- “…in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.”
- Matthew 28:19
3 of 200+ Scripture references inside.
Chapter 2
History
Explore the records, places, and witnesses.
Suggested reading
The full order
32 readingsManuscripts & TextsThe earliest witnesses to the text10 readings
- Dead Sea Scrolls
- The 500 Eyewitnesses: Paul’s Early Testimony in 1 Corinthians 15
- Apostles’ Martyrdom: Evidence of Early Conviction
- The New Testament: Quoted Over a Million Times by the Church Fathers
- New Testament Manuscript Reliability: Comparison to Other Ancient Works
- The Ketef Hinnom Silver Scrolls: Earliest Biblical Text
- The Septuagint (LXX): The Greek Translation of the Hebrew Bible
- The Masoretic Text: The Standard Hebrew Bible
- Earliest Papyrus Fragments (P52, P66, P75, P46): Evidence for the Gospels
- The Muratorian Fragment: Early Evidence for the New Testament Canon
Outside TestimonyHistorical voices beyond the Bible11 readings
- The Antiquities of the Jews by Josephus
- Tacitus on Jesus
- Pliny the Younger
- Medical and Historical Corroboration of the Crucifixion of Jesus
- Darkness at the Crucifixion
- Suetonius on Early Christianity
- The Talmud on Jesus: Evidence from Early Jewish Sources
- Lucian of Samosata on the Early Church
- Celsus’s Critique of Christianity: Early Non-Christian Testimony
- Mara bar Serapion: An Overlooked Historical Reference to Jesus
ArchaeologyPlaces, people, and physical evidence11 readings
- The Tel Dan Stele: From Myth to History
- The Pilate Stone: Archaeological Evidence of Pontius Pilate
- The Caiaphas Ossuary: Archaeological Evidence of the High Priest
- The Nazareth Decree
- Excavating Jerusalem's Miraculous Pools: Bethesda & Siloam
- The Mesha Stele (Moabite Stone)
- The Merneptah Stele: The First Mention of Israel in History
- The Cyrus Cylinder
- Hezekiah’s Tunnel and the Siloam Inscription
- The Lachish Letters and Jeremiah: Archaeology from Judah’s Final Day
- The Taylor Prism and the Bible’s Record of Sennacherib’s Invasion
Chapter 3
Prophecy
Follow the promises, then return to the texts.
Suggested reading
The full order
14 readingsKey PropheciesPromises and their fulfillment14 readings
- Isaiah 53 and Jesus: Prophetic Parallels in the New Testament
- Daniel 9
- Psalm 22 and the Messiah's Suffering
- Fulfillment of the New Covenant
- John the Baptist Prophecy: Preparing the Way for the Messiah
- Genesis 3:15 - The First Prophecy?
- The Prophecy of the Messiah’s Birthplace in Bethlehem
- The Sign of Isaiah 7:14 – Prophecy of a Virgin Birth
- The Prophecy of the Unbroken Bones
- Prophecy of the Humble King: Zechariah 9:9
- The Second Return of Israel: A Prophecy in Motion?
