Bible Training

Our objective with these courses is to help you to rapidly grow in your Christ-centered faith.
We want you to be able to learn faster than we did by leap-frogging over us.
By investing your time wisely, you may soon be more effective in your ability to serve God well.
As early as possible, we would like to see you leading others into a close relationship with our triune God, laying up much treasure in heaven, and bearing much fruit to the glory of the Father. 
Years later, when you look back at college, you may realize that your Bible time was your best investment.

How solid are your Bible foundations? 

 Many of us tend to lean toward thinking that we already know what we need to know. That is deception to which many Christians easily fall prey.  It’s rooted in the pride Jesus purchased to pardon with His death and overcome with His resurrection. 

We often don’t know what we don’t know until someone shows us what we don’t know. That’s why we have offered these time-tested resources below.

What you need to know is all there already in Scripture, but God designed the Body to include gifted teachers. Reading is God’s design. Your safeguard is not in being skeptical of all teachers, but in knowing what God’s word says for yourself, trusting the Holy Spirit to guide you into truth, and through checking out the fruit of your teachers. 

We have found that the main way to discover major gaps in Biblical understanding among our students is to teach everything, laying careful foundations. Those moments when people say, “I never knew that” or “I never heard that before” are very rewarding toward our objective of leading people to know, believe, and obey Jesus Christ. As we have taught people through these courses below, we are witnesses to those “aha” moments and the changed lives brought about by understanding and obeying God’s written word.

The foundational courses below have proven to be very effective in helping people overcome deception and/or to became better acquainted with what they have already heard. (Here is where you can learn more about Foundational Bible Teaching.)

You will notice that they are all books you can purchase. That is intentional. We want you to be able to immediately take what you have learned and teach someone else using the same proven resources. My friends, co-workers, authors below, took a lot of time to place their well developed experience and notes into a tool that you can use and thrive.  

These are courses we are offering this Spring of 2026: 

Foundations for Biblical Faith....

No Ordinary Story by John R. Cross – Intro to NOS – Offered upon request. A collegiate introduction revealing the central story the Bible. Completion commitment: 60 minutes twice each week for two months.Also offered in an intensive weekend event upon request.  Participants will begin to see the Bible as single story with a main purpose and walk away with a more clear understanding of the Gospel message in the Biblical context and greater knowledge of God’s purpose. 

Establish 101 – Best! This is an outstanding discipleship series focused on knowing God as the foundation for faith and service. This is the most effective course for reshaping your thinking toward God’s worldview. Completion commitment: The 22 hours you spend will shape your view of the Bible for a lifetime! Walking through this course in person requires a commitment of about 44 hours. establishseries.com, Video Course 22 hours, 101 Sample, Prep, KJV, Course

Who Is God? By Ethnos.ca is an excellent evangelistic foundational overview of the Bible in a small booklet. Completion commitment: One or two hours, plus. You can read through it in under an hour to give a friend an introduction to the God of the Bible, or you can use it for a more in depth Bible study, reading all of the Bible verses and watching the videos. It is and integral part of the Establish 101 & 102 series but can be used alone. See PDF.

The Lamb by John R. Cross – This is the core Gospel story written for children in Easy English. Formats, youTube 40 minutes. 

    • What Christmas and Easter Are All About by John R. Cross in Easy English. CNE – Training 
    • The Story That Matters by John R. Cross – – Intro to STM – Offered upon request. Completion commitment: One 90 minute lesson in a small group or one on one setting. THTM is a simple Bible overview with the purpose of delivering a clear, Christ-centered Gospel message in Easy English with multicultural graphic, focused on the Lamb. Participants should gain a greater understanding of the Bible including the necessity and purpose of the lamb sacrifice. If nothing else, you should go through this so that you are able to share it with others. For children, “The Lamb” on youTube is essentially the same content in 40 minutes.

By This Name by John R. Cross – Intro to BTN – Written for people with a post-Christian or eastern worldview, this is an overview of the core message of the Bible, laying foundations in the Old Testament. Completion commitment: I estimate about 12 hours to read this book and 24 hours to read it together in a group. This is great for everybody but especially people who were not raised within a Catholic or Protestant, Judeo-Christian culture.

The Stranger on the Road to Emmaus by John R. Cross –  Intro to STR – Written for people coming from a Judeo-Christian heritage, this is a great overview of the core message of the Bible. Evangelistic. Every Christian should read this! It’s available in written, digital, audio, and video formats. Completion commitment: The video series total’s 11 hours. In person, it requires 16 hours to complete this course.

Interlocked! – interlocked.online – Want to learn how the pieces of the Bible fit together to unlock worldviews, reveal God’s plan, and show you purpose. This is an apologetics overview of the Bible that will re-shape the way you look and the world. This course requires a commitment of well over 100 hours. We have been thorugh this course and will be happy engage with you about in a coaching manner as you complete it in self-study.  Interlocked Podcast

Come and See – This is a study available as a 25 lesson recap of Interlocked or a 12 lesson introduction.  This is available as a free online free course or  via Zoom with other participants.  Contact Randy for details.

Faith Next Steps

The Captive and the King’s Will by John R. Cross – Intro to Captive – Next Steps for people who have completed “The Stranger on the Road to Emmaus” or “By This Name.”

I’m Saved, Now What? by Dennis Rokser – Intro – Dennis helps people understand what God has provided for people who have trusted in the finished work of Jesus Christ for their eternal salvation. 

How to Fulfill the Great Commission / Biblical Missions – A course on the God’s purpose and plan for people now and forever. In order to know what we should be doing during our lifetime, we need to know what God is doing, what He expects of us, and how we can with with Him in His purposes. Monday and Wednesday evenings on campus. TBD.