A Free Reformed Theological Library

Sola Fide Bible School

Seminary-grade theology for the church — Old Testament and New Testament biblical theology, held together by a band of systematic doctrine. Confessionally Reformed, broadly evangelical, intentionally accessible.

For the new believer, the curious skeptic, the lay teacher, and the serious theological student alike.

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The Central Christian Claim

Jesus Is God every major objection answered

A comprehensive twelve-section treatment of the most contested Christian claim. Did Jesus exist? Did he claim to be God? Is the New Testament reliable? How early was the confession of his deity? Did he rise from the dead? Is the incarnation philosophically coherent? How do Christians answer Jewish, Muslim, Jehovah's Witness, Mormon, Unitarian, and pluralist objections? Each question worked through with care — the cumulative case for the deity of Christ.

→ Examine the Evidence
Discernment · Warning
Test the Spirits — 1 John 4:1

False Teachings in the Modern Church twelve dangerous distortions, exposed and answered

Generational curses. Declarations that supposedly create reality. 3AM prayer claims. Word of Faith. Prosperity gospel. Manifestation spirituality. Dreams as guidance. Spiritual warfare in "another realm." Charismatic excess. Casting out demons from believers. These are not fringe — they fill churches, fill bookstores, fill global broadcasts. Each one tested by Scripture in its own grammar, context, and covenant setting. Reformed, careful, named plainly.

→ Test Every Teaching
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Pillar I · The Apostolic Witness

New Testament Theologyincarnation, kingdom & the new creation

A first-year course in the theology of the New Testament — built around seven movements of apostolic witness, the fulfilment of Old Testament promise in Christ, and the interpretive traditions that continue to shape Christian reading.

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NT · 01
The Interactive Timeline
Seven movements of apostolic history — from incarnation to consummation — with Vosian biblical theology, the already / not yet eschatology, and key figures from Mary and the apostles to John on Patmos.
Begin the Journey
NT · 02
Canon & Structure
How the 27 books were gathered: four Gospels, Acts, thirteen Pauline letters, Hebrews, the General epistles, Revelation. The internal logic of the canonical order and what it teaches.
Study the Canon
NT · 03
New Testament Survey
A book-by-book introduction to all 27 NT writings — author, date, occasion, structure, theological contributions — in the Carson/Moo conservative-evangelical tradition. Each book in its own integrity before the systematic task begins.
Survey the 27 Books
NT · 04
Major Theological Themes
Fifteen great themes — kingdom, gospel, cross, resurrection, dikaiosynē, justification, agapē, pistis, Spirit, church, mission, eschatology, incarnation, union with Christ, and new creation — traced across the whole NT.
Trace the Threads
NT · 05
Hermeneutics & Method
How to read the NT responsibly: the already / not yet, Synoptic criticism, Pauline theology, how the apostles read the OT, occasional vs systematic readings, and the Christocentric question.
Learn to Read
NT · 06
Textual Criticism
The Greek manuscripts, the great codices, the famous variants, the modern critical editions — how the NT text we have came to be, and why we can trust it.
Examine the Text
NT · 07
Historical & Cultural Context
Second Temple Judaism, the Greco-Roman world, the Jewish sects, languages, geography, and daily life — the world into which Jesus was born and the apostolic gospel preached.
Enter the World
NT · 08
Biblical Greek
Twenty-three lessons from the alphabet to reading the Greek New Testament. Decker's Reading Koine Greek as the underlying textbook, with vocabulary drills, paradigm tables, and mastery tests for every lesson. The language of the apostles, made approachable.
Learn the Language
NT · 09
Major Scholars & Schools
From Vos and Bultmann to Jeremias, Ladd, Käsemann, Dunn, Wright, Bauckham, Hays, Gathercole, and beyond — the voices that shaped modern NT theology, their distinctive approaches, and their ongoing debates.
Meet the Masters
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Pillar II · The Hebrew Scriptures

Old Testament Theologypromise, covenant, kingdom & the coming Christ

A companion course to the New Testament pillar — a Reformed treatment of the Hebrew Scriptures as Christian Scripture. Promise and covenant from Genesis to Malachi, read both in its own integrity and as the sustained witness to the Christ who fulfils it.

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OT · 01
Old Testament Theology Overview
A first-pass orientation to the theology of the Hebrew Scriptures — the structure of the Tanakh, the Christian arrangement, the major movements (creation, fall, promise, covenant, exodus, conquest, kingdom, exile, restoration), and the Christocentric trajectory the apostles read into it.
Begin the Hebrew Story
OT · 02
Canon & Structure of the Hebrew Bible
The Tanakh — Torah, Nevi'im, Ketuvim — and how the Christian arrangement (Pentateuch, History, Wisdom, Prophets) reads the same books in a different order. Why the order matters; what the canonical shape teaches.
Map the Hebrew Canon
OT · 03
Old Testament Survey
A book-by-book treatment of all 39 OT writings — author, date, occasion, structure, theological contributions — in the Reformed evangelical tradition (Dempster, Hamilton, Gentry/Wellum, Beale). Each book in its own integrity before the typological reading.
Read Book by Book
OT · 04
Major Theological Themes
The great themes the OT itself develops — covenant, kingdom, temple, sacrifice, priesthood, prophecy, wisdom, exile and return — traced from Genesis to Malachi, with their typological consummation in Christ.
Follow the Themes
OT · 05
Hermeneutics & Method
How to read the OT responsibly as Christian Scripture: typology versus allegory, the Christotelic question, how the NT writers read the OT, the redemptive-historical method, and the dispensationalist–covenantal–progressive covenantalist debates.
Learn the Method
OT · 06
Textual Criticism of the Hebrew Bible
The Masoretic Text, the Dead Sea Scrolls, the Septuagint, the Samaritan Pentateuch — the textual witnesses, the major variants, and the modern critical editions (BHS, BHQ, HBCE). Why we can trust the OT we have.
Examine the Witnesses
OT · 07
Historical & Cultural Context
The ancient Near East — Mesopotamia, Egypt, Canaan, Persia — the empires Israel lived among, the religious and cultural backdrop, and the archaeological witness. The world the OT was written into.
Walk the Ancient World
OT · 08
Biblical Hebrew
Thirty lessons from the alphabet to reading Genesis 1 and Psalm 23 in the original. Pratico/Van Pelt's Basics of Biblical Hebrew as the underlying pedagogical sequence, with vocabulary, paradigms, the seven binyanim, weak verbs, and capstone reading exercises. The language of the Old Testament, made approachable.
Learn the Language
OT · 09
Christ in the Old Testament
The Christotelic reading — Christophanies (Angel of the LORD), typology (Adam, Melchizedek, Moses, David, the suffering servant), direct messianic prophecies, the Suffering Servant Songs, Christ in the sacrificial system and the tabernacle. The Reformed Christ-line from Genesis 3:15 to Malachi 4.
See Christ in the OT
OT · 10
The Genres of the Old Testament
Reading rules for the six major OT genres — narrative, Hebrew poetry, law, prophecy, wisdom, apocalyptic. How to handle each kind of text responsibly and find Christ in each without flattening the genre.
Read by Genre
OT · 11
The Old Testament Law and the Christian
The threefold division (moral, ceremonial, judicial), the three uses (mirror, restraint, guide), the Decalogue's continuing claim, the ceremonial law fulfilled in Christ, the Sabbath question, antinomianism vs theonomy vs Reformed mainstream. WCF 19 in detail.
Read the Law in Christ
OT · 12
Reading the Psalms
The five books of the Psalter, Hebrew parallelism, types of psalms (lament, praise, royal, imprecatory), the Christotelic Psalter (Christ as the speaker, the addressee, the fulfilment), the NT use of Psalms, the imprecatory psalms question, praying the Psalter today.
Pray the Psalter
OT · 13
Major Scholars & Schools
From the classical commentators (Calvin, Henry, Keil-Delitzsch) to the modern figures (Vos, Childs, Brueggemann, Wenham, Waltke, Goldingay, Beale, Dempster, Hamilton, Gentry, Wellum) — the voices that shaped Reformed and broadly evangelical OT theology.
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A Band Across Both Pillars

Systematic Theologythe church's organised doctrine

Systematic theology gathers the teaching of the whole Bible — Old and New Testament together — into the loci the church has traditionally treated. These pages stand as a band running across both pillars; each draws on the full canonical witness rather than on one Testament alone. Confessionally Reformed, classically orthodox, deeply biblical.

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ST · Overview
Systematic Theology — Overview
The architecture of Reformed evangelical doctrine across all twelve traditional loci plus a dedicated treatment of covenant theology. Confessionally anchored (WCF, 1689 LBCF, Belgic, Heidelberg, Dort), exegetically grounded, and pastorally applied.
Read the Architecture
ST · 01
Doctrine of God
Theology Proper in depth — God's existence (cosmological, teleological, moral, ontological proofs), knowability, names, metaphysical attributes (pure actuality, simplicity, aseity, immutability, eternity, impassibility, infinity, omnipresence, omnipotence, omniscience), moral attributes, decrees, creation, providence, the problem of evil, and the full taxonomy of false views (atheism, deism, pantheism, panentheism, finite godism, open theism, process, theistic personalism). Draws on Geisler for objection-handling.
Know the One God
ST · 02
The Trinity
One God, three persons — the doctrine that holds the Christian confession together. The Trilemma, classical vocabulary (ousia, hypostasis, eternal relations, perichoresis), the OT background, the internal heresies, the external objections (Islam, Judaism, feminist theology), and the Reformed pastoral application.
Confess the Triune God
ST · 03
Christology
Who Jesus is and what he accomplished. Twenty-one sections plus an apologetic appendix: Chalcedonian person, two natures, states, threefold office, atonement (with penal substitution central), extent, continuing work, plus the patristic-historical depth and modern engagement.
Study the Christ
ST · 04
Soteriology
How God saves sinners — the application of Christ's work by the Spirit. Union with Christ as umbrella; the full ordo salutis: election, calling, regeneration, faith and repentance, justification, adoption, sanctification, perseverance, assurance, glorification.
Trace the Order
ST · 05
Jesus Is God
The central Christian claim with every major objection answered — historical (did he exist? did he claim deity?), textual (is the NT reliable?), philosophical (is the incarnation coherent?), comparative (Jewish, Muslim, JW, Mormon, pluralist objections), and ethical. The cumulative case for the deity of Christ.
Examine the Claim
ST · 06
Christian Living
The doctrine of the two ages and the ordinary means of grace, applied. How the Christian lives in the overlap of the ages — between the already of redemption accomplished and the not-yet of consummation, drawn into Christ's life by Word, sacrament, prayer, and fellowship.
Live the Doctrine
ST · 07
Women in Ministry
A careful Reformed evangelical treatment of equal value and ordered office. The difference between ministry (διακονία) and eldership (πρεσβύτερος / ἐπίσκοπος / ποιμήν), the contested restriction texts (1 Tim 2; 1 Cor 14; 1 Cor 11), Greek notes on αὐθεντεῖν and μιᾶς γυναικὸς ἄνδρα, positive biblical examples of women's ministry, common errors, and pastoral safeguards.
Hold Both Truths
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Practical & Devotional

Apologetics, Discipleship & Toolsfaith engaging the world

The pages below put doctrine to work — defending the faith against contemporary objections, walking new and growing believers through the foundations, and providing the reference tools that support the whole library.

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Apol · 01
Apologetics & Common Objections
An exhaustive Q&A treatment of the major historical, philosophical, and comparative objections — historicity, the resurrection, christology, contradictions, the canon, comparative religion, and more.
Defend the Faith
Apol · 02
Modern Apologetics — Today's Objections
A 15-section hub engaging the actual objections raised today — Dawkins, Ehrman, Naik, the modern pluralist "all religions are equally true," Sadhguru, Sam Harris, the AI-age challenges, and the internet ecosystem. Each sub-page steelmans the strongest version of the objection, then answers it with care.
Engage Today's Objections
Apol · 03
Discernment — Word of Faith & Charismatic Excess
A serious Reformed treatment of the largest single deviation from biblical Christianity in the contemporary global church. Word of Faith doctrine, the prosperity gospel, the New Apostolic Reformation, and charismatic excess — their historical origins (the New Thought lineage), their core doctrinal errors, and their biblical refutation. Twelve sections plus an exegetical treatment of the in-house Reformed cessationism / continuationism debate.
Test the Spirits
Disc · 01
New Believers Course
A twelve-week guided program for those who have recently come to faith in Christ. Four movements covering the gospel and assurance, the means of grace, the Christian walk, and the believer's outward life. Substantive teaching, memory verse, action steps, and quiz each week.
Begin the Walk
Disc · 02
Foundations II — Building on the Basics
A second twelve-week course for those who have finished New Believers and are ready to go deeper. Four movements: knowing God better (Trinity, attributes), understanding the story (covenant, kingdom), living wisely (decisions, money), engaging the world (faith and reason, end of the story).
Go Deeper
Reference Tools & Utilities
Study Guide 12-week reading plan → Memory Verses spaced-repetition tool → Greek Glossary essential NT terms → Theology Glossary English doctrinal vocabulary →
VOICES THAT SHAPE THIS WORK
The gospel is the most inclusive exclusive truth in the world.
Tim Keller
Pastor & Theologian, 1950–2023
God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in him.
John Piper
Founder, Desiring God
People do not drift toward holiness.
D. A. Carson
New Testament Scholar
Christianity is not a leap into the dark, but a step into the light.
John Lennox
Mathematician & Apologist, Oxford
The man who is not in the Word is not in the will of God.
Paul Washer
Founder, HeartCry Missionary Society
The gospel is not what we do; it is what God has done for us.
Voddie Baucham
Pastor & Author
I believe in Christianity as I believe the sun has risen — not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.
C. S. Lewis
Author & Apologist, 1898–1963
If God does not exist, then life is objectively meaningless.
William Lane Craig
Philosopher & Apologist
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About This Course

Sola Fide Bible School is a free Reformed evangelical theological library — Old Testament and New Testament biblical theology held together by a band of systematic theology pages, with apologetic and discipleship resources for the wider church. The approach is confessionally Reformed (Westminster, 1689 LBCF, Belgic, Heidelberg, Dort), with close attention to Vosian biblical theology, while engaging the full range of contemporary scholarship — Carson, Wright, Bauckham, Beale, Gentry/Wellum, Hamilton, Dempster, Waltke, and others. The governing conviction is that the Old and New Testaments are one canonical witness to one Christ, and that both must be read together to be read rightly.