How to Read the Bible
Free Online Course from CBN and Regent University
Reading the Bible is essential to faith and study. However, the Bible can also be one of the more difficult genres to understand. The difference in time and culture alone poses a challenge to readers in the 21st century. Take this 12-class journey with Dr. Corné J. Bekker, Regent University Dean of the School of Divinity
Read the Bible Like Never Before
God said that success comes from reading and understanding His Word. But how do you read a book that contains a library of 66 individual works of literature whose genres include history, poetry, law, prophecy, proverbs, and music?
That’s why Regent University and CBN have partnered together to provide you with this exclusive free online course, How to Read the Bible. During the course, you can ask questions of Regent’s world-class faculty and message other students, allowing you to take what you are learning and better apply it to your life. Giving you a true academic experience for free!
All 12 lessons are led by distinguished professors from Regent’s School of Divinity and will reveal to you not only the Bible’s rich literary history but also its original context so you can hear God’s Word as it was meant to be heard.
Course Outline
- Lesson 101: What Is the Bible?
- Lesson 102: How Did the Bible Come to Be?
- Lesson 103: How Do We Approach the Bible?
- Lesson 104: Rules to Reading
- Lesson 105: Rules of Interpretation
- Lesson 106: How to Read and Interpret Foundational Texts (Torah)
- Lesson 107: How to Read and Interpret Historical and Prophetic Texts
- Lesson 108: How to Read and Interpret Contemplative Texts
- Lesson 109: Reading and Interpreting the Gospels and Acts
- Lesson 110: Reading and Interpreting the Letters of the New Testament
- Lesson 111: Reading and Interpreting the Book of Revelation
- Lesson 112: Cultivating the Discipline of Daily Reading
This isn’t another devotional or Bible reading plan, this is the opportunity for you to learn from some of the world's best biblical scholars how to read the Bible and discover the wisdom it contains for your life at your own pace.
Start your free course and discover how to read the Bible.
