Pandemic-Style Seminary at Home (my favorite links and resources)

This is a work in progress, but there is enough here that I thought I should start sharing it now.

Preparing for Seminary: Discipleship, Devotions, Study Skills

The Importance of Being Earnest: Approaching Theological Study by Carl Trueman

BiblicalStudies.org.uk: The Importance of Being Earnest: Approaching Theological Study by Carl Trueman

Self-Educating through "Seminary"



Letters to a Young Pastor

You searched for letters to a young pastor - Gary Neal Hansen

7 Ways to Survive Seminary for Students of Color by Ramon Mayo

7 Ways to Survive Seminary for Students of Color


Devotional Resources

Discipleship Library - Worth of the Inerrancy Inspiration Integrity International Ministry Intimacy Investing Your Life Isaiah James Jeremiah Jesus Christ Job Joel John Jonah Joshua Joy Jude Judges King James Bible


Before You Read Through the Bible in One Year…Watch This!



Bible Reading Plans

2021 Bible Reading Plans

No Plan Reading Plan w/ Matthew Everhard Check Sheet



Learn Your Bible by Marcel Teleki

Learn Your Bible - Professor Grant Horner's Bible Reading Plan PDF


Topical Memory System Audio Review with commentary by LeRoy Eims

Discipleship Library - Follow-Up Forgiveness Friendship Galatians Genesis Giving Goals, Priorities, Use of Time God, Characteristics of Christ Godly Man Godly Woman Gospel Grace Great Commission Guidelines for Bible Study Habakkuk Habits

Navigators Bible Memory Resources

Discipleship Library - Acts Aging Amos Angels (Angelology) Anger Apologetics Assurance of Answered Prayer Assurance of Forgiveness Assurance of Guidance Assurance of Salvation Assurance of Victory Attitudes Authority Availability

Verses for Life App for Navigators TMS

Verses for Life

6X6 Scripture Memory by Tyler Kenney

https://fighterverses.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/6x6_scripturememorysheet.pdf


Homeschool video series that shows how to plan a year of self-education





https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E971QfOPGPs

Survivor Secrets: Your Guidebook to Academic Writing w/ printable schedules

https://discoverheritage.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Survivors-Secrets-2019-20.pdf

Grace Seminary Study Skills

Research Guides: Morgan Library-Learning Center Response to COVID-19 : Adjusting your study habits during COVID

Assignment Calculators and planners

Assignment Calculator

Research Paper · University of Minnesota Libraries


How to Take Notes While You Read (Letters to a Young Pastor)

How to Take Notes While You Read (Letters to a Young Pastor) - Gary Neal Hansen -

Reading Dense Theological Texts (Letters to a Young Pastor) - Gary Neal Hansen -

Best Bible Note-Taking System: Jonathan Edwards's Miscellanies

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqq-4-LiFVs&feature=emb_logo

Beau Baez Law School Style Note Taking and Study Skills

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYSSg9rr-pgtK5UqkZdE_KQ

Ellen Kelley 10 Effective Note Taking Tips & Methods

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFDmFVZ933A&list=PL4IyfnCzd1F6dRcVnXst2zG4hUaOUhT6I&index=4

Don Potter Handwriting Resources

Handwriting | Don Potter.net Wide Interest Website | Don Potter

 

Bible Colleges with Free Certificates and Diplomas

Home Bible College





https://www.youtube.com/c/HomeBibleCollege/playlists


World Video Bible School

About the WVBS Online School - Mission and Structure


Bible Broadcasting Network Bible Institute

Christian Radio for the Whole Family!


Dallas Theological Seminary

https://voice.dts.edu/free-courses/



Hillsdale College

Hillsdale College Online Courses


Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary

For the Church Institute

FTC Institute


Our Daily Bread University

Courses by Series


The Bible Study Center

BSC - Study Online

Secular Schools with General Education Courses with Certificates
to supplement the Christian Bible Schools


Many Libraries offer free access to courses that earn certificates. The capital city library usually offers membership to all residents of the state and often has extensive online resources that can be accessed at home. Some states require all cities to offer cards to any resident of the state. Look for the following:

Gale Courses

LinkedIn Learning: Online Training Courses for Creative, Technology, Business Skills


The following schools offer some free general education courses with certificates

https://www.poynter.org/my-courses/

https://www.uopeople.edu/

https://learn.saylor.org/

https://www.netacad.com/


MOOCS and Honorable Mention without certificates

https://www.edukatico.org/en/report/edx-vs-coursera-which-mooc-platform-is-better

https://www.edukatico.org/en/report/free-online-courses-how-to-find-the-best-courses

 

Research and Writing Tutorials and Style Guides

California Baptist University library video tutorials

Video Tutorials


Luther Rice Video Tutorials

The Research Process

https://www.youtube.com/user/BerthaSmithLibrary/videos

https://library.lutherrice.edu/


Turabian Video Instruction

https://vle.credoreference.com/literati-academic/citation-basics-turabian-video




Survivor’s Secrets

https://discoverheritage.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Survivors-Secrets-2019-20.pdf


Tyndale

How do I produce a biblical studies research paper?

https://www.tyndale.ca/seminary/biblical-studies/home/produce

Research & Writing Resources

https://www.tyndale.ca/seminary/mtsmodular/resources

Research and Writing Handout with links

https://www.tyndale.ca/sites/default/files/u/332/Research Writing 2014_1.pdf


Turabian Templates and Samples

https://www.liberty.edu/casas/academic-success-center/turabian/quick-guide/


Dallas Baptist University: How to Write Religion Papers

https://www.dbu.edu/writing-center/...hops/guides/how-to-write-religion-papers.html


New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary Style Guide

https://www.nobts.edu/_resources/pdf/writing/StyleGuide.pdf


Using STEPBible.org to make a Reference List for an essay

 

Free Scholarly Articles and eBooks

Open Access Explained



Open Access Theological Library

Open Access Digital Theological Library | a digital library for theology, religious studies, and related disciplines

The Directory of Open Access Journals

Directory of Open Access Journals


JSTOR

Free full access to JSTOR is sometimes available at a public law libraries and state house libraries. State constitutions often guarantee resident access to these libraries. Partial access to SEARCH the JSTOR database is free, and once the name and author of an article is secured, articles can sometimes be requested from a local public library, the author, or through unpaywall.

How to register & get free access to content



Unpaywall






Google Scholar

Google Scholar



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtbpGZI_-lQ

How to Search in Google Scholar


Getting Bible Commentaries without a library

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDEJoq8ub20&feature=emb_logo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUBDNhZHf2Q&list=PLE64269649C022D8B&index=4


Theology on the Web

Making Biblical Scholarship Accessible Since 2001

Theology on the Web: Making Biblical Scholarship Accessible


Monergism.com is a free, comprehensive online theological library comprised of Reformed Christian resources

Monergism |


Christian Classics Ethereal Library

Home - Christian Classics Ethereal Library


Borrow the Newer Books from archive. org with a free account

Borrowing From The Lending Library

Older books are free without an account

Internet Archive Books : Free Texts : Free Download, Borrow and Streaming : Internet Archive


Christian Books at Gutenberg.org

Books in Christianity (sorted by popularity)


Baptist History’s List of Commentaries in the Public Domain

Google Books - Baptist Commentary Links


Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary List of Free Online Resources

Online Resources | Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary

 

Using the Public Library for Bible Research

Religion, the First Amendment and America’s Public Libraries By J. Douglas Archer

file:///C:/Users/kathl/Downloads/4205-Article%20Text-17611-1-10-20130709.pdf


Wiki about Interlibrary loan

Interlibrary loan - Wikipedia

Books to Request through ILL

Making Sense in Religious Studies: A Student's Guide to Research and Writing by Margot Northey, Bradford A. Anderson, Joel N. Lohr

The Craft of Research (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing) 4th Edition by Wayne C. Booth

From Topic to Thesis: A Guide to Theological Research Paperback – December 31, 2015 by Michael Kibbe

Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations, (Chicago Style for Students and Researchers) 9th Edition by Kate L. Turabian

Surviving and Thriving in Seminary: An Academic and Spiritual Handbook by H. Daniel Zacharias and Benjamin K. Forrest


Most Libraries offer free access to online resources. The capital city library usually offers membership to all residents of the state and often has extensive online resources that can be accessed at home. Some states require all cities to offer cards to any resident of the state.


Most libararies purchase books requested by patrons, and some even encourage requests and provide an easy to use online form.


Some seminaries and Bible colleges allow visitors to use some of the onsite resources. Most state constitutions guarantee residents free access to public law libraries and the state house library. Law and state house libraries sometimes have full access to JSTOR and other databases with scholarly articles; permission to download articles on topics other than law and politics varies.


Speak to librarians at all the above type of libraries and quiz them on all possible resources that might be available to you. Never take the word of a single librarian that there is not more available: they don’t know what they don’t know.

 

Greek and Hebrew Word Studies

Word Studies without knowing Biblical languages

https://apu.libguides.com/ld.php?content_id=277224

LibGuides: How To Do A Word Study Without Knowing Hebrew Or Greek: Online Resources


3 Free Websites that Make Bible Word Studies Incredibly Simple



StudyLight.org: Search, Read and Study with our Bible Tools

Bible Hub: Search, Read, Study the Bible in Many Languages

Bible Search and Study Tools - Blue Letter Bible



How to do a Greek Word Study using a FREE Online Tool!




The Critical Lexicon and Concordance to the English and Greek New Testament EW Bullinger



L E V E N D W A T E R . O R G


Perseus Project NT in Greek with every word parsed

New Testament


Koine Greek Tutorials, Textbooks and Resources

World Video Bible Greek Course w/ Certificate

Greek | Bible Course - WVBS School

Dave Black’s New Testament Greek Portal

DAVE BLACK'S NEW TESTAMENT GREEK PORTAL: My Greek Tools

Dr. Abidan Shah NT Greek Lessons

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJDZD64qrUV51bWRSSuzt-pGeW8edvWOQ

Jacob Cerone

Handouts, Tutorials, Homework

Daily Dose of GreeK

Learn Biblical Greek | Daily Dose of Greek


Mastering New Testament Greek By Dr. Ted Hildebrandt

Mastering New Testament Greek – Biblical eLearning

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnNXzYjQerJglu7Uapx-ofHTkCDFX-wG_


NTGreek In Session by William Ramey

https://www.inthebeginning.org/ntgreek/


Learn Greek Free

http://learngreekfree.com/greeklesson/lessonindex.php


Dr Bill Mounce course

https://www.biblicaltraining.org/biblical-greek/william-mounce


Greek, Hebrew, Aramaic, Latin, and Syriac Resources

https://biblicalstudies.org.uk/blog/biblical-studies-links/ancient-languages/

 

Saving for Hebrew Tutorials and Misc

 

Oops, I guess there is a time limit on when I can edit a post to add or replace anything with something better. I have found new stuff, but will wait awhile before I share anything unless it is really important. There was enough here to get anyone started. But I had nothing for Hebrew with a certificate, so I will add this.

Dr Barrick not only taught multiple semesters of Hebrew, but he also taught some OT courses.
Courses – DrBarrick.org

The courses were taught at The Master's Seminary | Producing Preachers at Grace Community Church

I am taking his Genesis course alongside the WVBS Genesis course. I don't think the free online certificate option includes the Hebrew translation work. I also cannot afford some of the required reading and don't have library access to them either. The certificate for Genesis might be just for completing the videos. I am not sure. I don't care about how valid the certificates are. I just want a paper trail of what I DID do for my own accountability and if someone later is EAGER to grant me some credit for what I did. I am on week 3 and hustling to catch up to where I am in the WVBS course. So far I am impressed with this course.