5 Study Tracks
for Serious Bible Students
English Text,
or Greek Text,
or Both
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Choose from 5 Study Tracks
The first 3 are recorded only;
the last 2 are LIVE!
Choose One Track,
You also Get All Tracks Before It.
E.g., if you choose GOLD, you also get Silver, Bronze, and Free.
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3 Powerful Courses—Free
- Power-Reading the Bible (5 short videos, 83 total minutes). By watching all videos to the end, you'll get a free 351 page new translation of the Apocalypse, including translation notes. Very special offer at the end, including over $300 of Bible study resources.
- NT Greek as a Spiritual Discipline (11 weeks)
- Learning to Use Logos Bible Software (7 weeks)
Bronze Track
Our Foundational Option.
This track is specifically designed to help you develop responsible, contextual, and conversational study methods for biblical texts.
This track has 3 pre-selected recorded courses. Move at your own pace. You will be able to offer feedback.
3 Specific Recorded Courses
- Course 1:
Enhance Your Biblical Text Study................................ 16 hrs
(Each segment below is required before the next one.)
BIBLICAL TEXT
- The Bible as a Book............................. (2.5 hrs)
- Study Tools........................................... (2.0 hrs)
- Backgrounds........................................ (2.0 hrs)
- OT/NT Flyover...................................... (2.0 hrs)
- OT Intro/Survey................................... (2.0 hrs) (coming)
METHOD
- PROBE................................................... (5.0 hrs)
- Supportive Engagement..................... (0.5 hrs)
(Course 1 is strongly suggested before or as you enter Gold/Platinum. Discussions often assume you have been through this material.)
BRONZE MEDALLION;
If you would like to earn the Bronze Medallion Award, you must also complete the next 2 courses and book.
- Course 2:
Isaiah 40-56:
“Streams in the Desert: Hope for Weary Souls” ........... 8 hrs
(This course can only be taken after #1) - Course 3:
Lk/Acts:
"Filled with the Spirit"....................................................... 15 hrs
(This course can only be taken after #2) - Read this book: The Art of Biblical Conversation.
The recorded sessions are 1 hour each, just as they were delivered LIVE! And they will feel LIVE!
Upon completion and verification of all three courses and the book, you will receive the Bronze Medallion Award commemorating your completion of this track!
$37/mo
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Silver Track
If you "just want to sit in on the current LIVE Gold course," then you are in the right place. See Silver ACCESS below.
What You Get
As a Silver Track member, you have full access to three tracks:
- the "Sampler" Track
- the Bronze Track
- the Silver Track
Following are specific to the Silver Track:
- Main Course: "Silver ACCESS"
Access to the Gold Track Recordings..................................................15 hrs
- Silver ACCESS gives you direct access to the Gold Track LIVE course recordings.
- You'll be "sitting in" by video the day after each LIVE session (i.e., you will not be attending LIVE).
- You'll also be eavesdropping on the private Gold 24/7 discussion group (i.e., you can read their comments, but you won't be able to reply);
SILVER MEDALLION AWARD:
IF you decide you would like to earn a Silver Medallion you must also (at your own pace) complete the next 2 courses and book:
- Course 2:
Gospels: “101 Days with Jesus” [recorded]........................................... 19 hrs - Course 3:
Genesis 1-11: “Then and Now” [recorded].............................................15 hrs - Read the book: Scripture, Canon, & Inspiration.
The recorded sessions are 1 hour each, just as they were delivered LIVE! And they will feel LIVE!
Upon completion and verification of all three courses and the book, you will receive the Silver Medallion Award commemorating your completion of this track!
$47/mo
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Gold Track
Our Primary Seminar: English text.
Allows you to have full access to all aspects of the English-based program including a lively discussion community. LIVE sessions (1 hour per week, which also get recorded) and 24/7 email discussion make this a powerful study environment.
Basic Info
1. What Is the Gold Track?
The Gold Track is the heart and soul of our study program. Unlike the "Sampler", Bronze, and Silver tracks (which are content-limited tracks), the Gold Track is a focused biblical text seminar--a Mastermind Group--for serious Bible study partners in a committed, ongoing study environment.
- This is an exclusive study track on a focused topic.
- It takes a motivated team through a year long study program announced for that year.
2. Current Group Study Topic
For January 2022 to Spring or Summer 2023 the topic of focus is Romans: Then and Now.
3. Email Discussion Group
You have access to our incredibly valuable 24/7 email-based discussion group. You will soon discover that this group is as valuable as the LIVE classes. In fact, the two work in tandem for a stellar study/learning experience.
You are manually added to the discussion group.
What You Have Access To
Following are the specific features of the Gold Track.
1. Full Access
Allows you to have full access to all aspects of the English-based program.
- Access to the following Tracks: "Sampler", Bronze, Silver, Gold. (You are encouraged to work through the earlier tracks, because Gold will assume a knowledge of those tracks.)
- LIVE sessions (1 hour per week, which also get recorded and are available 24/7 for review)
- 24/7 lively email discussion community
Mastermind groups are select groups. They are focused, committed, and the best opportunity for creating a dynamic group study.
2. Virtual Commentary
You will have access to over 1000 hours of biblical text courses and studies arranged by biblical book or topic. (e.g., 25 hours of studies in Matthew, etc.). Every new course we do automatically gets put into this resource for later reference.
The Program
1. Some Important Requirements:
Open to all adults. There are some important requirements.
- Bronze Track Course #1 is a requirement (or at least strongly encouraged) for entry into Gold.
- Enrollment for new study partners in the Gold Track is open only once a year (in January).
- After January, the only way into the Gold Track is after one is a member of Silver for 3 full months and has demonstrated steady interest in the Gold Track.
- Also, if one leaves the Gold Track during the year, there will be a financial penalty equivalent to one month ($57) to get back in before the next enrollment season begins.
- Be sure to read the first FAQ below (in yellow) for more specifics.
The goal is not to keep people out, but rather to build a strong, committed, and focused study community in a year-long study course.
All sessions are LIVE! They are also recorded LIVE so you can refer to them as often as you like (especially if you need to miss a session). Sessions are 1 hour each, just as they were delivered LIVE! And they will feel LIVE! :-)
2. The Gold Medallion Award
The requirements for this are being considered. This will be a rigorous, but achievable, study course that goes above and beyond merely attending LIVE or recorded sessions.
This is not a requirement; it is only for those who want to accomplish something truly worthwhile. Currently, the plan is that upon completion and verification of the prescribed requirements, you will receive a Gold Medallion Award, as well as an actual, physical 2-3 inch Gold Medallion commemorating that you have gone above and beyond the mere basics, and that you have shown excellence for this track! (And no, of course it will not be real gold!)
$57/mo
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Platinum Track
Our Advanced Seminar: Includes both Greek & English text.
Allows qualified study partners to have full access to all aspects of both the Greek & English-based programs.
"Qualified" means those who are learning First Year Greek or beyond. If you have had Greek previously, this group will help you strengthen and solidify it. Several in the group have had 10 or more years of Greek, and they will help you!
A great deal of attention is given to the study of the Greek text. Separate classes and discussion are held for Greek from the English based classes. Whether you have had Greek already, or want to learn Greek from scratch, this track will provide that for you.
This Greek Mastermind group is a select group. It is focused, committed, and the best opportunity for community study of the Greek text of the NT and OT
Some Important Requirements:
Although open to all adults, there are some important requirements. For example:
- Because Platinum study partners have access to the entire Gold English group, enrollment guidelines for Platinum are the same as Gold.
- If you leave the group during the year, there will be a financial penalty equivalent to one month ($77) to get back in before the next enrollment season begins.
- Be sure to read the first FAQ below (in yellow) for more specifics.
The goal is not to keep people out, but rather to limit people from "bouncing in and out of the program" during the year. We hope to build a strong, committed, and focused study community in a year-long study course.
PLATINUM MEDALLION
(The requirements for this are being considered.)
$77/mo
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Choose Only One of the Five
When you choose a Track, it becomes your Primary Track.
But you also get all the Tracks below it.
For example, if you choose the Gold Track as your Primary Track,
you also have access to Silver, Bronze, and "Sampler".
But you only pay the Gold membership fee.
For complete info about this and to choose one:
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CAN I DROP OUT IF I NEED OR WANT TO?
----BEFORE YOU JOIN ANY TRACK, READ THIS ONE!----
I just want to take a course!
Why are there track fees?
Is there a money back guarantee?
What is the main focus of IABC?
What is PROBE?
What is Supportive Engagement?
Be honest: What's the quality of interaction in your discussion groups?
Who are the teachers and leaders?
What are Mastermind Groups (Gold & Platinum)?
Why can I only join them one time during the year?
Are there Tech Requirements?
Is there homework? Are there papers to write? Grades?
Do I have to have a university degree to join?
Do you offer degrees? Are you accredited?
Do you have a statement of faith?
Are you associated with a particular church?
Is this for preachers?
Do you offer courses in ministry, counseling, and the like?
Are there opportunities for me to teach or present?
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Lee Patmore
[The following is an actual post sent to everyone in our group
during an ongoing discussion on 10/23/2020.]
It strikes me as a profound credit to IABC that a Canadian woman in her 30’s without a college education is having this kind of a conversation
with a Ph.D. student in his 60’s (I’m guessing, Barry)
half way around the world in Romania.
I am immensely proud of Katrina and the journey she has been on these past few years in doing the research necessary for her to write her historical novel Dividing Sword and the next novel she has in the works. This kind of forum for conversation [that we have at IABC], under the guidance and leadership of someone of Gary’s caliber is truly a mind blowing opportunity. And I urge each of you to make the most of it.