Scripture education · Formation · Faithful practice

His Word
Lived Out.

A Scripture-first Institute preparing people to hear, guard, obey, and walk in the Word of YHWH—one course, one practice, and one faithful step at a time.

The Open Book Covenant

Those who can give help open the Book for those who cannot.

Developing course catalog

Every course has a source.
Every course must bear fruit.

The courses below form the Institute roadmap. They are not yet open for enrollment. Each will be released only after its curriculum, source permissions, delivery format, price, and assistance plan are ready.

Planned firstIn developmentResearch track
01Planned first

Scripture & Covenant

Opening His Book

Guided study · Online and in person

Learn to identify speaker, audience, Covenant setting, literary structure, and the argument of a passage before drawing conclusions. The whole Book—not an isolated verse—sets the boundaries of the study.

HalleluYah ScripturesIntended primary Scriptural text; formal guidance and permissions are pending.
02Planned first

Discipleship & Field Practice

Discovery Scripture Study

Planned free course · In person and in the field

A guided walk through Contagious Disciple Making, followed by practical Discovery Scripture Study, local relationship-building, and supervised field action shaped for communities in the United States and rooted in Yeshua’s disciple-making pattern.

Continue with Catalytic MinistriesThe Institute plans to charge no tuition for this course and will direct learners to Catalytic Ministries for further training.
03In development

Language & Biblical Thought

Ancient Hebrew Studies

Guided resources and book-by-book study

Use Jeff A. Benner’s public resources and published books to study the Hebrew language, culture, and concrete thought world behind the biblical text, while directing advanced learners to his own courses.

Explore Jeff A. Benner’s coursesLearners will obtain required books or paid courses from the author’s own source.
04In development

Whole-Book Patterns

The WildBranch Teaching Archive

Guided archive study

Walk carefully through Bradford Scott’s teachings on Hebrew words, Torah, the design of Scripture, and the recurring patterns that join the Book together.

Study the WildBranch lesson archiveThis pathway will use only material published on the official WildBranch Ministry website.
05In development

Historical Studies

Christianity, Islam & the West

Author-led book sequence · Guided historical context

Read Raymond Ibrahim’s books in sequence, distinguish evidence from interpretation, compare historical claims with cited sources, and recover history rarely made accessible to the ordinary reader.

View Raymond Ibrahim’s booksRequired books will be obtained through the author’s site or the purchase links he provides.
06In development

Political Islam

Sources, Doctrine & Public Life

Three-level guided study

Walk through Bill Warner’s political-Islam curriculum and source method with careful attention to definitions, evidence, law, history, and civil public discussion. Texts and systems are examined without hostility toward people.

Visit CSPI PublishingStudents will obtain the CSPI materials from their official source; no CSPI certification is claimed.
07In development

Israel’s History

Dynasty of the Slaves

Guided book study

A focused study of BLK SHP Scott’s Dynasty of the Slaves, examining Israel in Egypt, the formation of a people, and the historical and archaeological case presented in the book.

Visit the official Dynasty of the Slaves pageThe course will require the book and will distinguish the author’s conclusions from Institute commentary.
08In development

Prophecy, Israel & the Middle East

Joel Richardson Book Studies

Book-by-book guided study

Study Joel Richardson’s books and free teaching resources with Scripture open, weighing each claim in context and practicing civil discourse wherever conclusions differ.

Use Joel’s free resource libraryThe pathway will send learners directly to the author’s resources and will not imply author-issued certification.
09Active research track

Research Seminar

The Seventy-Week Ministry Project

Open research · Future seminar

Examine the chronology of Yeshua’s public ministry through textual evidence, Gospel sequence, feast notices, manuscript questions, and competing chronological models without forcing a conclusion before the evidence is ready.

Enter the active research projectA formal course will follow only after the research record is mature enough to teach responsibly.

Shema · Hearing that becomes obedience

Learning is not complete until truth shapes the walk.

Online information alone is not the goal. Where a course calls for practice, the Institute will build toward in-person instruction, accountable community, and lived field assignments.

01

Hear

Slow down and attend to what the text or author actually says.

02

Guard

Test every conclusion within its context, sources, and the whole witness.

03

Obey

Complete practical assignments that move learning into daily life.

04

Walk

Demonstrate faithful practice, honest dialogue, and accountable service.

The source stewardship standard

Honor the work.
Name the boundaries.

01

Teach it faithfully

Represent each author’s published argument as the author wrote it before offering agreement, disagreement, or Institute commentary.

02

Purchase at the source

Students obtain required books and paid resources directly from the author, ministry, publisher, or approved seller linked by that source.

03

Separate the voices

Course materials distinguish the author’s claims, the primary evidence, and the Institute’s conclusions so the learner can examine each honestly.

04

Return learners to the teacher

Where an author offers advanced courses or recognized credentials, learners are directed there. The Institute does not imitate or replace them.

05

Use only what is permitted

Substantial excerpts, images, logos, and course reproductions wait for permission. Public links and brief attribution do not imply partnership or endorsement.

06

Practice civil discourse

Ideas, texts, and historical claims may be examined without contempt for people. Disagreement does not cancel love, dignity, or honest conversation.

A shared provision

No one is turned away merely because they cannot afford to study.

Pricing will follow the actual cost and form of each course. There will not be one price forced across every subject.

01

Course-specific tuition

A fair price for the work actually provided.

Each course page will state its own tuition, required books, included instruction, and any additional field or gathering costs before enrollment.

No payments are active
02

Free learning

Some doors should carry no tuition.

The Discovery Scripture Study and disciple-making course is planned as a free course, with learners sent to Catalytic Ministries for further training.

Visit Catalytic Ministries →
03

Assisted access

Ask without shame.

A learner may request help with tuition while carrying the same responsibility to participate faithfully and complete the work.

Ask about assistance →
04

Sponsored access

Hold the door open.

Those able to give may help cover tuition, books, or a complete learning pathway for someone who otherwise could not participate.

Ask about sponsoring →

Honest credentials

Accomplishment documented—never overstated.

Completed courses may earn a People of His Book Institute Certificate of Accomplishment. It records the Institute work completed. It is not college credit, an accredited degree, a professional license, an author-issued credential, or proof that any featured author or ministry endorses the Institute.

Development roadmap

Build slowly enough
to build faithfully.

The order matters. The Institute will establish its standards, prove its first courses in practice, and then widen the work without promising dates before the work is ready.

01Now

Build the foundation

Publish the Institute charter, course map, source-use standard, access model, and honest status boundaries. Complete permission conversations without claiming partnerships before they exist.

02Next

Pilot the first two courses

Finish Opening His Book and the free Discovery Scripture Study course, then test them with a small learning community before opening wider enrollment.

03Then

Open guided author studies

Develop one course at a time around the published works listed above, with required-source lists, fair pricing, assistance, assignments, review questions, and clear permission boundaries.

04Long view

Grow into a lived Institute

Add in-person seminars, trained facilitators, supervised field practice, the yearly Torah cycle, and the six-year Whole Scripture Portions without allowing growth to outrun faithfulness.

Why this Institute exists

Opening His Book again—and walking in the Way.

People of His Book Institute exists to provide careful, structured Scripture education outside unnecessary financial, denominational, and academic barriers.

We read in context, let Scripture interpret Scripture, distinguish direct statement from interpretation, test evidence honestly, and ask what faithful obedience looks like when the lesson ends.

Present status: The Institute and every course listed above are in development. Enrollment and payments are not active.

Founding interest list

Help shape the first learning community.

Tell us which course you hope to study, whether you prefer online or in-person learning, or whether you hope to help another learner gain access. This is an interest list, not enrollment.

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