Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.
(Matthew 4:4)  NKJV

Welcome

The Foundation for Biblical Research was founded in 1977 to

• Perform technical research in the original languages of Scripture,

• Develop, publish, and promote the technical tools produced by that research, and

• Accomplish Biblical research on specific practical topics and publish books for the benefit of all believers (and even a number of known unbelievers who were drawn to Christ through them).

Some of the results of FBR have been

• The Standard Writer’s Guide for Greek and Hebrew Exegesis, which has been endorsed by many seminary professors as an extremely competent and thorough guide for grammatical exegesis,

• The Exegetical Bible, which is incomplete at this time (Several seminary graduates accomplished approximately 800 of the 8,000 hours necessary for this project before FBR was no longer able to fund the project. This project is planned for resumption in 2010. ),

• Bible-Based Hermeneutics (which was completed in September, 2007), and

• The Dictionary of Bible-Based Word Meanings (Currently, about 10% of the research required to complete this project is in rough-draft form. Much of that research will be included in Bible-Based Hermeneutics. I intend to dedicate the rest of my life in completing this project, along with the help of others who grasp the vision. Volunteers are encouraged to apply, after they have completed the Bible-Based Hermeneutics text.)

The following non-technical books for all believers were written based on the above research, both to demonstrate the kind of practical results that can be derived from such exacting research and to fund the completion of FBR’s technical projects:

What the Bible Says about Child Training, book and workbook,  

What the Bible Says About Being a Man,

What the Bible Says About Suffering,
Successful Home Schooling,
Will Early Education Ruin Your Child,
No Place like Home…School,
On the Other Side of the Garden, book and workbook, and
Victorious Women.

FBR stands firmly on the premise that the only Theology that is fitting for man to learn and base his teaching on is one that can be totally substantiated by Scripture. This statement is not to suggest that all existing Theologies are incorrect. It only means that any systematic Theology or fragment thereof a student accepts as truth must be able to stand up to honest evaluation based on a hermeneutically correct Scriptural analysis. Am I insinuating that man does not know anything about God’s Word at this time? Absolutely not! However, every humanly developed Theology has sprung forth, at least partially, from the mind of man and therefore has potentially been tainted by man’s fallen nature. It may even have been developed as a response to challenges from unbelievers or from apostate, heretical, or misguided Christians. The challenges of Gnosticism, Arminianism, and other heresies have been the impetus for much Theological research. Sadly, some Theologies are more anti-positions than positions developed by an objective attempt to research and rightly discern “the mind of Christ.”  What I am saying is that NO doctrinal position can be blindly accepted as truth, especially by those who are called to preach to others. God commended the Bereans because, as Acts 17:11 states (based on this author’s interpretation from the Greek), “they welcomed [Paul’s teaching] with all eagerness, carefully examining the Scriptures daily, [wishing] to find those things [the things that were said] were so [in the degree or manner stated].” These were not those Jews who were negative to Paul’s teaching and challenged what he said; they sought the Truth and readily anticipated its being proven out of Scripture. Every doctrine should be so investigated before it is accepted, and especially before it is taught to others.

FBR’s ultimate objective would be that God might use Spiritually-gifted men, who are committed to the premise stated above, to effect a “Resolution” of the major issues dividing Conservative Evangelical Theology today. These issues encompass the disagreement between the contradictory positions of T.U.L.I.P. and Free Grace, as well as the controversy between Covenantal and Dispensational Theology. I believe this resolution will be necessary before the Scripture can be fulfilled that says,

for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ, till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ;

(Ephesians 4:12-13) NKJV