What does it mean that the Bible is inspired, inerrant, and authentic? How do I know I have what was actually written? Why are there so many translations?

Have you ever wondered about the history, authenticity, and reliability of the Bible? 

We read it, we study it, we memorize it. But how did this book come from the mind of God into our hands? What about the translations... are they trustworthy? How can we know? What if something was lost along the way through all the transmission and translation?

This self-paced workshop is based on the book From God to Us, by Dr. Norman Geisler and Dr. William Nix.

In this workshop, Dr. Norman Geisler thoroughly examines these questions both in general and specifically related to both Old and New Testament. Through this training, you will better understand the inspiration, inerrancy, transmission, reconstruction, and translation of this fundamental foundation of our faith. 

"It's kind of popular today to say, "Well, the Bible is without error on essential matters, but not on trivial matters." Thomas Aquinas said that even trivial matters are hearing from God...This contemporary view says that you can trust the Bible on essential matters but not on trivial matters. If you can't trust the Bible on trivial matters, you can't trust it on essential matters either." - Dr. Norman Geisler, "Norm Geisler: Not Qualified" the movie

This self-paced workshop establishes the reliability of the Bible from God to us. This is fundamental training for anyone who wants to understand the complexities of the history of the Bible, to appreciate the simplicity of its message, and to understand the trustworthiness of both the text and content.  

PLEASE NOTICE: Physical DVDs are no longer available with our courses.


All content will continue to be available to the user, even after completing the course, until enrollment expires at 365 days.


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Co-Founder, NGIM

Dr. Norman Geisler

The late Dr. Norman Geisler is known as the premiere apologist of the 20th century. He developed a three-tiered model that integrates apologetics, philosophy, and theology, and over a more than 60-year career in ministry he mentored and discipled many of today's top Christian leaders.

Dr. Norman Geisler is the author of The 12 Points That Prove Christianity Is True and over a hundred other books that have impacted the foundations of modern Christianity. In practical terms, Dr. Geisler was the first to see the value of using a classic two-step apologetic approach, as opposed to a purely evidentiary approach, to witness to a postmodern generation.

As a prominent member of the International Council on Biblical Inerrancy, his influence was crucial in building a foundation on which the church stood through the writing of the Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy. He founded the International Society of Christian Apologetics and co-founded two seminaries: Southern Evangelical Seminary and Veritas Evangelical Seminary, now called Veritas International University. In 2015, Dr. Norman Geisler and his son David co-founded Norm Geisler International Ministries, and in 2018 they launched the ministry's discipleship arm, the Norm Geisler Institute.

Dr. Norman Geisler earned a B.A. in Philosophy from Wheaton College, a Master of Theology from Wheaton Graduate School, a Th.B. from William Tyndale College and a Ph.D. in Philosophy from Loyola University.