brainout's Links to Other Sites
An amalgam of brainout's legacy "external links" pages into one (with wayback URLs where applicable and updated URLs where applicable -- so everything is usable once again). Mostly oldskool stuff: keep in mind some of the remarks are from the late 90's so a few things are lost in modern context.
Also, most of the referenced Christian websites have some of the worst Bible Doctrine you could imagine: Prolife, Lordship Salvation, denying Pre-Tribulation Rapture, demanding the "Blood of Christ" is literal blood, superfluous fixations on sin but never looking at themselves etc. You've been warned, they're pretty bad. π€’π€’π€’
Intra-Site Pages
Index of Referred Religious & Related-Studies Websites
- Intro / Purpose / Email
- Major Non-School Links
- Major School Links
- N.E.C. Christian -- Apologetics
- N.E.C. Christian -- Ministries, Self-Study
- N.E.C. Christian -- Discussion Boards, Publications, Chat Rooms
- Denominations : Classed
- Denominations, cont: Anglican to Calvinist/Church of Christ (Reformed)
- Denominations, cont.: Eastern Orthodox - Universalist
- Non-Christian & Anti-Christian Sites
- Humor (take a break)
Links here are grouped by category.
Some in a category also span other categories, so you may want to check all links here. "DOGPILE" search engine is on the "Major non-School Links" page (w/Dogpile's permission), too.
I learned of these sites through other people.
IF YOU'RE TIRED, and need a break, goto the last Section, "Humor", for laughing-good fun!
If you think a site should be added, or have comments/ criticisms, please write me. In your email, please fully list the url (e.g., with "http://" ) in the e-mail.
These sites are provided as a convenience to the reader, and are not all-inclusive, of course, nor is any site endorsed.
Finally: some will be offended by the fact that some "heretical" sites are included. Think of the inclusion this way -- how can you "defend the faith" if you don't know who the "enemy" is?
I think Ephesians 6 identifies the true "enemy", and to the extent we can all have some "ministry of reconciliation" operating with each other, the fallen angels have less-fertile ground, to split us from each other, and unbelievers from Heaven. This isn't to say we should all have the same faith, nor that all faiths are right, etc. It is rather to say that God, not man, should be the One doing the work: if we tend to our own back yards by learning Him, and all else will work out just fine, per Eph4:11-16.
Hope you'll find this site useful! Your feedback is needed, and welcome!
Major Non-School Sites: (these include Many non-Christian Faith links)
Electric Library (elibrary) is now ProQuest and requires a subscription.
- Encyclopedia: Encarta
- Encyclopedia: Funk & Wagnall's
- "CyberDewey" by David Mundie
- ICL Resources (:)) )
- UK's "Bubble" ( :)) )
- Aphids" Mega-Site (some sites take a LONG time to load)
- On-line Bibles (unusual) & other "Jeff's ...stuff"
- On-line Bibles
- Blue" Bible research org
- ARTFL Project: Bibles (affil. w/UofChic)
- On-line Bibles, incl. foreign langs. (many, Lib. of Congress)
- On-line Bibles, Archaeology, Text Crit/Form Crit. Links (and others, too!)
- World Wide Study Bible
- Text/Form Crit. (cf also: 3 links up; down; Rutgers', in "Major School Links" Sect; "BSW" in "Ministries" Sect; "Journal" in "n.e.c. Pubs" Sect) ( :)) )
- TCGC Links: (:)) )
- ILCW Lectionary Bible Studies
- Bryan Stone's Christian Theology Links. ( :)) )
- Library of Creeds,Confessions (w/History)
- "Holy" Books: capsule desc.'s, world's faiths
- Resources for the Study of East Asian Language ...
MAJOR SCHOOLS: See also 1st link in "Denominations". Sites here include MANY non-Christian links. The :) LIKES the site a bunch.
- MASTER LINKS to U.S. Theological Seminaries and Bible Schools.
- UCambridge (requires permit)
- Boston U's Religi& Philo :)
- The Harvard Divinity School
- Rutgers U Virtual Religion Index :))
- Yale Divinity Library
- Boston Theo Inst. :)
- Brown U: :)
- UChicago Divinity School
- UC Conn. Library :)
- Dallas Theo. Sem. resources (NEW)
- Duke Divinity School
- Fordham: Halsall's History Site :)
- Grinnell's Philo/Religion Links :)
- Internet Bible College - :)
- Northwestern University Religion Department
- North Park Theological Seminary
- Pepperdine U internet stuff
- Trinity International University
- Vanderbilt Divinity School
- Calvin Col: Library of Christian Works: Christian Classics :)
- Gordon-Conwell: Corresp. Courses
- Dr. James White
- Note: see also "Roman Catholic" link in the "E.O. - SDA" section for the Prot-Cath interfaith debate.
- issues, etc., don matzat, forum
- Stand to Reason (Christian Apologetics Organization)
- What is Apologetics, And How Is It Done?
- Alcuin's (incl. TAG) -- see also "Reformed" Section
- Apologetics (general)
- Note: see also "Roman Catholic" link in the "E.O. - SDA" section for Catholic Apologetics
- StraitGate (related to White, Webster ministries and has Prot-Cath debates...realaudio)
- Ontological -- a believer's discussions
- Welcome to The 2001 Principle!
- GENESIS: References
- Reliability of Scripture Fact Sheet: Summit Ministries
- Berean (this one, in Spokane WA)
- Bible.0rg ministry
- "Bible Answer Man" ministry
- BSW - Biblical Studies on the WEB
- Desiring God Ministries
- Dispensational (nondenom) site: webgrace.com
- e-grace.net (emailed Bible Studies for free)
- Gospel - Evangelism
- Grace Notes
- John Hagee Ministries
- Ichthys (IXOYE)
- KingdomQuest (multidenom)
- Manna Ministries - Cassette Tape Library
- Arnold Murray's Ministry: Shepard's Chapel
- canmore studies (he's an 8-year member of Shepard's Chapel, but his studies should not be taken as endorsed by SC)
- Parousia Ministry
- Phillipines Ministry: Ang Dating Daan
- Dr. Eugene Scott's Ministry
- Smith's Bible Answers-free email bible lessons
- Dr. Charles Stanley's InTouch Ministry
- To God Be The Glory!
- Thru The Bible With Dr. J. Vernon McGee
- Universal Reconciliation
- Watchman Nee Ministry
- Witness Lee and Watchman Nee (via Amana Bkstr)
DISCUSSION BOARDS
- Deja.com's: (Use Search Engine, search on Theology)
- International Christian-Jewish Fellowship
- Tentmakers'Discussion Forums
OTHER PUBS/Articles
Note: the Journals here listed are Text/Form Crit. and Doctrinal-Debate oriented, serious publications which invite contributors
- Journal for the Study of Rhetorical Criticism of the NT
- Journal for Christian Theological Research
- Miscellaneous (includes some neat Art)
- SolaScriptura: Michael Horton article
- Sexuality issues
- Testimony
- Weekend Mag
- "WT202" honors papers @Univ. of Nevada
Chat Rooms (incl. Denominational ones)
Chat is really typing, using some special terminal-like software, such as is offered for free download at www.mirc.com. Talk City channels are not listed; webtv works fastest on them. The channels below require mIRC or similar program.
Please send me any chat rooms you like. Please specify major server with it.
Biblebots, and a list of chatrooms:
https://believers-ministries.org/
Website for undernet's #scripture chatroom:
http://www.herghelia.org/scripture.htm
Christianchatnet use Irc2.christian_chat.net, then pick channel. They are all christian channels. Alternative servers: replace the "2" in server above with "1","1a", "2a", or "hub" if "2" doesn't work. These servers might not work with webtv (I couldn't get them to work on webtv, but those with computers DID get them to work.)
DALNET --
(spider.dal.net, irc.dal.net, dalnet.webbernet.net, all at 7000) : Baptist, Baptists, Bible, Catholic, Christian, Christian_conversations, ChristianDebate, Christian_Insomniacs, Christianity(seeks ops), Christian_Singles, Christianity, Christians, history, Jesus, JesusisLord, Orthodox, Spirituality, Theism
EFNET --
(irc.idle.net, irc.concentric.net, @6667): apologetics, baptist, bible, bible! bible-debate, biblestudy, Christian, Christian_Discussion, Christian_Lighthouse, Christianroom, Christians, Christians! Christian_Singles, coptic, diatheke, faith, Godhood, GodisLove, GodZone, Jesus, prophecy, romancatholic
RUSNET Use irc.kar.net -- #bible
STARNET I don't know exact server name and port. Two former undernet channels moved there, I'm told: #apologetics, and #prosapologian. Both of these channels are ostensibly Calvinist, though folks of all sects go there, and atheists seem to like the channels a lot.
UNDERNET -- atheist, atheism, bible, bible777(nc's), bible1611, bible4real, biblechat, biblestudy, catholic, christian, christianchat, christians, crkva(macedonia), forgiven, hebrew, lds, Living_Stones, Mere_Christianity, Mormon, scripture (edub's, great bot!), theology.
Sites on multiple denominations (i.e., classifying them)
- What denomination(s) does your personal belief(s) match? A tester (kinda fun)
- Denoms' classed (http://www.mdba.org/links-xiandenom.htm)
- Denoms' classed: (http://link.bubl.ac.uk/ISC2567), URL was never archived
- Denoms' classed (Division 280: Christian denominations & sects)
- Denoms' (http://www.alliancenet.org/)
- Mediev&Relig."stuff" (anglic,episcop, luth, unus. bibles/relics)
- G.Britain's religious "roots"
- Interdenom links (http://www2.immanuelbc.org/Source/IBC/links.htm)
- "Holy books" summaries, world's faiths
- "Adherents": a world-wide classifier of religion stats
Anglican Sites
- Great Britain's History (dev-of-religions)
- Uk main link
- US Resources
- "Project Canterbury" group of Anglican links
Apostolic Sites
- Main Site
- The Apostolic Network
- The Apostolic Voice
- A particular pastor's site
- Canadian pastor's site (mix of Apostolic/ Pentecostal)
AnaBaptist and Baptist Sites
(Note: there are big doctrinal differences among sects which call themselves "Baptist" in some portion of the sect name. Read these sites carefully.)
- AnaBaptist: Yoder's Explanation of AnaBaptist Theology
- AnaBaptist: history
- AnaBaptist: Doctrines
- AnaBaptist: another site (http://www.btinternet.com/~lmc/)
- AnaBaptist: a community church's webpage
- BaptistPage Index
- "Reformed" (Calvinist) Baptist view
- Quiet (Combo. Calvin&Baptist)
- "Baptizo" index
- Thomas Cassidy
- Immanuel Baptist Church Links
- Beeson Div. School/Samford U.
- Foothill Baptist Church (Pastor Mark D. Turner)
- Travis Baptist (has extensive FREE online lessons)
Calvinist/Reformed/Church of Christ Sites
- Calvinism and Arminianism (background)
- Arminianism (background)
- Australian Calvinist Index
- Sean's Index of Calvinist writings
- Sovereign-Grace Articles
- Center for Reformed Theology and Apologetics
- Alcuin's "Apologetics" Site
- Triangle (Reformed, Presby) Links
- A Brief Description of Puritanism
- Spurgeon's Writings
- United Church of Christ (liberal Reformed)
- Seminaries and divinity schools
- Calvin College
- Calvin's Sermons (french)
- Calvin's work (incl. full Institutes), Engl.
- John Owen Contents Page
Eastern Orthodox and Byzantine Catholic Sites
E.O. proper, with some on-line-Bibles of varying faiths:
- On-Line Bible: Simtel.Net: w/DOS bible text, etc
- On-Line Bible: Bible Foundation e-Text Library
- On-Line Bible: Bible Sites - The Holy Scriptures on the Net
- On-Line Bible: Bible Study Sites
- OT: Hebrew Software
- On-Line Bible: Wordbase Greek ( New Testament Greek )
- OT Form Crit: Qumran Isaiah Scroll Translation
- EO: ERP Doctrine
- EO structure: Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople
- EO: ORLAPUBS MAIN
- Orthodox Doctrine & Church History
- The Orthodox Christian Information Center
- Orthodox Church of Canada - Γglise uk.
- EO Iconography
E.O. people recommend the following books/authors:
- The Way of the Pilgrim (essential 1st "must" read)
- St. Symeon the Theologian
- St. Isaac the Syrian
- St. Gregory Palmos (sp?)
- anything by Kalstos Ware (or "Ware")
- anything by Lossky
Byzantine Catholic (like EO, but holds Roman Pope as highest authority)
Episcopalian Sites
See also "Anglican" as previously above. Episcopalian is essentially the American equivalent of the English "Anglican".
- The Episcopal Church
- Episcopalian Divinity School
- Medieval & Relig. "stuff" (lots of Episcopal stuff)
Jehovah's Witness Sites
- https://www.jw.org/en/ (formerly watchtower.com/)
- http://www.kingdomquest.com/doep/preface.htm (see also Seventh-Day-Adventist, below)
Lutheran Sites
- A Brief Look at the Lutheran Church
- Project Wittenberg
- Modern History Sourcebook: Martin Luther: On the Freedom of a Christian
- Rosenbladt (debate)
- Lutheran Stuff (unusual, good)
Messianic Jewish Sites
These groups believe He is Messiah, but usually hold that only SOME of the NT is Scripture. Their teachings also help show how Mosaic Law was always interpreted...
- Netzarim (Nazarene Jews), Netzarim Hebrew Matthew
- TESHUVAH GATE
- ADONAI TZ''VA''OT Ministries (holds all of NT likewise infallible). Neat site, has bible search engines
Mormon (Church of the Latter-Day-Saints)
Pentecostal (aka "Evangelical")
- Main Sites
- http://eli.elilabs.com/~mbasset/pentfaq.htm
- Canadian Apostolic (One Person as God) and Pentecostal mix
Presbyterian Sites
Reformed/Reconstructionist/Theonomy
Roman Catholic Sites
- RCC: Biblical Evidence for Catholicism
- RCC: Doctrinal index of sites, and writings
- RCC: Una Fides -Cath. Apologetics
- Catholic Encyclopedia
- Christus Rex (comprehensive!)
- Vatican Home Page
- National Catholic Reporter
- Purgatory Apologetics Index Page
- Purgatory (tract)
- 'Understanding Roman Catholicism' by Rick Jones
- The Church: Apologetics Index Page
- Frank's Pillar of Truth Catholic Apologetics
- CATH-PROT Debate: Dr. Art Sippo (geocities Athens "3517" was never archived)
- CATH-PROT Debate: mostly PROT rebuttals
- CATH-PROT Debate: mostly CATH rebuttals
Seventh-Day-Adventist
- https://www.amazingfacts.org/
- The following site may also be JW, but holds AGAINST the existence of "Hell"
Universal Reconciliation/Unitarian Universalist
(i.e., no hell, or everyone ends up going to heaven eventually):
- Comprehensive Universal Reconciliation Site
- Christian Universalism: True Grace Ministries
- The following site focuses on how everyone ends up in Heaven
- Universalist Unitarian
See also the "Major Links" and 1st "DENOMINATIONS" categs. for MANY comprehensive non-Christian Links...especially the ones marked ":)" or "( :)) )", (Rutgers, for example)
JEWISH SITES
- Chabad (US)
- Judaism and Jewish Resources - Andrew Tannenbaum (unrelated to MINIX guy)
- Jerusalem Post (home page) -- extensive material, not just the paper
- "Torah" -- resource org. and mag.
- Torah Mag. Forum articles
- Web Torah Library
- "Bible Codes" (kabbalistic, re Torah)
- Mike's Jewish Apologetics
- Introduction to Talmud
- Babylonian Talmud (Eng.trans: NEW, unfinished site)
- The Texas Talmud (cute primer)
- Talmud E-mail Discussion Group
- Judaica links @ UC.Conn.
- Virtual Israel's resources
- AishHaTorah (w/timeline, Wall Tour, live shot)
- Zola's Catalog (good stuff to buy, peruse)
Agnostic / Atheistic Sites
- Infidels.Org -- also has cross links to Theistic materials
- American Atheists // Race And Religion
- Darwin's Origin of the species
- Evolution: PSYCHE Journal (interesting)
- Cosmythology (interesting)
Anti-Christian (e.g.,Christ/Bible not true)
- The Jesus Puzzle (claims proof against His Existence)
- Gay-persecution history (so Bible is bad)
- God is Dead: Robert Funk's 21 Theses
- Islam, the Church and the World (geocities Athens "3251" was never archived)
- The Reformation Online
- Who's the Antichrist...
- Vorpal's Index (geocities TimesSquare "8349" was never archived)
- Bible-is-Bunk "discrepancies" debated
- Bible is Bunk : Dennis McKinsey
- Bible is Bunk: CalTech
- Bible is Bunk: glk
- Bible is Bunk: Jesus Seminar (on whether He actually existed)
- Bible is Bunk: Matthew written originally in Hebrew
- Bible is Bunk: truth be known's claim Christ never existed et alia
- APOSTASY TESTER (geocities Hollywood "4434" was never archived)
- Apostasy II: your personality type
- Apostasy III: how to help yourself, others
- Apostasy IV: internet help (web.tv defunct URL)
- Apostasy V: Dolling it up
- Jesus is Gothier (goth.net URL now defunct and never archived)
- ..and a better dancer, too!
- Bulletin Bloopers
- The Institute of Official Cheer
- Tuney moves by Tommy
- Blame your clone
- Evolutionary Proof
- Evolution Measure: your Unintelligence, another test
- A Better God
- Beatalic Worship (ohm)
- Messianic springers (geocities Heartland "5893" was never archived)
- PromiseMe!
- Calling God: new technology
- Being God: new technology
- Bible Codes
- Assassinations Foretold in Moby Dick
- Write your own Code! Start with repeal of God's Science!