The TFR Theology Masters Curriculum
An ordered course of Bible study through the teachings of The Faithful Remnant: 80 courses in 14 modules, beginning with the foundations of faith and ending with a comparative study of the main Christian and Jewish traditions.
Each course is built on one of our articles, with a short quick-review outline to guide your study. You study at your own pace, from home, one course at a time.
Before Course 1, you may like to read Our Teaching Foundation: the one starting point every course rests on.
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How it works
- Become a member. Membership is free. When you join you receive your own TFR Membership Number.
- Enrol. Once you are signed in as a member, select “Enrol” and Course 1 opens for you straight away.
- Study the course. Read the article and its quick-review outline, and look up the Scriptures it cites. Take as long as you need.
- Ask for the examination. When you have finished studying, select “I have finished — take the examination.” The examination for that course opens.
- Complete and submit the examination. It is marked automatically. When you pass, the next course opens for you. If you do not pass the first time, review the course and try again.
- Graduate. When you complete all 80 courses, you receive the TFR Theology Masters Graduation Certificate, issued in your name and sent to you automatically.
What the Graduation Certificate means
The TFR Theology Masters Curriculum is a course of Bible study offered by The Faithful Remnant. Its one Graduation Certificate, awarded when all 80 courses are complete, recognises that you have finished the whole curriculum. It is not an academic degree, and it is not accredited by any college, university or government body. It is issued in recognition of your own diligence, as witnessed by your own conscience. No one signs it on behalf of The Faithful Remnant, and it confers no office or authority in Yahweh’s Congregation.
How to read the course labels
Beside each course you will find a few short labels, so you know what to expect before you begin.
- Short, Standard, Extended, Comprehensive: how long the course reading is — from under 1,500 words to more than 8,000.
- About … minutes: roughly how long it takes to read the course article once, not counting time spent with your Bible or on the examination.
- Bible at hand: the course cites Scripture often and is best studied with your Bible open. Members receive the NFRV Bible free.
- In 2 Parts: the course has two parts, studied one after the other.
- Foundational: a key teaching that later courses build on.
- Companion: best studied alongside the course named.
- Word study: looks closely at the original Hebrew or Greek words.
- Reflective: a quieter, more meditative study.
- Personal testimony: written from the author’s own experience.
- Discernment study: a lesson in weighing a source critically, rather than a statement of our beliefs.
- For discussion: offered for discussion rather than as a TFR position.
- Capstone: the closing course of the curriculum.
The 80 Courses
Module 1 — Welcome to the Faithful Remnant: Foundations of Faith
Course 1. We are The Faithful Remnant; Yahweh’s Chosen Congregation
Standard · about 15 minutes · Bible at hand · Foundational
Traces the faithful “remnant” through Isaiah and Jeremiah, Paul’s letters and Revelation, and shows how that thread describes a called-out people today.
Course 2. Welcome to The Faithful Remnant
Short · about 5 minutes · Foundational
Our front door: the case from Scripture, nature and the design written into life itself that points to one Creator, and an invitation to begin.
Course 3. Serving in Faith – Works of Faith
Standard · about 10 minutes
Why the New Covenant replaced the ceremonial “works of the law” with “works of faith” — the same obedience, now written on the heart.
Course 4. Non-Conformists In Our Messiah’s Image
Standard · about 10 minutes
A lively survey of how strange true obedience has always looked, from the prophets to Yah’shua, and a call to a Spirit-led life rather than drab conformity.
Course 5. A Leap of Faith!
Standard · about 10 minutes · Reflective
Faith presented not as a burden but as the most natural, joyful use of the mind Yahweh gave us — and a daily discipline anyone can practice.
Course 6. Inspired to Faith by Tribulation!
Standard · about 15 minutes · Personal testimony
A first-person testimony of how failure and hardship led from skepticism and regret to committed, independent study of Scripture.
Course 7. Hope! A Renewed Way of Thinking
Standard · about 15 minutes
From everyday dishonesty to dangers too large to feel, why the world needs the “renewed mind” of Ephesians 4 and Romans 12.
Module 2 — Is Belief Reasonable?
Course 8. What is an Atheist? What is an Agnostic?
Standard · about 10 minutes
Clear definitions of two often-misused words, followed by a challenge to the claim that the mainstream Bible is the unaltered Word.
Course 9. Can Science be Reconciled to our Creator?
Short · about 5 minutes
What was lost when science taught people to stop asking the deepest questions — and why it is people, not science, who need reconciling.
Course 10. Possibilities & Provocations
Short · about 5 minutes
Answers the claim that belief in Yahweh is mere wishful thinking, and turns the same test back on unbelief.
Course 11. Is Anything Wrong Anymore?
Extended · about 25 minutes
How a shared sense of right and wrong eroded over the last century, and the prophets’ call to personal and national repentance.
Module 3 — Our Creator and His Names
Course 12. Yahweh – the Proper Name of the One and Only God-Almighty
Extended · about 25 minutes · Bible at hand · Word study
The difference between a title and a name, and the case that “Yahweh” is the Creator’s own name behind the English “God” and “Lord.”
Course 13. Yahweh – Our Father’s Name
Extended · about 25 minutes · Bible at hand · Word study
Works through the Hebrew, Greek and historical record to show why Yahweh’s people are meant to know and use His Name.
Course 14. Rejoice in Understanding our Father’s Name
Comprehensive · about 1 hr 5 min · Bible at hand · Reflective
A meditative study of “I AM THAT I AM” and what the Name itself says about who and what Yahweh is.
Course 15. The “Why” & “How” of Pronouncing our Father’s Name
Short · about 5 minutes · Word study
A short, practical guide to saying the Father’s and the Messiah’s names aloud, focused on sound rather than spelling.
Course 16. Yah’shua – the Proper Name of our Messiah
Standard · about 10 minutes · Bible at hand · Word study
Recovers the name Gabriel actually gave — “Yahweh is Salvation” — and why it carries the Father’s own name.
Course 17. Our Father, our Messiah and our Family
Standard · about 20 minutes · Bible at hand
Examines the usual Trinity proof texts and sets out Yahweh’s oneness, His Spirit as His power at work, and the family He is building.
Course 18. Our Messiah, Man or Logos?
Short · about 5 minutes
Yah’shua’s full humanity, His begettal by Yahweh’s Spirit, and what John 1:1’s “Logos” really means.
Module 4 — The Word of Yahweh: Can We Trust the Bible?
Course 19. Preface to the Natural Faithful Remnant Version (NFRV Bible)
Comprehensive · about 40 minutes
The choices behind our own Bible edition: restored names, corrected terms, and why it is free of copyright.
Course 20. Our Father’s Word / The Bible is not a Jewish Book
Standard · about 10 minutes
A short introduction to Bible interpretation, paired with a reprinted essay on to whom the Bible’s message was entrusted (the essay’s ancestry claims are its author’s own).
Course 21. New Covenant Originally Written in Hebrew, not Greek
Extended · about 20 minutes · Word study
Evidence from Scripture, manuscripts, early writers and the Dead Sea Scrolls that the New Covenant writers thought and wrote in Hebrew.
Course 22. Has the Bible been Tampered With?
Extended · about 30 minutes
Specific places where translators changed the meaning, why it matters, and which texts to read instead.
Course 23. Proving the Bible (Parts I and II)
Comprehensive · about 45 minutes · Bible at hand · In 2 Parts
Part I: the Bible’s inner consistency and fulfilled prophecy. Part II: how the collection of books came together, and the case for an original 22.
Module 5 — Who Are We? Our Israelite Identity & Calling
Course 24. Our Messiah was an Israelite, Not a “Jew”
Short · about 5 minutes · Bible at hand · Word study
Where the word “Jew” came from, what it meant in the Messiah’s day, and why Scripture names Him an Israelite.
Course 25. Oracles Entrusted to Israelite Tribe of Judah, not to “Jews”
Standard · about 10 minutes
The article’s case for distinguishing ancient Hebrew faith from later Judaism, and for revelation passing through Israelite lines.
Course 26. “Lost” 10 Tribes – FOUND
Extended · about 30 minutes · Bible at hand
The birthright promises to Joseph’s sons Ephraim and Manasseh, and the article’s case for where those tribes are found today.
Course 27. Israelites are the Living Light of the World
Standard · about 20 minutes · Bible at hand
The Sermon on the Mount as a way of life — the difference between a one-time decision and an ongoing, converted life.
Course 28. Israelites are Salt of the Earth
Standard · about 10 minutes · Bible at hand
Everything salt meant in the ancient world — covenant, purity, preservation — and what Yah’shua was asking of His followers.
Course 29. What is Man?
Extended · about 25 minutes · Bible at hand · Foundational
Genesis 2:7 and the question of the soul: where the “immortal soul” idea came from, and what Scripture says instead.
Course 30. The “Black-Sheep” of our Family
Standard · about 15 minutes · Bible at hand
A reading of Genesis 1 in the Hebrew: a once-perfect creation, Lucifer’s rebellion, and the setting apart of Adam for Yahweh’s plan.
Course 31. Nazirites – A Peculiar People
Standard · about 10 minutes · Word study
A word study suggesting “Nazarene” means one consecrated and set apart — a calling every believer shares.
Course 32. Cretin-Crestin-Christian
Standard · about 10 minutes · Bible at hand · Word study
Where the word “Christian” came from, and the New Covenant’s own name for Yah’shua’s followers.
Module 6 — Doctrines Often Misunderstood
Course 33. Origins & History of Baptism
Short · about 5 minutes
Baptism’s roots in the Hebrew mikvah, John’s baptism of repentance, and what Yah’shua’s own baptism was for.
Course 34. Myth of Baptism
Standard · about 20 minutes · Bible at hand · Companion to Course 33
A close reading of Acts and the Epistles making the case that true baptism is immersion in the Spirit.
Course 35. What is Divine Healing?
Standard · about 10 minutes · Bible at hand
Why Scripture offers no guaranteed healing formula, and a more grounded understanding of prayer for healing.
Course 36. Speaking in Tongues?
Short · about 5 minutes · Bible at hand
The three New Covenant accounts of tongues, what each one proved, and Paul’s rule of order and love.
Course 37. Pursuing Relevance (Parts 1 & 2)
Standard · about 15 minutes · In 2 Parts · Reflective
Part 1: real knowledge versus information overload. Part 2: how to “test the spirits” against Yahweh’s Word.
Course 38. What is an Unpardonable Sin
Short · about 5 minutes · Bible at hand
What the warning meant to its first hearers — and real reassurance for anyone afraid they have committed it.
Course 39. Praying with a Purpose
Short · about 5 minutes · Bible at hand
Lessons from Scripture’s own examples of persistent, reasoned, heartfelt prayer.
Course 40. Myth of Hell
Standard · about 10 minutes · Bible at hand · Word study
Untangles three different words translated “hell” and what they mean for the fate of the wicked.
Course 41. Why so much Human Suffering?
Standard · about 10 minutes · Bible at hand
The age-old question traced back to Eden and forward to the coming reign of peace.
Module 7 — Marriage, Family & Compassion
Course 42. What does “I Love You” Mean?
Standard · about 20 minutes
Love as a decision rather than a feeling, what marriage adds to it, and faithfulness within marriage.
Course 43. Introduction to Marriage
Extended · about 30 minutes · Bible at hand
Scripture’s pattern for how a marriage begins, the question of marriage licences, and the binding nature of vows.
Course 44. Old Covenant Priesthood – Yahweh’s Marriage Agreement
Standard · about 10 minutes · Bible at hand
Sinai read as a marriage agreement between Yahweh and Israel, and why that marriage broke down.
Course 45. New Covenant Priesthood – The Renewed Marriage Agreement
Standard · about 10 minutes · Bible at hand · Companion to Course 44
What changed the second time: the law written on the heart, and Yah’shua as High Priest.
Course 46. Compassion: Dealing with Crime & Punishment
Standard · about 15 minutes · Bible at hand
Why Scripture’s firm penalties are consistent with a God of love, in light of the future resurrections.
Module 8 — Yahweh’s Calendar: Holy Days & the Crucifixion Chronology
Course 47. Origins of Christmas
Standard · about 15 minutes
Where December 25th and its customs came from, and the scriptural case for a different season.
Course 48. Yahweh’s Holy Days
Standard · about 15 minutes · Bible at hand · Companion to Course 49
A concise case for when the crucifixion and resurrection took place, built on the sign of Jonah.
Course 49. Passover: Celebrating the Events & Chronology of the Crucifixion & Resurrection
Comprehensive · about 1 hr · Bible at hand
A day-by-day walk through the last week of the Messiah’s life, from Bethany to the empty tomb.
Course 50. Yahweh Reveals Plan for Mankind with His Annual Holy Days
Comprehensive · about 1 hr 40 min · Bible at hand · Foundational
The anchor course of the curriculum: all seven annual Holy Days, the plan of salvation they picture, and how to keep them today.
Course 51. Celebrating Hanukkah / Yahweh’s House: The Temple in Bible Prophecy
Standard · about 10 minutes · Bible at hand · In 2 Parts
Part 1: the history behind Hanukkah. Part 2: “Yahweh’s House” from Solomon’s Temple through Bible prophecy.
Course 52. The Sabbaths Revealed
Extended · about 30 minutes · Bible at hand
The weekly Sabbath from Creation, how Yahweh identified the day, and its place as a lasting sign.
Module 9 — Living the Covenant: Law, Provision & the Land
Course 53. Israelite Tithes & Offerings
Extended · about 35 minutes · Bible at hand
What Scripture actually says about tithing, and Paul’s example of ministry offered free of charge.
Course 54. Law, Statutes, & Judgments
Standard · about 15 minutes · Bible at hand · Foundational
The three kinds of law Scripture names, and why the law was written on the heart rather than done away with.
Course 55. Clean & Unclean Foods
Short · about 5 minutes
A short study of the Bible’s food laws and why they still apply.
Course 56. Vital Land Sabbaths
Extended · about 20 minutes · Bible at hand · Best taken with Courses 57–58
The seventh-year rest for the land, debt release, and the economic wisdom behind them.
Course 57. Managing the Life on this Planet From the Ground Up
Extended · about 20 minutes
“Dominion” as stewardship: caring for the earth Yahweh entrusted to us, and the cost of neglecting it.
Course 58. Managing the Life on this Planet From the Ground Up – Part 2
Standard · about 20 minutes · Companion to Course 57
The soil itself — the foundation of the food chain — and what happens when it is managed well or badly.
Module 10 — The Church: Calling Out Corruption
Course 59. Do Israelites Comprise the True Church?
Standard · about 10 minutes · Foundational
Yahweh’s “called-out” congregation is open to everyone who responds in faith — and how it differs from man-made institutions.
Course 60. The Doctrine of the Nicolaitans / Church Incorporation: A Biblical Objection
Extended · about 30 minutes · In 2 Parts
Part 1: the rise of a clergy over the people. Part 2: what a congregation gives up, legally and spiritually, when it incorporates.
Course 61. Does Anyone Really Know What a “Jew” is?
Extended · about 30 minutes · Discernment study
A discernment exercise: students examine how this piece builds its case and weigh the reliability of its sources.
Course 62. Our Jewish Brothers Deceive Us
Extended · about 40 minutes · Discernment study
A discernment exercise: students learn to recognise when a source relies on unverified, secondhand claims.
Module 11 — Prophecy & the End of the Age
Course 63. Gospel of Yahweh
Standard · about 20 minutes · Bible at hand
The Gospel as the message of the Kingdom of Yahweh — its ruler, subjects, territory and law.
Course 64. The Ezekiel Watchmen
Extended · about 20 minutes
Ezekiel’s watchman commission applied to today, and the duty to warn.
Course 65. Malachi’s Call to Remembrance
Standard · about 15 minutes · Bible at hand
Malachi’s message read as a call to an end-time Elect who remember what they were first taught.
Course 66. Hosea’s Warning
Standard · about 20 minutes · Bible at hand
Hosea’s marriage as a picture of a nation’s unfaithfulness, and of the judgment and restoration to come.
Course 67. Jeremiah’s Warning
Standard · about 15 minutes · Bible at hand
Jeremiah read as prophecy for “the latter days,” ending in the New Covenant promise.
Course 68. Zechariah’s Flying Scroll
Extended · about 30 minutes · Bible at hand
Zechariah’s vision as a picture of Yahweh’s Word proclaimed by a small, easily overlooked people.
Course 69. The Story Flow of the Book of Revelation
Extended · about 30 minutes · Bible at hand
Revelation read chapter by chapter as one ordered timeline, from the seven congregations to the new heaven and earth.
Course 70. Prophetic “Beast” and its Mark
Standard · about 20 minutes · Bible at hand
The article’s identification of the “beast” of Daniel and Revelation, and the Sabbath as Yahweh’s true sign.
Course 71. Mark of the Beast: Test Command
Standard · about 10 minutes · Companion to Course 70
Why the real test has always been obedience to one commandment — not microchips or cards.
Course 72. Case of the Missing Body
Short · about 5 minutes · Bible at hand
The resurrection examined like a detective’s case: the sealed stone, the guard, the missing body and the witnesses.
Module 12 — Eternal Life: Our Hope Beyond This Age
Course 73. Enjoy Eternal Spiritual Life After Physical Death
Extended · about 30 minutes · Bible at hand · Foundational
Death as sleep, and the three resurrections in Yahweh’s plan — set out in clear stages.
Course 74. The Key to Eternal Life
Standard · about 15 minutes · Bible at hand · Companion to Course 73
The same hope seen through Job, Solomon and Paul, ending with a personal word of comfort.
Course 75. Eternal Life in Yahweh’s Family
Standard · about 10 minutes · Bible at hand · Companion to Course 73
Yah’shua’s own words on the resurrection of life and the resurrection of judgment.
Course 76. Eternal Life with Elijah, Enoch, and Moses
Standard · about 20 minutes · Bible at hand
Why “no man hath ascended up to heaven,” and what really happened to Elijah, Enoch and Moses.
Module 13 — Living It Out: Practical Faith & Reflection
Course 77. Useful Philosophy
Standard · about 10 minutes · Reflective
Short reflective essays on friendship, character, vanity, silence and compassion — wisdom for everyday life.
Course 78. Thoughts on Education (Parts 1 & 2)
Comprehensive · about 45 minutes · In 2 Parts
Why a society so educated still struggles, and Yahweh’s Word as the right starting point for all learning.
Course 79. Against Public School
Standard · about 20 minutes · For discussion
An adapted essay on the stated purposes behind compulsory schooling, offered for discussion.
Module 14 — Comparative Study: The Seven Christian & Jewish Traditions
Course 80. Introduction to, and Comprehensive Study of, Christian and Jewish Religions
In 2 Parts · Capstone
Part 1 introduces the seven main Christian and Jewish traditions in their own words. Part 2 studies them in depth and compares them with our beliefs. The closing course of the curriculum.
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