BELIEVE is a collection of over 2,000 articles by respected scholars on around 900 religious subjects. Protestant Christian Churches, the Roman Catholic Church, and the Orthodox Church, all follow Faiths which involve hundreds of individual subjects, which are each thoroughly presented in BELIEVE. Many of these subjects are very important to Faith, like Eschatology, but are seldom presented in Church Services or during Bible Study. Others are commonly known religious subjects, like Salvation, that we just present more thoroughly than is usually available.

Several of the most important topics have presentations that extend over 100 screens full of text! The presentation of the Roman Catholic Church is more than 30 screens in length. The one on God is about 150 screens in length. The one on The Childhood of Jesus is nearly 500 screens in length! Even a generally unfamiliar subject like Supralapsarianism is about five screens in length, with several links to other BELIEVE pages that are closely related to that subject. Some of the more obscure subjects are covered in just one or two screens.

These articles were written by many world-renowned scholars in their specific subjects. We felt that such scholars were the best available authorities in each of the many subjects.

Whether your interest is casual curiosity or deep philosophical research, BELIEVE should certainly be helpful. Many of the subject presentations start with a General level presentation of the subject, which is often followed by a very comprehensive Advanced presentation for student and Ministry research. Actual Scripture from the Bible are generally not included, but many thousands of Scriptural references are included, as are extensive bibliographies (for most of the articles) for even further study.

Have you ever been a little unclear when your Minister refers to sanctification in a sermon? Or ultradispensationalism? Or Baptism? Or infralapsarianism? Or Salvation? Well, most Ministers aren't going to even mention two of these very important aspects of Christian Faith in their Sermons! But they would if they could! Or maybe you wanted to learn more about your friend's Methodism? Or about Amish beliefs? Or the history of The Lord's Prayer? Have you ever been curious about just how our modern beliefs in Jesus got refined to where they are today? Or you wanted deeper understanding of any of hundreds of other interesting religious topics?

These are some reasons where you may want to browse through BELIEVE!

If someone thoroughly studied the entire contents of BELIEVE (equivalent to over 2,000 pages of typewritten text, over 7,000 screens full of text) and also the Bible, the resultant religious knowledge would be very close to that of a Divinity Degree from a Seminary! We realize that most people aren't going to use it that thoroughly! But if you keep the down-loadable BELIEVE program on your computer's hard drive, or keep a bookmark for this web-site in your browser, its information will be rapidly accessible, faster than you could find it in a reference book!

The way both subject lists are set up encourages browsing. You or your kids might have 15 minutes available one day. You COULD play some computer game! But if BELIEVE is there, you might just as well decide to learn a little about Arminianism or about Evangelicalism. You don't need to commit a huge block of time to it (but you could!)

Even very devout Christians will probably find many unfamiliar terms in the list at right. Many Protestant Christians do not realize that many things like the above mentioned Arminianism probably contributed (in one way or another) in a substantial way in the development of the beliefs of the Church they attend! Nearly all modern Christian Churches are Semi-Sabbatarian!

Most of the BELIEVE entries are included in a downloadable package file. Click Here to download the BELIEVE Program.

Disclaimer: JCSM has read numerous articles from this huge resource.  We have enjoyed what we have read.  We believe this resource is even-handed and honest.  However, since we have not read every article, we cannot guarantee there is no biased information.  If you read something that you don't like, please email us, immediately.  We will investigate your claim and respond accordingly.