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RESEARCH STANDARD

Pilot candidate source registry

The research system searches only the domains listed below. Every report must use multiple source categories, include strong primary or academic support, and connect factual claims to the sources actually retrieved.

Important: inclusion means a resource is acceptable for careful research—not that Passage with Purpose endorses every page, author, theological position, or conclusion. Tier 1 is the strongest institutional or primary-source class; tier 2 is dependable with normal scholarly qualification; tier 3 is useful viewpoint material that must not control factual or disputed claims.

Controlling text and original-language resources

  • STEP Bible, Tyndale House — stepbible.org (Tier 1). Original-language and textual tools.
  • SBL Greek New Testament — sblgnt.com (Tier 1). Critically edited Greek New Testament reading text; use short attributed selections and verify current license terms.
  • Perseus Digital Library — perseus.tufts.edu (Tier 1). Primary Greek and classical texts.
  • Codex Sinaiticus Project — codexsinaiticus.org (Tier 1). Manuscript images and project data.
  • Center for the Study of New Testament Manuscripts — csntm.org (Tier 1). New Testament manuscript resources.
  • New Testament Virtual Manuscript Room — ntvmr.uni-muenster.de (Tier 1). Institute-hosted manuscript evidence.
  • Leon Levy Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Library — deadseascrolls.org.il (Tier 1). Official manuscript collection.
  • Israel Museum Dead Sea Scrolls — dss.collections.imj.org.il (Tier 1). Official collection and manuscript context.
  • Sefaria — sefaria.org (Tier 2). Jewish primary texts and reception history.
  • Westminster Leningrad Codex — tanach.us (Tier 2). Public Hebrew text resource.

Academic biblical and theological research

  • Society of Biblical Literature — sbl-site.org (Tier 1). Professional biblical-studies organization.
  • Bible Odyssey — bibleodyssey.org (Tier 1). SBL-reviewed scholarly introductions.
  • JSTOR — jstor.org (Tier 1). Peer-reviewed journal archive.
  • Cambridge University Press — cambridge.org (Tier 1). Academic books and journals.
  • Oxford Academic — academic.oup.com (Tier 1). Academic books and journals.
  • Brill — brill.com (Tier 1). Biblical and ancient-world scholarship.
  • De Gruyter — degruyter.com (Tier 1). Academic books and journals.
  • SAGE Journals — journals.sagepub.com (Tier 1). Peer-reviewed journals.
  • Taylor & Francis Online — tandfonline.com (Tier 1). Peer-reviewed journals.
  • Project MUSE — projectmuse.jhu.edu (Tier 1). University-press scholarship.
  • Directory of Open Access Journals — doaj.org (Tier 1). Vetted open-access journal discovery.
  • Princeton Theological Commons — theologicalcommons.ptsem.edu (Tier 1). Theological library collections.
  • Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society — etsjets.org (Tier 1). Evangelical peer-reviewed scholarship.
  • Tyndale Bulletin — tyndalebulletin.org (Tier 1). Peer-reviewed biblical scholarship.
  • Biola Academic Journals — journals.biola.edu (Tier 2). Institutional theological journals.
  • Asbury Theological Seminary Repository — place.asburyseminary.edu (Tier 2). Seminary scholarship.
  • Concordia Seminary Scholarship — scholar.csl.edu (Tier 2). Seminary scholarship with Lutheran viewpoint.
  • University of Divinity Repository — repository.divinity.edu.au (Tier 2). Institutional scholarship.
  • Yale Bible Study — yalebiblestudy.org (Tier 2). University-based biblical study.
  • TheTorah.com — thetorah.com (Tier 2). Jewish academic perspectives.
  • Themelios — themelios.thegospelcoalition.org (Tier 2). Evangelical theological journal.

Historical texts, archaeology, and material culture

  • Biblical Archaeology Society — biblicalarchaeology.org (Tier 2). Ancient-world and archaeological context.
  • Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures — isac.uchicago.edu (Tier 1). University ancient-world research.
  • Metropolitan Museum of Art — metmuseum.org (Tier 1). Curated ancient-world material culture.
  • British Museum — britishmuseum.org (Tier 1). Curated ancient-world material culture.
  • Library of Congress — loc.gov (Tier 1). Primary and historical collections.
  • HathiTrust Digital Library — hathitrust.org (Tier 2). Digitized historical scholarship.
  • Internet Archive — archive.org (Tier 3). Historical primary-source hosting; verify edition metadata.
  • Christian Classics Ethereal Library — ccel.org (Tier 2). Historic Christian writings.
  • New Advent Church Fathers — newadvent.org (Tier 2). Patristic texts with Catholic editorial context.
  • Tertullian Project — tertullian.org (Tier 2). Early Christian primary texts.

Official confessional and denominational documents

  • The Holy See — vatican.va (Tier 1). Official Roman Catholic documents.
  • Book of Concord — bookofconcord.org (Tier 1). Historic Lutheran confessions.
  • Orthodox Presbyterian Church — opc.org (Tier 1). Official Reformed standards.
  • Presbyterian Church in America — pcaac.org (Tier 1). Official denominational documents.
  • Christian Reformed Church — crcna.org (Tier 1). Official Reformed confessions and positions.
  • Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod — lcms.org (Tier 1). Official Lutheran positions.
  • Anglican Communion — anglicancommunion.org (Tier 1). Official Anglican documents.
  • Church of England — churchofengland.org (Tier 1). Official Anglican doctrine and liturgy.
  • Southern Baptist Convention — sbc.net (Tier 1). Official Baptist faith statements.
  • Assemblies of God USA — ag.org (Tier 1). Official Pentecostal positions.
  • United Methodist Church — umc.org (Tier 1). Official Methodist documents.
  • The Wesleyan Church — wesleyan.org (Tier 1). Official Wesleyan positions.
  • Orthodox Church in America — oca.org (Tier 1). Official Eastern Orthodox teaching.
  • Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America — goarch.org (Tier 1). Official Eastern Orthodox teaching.
  • Lausanne Movement — lausanne.org (Tier 2). Global evangelical consensus documents.
  • World Evangelical Alliance — worldea.org (Tier 2). Global evangelical statements.

Identified pastoral and preaching viewpoints

  • Working Preacher — workingpreacher.org (Tier 2). Luther Seminary preaching resources; identify the contributor and tradition; never count as academic evidence.
  • Center for Excellence in Preaching — cepreaching.org (Tier 2). Calvin Theological Seminary preaching resources; identify the contributor and Reformed context; never count as academic evidence.
  • FULLER Studio — fullerstudio.fuller.edu (Tier 2). Seminary-based pastoral resources.
  • The Gospel Coalition — thegospelcoalition.org (Tier 3). Evangelical pastoral viewpoint.
  • Ligonier Ministries — ligonier.org (Tier 3). Reformed pastoral viewpoint.
  • BibleProject — bibleproject.com (Tier 3). Literary and canonical orientation only; verify claims with primary and academic sources.
  • Seedbed — seedbed.com (Tier 3). Wesleyan pastoral viewpoint.
  • Ancient Faith Ministries — ancientfaith.com (Tier 3). Eastern Orthodox pastoral viewpoint.
  • 9Marks — 9marks.org (Tier 3). Baptist evangelical pastoral viewpoint.
  • Desiring God — desiringgod.org (Tier 3). Reformed Baptist pastoral viewpoint.

The registry is reviewed during the pilot. A domain may be added, restricted, or removed when theologians or quality testing identify a better standard.

Last updated August 13, 2026. Pilot draft; reviewed terms will replace this draft before public launch.