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Biblical Foundations for Freedom
The Purpose of BFF is to glorify God by renewing people's lives by bringing providing free media-rich teaching from the Bible. Outlines, maps, power-points, graphics, mp3 and videos all better enable God's Word to speak to individuals.

The history of BFF started when God called Paul J. Bucknell one November morning in 2000 when at a desperate point in his life he pleaded with God on how to minister and care for his family. God gave him the vision of creating training materials on the web along with a promise that He would care for his large family (7 children at the time). His first project was to use God's Word to minister to those troubled by pornography. Since this time Paul has produced over 2500 web pages including the many books and seminars he has made. From the beginning BFF has been a faith ministry, one in which there is no guarantee of income.

The ministry of BFF includes both a huge website as well as instruction of Christian leaders. The website material is largely separated into two main categories: Topical and Biblical. In the topical section there are many popular topics such as marriage, family, anxiety, spiritual growth, overcoming anger and sexual lusts, discipleship, etc. The Biblical topics, separated by Bible books, contain significant outlines, maps, charts for many books of the Bible. International training seminars are conducted in Africa, India and Asia.

Discipleship is a key theme that interweaves the Biblical training material together. The Christian life is described to have three levels, the last of which never ends while on earth: the baby, the young and the adult (see 1 John 12-14). The spiritual new believers like a baby are learning things to be protected and find security. The spiritually young believers, like a teenager, must gain God's Word to help them overcome stumbling blocks and grow into a mature believer. The mature believer, like the adult, will always be a father. His life focuses on caring for those younger than him.