Bible Study Tools
Here are some websites you can use to help you find the answers in the Bible during your study. (*Disclaimer: of course I do not endorse everything on these sites, you will have to use discernment when searching for truth.)
ONLINE RESOURCES:
www.blueletterbible.com
www.biblegateway.com
http://bible.lifeway.com/crossmain.asp
SOFTWARE RESOURCES:
www.e-sword.net (donation based- 3 of 5)
www.swordsearcher.com (~$40 - 4 of 5)
www.logos.com ($250-600 - 5 of 5, expensive but including thousands of books)
A few hints you may need to know while studying:
(1) if you are looking for a particular word in the Bible, use a CONCORDANCE;
(2) if you are looking for a particular concept or topic in the Bible, use a TOPICAL BIBLE, a BIBLICAL CYCLOPEDIC INDEX, a TOPICAL CONCORDANCE, a CHAIN REFERENCE SYSTEM or a TOPICAL INDEX;
(3) if you want to know what a certain thing in the Bible means, use a BIBLE DICTIONARY or ENCYCLOPEDIA;
(4) if you are looking for someone’s thoughts on what a verse/passage means, use a COMMENTARY.
March 6, 2008 at 2:05 am
hey bro aaron i luv wut u do for the teenagers you can really tell u put your heart and soul into being a great youth pastor u are awsome thanks bro aaron i really app. all u do thanks
kAyLiN
March 17, 2008 at 12:15 pm
Of the above online resources, I basically only use BlueLetterBible…I have friends who use Bible Gateway and the online study library from Lifeway, but I am not personally familiar with either of them.
Of the Software resources, I personally use the SwordSearcher software the most. However, the LOGOS software is simply amazing. It is a large program, it takes a lot of memory to run, and cost a lot of money, but for the serious student, I would hightly reccomend it. My suggestion to save a little money is to buy the most inexpensive model that still includes the language books, then buy an add-on package for a Vines, Englishman’s Concordance, and a Hebrew-Greek comparison tool (this will tell you what the OT equivilent of a NT word is and the oppiste also.)
Ok, just a little more of my thoughts on this stuff.
March 17, 2008 at 9:46 pm
Yo Arron whats up thanks 4 doin this man its awesome and it helps alot. THANKS BUDDY 4 ALL U DO
April 4, 2008 at 10:29 pm
Hey pastor Aaron Thank you for all the time you are putting into this web-cite and into our teens. It blows me away everyday when I pull this up and see how much you
care about us. This is ALOT of work and it has already made some changes in me.
Love you and love this cite.