Resources for Bible Study & Reading
For Devotional Use, Research, Scripture Memorization, Study Groups
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Bible Online
Bible Study Guides
Bible Study Software, Audio, & Electronic Bibles
Children & the Bible
- Article: Can Children Really Learn the Bible?
- Article: Teach Children to Study the Bible
- Bibles: Children's Bibles
- Book: Discover 4 Yourself, Children's Bible Study Series: How to Study Your Bible, for Kids by Kay Arthur
- Resource: Teaching the Bible to Children PowerPoint Presentation
Devotional Use of the Bible
- Article: Why Use Devotionals?
- Resources: Devotionals from Ministry Tools Resource Center
- Resources: Other Devotional Books
- Resources: Devotional Bibles
How To Study & Read the Bible
- Article: Building Blocks for Understanding a Bible Verse
- Article: Objective: Get Students into the Word on Their Own
- Article: Reading Through the Whole Bible
- Article: Studying Bible Characters
- Article: What Happened to Devotion to the Word?
- Article: Devotion to God's Word Makes Sense If . . .
- Article: The Word Hand
- Article: Want to Be More Discerning? – Get Into the Word
- Book: 30 Days to Understanding the Bible by Max E. Anders
- Book: Grasping God's Word: A Hands-on Approach to Reading, Interpreting, and Applying the Bible by J. Scott Duvall, J. Daniel Hays
- Book: Handbook for Personal Bible Study by Dr. William W. Klein
- Book: How to Read the Bible Book by Book: A Guided Tour by Gordon D. Fee & Douglas Stuart
- Book: How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth by Gordon D. Fee & Douglas Stuart
- Book: How to Understand Your Bible by T. Norton Sterrett
- Book: Living by the Book by Howard & William Hendricks
- Book: The New How to Study Your Bible by Kay Arthur
- Book: The New Joy of Discovery by Oletta Wald (also has a Teacher's Guide)
- Worksheet: The Teachers Role in Discipling Students in the Word of God
Scripture Memory
- Article: 14 Ways for Adults to Memorize Scripture
- Article: Grade School Children & Scripture Memory
- Article: Preschoolers & Scripture Memory
- Article: Scripture Memorization: A Personal Testimony
- Article: Sending Mixed Messages About Scripture Memorization
- Article: Why Johnny Can't Share His Faith .... deals with Scripture memorization
- Book: 100 Bible Verses Everyone Should Know by Heart by Robert J. Morgan
- Curriculum: Guarding Your Child's Heart by Dr. Gary Smalley - 12 session DVD series to help parents discover how to ground your kids in faith and Christian values through Scripture memory and meditation
- Tool: Bible Memory App for iPhone & iPod touch
- Tool: Memory Cross Scripture Cards
- Tool: Navigators' Topical Memory System
- Tool: Remember Me App for Android Phone
- Tool: Scripture Memory Made Easy
- Tool: VerseMinder App for iPhone
- Worksheet: Effective Scripture Memorization Worksheet - for teachers to build positive attitudes toward memorization in the classroom
Teaching & Preaching God's Word
- Article: Bible Illiterate Teachers Produce Bible Illiterate Students
- Article: Teachers’ View of the Bible: It Matters
- Article: Teachers’ View of the Bible: It It Affects Motivations
- Article: Teachers’ View of the Bible: It It Affects Relevancy
- Article: Teachers' View of the Bible: It Affects the Heart
- Download: What Bible Teachers Need to Know About God’s Word
- More Resources: List of Speaking / Preaching Resources
- More Resources:List of Teaching Resources
Tools for Bible Research
- Atlas: Bible Atlas
- Concordance: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
- Concordance: Young's Analytical Concordance
- Custom's Book: The New Manners and Customs of Bible Times, Revised and redesigned by Ralph Gower
- Dictionary: Vine's Expository Dictionary
- Topical: Nave's Topical Bible




