Bible Reading and Study Tools
Read through the entire Word – Bible Reading Plan Resources
Below you will find some suggested resources to help you read through the Bible in a year.
www.youversion.com – This site has several reading plans to choose from and a great phone app to help you read when you’re on the go. This is highly suggested and extremely handy tool. The Bible in almost any translation with you at all times; plus a reading accountability option. You can also listen to the entire Bible for free.
Chronological Bible Reading Plan – This Bible Reading Plan was created by Dr. George Guthrie. This is a Bible Reading Plan that allows you to read the Bible in order that it took place. You will jump through the Bible reading it as it happened. Read the Bible for Life
For the Love of God Blog – this blog will take you through the M’Cheyne and contains meditations from D.A. Carson to go along with the reading.
The Bible Reading Plan for Shirkers and Slackers – by Pastor Andy Perry
A Bible Reading Record – a check list, chapter by chapter, for self-guided reading by Don Whitney
Grant Horner’s Bible Reading System – an intensive Bible Reading plan containing 10 chapters of reading each day.
James Gray – Mastering the Bible – James Gray, a Bible teacher from the early 20th century developed this plan for self-guided reading from Genesis to Revelation.
ESV Reading Plans – Crossway has created 10 different reading plans in various formats to help you read through the Bible in a year.
The Discipleship Journal Reading Plan – this PDF is a Bible Reading plan developed by NavPress.
Free Online Tools
Read the Bible for Life – Great resource from Lifeway – includes reading plan, commentary and Phone App
www.biblegateway.com – online Bibles, commentaries, and search tools
www.netbible.org – Great tools for study – a Greek / Hebrew interlinear Bible.
www.bible.cc – A powerful online parallel Bible. Includes cross refences, commentaries, Greek / Hebrew Lexicons, mutli-lingual translations, background studies, and photos and maps.
www.discipleshipjournal.com – resources from Navpress
Books
- Dr. George Gutherie, Read the Bible for Life (B&H Books)
- J. Scott Duvall and J. Daniel Hays, Grasping God’s Word (Zondervan)
- Gordon Fee and Douglas Stuart, How To Read the Bible for All Its Worth (Zondervan)
- Howard G. Hendricks and William D. Hendricks, Living by the Book (Moody)
- Kay Arthur, How to Study Your Bible (Harvest House)
- David Dockery, The Holman Bible Handbook (Holman)
- I. Howard Marshall, A.R. Millard, J.I. Packer, and D.J. Wiseman, New Bible Dictionary (InterVarsity Press)
- Brian S. Rosner, T. Desmond Alexander, Carson Goldsworthy, New Dictionary of Biblical Theology (InterVarsity Press)
- Raymond Dillard and Tremper Longman, An Introduction to the Old Testament (Zondervan)
- D.A. Carson and Douglas J. Moo, An Introduction to the New Testament (Zondervan)
- Edward Goodrick and John Kohlenberger III, eds., Zondervan NIV Exhaustive Concordance (Zondervan)
- W.E. Vine, M.F. Unger, and W. White, Jr., eds., Vine’s Complete Expository Dictionary of Old and New Testament Words(Thomas A. Nelson)
- Thomas Brisco, Holman Bible Atlas (Holman)
- Logos Bible Software
- Expositors Bible Commentary (Zondervan), Available on CD-ROM.
- G.J. Wenham, J.A. Motyer, D.A. Carson, and R.T. France, New Bible Commentary (InterVarsity Press), Available on CD-ROM
- Warren Wiersbe, The Bible Exposition Commentary (Chariot Victor Publishing), Available on CD-ROM
Sermon (from Making Disciples International)