| Online Resources for Small Groups and individual Bible study
 
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Last updated January 28, 2025
 
This is a directory of the best online resources I have found for bible students, small groups and ministry leaders. Included are Bible Translations, Commentaries, Concordances, Devotionals, Dictionaries and Encyclopedias, books, music, small group studies and recommendations. 
No representation is made as to the accuracy or currency of any of these resources. I have checked the sources and have found them to be 
reasonably faithful however, you should use your own judgment and compare anything you read to Scripture. 
 
If you have found online resources that would be good additions to this list OR you have discovered any broken links, please contact me by e-mail 
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Bible Search
 
 
 
 
 
Bible Translations 
Basic English Bible
 
 
 BibleGateway – Search and read scripture from over 200 translations of the Bible, over 80 in English, 19 in Spanish, and 70 other languages 
A representative sampling of the versions:
 
American Standard Version
Amplified Bible
Contemporary English Version
Darby Translation 
English Standard Version
King James Version
New King James Version
21st Century King James Version
The Message
New American Standard Bible
New International Version
New International Version - UK
New Life Version
New Living Translation
Worldwide English (New Testament)
Young's Literal Translation
Wycliffe New Testament
 
Hebrew Names Version (World Messianic Bible)
 
 
 
Interlinear Bible
 
 
 
Large Print Bible - King James
 
 
Literal Translation of the Bible - Youngs
 
 
  
Modern Literal Translation - New Testament
 
New English Translation
 
 
New Revised Standard Version
 
 
Parallel Study Bible
 
 
Phillip’s Translation of the New Testament
 
 
Streamed mp3 translations of the Bible
 
World English Bible
 
 	
Worldwide Study Bible
 
 
The Webster Bible
 
 
 
 
YouVersion
YouVersion is a collection of Bible tools consistings of:
 
1228 versions of the Bible in 895 languages
Many Bible reading plans from leading Christian authors and pastors
Audio Bible (Faith Comes By Hearing)
Mobile app versions of the Bible
 
Children's Church Ministry Resources
 
 
Children's Ministry Resources - Includes lots of resources, plus reviews.
 
Free Children's ministry resources from Life Church.
 
Kids Bible Info - Great online site for Bible answers, games, Bible guides and stories
 
Kids Want Answers - Children's ministry resources that reach the next generation with cutting edge graphics, and powerful timeless messages.
  
 
Classic Christian Books
 
 
Classic Christian Books - An amazing collection of important works by such profound Christian influences as G.K. Chesterton, John Bunyan, St. Augustine, Thomas a Kempis.
 
Commentaries
 
 
Calvin’s Commentaries – 45 volumes
 
 
Commentary on the Gospel of Mark - Strong Meat for Hungry Souls -
	From the Expositor’s Bible
 
 
John Darby’s Synopsis of the Books of the Bible
 
  
The Fourfold Gospel (A Harmony of the Four Gospels)The Harmony of the Gospels offers a comparative study chart for Matthew, Mark, Luke and John's Gospel accounts. Categorized by subjects, this study resource allows quick, side-by-side viewing of what each apostle recorded in each of the four Gospels.
 
The 1599 Geneva Study Bible
 
 
John Gill’s Exposition of the Bible
 
 
InterVarsity Press commentaries on 16 of 27 books of the New Testament
 
 
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
 
 
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Whole Bible
 
 
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible
 
 
New Testament Introduction by Louis Berkhof (1915)
 
 
People's New Testament
 
 
Robertson's Word Pictures of the New Testament
 
 
Scofield Reference Notes (1917 Edition)
 
 
The Treasury of David by Charles Spurgeon
 
 
 
Dr. Thomas Constable's commentaries on all 66 books of the Bible
 
 
John Wesley's Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible
 
 
Introductions to the books of the Bible by Dr. John MacArthur
 
Comprehensive Bible study resource sites
 
 
 
Bible Study Tools
 
Blue Letter Bible
 
Precept Austin
 - an extensive online resource for Bible study
 
 
Concordances
 
 
 
Nave’s Topical Bible
 
 
Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (PDF)
 
 
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
 
 
 
Cults
 
 
 
 
Jehovah’s Witnesses
 
Expose of Jehovah’s Witnesses
 
Jehovah's Witnesses at Your Door—A Quick Reference Guide
 
Francis Chan meets Jehovah's Witnesses
 
 
Ready answers on Jehovah’s Witnesses Doctrine
 
Mormons
 
	Expose of Mormonism
		
	Mormon at Your Door – A Quick Reference Guide
 
	Francis Chan meets Mormons at the door
 
 
Ready answers on Mormon Doctrine	
 
Creeds, Catechisms and Confessions
 
 
 
Creeds, Catechisms and Confessions
 
 
Devotionals
 
 
 
Dictionaries
Abide in Christ – daily devotional
	
 
 
	Charles H. Spurgeon’s Morning and Evening Daily Devotions
 
 
	Daily Light on the Daily Path Daily Devotional
		
 
 
 
	Drivetime Devotions Daily downloadable audio devotions from Saddleback Pastor Tom Holladay
 
 
 
	Faith’s Checkbook Daily Devotional by Charles H. Spurgeon
 
 
Bible Gateway links to almost five dozen daily devotionals 
 
 
A.B. Simpson Devotionals 
 
 
F.B. Meyer Devotionals 
 	
 
My Utmost For His Highest – daily devotional from writings of Oswald Chambers
 	
 
Our Daily Bread
 	
 
Streams in the Desert
 
 
	Today God Is First – Marketplace Meditations by Os Hillman
 
 
 
Baker's Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology
 
 
Easton’s Bible Dictionary
 
 
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
 
 
King James Dictionary
 
 
Quick Reference Dictionary
 
Smith's Bible Dictionary
 
 
 
 
 
Encyclopedias
 
 
Bible Hub Encyclopedia
 
 
Condensed Biblical Encyclopedia
 
 
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
 
New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge
 
 
 
Theopedia
 This is a wiki-like encyclopedia of Biblical Christianity.
 
 
 
Web Bible Encyclopedia
 
 
Famous Christians	
 
 
The Autobiography of Charles Finney
 
 	
The Autobiography of George Fox
 
 
	Biographies of Christian and other leaders and historical figures
		
 
Biography of John Bunyan
 
 
	Biography of Fanny Crosby – writer of over 9,000 hymns
 
 	
Grace Abounding - The Autobiography of John Bunyan
 	
The Early Church Fathers - 
The Early Church Fathers is a 38-volume collection of writings from the first 800 years of the Church. This collection is divided into three series, Ante-Nicene (ANF), Nicene and Post-Nicene Series I (NPNF1), and Nicene and Post-Nicene Series II (NPNF2).
 
 
 
	The Works of John Bunyan - Including Grace Abouncing
 
 
	The Writings of Charles Spurgeon
 
 
Free Seminary Education	
 
 
	
Biblical Training - Over 1,000 hours of free seminary training in over 90 classes
 	
Christian Leaders Institute
 	
Covenant Seminary - More than 30 master’s-level courses with guest speakers including Tim Keller, Andy Crouch, Alistair Begg, Darrin Patrick, Chuck Colson, Derek Webb, Mark Dever, Christopher Wright, Sinclair Ferguson, J.I. Packer, Scotty Smith, Makoto Fujimura, and many more.
 
Grace Notes
 	
Northwestern Theological Seminary
 
Historical Writing
 
 
 
The books of the apocrypha
 
 
	Confessions by St. Augustine (400 AD)
 
 
 
The works of Flavius Josephus, Jewish historian 
 
 
	Fox’s Book of Martyrs
		
 
A Harmony of Stories of the Early Church
 
 
	Sketches of Church History
 
 
 
 
History
 
 
 
NOTE: Sadly, many previously available online resources provided by such academic institutions as Columbia (founded in a church and associated with the Anglican faith), Harvard (named after a minister and benefactor) and Oxford (founded by various religious orders) are no longer freely available. Some have gone to subscription models. and one, the Middle Eastern Studies research of Columbia, has apparently devoted itself primarily to Islamic studies. These resources are thus no longer included in this index of historical resources.
 
Christian Classics by Author
 
 
	Dead Sea Scrolls
 
 
	Links1 to Ancient Rome – a collection of links to resources on Rome
 
	Links2 to resources on ancient Rome
 
 
 
Perseus Project – amazing compilation of Greek and Roman historical literature and information in English
 
 
 
Lexicons
 
 
 
New Testament Greek
 
 
 
Old Testament Hebrew
 
 
 
 
Music
 
 
 
 
KSBJ - 24 hour online Christian music - choose either contemporary Christian or contemporary praise music
	
 
 
95.9 - The Fish - Christian music online
 
iHeartRadio - Christian and Gospel music online
	
 
Z88 – listen to Christian music online
 
 
 
 
People of the Bible
 
 
 
  
 
Descriptions of the Apostles
 
 
 
Men and Women in the Bible - A great course of study on the people of the Old and New Testament
 
 
 
Women of the Bible
 
 
 
 
Small Group Resources
 
 
 
How To Teach The Bible in a Small Group
 
 
 
SmallGroups.com - Christianity Today's website for small groups. Includes free resources on how to start, grow, lead and maintain healthy small groups. 
 
 
Small Group Network - a free global network of small group pastors and ministry leaders dedicated to expanding the Kingdom through small groups.  
 
 
 
Studies and Study Resources
 
 
About the Bible – a great resource all about the Bible
 
 
 
Archaeology and the Bible
 
 
 
Bible study maps 
 
 
Christianbook.com - thousands of studies
 
 
Copeland Sermon Outlines – over 1700 sermons, Bible studies and PowerPoint files by Mark A. 
    Copeland
 
Daily Quiet Time Bible Study 
 
 
 
e-Sword - Free, downloadable Bible study software
 
 
 
Guide To Bible Study
 
 
 
An Introduction to the Old Testament in Greek
 
 
 
Kairo's Journal - a site of tools for developing studies and messages
 
	
 
 
Names of God in the Old Testament
 
 
One Year Through The Bible - various reading plans
 
		
 
RightNow small group video Bible studies - extensive library of Christian leaders teaching small group lessons 
 
Saddleback Church small group studies
 
Thompson's Chain References
 
 
 
 
 
 
If you have found online resources that would be good additions to this list OR you have discovered any broken links, please contact me by e-mail at 
. 
Thank you and may God bless you through your study of His word!
 
 
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