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Does anyone use any online sites for Bible study?

Posted: Jun 18, 2015

Something that's easy to follow, for a returning/beginning reader to get back into it. I want to start reading again, be able to look up things by subject, and so on. Any suggestions are appreciated. Thanks.

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Try jw.org - PamT

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This is a great site for reading the Bible online. It has a very easy to understand Bible. There's also a lot of Bible-based information organized by topic as well as directed at specific groups like children, teens, and families. I think you'd really enjoy the site.

Suggestion - sm

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I don't know what faith you are, if any, but you might want to use a site affiliated with that faith.

The thing is that you can interpret the Bible all sorts of ways. It was not written in English, after all, and translating it from one language to another to another introduces variations and changes in meaning. It becomes very easy for people to interpret it any way they want.

Some churches are actually founded on what are considered to be major misinterpretations. Those groups can be very aggressive about proselytizing their cause, so they often have big websites for their version of Bible study. If you are not already trained as a biblical scholar, you will not be able to see what is wrong with their version. You would just assume it to be correct.

Choosing a site affiliated with your own faith will help you avoid that. If you are not affiliated with a church, I suggest going with a site from a major, traditionally oriented church or one that is academically or more nondenominationally oriented.

You will not go wrong using major church websites like Anglican, Episcopalian, Lutheran, Roman Catholic, or Methodist. Their scholarship is very good. Just Google until you find one you like.

If you have concerns about Bible study being hard, first be sure you are using a readable translation. The King James version is not written in modern English. God did not dictate it in that English, either. You do not have to struggle with it. Try something more lovely, like the Jerusalem Bible, or the New English Bible, or more mainstream, like the Revised Standard Version.

Here are some mainstream links:

http://www.elca.org/dailydiscipleship

http://www.lutherancentral.com/category/all-lutherans/online-bible-search-and-study-tools

http://anglicansonline.org/resources/biblical.html

http://threelegedstool.blogspot.com/2009/03/bible-study-online-for-episcopalian.html

I personally think that one of the first things anyone studying the Bible should do is read it through from cover to cover to get some perspective and learn the major story behind it. This link has a very good overview of that. It is not overly complicated, and what you find here will not disagree with other mainstream churches. This is just good, general, Bible scholarship. It has a very strong focus on God's love for us and his covenant with us ... on love, hope, and redemption, not on sinfulness, hellfire and damnation. (If there is anything specifically "Catholic" mentioned to which you object, just skip over it.)

https://stpaulcenter.com/studies/courses/genesis-to-jesus

I hope this helps. I wanted to give you something that was genuinely informative and free of off-the-mainstream influence. I do not think you risk being pestered by proselytize with the sites, either.

I also hope that you find God's love in His Word.

InTouch.org - savedbygrace

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Great place to start. Good studying and God bless!

Check out tv.jw.org - PamT

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Very informative Bible-based videos for all ages.

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