Bible Studies

Bible Study Tools Have Reached A New Realm.

We certainly have come a long way since the days when a notepad and a pen were considered state of the art study tools. With the invention of computers, PC software and in recent years the Internet Bible study tools have reached a new realm.

As I keep saying in other articles found on this site a Bible concordance in my opinion is the most important study tool you can have. It is hands down the most powerful Bible study tool I know.

Some prefer the old fashioned hard book style of concordance but these days I just go online to one of the many online concordances available and do my Bible studying on the Internet.

Of course another great Bible study tool is one of the many software packages you can install onto your PC. It is quite amazing the amount of material covered in these packages. You can read reams of material written by the Christian fathers, study maps and locations of Biblical places and more.

Another great Bible study tool is the Internet itself if you can weed out all of the junk. Learning how to search for various Biblical keyword phrases is the trick. For example if searching for information about gifts of the Holy Spirit use quotation marks to bring up exact matches like this "gifts of the Holy Spirit" or if you wanted to find a specific gift within that search use the plus symbol like this "gifts of the Holy Spirit" + "word of knowledge" and this will bring back best results for that search.

Of course you need to be aware that websites are created and maintained by all sorts of people and that you can't always trust what is being said, always refer back to your Bible as the ultimate authority.

Email is another Bible study tool being used to great effect these days with many ecourses you can sign up for and recieve lessons, daily verses, daily devotionals and courses that way.

Bible Studies