Resources for Bible Study

Handout for lesson How to Study the Bible: Avoiding Misinterpretation

  1. Concordance such as Strong's Exhaustive
  2. Bible Dictionary [such as Vines Expository - thanks to Mark Brown for that reminder]
  3. The Complete Word Study Bible (in two volumes, New and Old Testament)
  4. Commentaries such as Adam Clarke's, Matthew Henry's
  5. Multiple Translations. Some of the best popular translations:
    • (New) King James
    • New International Version
    • New American Standard
    • J. B. Phillip's
    • The Amplified Bible
    • Young's Literal Translation

      Note that The Living Bible is not a translation - it is a paraphrase; it is sometimes useful, and can shed light on a passage, in conjunction with translations. But it should be treated as an extremely brief and lightweight commentary, not as God's Word. [Think of it as the Bible in the words of Kenneth Taylor.]

      Also, some popular translations were produced by scholars who do not hold to the fundamentals of the Christian faith. These scholars treated the Bible disrespectfully, making arbitrary changes to important words where the clear meaning of the text conflicted with their personal views. Avoid these translations:

      • The Good News Bible (also called Today's English Version, or Good News for Modern Man)
      • The Revised Standard Version (including the New RSV)
      • The American Standard Version (1901)
  6. Software containing most or all of the above resources:
    • PC Study Bible
    • Quickverse
  7. Studies specifically made for women:

Resources for learning to think clearly

Books that help reveal the sources of cultural false assumptions:

  • How Should We Then Live?, by Francis Schaeffer
  • A Christian Manifesto, ibid.
  • The Story of Philosophy, by Brian Magee

Some sound Bible Teachers on Radio and TV

in the Nashville, TN vicinity

Most can also be heard online anytime, archived for up to a month.

Chronological ordering for weekday radio programs.

Teacher Program Station Time* Web site
R. C. Sproul Renewing Your Mind AM 760 8:30 a.m. http://www.gospelcom.net/ligonier/
Kay Arthur Precept AM 1300 8:00 a.m. http://www.precept.org/newindex.html
David Jeremiah Turning Point AM 980 7:30 a.m.
5:30 p.m.		 http://www.turningpt.org/
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 FM 89.3
AM 710		 7:00 p.m.
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 AM 760 2:00 p.m.
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 TV 39 Thu 9 p.m.
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Chuck Swindoll Insight for Living AM 1300 4:30 p.m. http://www.insight.org/
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 AM 980 9:30 a.m.
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 FM 89.1 10:00 a.m.
12:30 p.m.
9:30 p.m.
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J. Vernon McGee Thru the Bible AM 1360 6:30 a.m. http://www.ttb.org/
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 AM 1300 5:30 a.m.
5:30 p.m.
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 AM 980 11:30 a.m.
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John MacArthur Grace to You FM 91.7, AM 710 10:25 a.m. http://www.gty.org/
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 AM 980 7:00 p.m.
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 AM 1300 7:32 p.m.
Sat. 6:05 a.m.
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Alistair Begg Truth for Life AM 760 6:30 a.m.
Sat. 3:30 p.m.		 http://www.gospelcom.net/tfl/
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 FM 91.7, AM 710 7:30 p.m.
Sun. 8:30 p.m.
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Ravi Zacharias Let My People Think AM 980 Sat 5:30 p.m. http://www.gospelcom.net/rzim/

*week days unless otherwise specified

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