These four routines of resting, consecrating, receiving, and following will lead us to experience God more fully in our lives.
Encouraging resources to strengthen your prayer life
My life changed forever when I first discovered essential oils a few years ago. Suffering with chronic issues since early adulthood, I use essential oils to ease tension headaches, reduce stress, and help me sleep. But did you know essential oils were used during Bible times as well? Here are seven popular (and useful) essential oils in the Bible.
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This beautifully designed guide gathers meaningful passages into easy-to-follow categories. Each page is thoughtfully organized to help you focus on a handful of verses at a time,
This beautiful printable resource will help you slow down, reflect honestly, and identify what may be making trust difficult in this season.
Feeling overwhelmed? Download Battle Stress with the Bible, a five-week study filled with Scripture and practical tools to help you manage stress and find God’s peace.
Follow the life of Jesus through the Gospels with this printable timeline of key moments, miracles, and teachings. Download the PDF and keep it in your Bible for easy reference.
The ESV Study Bible was created to help people understand the Bible in a deeper way—that is, to encounter the timeless truth of God’s Word as a powerful, compelling, life-changing reality. To accomplish this purpose, the ESV Study Bible combines the best and most recent evangelical scholarship with the ESV Bible text, which, as an "essentially literal" translation, is especially suited for Bible study.
Read Commentary →Author Warren Wiersbe emphasizes biblical meaning and personal application in this easy-to-read and well-loved commentary.
Read Commentary →Author Warren Wiersbe emphasizes biblical meaning and personal application in this easy-to-read and well-loved Old Testament commentary.
Read Commentary →This one volume commentary was prepared by Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset and David Brown and published in 1871.
Read Commentary →For over 90 years people have relied on this reference work in their daily study of God's Word. Written originally in 1909, C. I. Scofield's intent was to provide a concise but complete tool that would meet the need of someone just beginning to read the Bible.
Read Commentary →Originally printed in 1560, believers can read the Scripture along with study assistance unashamedly rooted in the theology of Calvin, Luther, Zwingli, and other Reformation leaders.
Read Commentary →The Applied Commentary series is a fresh approach to Bible study, connecting great wisdom with your life today. Each Scripture passage is enhanced with insights on key themes and ideas. Featured articles provide a deeper look at essential concepts, while the contemporary language allows for easy reading. And because some subjects are open to interpretation for discussion, we have included perspectives from leading theologians from all backgrounds and denominations. The result? An interactive approach to Scripture that will challenge your ideas and build your faith—which is what reading the Bible is all about.
Read Commentary →The wisdom found in God’s Word is timeless, as relevant today as when it was first written. And the challenge for believers remains unchanged: how do we apply these truths to our everyday world?
Read Commentary →John Wesley's commentary on the whole Bible was produced between 1754 and 1765.
Read Commentary →Edited by David Platt, Daniel L. Akin, and Tony Merida, this the Christ-centered Exposition Commentary series, includes 47 volumes when complete and takes a Christ-centered approach to expositing each book of the Bible. Rather than a verse-by-verse approach, the authors have crafted chapters that explain and apply key passages in their assigned Bible books. Readers will learn to see Christ in all aspects of Scripture, and they will be encouraged by the devotional nature of each exposition presented as sermons and divided into chapters that conclude with a "Reflect & Discuss" section, making this series ideal for small group study, personal devotion, and even sermon preparation.
Read Commentary →The CSB Study Bible is designed to help you know and be transformed by God’s Word. The Bible features the highly readable, highly reliable text of the Christian Standard Bible (CSB) that keeps Scripture primary on every page. To inspire you to grow in your understanding and love for God’s Word, the CSB Study Bible, includes an award-winning array of study resources including over 16,000 study notes, tools, and word studies—each tool presented on the same page as the verses it refers to. Whether you are preparing for future Bible studies or daily readings, this study Bible for men and women is the ideal resource for lifelong discipleship.
Read Commentary →The CSB Apologetics Study Bible helps Christians better understand, defend, and proclaim the faith in an age of increasing moral and spiritual relativism. This edition includes articles and extensive apologetics study material from today's leading apologists to provide deeper understanding of the relevant apologetics issues and questions being discussed right now.
Read Commentary →This seven volume "magnum opus", by Charles H. Spurgeon, was first published in weekly installments over a twenty-year span in the London Metropolitan Tabernacle's periodical, The Sword and the Trowel. As each section was completed it was published as a volume until the seventh and final volume was released in 1885.
Read Commentary →With solid scholarship and exceptional clarity, the Holman Concise Bible Commentary gives readers a feel for the key themes and intentions of all 66 books in the Bible. But don't mistake concise for incomplete; this volume also contains detailed introductions to the ten major units of Scripture (the Gospels, Paul's letters, etc.), maps related to biblical history, informational charts, and in-depth sidebars.
Read Commentary →A Commentary on the Book of Revelation by Dr. Tony Garland
Read Commentary →A.T. Robertson, a renowned scholar of the Greek New Testament, takes through the New Testament, verse by verse, painting word pictures from the Greek to bring to light the words and actions of Jesus and the early Christians.
Read Commentary →Originally written and published in French, these synopses were introduced book by book. Currently only the New Testament is available.
Read Commentary →Written in 1891 for the novice student of the Bible, this work was prepared with such aids as would enable the common reader to arrive at an understanding of every verse.
Read Commentary →A Commentary on the New Testament From the Talmud and Hebraica by John Lightfoot
Read Commentary →Also known as a "Harmony of the Four Gospels", this work by J. W. McGarvey and Philip Y. Pendleton is a complete chronology of the life of Christ, divided into titled sections and sub-divisions, with comments injected in the text.
Read Commentary →Dr. Bob Utley
Read Commentary →Martin Luther's Bible Commentary
Read Commentary →Alexander Maclaren
Read Commentary →The Life of David as Reflected in His Psalms by Alexander MacLaren
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