Articles for tag: Bible Gateway

November 18, 2020

Mid-Atlantic Christian University, Elizabeth City, N.C., has signed a memorandum of understanding with Rwanda Challenge and Africa Hope Initiatives to offer an accredited associate degree in Bible and ministry to the people of Rwanda and other East African nations. A year ago, Rwanda Challenge director Frank Reynolds approached MACU and shared the need for such a degree. In 2023, Rwandan law will require all ministers to have an accredited associate degree in ministry. Through discussions, the three groups arrived at a solution for providing the necessary degree at an affordable cost. Students will take the majority of the courses online,

February 24, 2014

Christian Standard

Church & Ministry Teaching

Teach Your Students to Be Students of the Bible

By Paul Potter Imagine the anxiety of traveling to a distant land. Everything is different from the way it was back home. The people you encounter have plenty to say to you, but they are speaking a language you have never heard. The language isn”t the only thing you don”t understand. Almost nothing is familiar to you. The architecture, clothing, foods, and customs are all strange and intimidating. This is the experience of many millions today, but they haven”t traveled to the other side of the world. They have come to the pages of the Bible. Like tour guides, Christian

February 9, 2014

Christian Standard

Bible Study Theology & Bible

Free Digital Resources for Bible Study

Compiled by Gregory Linton BibleGateway.com Find and compare passages of the Bible based on keywords, phrases, or Scripture reference. Bible Gateway also provides an app that includes more than 90 different translations in more than 70 languages and offers reading plans, audio versions, note taking, and highlighting. It is available on iPad, iPhone, Android phones, and Kindle Fire. BibleStudyTools.com “The largest free online Bible website for verse search and in-depth studies.” Search capabilities in 39 different versions of the Bible as well as access to commentaries, dictionaries, encyclopedias, concordances, historical books, and Greek and Hebrew interlinears and lexicons.

October 20, 2012

Christian Standard

Church & Ministry Teaching

Google Is My Best Friend: Resources for Bible Teaching (Part 5)

By Chuck Sackett “What”s in a name?” “What does the Bible say about God”s honor?” “Taking God”s name in vain.” Those recent searches resulted in an abundance of usable illustrative materials. Which is my way of saying, I don”t use the web for the substance of the sermon, I use it for developing creative means of communicating what the text has revealed through the hard work of Bible study. GoogleÂ is not the only search engine, but it represents a category of tools every preacher must become adept at using. The fact that the web abounds with material is both bane