Helpful Links - Faith Community Bible Church

Helpful Links

BOOKS

Abe Books - Great source for used and out of print books.
Christian Book Distributors - Easy to use, but more expensive.

MODESTY

Modesty Survey - A great resource for those interested in modesty and purity. "The Modesty Survey is an anonymous discussion between Christian guys and girls who care about modesty. Hundreds of Christian girls submitted their questions and over 1,600 Christian guys (of all ages) submitted 150,000+ answers - including over 25,000 text responses."

NON-PROFIT-ORGANIZATIONSPARA-CHURCH-MINISTRIES

Apologetics definitions and resources
Ravi Zacharias International Ministries - Great apologetic resources for the postmodern culture.
Larry Burkett's stewardship ministry - Lots of helpful resources.
Desiring God Ministries - Resources from the ministry of John Piper including online sermons, books and forums.
Slavic Gospel Association - Missions organization mainly reaching the former USSR and other Slavic countries in the Balkans.
Grace To You radio - Features the preaching of John MacArthur.
Treasure Valley Christian News - A Christian voice in the Treasure Valley.

SOFTWARE

Libronix - The "Microsoft" of Bible software. Spendy, but well worth it.
e-Sword - FREE software for use on Windows. A nice aid for Bible study.

STUDY-RESOURCES

Bible.org - A great resource of helps for Bible studies for pastors, Sunday school teachers, Bible study leaders. Also contains book reviews as well as a downloadable and online version of the Net Bible
Bible Gateway - A free service for reading and researching Scripture online - all in the language or translation of your choice. Includes advanced tools you can use to search the Bible by keywords or verse, as well as other tools.
New Testament Gateway - A great "Grand Central station" of NT related websites. Lots of helpful study resources.
Bible Timeline starting in 4004 BC
Online Journal of Hebrew Scriptures - Contains scholarly articles dealing with text-related issues.
A host of articles dealing with various Christian topics from Bible related to social issues
Resource Pages for Biblical Studies
The Charles Spurgeon archive - Much of Spurgeon's writings online set up in a creative way.
The Hall of Church History - A great resource to expose you to many of the Puritans and other stalwarts of the Christian faith.

REMEMBER: Be Discerning!

Just because a resource is recommended doesn’t mean that you should set aside discernment. Use discernment in everything you encounter, no matter how trustworthy the source may be. At the same time, be teachable and willing to learn. Discernment doesn’t mean discarding something you are reading or hearing if it is different than what you previously thought. Discernment is examining the subject in light of Scripture and at the same time, being willing to be corrected if it matches up to the Scriptures. This is a hard skill to learn and apply!