Training and Resources

We hope to offer an increasing number of options for growing in our discipleship and in using our gifts for the building up of Christ's church and for reaching out to others.  This article though provides links and ideas to help you find good stuff to be growing on with...  The content of external sites, naturally enough, may not always fit with what we believe as a church so please be discerning and if you've got comments do add them...

Online Bibles

www.biblegateway.com

For searchable Bibles in several versions

www.e-sword.net

for free Bible software and a couple of good versions available free.  Also has an excellent free PDA version - brilliant for your pocket - literally and metaphorically...

Biblical Studies

www.beginningwithmoses.org

A great resource for Biblical Theology - lots of thought-provoking articles

Old Testament Overview Sermons

New Testament Overview Sermons

Mark Dever, formerly on staff at Eden Baptist, Cambridge & now Pastor of Capitol Hill Baptist Church, Washington DC has preached an overview sermon on every book of the Bible & they're available for free at the sites above.  Hardly exhaustive, but wonderfully helpful as a way in to the overarching story of a particular book.

biblicalstudies.org.uk

A site recommended by the Open Bible Institute, All Nations Christian College, LST and Tyndale House - a compendium of articles, book reviews etc.

Classics of the Past

www.ccel.org

A treasure-trove of reading from 'our older brothers and sisters in the faith' from Clement, Justin Martyr, Irenaeus, Athanasius and Augustine to Bunyan, Owen and Edwards there is some great stuff here for free

Apologetics

www.bethinking.org

Has many excellent articles, MP3s etc to get you thinking well about how to defend and explain the Christian faith

www.christianheritageuk.org.uk

has a great deal of material to read and get you thinking as well as information about this excellent resource in Cambridge.  Also, why not consider enrolling on one of their great courses...

www.answering-islam.org

debate.org.uk

websites to help with questions that Muslims may have or that you may have arising from conversations with Muslim friends

Sermon sites

Here are a few reliable sources of high quality Bible teaching from evangelical churches or organisations.  You will find much here which will help personally but will also help in preparing to teach the Bible to others:

All Souls Langham Place, London

Desiring God Ministries (John Piper's ministry website)

www.capitolhillbaptist.org (Washington DC)

The Proclamation Trust, London - offer some sermon series for free download

St Helens Bishopsgate offer many sermons for free download

Avenue Community Church, Leicester