====== Online Bible Study Resources ======

[[http://www.biblegateway.com/|BibleGateway.com]] has many (many!) bible translations and is free to use. The bibles are searchable and can be compared side-by-side. BibleGateway.com also has additional resources like bible commentaries, dictionaries and other study tools.
 
[[http://blueletterbible.com/|BlueLetterBible.com]] is another searchable, online bible site with multiple translations and study tools including Hebrew and Greek.

====== A Few Recommended Translations ======

    * [[http://www.biblegateway.com/versions/index.php?action=getVersionInfo&vid=72&lang=2|Today's New International Version]]
    * [[http://www.biblegateway.com/versions/index.php?action=getVersionInfo&vid=31&lang=2|New International Version ]]
    * [[http://www.biblegateway.com/versions/index.php?action=getVersionInfo&vid=47&lang=2|English Standard Version]]
    * [[http://www.biblegateway.com/versions/index.php?action=getVersionInfo&vid=49&lang=2|New American Standard Version]]
    * [[http://www.biblegateway.com/versions/index.php?action=getVersionInfo&vid=45&lang=2|The Amplified Bible]]
    * [[http://www.biblegateway.com/versions/index.php?action=getVersionInfo&vid=51&lang=2|New Living Translation]]
    * [[http://www.biblegateway.com/versions/index.php?action=getVersionInfo&vid=65&lang=2|The Message]]

====== Bible Reference Material ======

    * [[http://www.ibs.org/niv/studybible/|Book Introductions]] for every book in the bible from the NIV Study Bible 

====== Commentaries ======

    * [[http://www.biblegateway.com/resources/commentaries/index.php?action=getBookSections&cid=3&source=|IVP Commentary for Luke]], free, hosted at the BibleGateway.com
    * [[http://www.amazon.com/Luke-Everyone-Tom-Wright/dp/0664227848/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1208040320&sr=1-1|Luke for Everyone]], Tom (NT) Wright

====== Bible Study Methods ======

    * [[http://www.amazon.com/How-Read-Bible-All-Worth/dp/0310246040/ref=ed_oe_p|How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth]], Gordon D. Fee, Douglas Stuart
    * [[http://www.amazon.com/How-Read-Bible-Book-Guided/dp/0310211182/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_b|How to Read the Bible Book by Book]], Gordon D. Fee, Douglas Stuart

===== Inductive Bible Study =====

The Inductive Bible Study method is the one that Joe introduced at kinship in May 2007. It's also the method described in the old, two-page handout Mike passed around. Mike's version was from Campus Crusade for Christ and is still available [[http://www.godsquad.com/discipleship/inductive.htm|online at the God Squad site]] and as [[http://www.godsquad.com/pdfs/00000046470.pdf|a PDF document]].

====== Other References ======

===== Dictionaries =====

Don't underestimate the importance of understanding the definitions of words and literary terms used both in, and to describe the bible. Don't understand a word? Don't just keep going, look it up! 

    * [[http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary|Merriam-Webster Online]]
    * [[http://www.tnellen.com/cybereng/lit_terms/index.html|Definition of Literary Terms]], for example [[http://www.tnellen.com/cybereng/lit_terms/allegory.html|allegory]], [[http://www.tnellen.com/cybereng/lit_terms/simile.html|simile]], [[http://www.tnellen.com/cybereng/lit_terms/analogy.html|analogy]] 

===== Encyclopedias =====

    * [[http://en.wikipedia.org/|Wikipedia]]: can be good for all sorts of background material, archaeology, etc. Here's an example for [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capernaum|Capernaum]].