Why not lighten your load and use a Kindle for Bible studies? You can take notes, highlight passages, search for words and phrases and interact with scriptural text on a Kindle just as you would with a book or with your Bible. If you think the Kindle is a bit pricey, this list of 25 ways to use the Kindle for Bible study may change your mind about Kindle’s sticker price.

The following list is categorized by reasons to own a Kindle (convenience), Bibles and Bible study search links and a sampling of religious writers who are available on Kindle. All links lead to search options, tools and authors and their achievements.

Convenience

1. Library in your pocket: This is a main selling point for Logos, and the logic works just as well for Kindle. The Kindle DX is slightly over 1/3 inch thick (about 8.5 mm), and has a 4 GB (3.3 GB user-accessible) storage capacity, which can hold approximately 3500 non-illustrated e-books. If you have that many books in your library at home, you may have already thought about all the room you’d save by using a Kindle.
2. Expanded file formats: The newer versions of Kindle support more than Kindle’s DRM-protected AZW format. Amazon offers and email-based service that converts JPEG, GIF, PNG and BMP graphics to AZW, as well as HTML and Microsoft Word (DOC) support. The upgrade for Kindle 2 added native PDF support. Use the table on this Wikipedia page to learn more about the formats available for your Kindle.
3. Free wireless coverage: Coverage for downloading books or to check your email is not available everywhere in the U.S., but this map can provide you with information about Kindle’s coverage. Think about how handy this coverage can be for many classes or for Bible study groups.
4. Many books are free: The Kindle Store at Amazon as well as many other online sites offer free books. While many are not conducive to Bible study (see resources for Bible study below), the cost of other Kindle books often are well below the cost of a paperback version of that same book.
5. Sell your books to buy a Kindle: In sum, the convenience of a Kindle is at your fingertips. If you are still balking at the price, take a look at your library like Tim Challies did, and determine what you can sell to pay for the Kindle…many of the books you now own now are available to use on Kindle, so you can make room in your library for other things (like a home-based Bible study group, perhaps?).
6. Use Kindle on your iPhone: If you don’t want to purchase a Kindle just yet, you can gain access to Kindle books through your iPhone (if you have an iPhone!) with a free iPhone app.
7. More options for Kindle books: If you don’t own a Kindle or an iPhone, you can gain access to Kindle books through apps for PC computers and for Blackberry devices. If you own a Mac computer, sign up now for notification about an upcoming Mac app that can gain access to Kindle books.

Bibles and Bible Study

If you use the search for “from low to high” prices at any Amazon search page, you may find some free options for Kindle readers. Use these Bibles and study materials as well as other resources (such as Open Courseware Classes) to absorb the Bible to its fullest.

8. Bible and Other Sacred Texts: This particular search reveals many Bibles available to download to your Kindle, as well as the Quran and Talmud.
9. Bible Commentary: Use this search option at Amazon to find commentaries for various Bibles such as KJV or ASV.
10. Bible Commentary Sets: These sets vary in their options, as they either are generic or Bible-specific. Most contain expanded commentary, including maps, charts, or book-specific commentaries.
11. Bible Options: This search leads to various options to the traditional Bible, including a Bible in contemporary language, the Apologetics Study Bible, a complete Jewish Bible, the Jefferson Bible and much more.
12. Bible Study: This link leads to the Bible Study option at the Amazon Kindle Store. You can search for Bible study books by title, customer review or by price.
13. Bible Study Guides: Amazon makes a wide variety of Bible study guides available to many markets, from an equally wide variety of writers.
14. Bible Translations: Use the menu to the left of this search page to discover Biblical translations for a wide variety of Bibles.
15. Christian Books: From fiction to theology and from how-to books to music, this search reveals thousands of books available to Kindle readers.
16. Religious Studies: One way to learn how to understand the Bible is to learn what others are saying about religion. The topics within this search range from church and state to psychology and from controversial knowledge to sociology.

Religious Writers

This is a very short list of Christian writers who have books available in Kindle versions. You might want to browse through some evangelical Christian blogs to learn more about other writers who offer their books through Kindle as well.

17. Bill Bright: Founder of the Campus Crusade for Christ offers Kindle-ready books on Amazon.
18. Charles W. Colson: You can find Kindle versions of books written by this author, founder of Prison Fellowship and author of Born Again.
19. David F. Wells: You can find this author of No Place for Truth or Whatever Happened to Evangelical Theology and motivator for The Cambridge Declaration at the Amazon Kindle store.
20. Franklin Graham: The son of Billy Graham, leader of the Samaritan’s Purse and founder of Franklin Graham Festivals offers his Kindle books at Amazon.
21. James C. Dobson: This founder of Focus on the Family and author of Dare to Discipline offers books for your Kindle via Amazon.
22. John Piper: If you are fond of this writer’s works, you have access to a number of online books. You can browse his books by title or by topic at his Web site.
23. Max Lucado: This link leads to the Amazon page where you can find a number of Lucado’s books available via Kindle edition.
24. Philip Yancey: The editor of Christianity Today, columnist and author of The Jesus I Never Knew and What’s So Amazing About Grace offers his books in Kindle format at the Amazon site.
25. Rick Warren: While Rick Warren carries his books for sale on his Web site, the bold link is more convenient for those who wish to purchase Kindle versions of his books.

The Christian church is prolific in America, but each church has its own belief systems, guidelines and perspectives. The ecumenical movement seeks to overcome these barriers among churches to unify congregations with cooperation and a better understanding among religions. In that vein, we offer fifty ecumenical blogs, or blogs that seek to overcome church barriers to offer outreach to anyone, no matter their beliefs or creeds.

This universal Christian unity often is found in churches that open their doors to people of various faiths…but that’s not where we went with this list. While some blogs originate from Lutheran or Catholic or even Buddhist backgrounds, the focus is on outreach and a ‘flattening’ of the faith to common ground.

That said, the list below is divided into categories that range from ‘ecumenism in general’ to emergent outreach. In between these categories, you can find blogs that are by and for women, a theological approach and general outreach to a wide range of people. Each link within the categories is listed in alphabetical order to show that we do not favor one blog over another.

Ecumenism in General

1. Christians in Context: A blog about ethical and liturgical topics within the Christian tradition in general.
2. Commonweal: The blog reflects the content of Commonweal Magazine, which focuses on religion, politics and culture.
3. Desert Trinity Bible Fellowship: This blog is an ecumenical effort in teaching Christianity.
4. Desiring God: God-centered resources from John Piper’s ministry. Although he is a Baptist minister, his teachings on this blog are ecumenical.
5. Ecumenical Explosion: This blog is dedicated to “exploring differing viewpoints of Christianity while maintaining unity in Christ.”
6. Ecumenism Today – Coffee with Crossin: This blog contains commentary on ecumenism and also is a chronicle of ecumenical activities within the Washington Theological Consortium.
7. Exploring Ecumenism: Chris Sissons follows a “radical” Wesleyan approach to transformation through ecumenical conversations.
8. Field Notes: Ben Sternke is a “church planter” who talks about community outreach and mission work.
9. Methobaptist Musings: Andrew Statum, a man of varied Christian experiences, reflects on theology, church and culture…from the perspective of an “American Baptist in John Wesley’s court.”
10. New Epistles: A blog on theology, scripture and life issues from an ordained minister in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada.
11. The Divine Life: An evangelical Protestant converts to Catholicism and writes about reaching across the aisles to a better understanding of Christianity and Christians.
12. What Does The Prayer Really Say? This blog offers “slavishly accurate” liturgical translations & frank commentary on Catholic issues…but from an ecumenical perspective.

Theology

13. Cross Talk ~ crux probat omnia: Michael J. Gorman offers biblical and theological reflections in this blog.
14. Faith and Theology: An Australian scholar who teaches systematic theology at Charles Sturt University’s School of Theology offers a regular blog about theology, books and culture.
15. Freedom Log:
16. Inhabitatio Dei: Any Christian can enjoy this blog, which offers thoughts on biblical studies, culture, theologians, theology and more.
17. Law and Theology: Talk about reaching across the aisle — this blogger reaches into a sack filled with law, theology and Christianity.
18. Prof. John Stackhouse’s Weblog: This professor draws on history, sociology, theology, and philosophy to explore the intersection of Christian faith and contemporary culture in North America and beyond.
19. Rock and Theology: This blog explores the relationship between ’secular’ rock and ’sacred’ theology, and related matters of faith and culture today.
20. The church and postmodern culture: This blog offers discussions by high-profile theorists on postmodern theory and contemporary theology.
21. The Politics of the Cross Resurrected: Theology meets Western culture in this blog by a theology and ethics teacher at Tyndale University College and Seminary.

For and By Women

22. Ecumenical Women at the United Nations: Ecumenical Women is an international coalition of church denominations and ecumenical organizations which have status with the Economic & Social Council (ECOSOC) at the United Nations.
23. Emerging Women: This blog represents a gathering of women (and men) from around the world who come together to explore faith.
24. Girl Talk: A mom and three daughters talk about biblical womanhood.
25. Lutheran Woman Today: A safe place to discuss Lutheran Woman Today’s most current Bible study and articles.
26. Meaning and Authenticity: A personal look at religion, spirituality, psychology and politics from a second-career minister and pastoral counselor.
27. Purple Cellar: This blog, written by a Christian author, is for women “zealous for God’s glory.”
28. Radical Womanhood: Carolyn McCulley is the author of two books, Radical Womanhood: Feminine Faith in a Feminist World and Did I Kiss Marriage Goodbye? Trusting God with a Hope Deferred.
29. Rebecca Merrill Groothuis: Rebecca, an author, writes about Christianity and equality, gender issues and more.
30. The Paris Project: Jenell Paris is a professor of anthropology and sociology at Messiah College in Grantham, Pennsylvania. This blog reflects her thoughts on life and the juxtaposition of Christianity and society.

Reaching Out

31. Bill Kinnon: Bill, a media technician and craftsman, wrote the book, A Networked Conspiracy, which focuses on how the church can use the ubiquity of the Internet to release the power of the church’s collective intelligence.
32. Captain’s Blog: This blog reaches out to individuals who are learning to live as the Body of Christ outside the institutional church structure, and offers hope for those who feel naked outside of those walls.
33. Dispossessed: Although the focus is on the orphans created by AIDS in Swaziland, this family takes on a personal ministry that is interesting to watch unfold.
34. Dream Awakener: JT is a young man who has planted many churches and who feels the need to renovate the world through personal and community ministry rather than through institutions.
35. Ecumenical Buddhism: Reaching out from East to West through an explanation and exploration of divergent yet similar thoughts.
36. Faith Dance: A postmodern look at couples, faith and Christian community.
37. Get Religion: Do you get religion? This blog feels that the press doesn’t get it, so the writers offer their take on society and religious belief systems.
38. Inspired Faith, Effective Action: The blog for of the Advocacy & Witness staff group of the Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations.
39. Levellers: This blog deals with the intersection of faith, especially Christian faith, and work for social justice and peace.
40. Missional Church Network: This blog provides resources and encouragement to those who desire to see the church — any church — recapture its missionary nature.
41. Sparkfly: This blog is meant for gathering together people, resources, creative thoughts, honest conversation and global awareness from an ecumenical perspective.
42. Straight-Friendly: This blog reaches out to members of the GLBT community who want to regain a commitment to their Christian faith.
43. The Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood: This blog focuses on the complementary differences between men and women, yet both created equally in God’s image.

Emergence Outreach

44. Emerging Pensees: “Pensees” is a French word for “thoughts,” and this blog focuses on pensees about God, faith, life and the emerging church.
45. Reclaiming the Mission: David Fitch writes about evangelicalism, the current evangelical malaise, mission, and being the Body of Christ in the new North American cultural context.
46. up/rooted: This collaboration out of Chicago seeks to understand and engage an emerging postmodern, post-Christendom culture and offers a hand to anyone who cares to discuss the process.
47. Re-dreaming the Dream: This dreamer posts thoughts on how to connect faith with community and much more…
48. Sarcastic Lutheran: The writer for this blog is the mission developer for House for All Sinners and Saints in Denver, Colorado. Go ahead and read…the writings are more thought-provoking than cranky.
49. Subversive Influence: Brother Maynard (fictional) is a ‘missional’ thinker and a writer who likes to shake things up from the inside out.
50. The Jesus Manifesto: “The Jesus Manifesto is a clearinghouse for propaganda meant to frustrate and disrupt quaint notions of Jesus (and the even quainter notions of the religion he founded).” No matter your commitment or creed, this blog might reach deeper than anything that has touched you in church.

You might think that evangelical Christian blogs would be filled with doom and gloom. While some of those blogs do exist, most of the best blogs today — or, at least the most popular evangelical Christian blogs today — focus on teaching, humor, news from a Christian perspective and daily living. Those tops blogs are listed below in categories that range from education to ministries and from personal blogs to a couple blogs with off-beat perspectives.

Each link within the categories below is listed in alphabetical order to show readers that we do not favor one blog over another.

Educational Blogs

1. Alpha & Omega Ministries: This blog is housed at a site that also carries a Webcast, chat, articles and store, and is maintained by James R. White, an elder at Phoenix Reformed Baptist Church.
2. Answer the Skeptic: The sole purpose of this site is to help Christians answer objections raised by skeptics and atheists.
3. Christian History Blog: ChristianHistory.net works to connect contemporary Christians to their spiritual heritage by communicating church history.
4. Contend Earnestly: Seth McBee offers a blog that serves up opinion, history and Christian biographies.
5. Evangelical Ephemera: You can find ephemeral and idiosyncratic nature of evangelical print networks on this blog, with interesting excerpts and resources.
6. Stand to Reason: Stand to Reason trains Christians to think more clearly about their faith and to make an even-handed, incisive, yet gracious defense for classical Christianity and classical Christian values in the public square.
7. Standing on Shoulders: This blog focuses on the historical lessons in Christianity to learn from the past.

Ministers’ and Ministries Blogs

8. Adrian Warnock: Adrian is part of the leadership team of Jubilee Church in London, where he has preached for more than a decade. His book, Raised With Christ – How The Resurrection Changes Everything was published by Crossway January 2010.
9. Emmanuel Evangelical Church: This church blog offers a constant stream of questions that pushes the faithful to reading their Bibles.
10. George Bullard’s Journey: Learn more about the Strategic Leadership Coaching program for Christian ministry with The Columbia Partnership in this blog.
11. Gospel.com: A community of online ministries offers a continuous stream of blog entries from a faith-based perspective. The goal is to make the resources of the Community–online articles, music, podcasts, Bible studies, devotionals, and much more as easy as possible to find.
12. Internet Monk: Michael Spencer is the primary writer and editor of Internet Monk, Jesus Shaped Spirituality, and the moderator of the Boar’s Head Tavern. This is his blog.
13. JollyBlogger: Enjoy this blog written by a Christian, husband, father, pasor and “all-around goof who believes that God is at His best when man is at his worst.”
14. Mark D. Roberts: This blog focuses on evangelical ministry and the connections between work and God.
15. Ministrymaker: This blog offers a valuable service, with sermon outlines, church planting ideas, worship resources and more.
16. Rhett Smith: Rhett is a licensed marriage and family therapist as well as pastor to youth and families.
17. The Barnabas Project: The Barnabas Project (formerly known as ‘No Plan B’) is a blog for Evangelicals who intend to remain within the Episcopal Church.
18. Transforming Sermons: This blog is focused on preachers, helping them to hear and proclaim the Word of God.
19. Truthbomb Apologetics: Faith Christian Fellowship in Williamsport, Maryland analyzes philosophical, theological, historical, ethical, and scientific claims as they relate to God.
20. World of Your Making: Rick Lord, currently the Rector of Church of the Holy Comforter in Vienna, Virginia, talks about life and ministry and sharing that journey.

Missionaries

21. Jim’s Missionary Blog: Jim is licensed and ordained through RHEMA Ministerial Association International and currently is a teacher at RHEMA Bible Training Center, Germany.
22. Missionary Confidential: This blog is a place where evangelical missionaries from all over the globe can discuss why there are lows, challenges and difficulties experienced in the field, from fund raising to communication back home.
23. Missionary-Blogs.com: This is the place to go to find Christian missionaries around the world who write online journals on an updated basis.
24. TechMission: This site connects people with the poor, and includes pages filled with information about urban ministry, Christian volunteering, city vision college projects and more.
25. The Stay-At-Home Missionary: The tagline for this blog is “reaching the world for Christ, beginning in the home.”
26. Under the Acacias: A riveting missionary blog from Burkina Faso.

News and Journal Blogs

27. Christian Clarity Review: This blog provides current events as viewed through the Word of God and Jesus Christ in various formats. There is a large emphasis on Calvinism.
28. First Things: First Things is published by The Institute on Religion and Public Life, an inter-religious, nonpartisan research and education institute whose purpose is to advance a religiously informed public philosophy for the ordering of society.
29. Richmond Evangelical Examiner: Funds generated through page views of this evangelical news blog will be donated to a charitable organization to be determined before Christmas 2010.
30. SmartChristian.com: This blog provides an outlet for information and breaking news on religion, politics, including numerous resources, references, and relational connection. It does not reflect the views or positions of any church or organization.
31. The Evangelical Outpost: This blog offers reflections on culture, politics and religion from an evangelical worldview.
32. Urban Christian News: Look to this site for constantly updated world news reported from an evangelical perspective.
33. WorldMag: Today’s news with Christian views, with community and commentary.

Personal Blogs

34. 21st Century Reformation: This blog is dedicated to the task of “making disciples and building morally beautiful community.”
35. Amy’s Humble Musings: Amy Scott writes about life musings, with the underlying factor a goal to live simply to God’s glory.
36. Challies: Tim Challies, blogger, author and web designer has an intense Web site as well as a book entitled, The Discipline of Spiritual Discernment.
37. Christian Intellectualism and Aplogetics Research: CIAR is is devoted to exploring apologetic truths of Christianity while, at the same time, “spreading the music talent of acoustic punk singer Randy Hardman.” Randy Hardman holds a B.A. in Philosophy and Religion from Appalachian State University. He is pursuing an M.A. in Biblical Studies from Asbury Theological Seminary.
38. eChurchWebsites Christian Blog: A personal take on the world view, colored by the lens of evangelical commitment.
39. Gadfly’s Muse: A lovely blog filled with images, meditations and humor.
40. La Shawn Barber’s Corner: La Shawn Barber is a freelance writer, blogger, and blog consultant, and her work has appeared in the Washington Examiner, Washington Post, Washington Times, The National Jurist, Christian Research Journal, Christianity Today, Today’s Christian Woman, Beliefnet.com and many other publications.
41. New Covenant: This construction manager writes on everything from ID to homeschooling, culture and evangelicalism — including apologetics and theology.
42. Rantings of a Lord of the Rings Fanatic: This software developer shares his world perspective through the lens of a conservative Christian.
43. Reasonable Christian: Charlie Ray presents a defense of the Gospel from an evangelical and reformed Anglican perspective.
44. Rebecca Writes: Rebecca Stark writes primarily about faith and theology from Whitehorse, Yukon; but, shealso about other things that interest her, like headless chickens.
45. Reconciliation Blog: Edward Gilbreath is a writer, editor, and speaker mostly on issues of diversity and race relations in the church. His latest book is Reconciliation Blues: A Black Evangelical’s Inside View of White Christianity.
46. The Christian Monist: This blogger focuses on Biblical-philosophical roots of Christianity, leaning toward Monistic rather than Dualistic.
47. The G Sides: Although billed as “the randomness of a distracted existential tour guide,” this blog is very focused on every day life from a Christian evangelical perspective.
48. The Reformed Evangelist: Preaching in the streets, confronting skeptics and spreading The Word is the focus of this three-year-old blog.

Off-Beat Perspectives

49. The Wittenburg Door: This off-beat look at evangelicalism is sponsored by the Trinity Foundation, a group that helps the helpless and that sponsors several nondenominational home church groups and Bible studies in Texas.
50. Ship of Fools: “We’re here for people who prefer their religion disorganized,” says the Ship’s editor and designer, Simon Jenkins. “Our aim is to help Christians be self-critical and honest about the failings of Christianity, as we believe honesty can only strengthen faith.”

Some Open Courseware classes are older than you might think — many courses reach back into antiquity to show how Christianity has affected society throughout time and place (and how some social and cultural aspects affected religion as well). Some courses teach the Bible as spiritual text and as literature, some courses touch on social and political histories and other courses focus on cultural aspects of religion and society. Each course listed below falls into one of those three categories.

The links within each category is listed in alphabetical order by the name of the course. Additionally, the name of the institute that offers the course is added in brackets after each course description. Every course is free to use, but the institutions that offer them do not offer certificates or degrees upon the completion of the course.

Bible and Theology

1. Bible Study: This is an online or correspondence course that focuses on any one of four English Bible Versions, including the KJV (King James Version), NASB (New American Standard Bible), NIV (New International Version) and NKJV (New King James Version).
2. Bible Universe: This site carries articles, study tools and a complete free online course on the Bible [Bible Universe].
3. Catholic Social Teaching: This course provides a historical, theoretical and practical overview of the principles and themes of the Roman Catholic social encyclical tradition [Notre Dame].
4. Foundations of Theology: Biblical and Historical: This is an introductory course to the Bible and historical Christianity that aims to familiarize the student with the contents of the Bible and the development of the early Church [Notre Dame].
5. Free Bible College Courses: Dozens of links to lectures about the Old Testament and the ministry of Jesus, including links to YouTube lectures and lessons [GoodNewsMedia].
6. Introduction to the Old Testament (Hebrew Bible): This course examines the Hebrew Bible Old Testament as an expression of the religious life and thought of ancient Israel [Open Yale].
7. The Bible: This course provides an introduction to major books within both the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament. Learn about the different historical periods that produced and are reflected in the Bible [MIT].

Historical Social and Political Impacts

8. Catholic Social Teaching: Explore an historical, theoretical and practical overview of the principles and themes behind the Roman Catholic social encyclical tradition [Notre Dame].
9. Crucible of Pluralism: Religion in Modern America: This course looks at the changes in America’s religious landscape since the 1960s. A larger historical context also is provided [Columbia].
10. History of Ancient Rome: This course ranges from Romulus to Constantine, examining threats to empire in late antiquity posed inside by the rise of Christianity [Notre Dame].
11. Islam, the Middle East, and the West: This course covers the Crusades, the Renaissance, Western expansion and the effects on modern thought [MIT].
12. Jewish History from Biblical to Modern Times: Explore how our views of Jewish history have been formed and how this history can explain the survival of the Jews as an ethnic/religious group into the present day [MIT].
13. Medicine, Religion and Politics in Africa and the African Diaspora: This course examines how Afro-Atlantic religious traditions have challenged western conceptions of illness, healing, and the body and have also offered alternative notions of morality, rationality, kinship, gender, and sexuality.
14. Politics and Religion: This course is a graduate reading seminar that explores the role of religious groups, institutions, and ideas in politics using social science theories [MIT].
15. Religion Online: Browse more than 6,000 articles and chapters on topics that range from the Bible to practical theology and from culture to the history of religion [Religion-Online].
16. Religion today: themes and issues: No course can tackle today’s religious themes and issues without an historical perspective. This simple course takes on perspective [The Open University].
17. The Crusades: Learn about the history of the Crusades, their impacts and more from this online course [Boise State University].

Historic Cultural Aspects

18. Faith and the African American Experience: This course introduces the African American faith experience, with particular attention being given to the historical development of spiritualities of liberation in the American Diaspora [Notre Dame].
19. Foundations of Western Culture II: Renaissance to Modernity: This course deals with the change in perspective imposed by scientific ideas, the general loss of a supernatural or religious perspective upon human events, and the effects for good or ill of the increasing authority of an intelligence uninformed by religion as a guide to life [MIT].
20. From ‘Self’ and ‘Other’ to ‘We’: This course covers the notion of the Self and of the Other in inter-faith study and inter-faith dialogue and how perspectives on this topic have changed over time [Gresham College].
21. Latino Theology and Christian Tradition: This course examines the development of Latino religion and theology in the U.S., and how the integration of Latino influences have articulated the meaning and implications of core theological topics such as Christology, worship, evangelicalism and social justice [Notre Dame].
22. Man, God, and Society in Western Literature: Listen to over two dozen lectures about this topic at your leisure [Berkeley Webcasts].
23. The Ancient World: Greece: This course, which covers the history of Ancient Greece from the Bronze Age to the death of Alexander, tackles social economic, political and religious trends [MIT].
24. The Emergence of Europe: 500-1300: This wide-ranging course includes contact with the Byzantine and Islamic East and the Crusading movement, the quality of religious life and other events that shaped these perspectives [MIT].
25. The Making of Russia in the Worlds of Byzantium, Mongolia, and Europe: This course focuses on the political, religious, economic, and social factors affecting relations between state and society in medieval and early modern Russia [MIT].

Bible, which is the most religious scripture on the Earth, belonging to Christian community contains lessons and teachings from the Christianity. Below is provided list of some of open course based upon teaching of Bible.

Bible Study Lessons: These are the lessons based upon the study of Bible and help a devoted Christian to learn lessons upon understanding of Jesus Christ, Christianity, the church, salvation, worship of God, and Christian religion. Each Bible lesson is a free study of the gospel, Christian living, and the meaning of life.

Free Bible College Courses: These are the open course wares on various teaching of Bible. Courseware is provided in text or video format and can be reproduced for use by churches, colleges, individuals, organizations and teachers. And after the completion of the course one would provide a certificate on the courseware.

Bible Universe: At the site variety of lessons from bible are described with their meaning. And at the end of each lesson free online resources including books, Video and audio materials as added further explanting to the meaning of the chapter.

Free Bible Study: The courseware written by Patrick David Yanello, this is a non-profit independent Christian ministry is not related to any denomination, sect, division or church. This courseware is controlled by Christians from a number of places.

The Seeker Bible Studies: This courseware is provided with ten lessons of Bible to teach non Christians to discover the will of God for their lives.

World Bible School: This course ware is based upon learning and lessons of bible and Christianity.

How to Study the Bible: At about.com here tips and ideas are given for reading Bible properly and in an appropriate manner interpreting its best meaning.

Bible Study: This online course illustrates the fact that Bible is the word of God.   Bible Study Courses is consisted of a series of lessons to unfold God’s plan of salvation for sinners.

Free Bible Course: It is a fully interactive free online bible course for everyone who wishes to take a first step into Christianity or is looking for in-depth learning in Christianity.

Free Bible College: This is the courseware that provides one to interact with a good number of students around the globe on Christianity and faith and get enrolled in a variety of courses on Christianity.

Twitter which has developed into a micro blogging and social media platform for a number of humanitarian, religious, professional and other groups provide its user a great opportunity to share their views and ideas with each other. One such religious sect on Twitter is Christian priest or preachers and some of those popular religious preachers worth following on Twitter are discussed below:

Bosco Peters: He is a priest, who is enthusiastic about spirituality and worship that connects. His website is www.liturgy.co.nz.

Father Dave: Living at Dulwich Hill Sydney, he is an Anglican Parish Priest, professional boxer, human right activist and community worker. He is also a professional boxer. More about his activities you can learn at his website    http://fatherdave.org/.

Don Tamihere: Residing at Gisborne, New Zealand, he is a priest, theologian, thinker, web dabbler, guitar player, song writer and surfer and he loves life.

Lover of Words: This is about a family that fellowship the word of God daily they are all, king, priest, tree of righteousness, lover of words, spiritual investor, locksmith, oxygen to the soul, water fountain and soldier for God.

Roderick Vonhogen:  He is a Dutch Catholic priest, CEO of the Star Quest Production Network (www.sqpn.com) that is the host of the Daily Breakfast podcast. He has made an unimaginable impression upon relating to new media communications by pod casting sermons from St. Peter’s Basilica.  He has hosted and produced several audio, video and lives streaming programs like The Daily Breakfast, The Catholic Insider, and This Week in Church, Healthy Catholic, Catholic Minute and The Secrets of Star Wars.

Father Kelly: Living at Chester County, PA he is a disgruntled Catholic Priest.

Jonathan Morris:  Living at Rome, Italy, Fr. Jonathan Morris is a Roman Catholic priest and vice rector of the Legionaries of Christ seminary in Rome, Italy. He also is a news contributor and analyst for the Fox News Channel and a professor of ethics and media at the European University of Rome.

Fr. Wade Fahnestock: Living at Mulberry, Florida he is a musician, worship leader, popular speaker & advocate for the homeless poor. He is a coordinator for many community prayer activities. Religiously he belongs to very diverse background Baptist, Methodist, Assembly of God, Word of Faith, Charismatic, and Roman Catholic & Eastern Orthodox.

Mark Brown: Living at the New Zealand, he is a CEO Bible Society New Zealand, Anglican Priest, and Founder of church in Sri Lanka and sometimes interested in Business management.

George Mabura: Living in California, he is a Roman Catholic priest in the Catholic diocese of San Diego.

There are more online Bible Colleges and Universities today than there were some years back. This can be attributed to the increased demand by people willing to combine their faith with their academic life. There are three probable reasons that can be thought of as the drivers of this bible study frenzy. First, the Christian studies can effectively aid you in expanding your horizon. They can also enhance you career prospects just like any other online study, and finally, they can take your Christian faith to the next level which is the desire of most Christians.

Just like other online colleges in other disciplines, the Christians colleges have been ranked according to their compliance with certain standards which are thought to be the templates of ideal online studies. One of the best online Christian colleges is the prestigious Liberty University which offers Associate’s, Bachelor’s, & Master’s degrees in its online campuses. This Christian-focused College is known for its outstanding faculty teaching together with instilling Christian values to its students through one of the most Christian-oriented curriculum.

At number two we have the Regent University with its Associate’s, bachelor’s & Master’s degrees. This university has more than thirty programs both in undergraduate and graduate levels which are all customized to equip the students with the skills necessary to inspire minds, lives, and also change the world. With the prestigious Regent University you can get any Christian certificate from any part of the world.

Ashford University’s Master’s, Bachelor’s and Associate’s Degrees are some of the most sort-after Christian academic papers due to its reputation as a fountain of excellence in the Christian studies. Regarded has the third best overall in the online Christian studies category, it boasts the widest network of alumni. It’s very common to find an Ashford University graduate almost anywhere the internet is accessible, which is one of the reasons which have fueled its accelerated take-off since its establishment back in 1918.

You cannot talk about online Christian colleges without mentioning the prestigious Grand Canyon University. This university has the unique feature of reaching for the poor and the downtrodden in the society by arming them with Christian values and knowledge through scholarships and grants from donors and the federal government. There is also the LeTourneau University which integrates Christian education with business studies to create a curriculum that produces business leaders who are better placed to appreciate the place of God in the business world. This Christian College curriculum is designed in such a way that business, health or medical students who ultimately graduate from it have Christian values and knowledge in them and therefore their approach to issues is also different.

Benedictine University is also considered one of the best institutions to offer Christian studies in its online campus. It offers Certificates, Masters and Doctorates degree in a Christian community while still allowing students to get advanced level degrees in the high growth industry. One unique thing about its graduates is the values and morals that have been instilled in them which are ideal in today’s working environment.