10 Favorite Online Resources

Johnathan and David discuss some of their favorite online resources.

Johnathan’s list:

1. ccel.org — a wealth of free Christian books; allows you to make an account so that you can save notes and highlights
2. newadvent.org — especially newadvent.org/fathers, which has the full text of many patristic works
3. stepbible.org — Step Bible by Tyndale House, my favorite online Bible
4. wesley.nnu.edu — Wesley Center Online with the full text of Wesley’s sermons, Notes on the Bible, etc.
5. bestcommentaries.com — commentary recommendations on each book of the Bible
6. thevcs.org — Christian art in conversation with Scripture
7. bibleproject.com — a wealth of free Bible study resources (e.g., animated video overviews of each book of the Bible)
8. bcponline.org — the Book of Common Prayer online
9. lectionary.library.vanderbilt.edu — the Revised Common Lectionary with readings and other liturgical resources
10. biblehub.com — some free commentaries (e.g., Calvin’s Commentary) in an easy-to-read format

David's list:

1. The Wesley Center Online (free)

• A database of Wesleyan and holiness materials created by Northwest Nazarene University.
• I like it because it has some hard-to-get resources.

2. Christian Classics Ethereal Library (CCEL.org)

• Searchable
• Includes Schaff’s 38-volume Church Father’s series
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Works of Arminius (3 Vol. Nichols ed.)
• No page numbers

3. NewAdvent.org (free)

• Similar to CCEL
• More readable in my opinion

4. The Revised Common Lectionary (lectionary.library.vanderbilt.edu)

5. Papalencyclicals.net (free)

• Every important document ever put out by the Roman Catholic Church
• The search feature is difficult to use because titles are often only in Latin.

6. Perlego.com ($18/month)

• This would be in my top two or three if it still had the daily subscription option.
• Tons of contemporary books.

7. Wesley Scholar (wesleyscholar.com) (free)

• An independent collection of Wesleyan-Methodist and early Christian works. 
• Contains articles as well as original works.

8. Open Access Digital Theological Library (libguides.thedtl.org) 

• Contains some free material
• Contains PhD dissertations

9. Books.Google.com 

• Used to be able to download as PDFs.
• Gives all the information about a book including the nearest library or where to get it online.

10. Gutenberg.org (free)

• Over 70,000 of free ebooks
• Christian and secular books
• Several different formats including actual facsimiles of pages
• Everything is public domain
• Searchable

Honorable Mentions:

JSTOR.org (fee)

• Usually accessible through a student library account
• Not really affordable for individuals.

Academia.edu (fee and free)

• Up-to-date scholarship
• Pay by subscription or by item