Resources

[ Up ] [ Surroundings ] [ Resources ] [ New Friends ] [ Mission & Service ] [ Links ] [ Internships ] [ Group Happenings ] [ Compelling Music ] [ College Notes ] [ Back Room ]

Bibles

• New Revised Standard Version Study Bible by Harper is a very good Bible and comes highly recommended by both John and Ken.  First Christian is currently ordering some of these Bibles to have on hand in case you would like to look through one.  If you are interested in buying one of these study Bibles, the church will pay half the cost so that they are a little more affordable.  Our college devotions and references will come out of this Bible as soon as they arrive.  See Amy Kay for your personal pursuing of this NRSV Study Bible.  www.amazon.com has ten sample pages of this Bible in case you want to take time to wander around the internet a bit.  It's really more impressive to look through the hard copy though...
• New International Version Study Bible is very similar to the NRSV Study Bible, but it is obviously an NIV Bible.  :)  The Bibles are really very similar in their formatting.
• NRSV Student Bible is what our youth use around the church.  I personally like this Bible.  The reading level for this Student Bible is around the sixth grade or so and the Study Bible is around the tenth grade I believe.  The church has these on hand if you would like to look through one. 
• Others - there are a ton of Bibles out there.  Some are specific to gender and age, and some are translated quite differently than others.  It is really personal preference and the three above (especially the NRSV) are just First Christian's Bibles of choice. 

Devotions

• The Secret Places devotional can be found in the church office.  This is a devotional for people of all ages and is published by the Upper Room folks.  We are checking to see if the Upper Room makes any devotionals for young adults.  If they do, we'll order some and put them in the Back Room. 
• Guidepost offers a yearly devotional as well as many other resources for personal devotion.  Their web page has free daily thoughts and devotions as well.  From their www.guideposts.org page you can go to their other pages (they have three or four) and see what interests you.  I personally like Guidepost materials. My mom buys them for us.  :)
• Chicken Soup for the everything can be found just about anywhere.  For an overview of all of their options check out www.chickensoup.com. 
• Christian bookstores offer a ton of different devotional materials.  Authors come from all different faith backgrounds and perspectives and when checking out the options, it's a good idea to get a feel for where the author is coming from.