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BIBLE STUDY TOOLS

The Bible Gateway is a tool for reading and researching scripture online -- all in the language or translation of your choice! It provides advanced searching capabilities, which allow readers to find and compare particular passages in scripture based on keywords, phrases, or scripture reference.
 
Seek and you will find it. BibleMaster.com combines the power of a Scripture search, Bible study search, and sermon search (through SermonCentral.com) to provide you with more than "chapter & verse" results. You can even interact with other users to post comments and questions … for FREE
 
Our mission is to facilitate in-depth study of God's Word through an on-line interactive reference library continuously updated from the teachings and commentaries of selected pastors and teachers who hold to the conservative, historical Christian faith.
 
Got Questions Ministries seeks to glorify the Lord Jesus Christ by providing Biblical, applicable, and timely answers to spiritually-related questions through an internet presence.
 
A quick way to find scriptural references for different topics / issues.
 

 MISSIONS / DISASTER RELIEF / HUMANITARIAN AIDE

World Hope
World Hope International is a faith based relief and development organization alleviating suffering and injustice through education, enterprise and community health.
 
Global Partners
As a dynamic leader in modern missions Global Partners brings together resources, personnel and other organizations to make an impact in the lives of people around the world. Global Partners serves more than 90 countries with 230 missionaries. The mission to exalt Jesus Christ by calling and mobilizing believers to global ministries of evangelism, church planting, leadership development and ministries of compassion is strong. Global Partners is challenging college graduates to give at least two years of their life to the un-reached people groups representing one-third of the world's population who have never heard of Jesus.
 

EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES

Christian Connector (provides a free information service to Christian Colleges).
The Christian Connector offers a "one-stop-shop" for receiving free information from Christian colleges. There are over 90 Christian colleges and Bible colleges that you can conveniently choose to get information from — all in one place! Completing the free information request form is like attending a huge Christian college fair without ever leaving home. We also offer a $1,000.00 Christian college scholarship drawing. The site has dozens of links to Christian colleges, as well as admissions and financial aid tips and more. All of our information services are offered absolutely free!
 
The spirit of this Web site is to encourage the public schools to help our children develop a love of reading and gain a rigorous literary education through excellent literature choices.
 
The official web site of Practical Homeschooling Magazine
 
A guide to homeschool resources and services that will help you successfully homeschool your children.
 
Welcome to Homeschool Christian.com. We're your source for information and support for Christian homeschoolers. Check the pull-down menus on the top of this page for home schooling information, 24 message boards (new 4/16 the Empty Nest Board), and regularly scheduled chats to inform and encourage you as you instruct your children in the way they should go. This is an unapologetically Christian Web site to aid Christian families in giving their children a superior home education. All respectful folks are welcome.
 
We realize that the transition from high school to college is a difficult one, and yet, it is a transition that is often overlooked. College bound high school students are often told that their time in college is going to be the "best four years of their lives," but the reality can be quite different. First, when students are not transitioning well they often think that it is their own fault or that something is wrong with them: I thought this was supposed to be the best time of my life? Second, the statement is almost arcane. Very few students graduate in four years. While it is admittedly impossible to prepare students completely for the college transition, there are steps that can be taken to help students transition more smoothly.
 
The Christian Classics Ethereal Library (CCEL) seeks to build up the church by making classic Christian literature widely available and promoting its use for edification and study by interested Christians, seekers and scholars. The CCEL accomplishes this by selecting, collecting, distributing, and promoting valuable literature through the World Wide Web and other media.
 
 FAMILY RESOURCES
FamilyLife, a division of Campus Crusade for Christ, provides practical, biblical tools to strengthen marriage and family relationships.
 
We have a vision to help parents change the way they think about parenting. The scriptures are relevant and practical for families of all types, whether they be traditional families, single parent families, or blended families. Our goal is to provide practical biblical resources, National Christian Parenting Conferences, and local Effective Parenting Support Groups to give parents new insight into how to live their lives according to God's Word.
 
Family.org is a website of Focus on the Family. Our mission is to cooperate with the Holy Spirit in disseminating the Gospel of Jesus Christ to as many people as possible, and, specifically, to accomplish that objective by helping to preserve traditional values and the institution of the family.
 
The Family Research Council (FRC) champions marriage and family as the foundation of civilization, the seedbed of virtue, and the wellspring of society. FRC shapes public debate and formulates public policy that values human life and upholds the institutions of marriage and the family. Believing that God is the author of life, liberty, and the family, FRC promotes the Judeo-Christian worldview as the basis for a just, free, and stable society.
 
The mission of the National Center for Fathering is to improve the well-being of children by inspiring and equipping men to be more effectively involved in the lives of children.. In response to a dramatic trend towards fatherlessness in America, the Center was founded in 1990 by Dr. Ken Canfield to conduct research on fathers and fathering, and to develop practical resources to prepare dads for nearly every fathering situation.
 
The National Fatherhood Initiative (NFI) was founded in 1994 to lead a society-wide movement to confront the problem of father absence. NFI's mission is to improve the well-being of children by increasing the proportion of children growing up with involved, responsible, and committed fathers.
 
MEDIA / ENTERTAINMENT RESOURCES
Movieguide is a ministry dedicated to redeeming the values of the mass media according to biblical principles, by influencing entertainment industry executives and helping families make wise media choices.  "Commending those who do right" (1 Peter 2:14)
 
Plugged In is a Focus on the Family publication designed to help equip parents, youth leaders, ministers and teens with the essential tools that will enable them to understand, navigate and impact the culture in which they live. Entertainment is a potent influence on our culture for both good and evil. Through our reviews and discussions of that entertainment, we hope to spark intellectual thought, family discussion, spiritual growth and a strong desire to follow the command of Colossians 2:8. "See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the basic principles of this world rather than on Christ."
 
Welcome to Hollywood Jesus. Visual movie reviews, with explorations into the deeper more profound meaning behind film, music and pop culture.
 
The movie, electronic game, music, cable and broadcast television industries have each voluntarily developed clear and informative parental advisory systems to provide families with advance information on the content of entertainment products. This site provides "one-stop shopping" to each of these parental advisory systems.
 
The Parents Television Council was founded in 1995 to ensure that children are not constantly assaulted by sex, violence and profanity on television and in other media. Our national grassroots organization has nearly one million members across the United States, and works with television producers, broadcasters, networks and sponsors in an effort to stem the flow of harmful and negative messages targeted to children. We are a nonpartisan organization that works with elected and appointed government officials to enforce broadcast decency standards. Most importantly, the PTC produces critical research and publications documenting the dramatic increase in sex, violence and profanity in entertainment. This information is provided free of charge so parents can make informed viewing choices for their own families.
 
One Million Moms is an online community of mothers aimed at stopping the exploitation of our children, especially by the entertainment media (TV, music, movies, etc.).
 
Dad, are you fed up with the filth many segments of our society, especially the entertainment media, are throwing at our children? Are you tired of all the negative influences our children are forced to contend with? If so, we urge you to become a member of OneMillionDads.com.
 
Are you fed up with the garbage many segments of our society, especially the entertainment media, are throwing at you? Are you tired of all the negative influences you are forced to contend with? If so, we urge you to become a member of OneMillionYouth.com. OneMillionYouth.com was begun to give young people ages 13-21 an impact with the decision-makers and let them know we are upset with the messages they are sending and the values (or lack of them) they are pushing. Our goal is to stop the exploitation of our generation, especially by the entertainment media (TV, music, movies, etc.).
 
BREATHEcast.com, part of Breathe Networks, is under the umbrella of Jubilee Mission Inc. Jubilee Mission's goal is to proclaim the Gospel of Christ through culture, with emphasis on music, dance, media, and the fine arts. Breathe Networks is the broadcasting arm of Jubilee Mission, with hope to reach the Christian community of the world, as well as to those that have not yet known Jesus Christ.


 
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