Books:

Before You Open Your Bible by Matt Smethurst

Asking the Right Questions by Matthew S. Harmon

Bible Reading and Study:

The Bible Project:
The Bible Project is an incredible website that puts together helpful videos and audio experiences about the Bible. They’ve been doing this for many years, but this year they are launching "playlists.” If you subscribe to their playlist option, they will send out weekly content straight to your email. It is around 30 minutes of devoted time with audio of Bible readings, videos explaining the passages in depth, and questions to help you consider the truths. The first playlist they are doing is over Jesus’ sermon on the mount. Pastor Matt is doing this and would love for you to join him. They also have an app where you track progress if you like to gamify tasks like this to stay organized and disciplined.

RightNow Media:
This is a resource we pay for as a church - meaning you don’t have to pay for. It’s a streaming service for video Bible studies and kid's lessons/shows. Think of something similar to Netflix but for Bible resources. You can email us and we’ll get you set up to jump in. You should really jump on this soon if you feel inclined - as we as a church will stop paying for it in June 2024.

Dwell:
Dwell is an auditory experience with the Bible where they provide audiobook style playlists where you can choose either a book or a topic - and gradually make your way through audio recordings of someone reading scripture to you. It’s very accessible - especially for many of us on the go. They have options of voices and options with background music. We get that to look forward to this in July after we take advantage of RightNow media. Our church will get an account and you can subscribe with us (free for you when you do this through us in July).

Reading Plans:
The Gospel Coalition put together this summary of several reading plan styles to choose from - including the M’Cheyne Reading Plan, a five-day per week reading plan, a 5x5x5 reading plan, and a straight through the Bible reading plan.

SPEAK Bookmark:

Click here to download the SPEAK bookmark.