4 Bible Study Resources for Learning & Teaching the Bible

Let’s be real—leading a Bible study or even reading the Bible on your own can feel a little challenging sometimes. Maybe you're a sophomore trying to lead a Bible study on Galatians for the first time, or you’re a freshman wanting to get deeper in God’s Word. Whatever it is, we’ve got the resources that can help you dive into the Bible. We’re talking context, commentary, and insight that can help you experience Scripture coming alive.

1. The Bible Project

These aesthetically pleasing and easy-to-follow videos are actually super fun to go through. Tim Mackie and Jon Collins do a great job at providing comprehensive overviews of various books of the Bible and important concepts found throughout Scripture. (Plus the ASMR? Let’s go.) They also have Bible reading plans that are varying lengths, paired with suggested Bible Project videos for context. Find their videos on Youtube and check them out here: https://bibleproject.com/

2. How To Read The Bible For All Its Worth 

This two-book series provides guidance on how to interpret scripture according to what the Biblical authors intended. Each chapter addresses a set of books in the Bible with similar genre/attributes. For example, how we read Apostle Paul’s letters to the early churches ought to be different from how we understand the Old Testament Prophets pleading with the rebellious Israelites. Along the way, the authors draw insights from sample passages per genre. Check out the books to understand the high-level contour of your Bible, and level up in drawing insight from your devotions!

3. ESV Study Bibles

Here at Campus Light, we use the ESV version of the Bible. The complementary study Bible is a great resource to understand the historical, linguistic, and Scriptural context of each passage you’re looking at. You can purchase a physical copy, or you can download the ESV Bible app and get one of the study Bibles in the app. A nice thing is that in the app, the commentary can be placed side-by-side with the text you’re going through—and they’ll hyperlink related Bible verses for you!

4. ReasonableFaith.org

If you’ve got questions about science and faith, the existence of God in a world of pain and suffering, whether the Bible is accurate and true, the foundation of moral values, the historicity of the resurrection, objective versus relative truth, and the plurality of religions, or other difficult questions, this is the place to go! While the site and corresponding books don’t go through specific books of the Bible, they are excellent resources to turn to when questions arise from your reading of the Bible.

Reasonable Faith “aims to provide in the public arena an intelligent, articulate, and uncompromising yet gracious Christian perspective on the most important issues concerning the truth of the Christian faith today.” In 2016, William Lane Craig—the founder and thinker behind Reasonable Faith—was named “one of the fifty most influential living philosophers.” So if you’re facing questions and don’t know where to look (please don’t just turn to TikTok), check out reasonablefaith.org!

Hope this helps! Please reach out to us if you have any other suggestions you’d like to include in this post. Happy Bible studying!

The author of this post is Dr. Aurora Sun. She is currently a researcher at Princeton University and recently graduated from Princeton with her PhD in Politics (International Relations). She loves to talk about Jesus, human rights, and how the gospel changed her life. If you have any questions about anything in this post, don’t hesitate to reach out!