Bible Study Tools and Helpful Links

To assist and encourage you in your personal Bible Studies here are some links that will provide you with some powerful aids, including commentaries, audio, video, and sermon outlines from some of our favorite Bible teachers. You will find the Blue Letter Bible to be a user friendly, invaluable tool. Our hope is that the resources on this page will make your Bible study time enjoyable and productive. Have Fun!

• Blue Letter Bible - This is a powerful Bible study program. It features several Calvary Chapel Pastor's teachings, as well as others, including audio and video, and written commentaries. It has a powerful search engine which is integrated with Strongs Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge and many more excellent reference volumes.
• Chuck Smith Archive - Pastor Chuck has been the senior pastor of Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa since 1965. This is an extensive library of Pastor Chuck's teaching tapes, sermon outlines, and books. It also includes the videos "A Venture In Faith" and "Children's Ministry". * * * * *
• Christian Classics Ethereal Library - This is an electronic library from Calvin Christian College. It is an extensive resource of the classics of Christian literature. You can look up books by Author, Title or Type. It would take a lifetime to read the volumes available here. A great resource for the serious student. * * *
• Charles Spurgeon Archive - This is the best resource of Charles Haddon Spurgeon's writings and sermons. A wealth of information about Spurgeon and his personal library. The classic writings of Charles Spurgeon are among the most revered writings in all Christendom. * * * * *
• Merriam-Webster Online - Online Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus * * *
• Early Church Documents - This is an exhaustive guide to early church documents made available by the Institute For Christian Leadership (ICLnet). If you are interested in the writings of the early church fathers this site is for you! * * *
• Lion Of Judah Ministry - This is the site of Evangelist/Teacher Gary Fisher. You will find excellent articles concerning the fulfillment of Bible prophecy today. Gary is pre-tribulation rapture, and pre-millennial return of Christ all the way! * * *
• Dr.Walter Martin - Dr. Walter Martin's work is renowned as some of the greatest Christian apologetics of all time. His reference work on the cults entitled "Kingdom Of The Cults" is the classic work on the subject. If you seek to understand where the teachings of the cults are false in comparison to the teaching of the Bible, this is the site for you. Walter Martin was the original host for the national radio program The Bible Answer Man . * * * * *
• To Every Man An Answer - This is a live radio talk show featuring Pastor's Chuck Smith and Brian Broderson in a questions and answers format. The show regularly features guest Pastors, Instructors and Speakers from Calvary Chapel fellowships. The shows are archived as well so you can listen to previously broadcasted shows. If you have a Biblical question, it is sure to be answered here. * * *
• Chuck Missler - This is one of the best sites for students of Bible Prophecy. Chuck, a Naval academy graduate and former Branch Chief of the Dept. of Guided Missiles, had a remarkable 30-year executive career. He taught a weekly Bible study at Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa for Twenty Years. He is a renowned expert on the prophetic literature of the Bible. This site has tons of free resources, verse by verse Bible studies, in depth articles on Bible prophecy, apologetics, audio and video. * * * * *
• Calvary Satellite Network - If you like the teachings of Chuck Smith, Skip Heitzig, John Courson, Raul Ries, Greg Laurie, Mike Macintosh, John Macarthur, J. Vernon Mcgee etc.. You will want to make CSN part of your daily routine. Check it out! * * * * * *
• Through The Bible w/ Dr. J.Vernon McGee - This is a most enjoyable site for practical application of the Word of God. J. Vernon McGee was truly one of the treasures among expository preachers and teachers. His teachings are on audio and are archived so you can easily find a portion of Scripture you are interested in. * * * *
• The Creation - Evolution Encyclopedia - This is a great tool to help you weigh the scientific evidence concerning creation and evolution. Check out the scientific evidence for a "Young Earth", and the impossibility of the "Big Bang Theory". Read what Scientists say about the unreliability of "Radiocarbon Dating". Read the scientific evidence for the "Genesis Flood". Get into the evidence which reveals that there were no "Ape Men" in our ancestry. You will be amazed to learn how "The First and Second Laws of Thermodynamics" totally annihilate evolutionary theory . Much, much more!! * * * * * *
• The Jerusalem Post Internet Edition - Get first hand information on the current events in Israel. Founded in 1932 by Gershon Agron. * * * *
• Oswald Chambers - Enjoy the classic treasured devotional My Utmost For His Highest. Oswald Chambers was born in Scotland and spent much of his boyhood there. His ministry of teaching and preaching took him for a time to the United States and Japan. The last six years of his life were spent as principal of the Bible Training College in London, and as a chaplain to the British Commonwealth troops in Egypt during World War I. After his death, the books which bear his name were compiled by his wife from her own verbatim shorthand notes of his talks.
• Skip Heitzig - Skip Heitzig is the Pastor of Ocean Hills Church in San Juan Capistrano, California. He was the founder of Calvary Chapel Albuquerque, New Mexico. His teaching ministry is one of the most relevant, understandable, and applicable of our day. There are many great study tools on this site. Visit to hear Skip's teaching through the Bible.