FEATURED LINKS
This Christianity Today article written by James L. Wilson,
senior pastor of First Baptist Church, Alameda, New Mexico, provides simple guidelines for
any pastor who uses the web extensively.
The article contains many links
to helpful (and reliable) sites researched by the author.
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 illustrations for sermon preparation
The following sites have been suggested by fellow Free Will Baptist pastors and leaders. The inclusion of a link, however, should not be considered a blanket endorsement of that website. We encourage discernment on the part of every reader.
 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.
In addition to Christian classics, browsers will find secondary literature on the classics and other works valuable for the mission. For the most part, selections represent orthodox Christianity as understood by mainstream Protestant, Catholic, and Orthodox Christians, with greater emphases on Reformed and Protestant writings.
CCEL also seeks to provide effective resources and tools for edification, worship, leadership, ministry training, Christian scholarship, and education.
Project Gutenberg is the oldest producer of free ebooks on the Internet. The library of public domain books, both secular and sacred, was produced by thousands of volunteers. There are 20,000 free books in the Project Gutenberg Online Book Catalog.
A partner publication of Christianity Today, Christian History Magazine presents church history in an engaging, accurate, and insightful way. The magazine includes illustrations and historical art relevant to each theme. Historical timelines and relevant background information teach today’s Christians in today's world valuable lessons from those who faithfully served God in earlier eras and cultures.
Owned by Rev. Brett C. Blair and staffed by a team of Christians dedicated to the high ideals of the Christian faith, the website has many content providers around the world. In operation since 1997, the single website has grown to include several websites: Sermons.com, eSermons.com, ChildrensSermons.com, Clergy.net, and Christian-Dramas.com). SermonIllustrations.com dedicates itself to providing the highest quality of resources to communicate the Gospel of Christ.
The Cooperative Digital Resources Initiative of the American Theological Library Association and Association of Theological Schools is a repository of digital resources contributed by member libraries. The creation of CDRI was made possible by a generous grant from the Henry Luce Foundation; it is now an ongoing ATLA program.
The CDRI database provides access to digital images of woodcuts, photographs, slides, papyri, coins, maps, postcards, manuscripts, lithographs, sermons, shape-note tune books, and various forms of Christian art, architecture, and iconography.
 The Internet Archive is a secular 501(c)(3) non-profit organization founded to build an internet library, with the purpose of offering permanent access for researchers, historians, and scholars to historical collections in digital format. Founded in 1996, the Archive has been receiving data donations from around the globe. The collection includes historical texts, audio, and moving images.
NOTE: Treat Archive.org like a public library. It contains a vast amount of information of all types, including a large collection of religious texts. However the site also contains secular television shows, magazines, etc. Internet Archive is not a Christian organization, but it does give browsers access to a large number of hard-to-find historic texts. |
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