Avondale Pattillo UMC

Resources for Christians

• Bibles
• General Religious
• History
• Media
• Methodism
• References

You can find more resource links at the bottom of most of our topical pages (children, education, music, stewardship, and more).

Special resources on this site

• Advent through Epiphany
• Bible Study Resources
• Black religious leaders
• Fun (humor, cartoons, games ...)
• Lent through Easter

Bibles

• About Bible Translations
• Aramaic Bible
• Bible - Time articles dealing with the Bible
• Contemporary English Version Bible
• Geneva Study Bible
• Harmony of the Gospels - parallel Bible format
• Interlinear Bible - Greek or Hebrew plus English
• The Linked Bible - text is linked to Strongs'
• NET Bible - New English Translation
• Parallel Bible - select which two translations you want to see in parallel for any verse or passage.

History

• Advent through Epiphany
• Ancient world cultures, stories
• Black religious leaders in the U.S.
• Brief history of the New Testament
• Concise history of the English Bible
• Dead Sea Scrolls
• The early church
• Early church fathers
• Exploring ancient world cultures
• Fundamentalism (Wake Forest Univ.)
• Fundamentalism (Drury Univ.)
• Gods & Goddesses
• Internet Ancient History Sourcebook
• Lent to Easter
• Myths & legends
• Religious history
• Resources for General Christian History
• This week in Christian History

Media

 News

• Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Faith & Values. [Requires a free registration]
• Chicago Sun Times - Religion
• The Christian Post
• Christian World News (CBN)
• Christianity Today (news)
• Dallas Morning News - Religion.  [Requires a free registration]
• Ecumenical Church News (World Council of Churches)
• Ecumenical News International
• Faith & Values [Atlanta Journal Constitution newspaper]
• The Kansas City Star - Faith section.  [Requires a free registration]
• LA Times - Religion
• Minneapolis Star-Tribune.  Faith & Values section
• News - The Environment (MSNBC)
• ReliefWeb News -- relief needs of the Africa Great Lakes Region
• Religion and Ethics newsweekly [PBS]
• Religion & Ethics News (BBC)
• Religion News Service
• Religion Today [news - Baptist]
• Reporter interactive
• Today's religious news
• United Methodist News Service
• United Nations (Humanitarian Affairs) News - Africa Great Lakes Region

 Online Christian music

Radio stations

• KJBB - Christian Hits (Watertown, SD)
• KLOVE - "Positive and encouraging" Christian music. 
               (Select the "Listen online" image link in the left column)
• WGNZ - Southern Gospel
• WOAK - Southern Gospel (LaGrange, GA)
• WWJC - Southern Gospel
• VOAR - Christian Hits (Canada)
• WWHP, "The Whip" - Country Gospel, Jazz, Blues, and more (Farmer City, ID)

Christian music web sites

• Altared Lives Radio - Hip Hop and urban Gospel
• Anointed Sounds Christian Radio
• Christian Hard Rock
• Christian Hip Hop
• Christian Rock
• Crossrock - "The next generation of Christian music"
• CrossRhythms - artist interviews
• Dove Radio
• Front Porch Fellowship - Bluegrass Gospel
• The Gospel Station - Country Gospel

 Other media

• Alive Now magazine - Upper Room
• Avondale Pattillo UMC News blog - new 2/18/08
• Children's Bible Hour - includes songs & stories
• Christian Ethics Today
• Christian Social Action (GBCS)
• El Aposento Alto
• The Gallery (Christian art)
• Guideposts magazine
• HeartLight Magazine
• Interpreter - UM magazine for active United Methodists
• Jerusalem Christian Review
• Method.X - The Way of Christ (Upper Room)
• Mission Frontiers bulletin
• Mission update (UM Women's Division)
• New World Outlook - The UMC mission magazine
• ONE blog
• Our Daily Bread - devotionals and online booklets
• Outreach magazine -  new 10/1/2007 
• Relevant magazine
• ReligioNews blog (includes links to other religious blogs) - new 2/18/08
• Response magazine article archive - United Methodist Women in mission
• Speaking of Faith (Public Radio International)
• Spirituality & Religion (PBS)
• The Turning Magazine
• Upper Room  - daily devotionals and more
• Webs 4 Churches blog - new 2/18/08
• Words of Hope - today's meditation

Methodism

• Action Ministries
• Archives & denomination history
• Articles of Religion of the Methodist Church
• Attack of the Bible Moths - the start of Methodism 
• Book of Discipline - 1992
• Camp Glisson
• Church structure in the UMC
• Cokesbury online
• Cross & flame symbol history
• General Board of Global Ministries
• History of the United Methodist Church
• Hymns for the current lectionary week (HymnSite.com)
• Influencing public policy is United Methodist way (Interpreter)
• Lake Junaluska Conference & Retreat Center
• Methodist Archives Research Centre (U.K.)
• Methodist church director
• The Methodist Church - UK
• Music expert debunks myth that the Wesleys used drinking songs
• My Spiritual Journey
• North Georgia Conference
• No. GA Conf. church, clergy locators
• No. GA United Methodist Men
• Official positions of the UMC
• Prayer calendar - North Georgia Conference
• United Methodist Church online
• United Methodist Men
• United Methodist Men (Yahoo links)
• United Methodist Men - a global discussion group
• United Methodist Publishing House
• United Methodist Reporter
• Women Preachers in the Methodist and Holiness Traditions

References

• ABCs for Christian Growth
• Advanced Bible Studies
• Attributes of God study
• AutoIllustrator [sermon helps]
• Bible Basics and pronunciations
• Bible Browser (advanced search)
• Bible Study Resources
• Bible studies, by book & topic
• Bible Study Resources (Discipleship Journal)
• Bible study tools online - commentaries, dictionaries, lexicons, and more
• Bible topics
• Bible (Microsoft Encarta online) - search on "bible"
• Bible verse search
• Bible study
• The Christian Canon - Encyclopedia Britannica
• Comparison of the Gospels - Course documents
• Dictionary of African Christian Biography
• Encyclopedia of Religion and Society
• Faith Communities Today - largest survey of congregations ever done in the U.S.
• Glossary of Worship, Prayer, and Litany
• Illustrations (anecdotes)
• Languages of the Bible
• Language Translator
• Maps - NET Bible
• Mark's use of the [Coptic] Gospel of Thomas
• Online Resources for the Study of Christianity
• Origins of the Bible and Christianity - a secular perspective
• Religion (MS Encarta)
• Religion and Spirituality Index (Yahoo directory)
• Religious Studies Internet Links
• Resources for Christian growth - notes, maps, charts
• Resource pages for Biblical Studies - Early Christian writings, social world
• The Sacred name
• Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
• Virtual Religion Index
• What the Bible says about ...

General - Religious

• Bible quizzes - take a quiz!
• Bits & pieces (humor & commentary)
• Christianity (BBC)
• The Christian Left? (PBS)
• Christian music online
• Christian radio online
• Christianity (part of the BBC's Religion & Ethics section) -  New 9/03/07 
• Christianity online
• ChristSites
• Chuck Currie's Blog.  Daily views on faith and politics from a United Church of Christ Seminarian
• Church World Service
• Clergy Leadership Network
• CyberHymnal
• Ecumenical links (World Council of Churches)
• EthicsDaily.com
• The Faces of Jesus (Discovery Channel)
• Faces of Jesus (ReJesus)
• Faith and Environment
• Faith Communities Today - largest survey of congregations ever done in the U.S.
• Faithful America
• The Four Spiritual Laws (a Flash animation)
• Glossary of Worship, Prayer, and Litany
• God is not a Republican. Or a Democrat
• Holy Days (BBC)
• Holy Land Network - Includes online "tours"
• Homosexuality and Religion
• HymnSite.com
• Infant baptism - origins
• The Interfaith Alliance
• The Jesus Story (podcast or video)
• The Lesbian & Gay Christian Movement The National Resource Centre
• Let Justice Roll (NCC)
• Living Bible Museum
• MIDI hymnals on the Web
• National Council of Churches of Christ in the USA
• The Passion - BBC ReJesus site - new 3/30/2008
• Peace with God (ATS) - new 3/30/2008
• Protestantism links
• Radio Bible Class
• Religion-Online (a collection of differing views by recognized religious scholars on Biblical topics) - new 2/18/08
• Resource pages for Biblical Studies - Early Christian writings, social world
• Ron Hutchcraft Ministries
• Stereotypes - outline of a presentation on Disability Awareness Sunday
• The Story (of Jesus) - BBC - new 3/30/2008
• Upwords by Max Lucado
• The Way of the Cross (multimedia presentation)
• Why you can believe the Bible
• Yahoo Religion directories
• Youth for Christm
• Youth Pastor site