List of free e-resources

There are many free e-resources available for you to use. The choice can be overwhelming and not all options are trustworthy. Below is a list which we hope will make them more user friendly.

But here is a tip: AI assistants (like chatGPT) are unreliable and unacceptable sources but they can be are good at finding good sources! Rather than searching through lists, it might be more effective to ask an AI assistant to find a source for you. Be very detailed in what you are looking for. For example, ‘Please find me 3 free peer reviewed journal articles from reformed scholars from the last 10 years about such and such a topic.’

Bible Study Tools

  • Biblegateway. This is a great website for comparing Bible versions (150 versions available) or searching for a word or phrase in the Bible.  It also provides free access to many of the commentaries, including those from the IVP New Testament Commentary series.
  • The STEP Bible: A really powerful tool provided by Tyndale House. You can compare versions, see repeated words, and easily access the original languages, even if you don’t know them!
  • Bishop: Sword Project: A powerful, free app for your phone.
  • Bible Study Tools: You need to pay to use most of the tools on this site. However the Bible dictionaries are free to use. The best is ‘Baker’s Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology.’ (At the bottom of each article it even tells you how to reference it.)

Online Commentaries – Recommended

Searchable Articles

The following two sites are relatively easy to search and the majority of their material will be reliable.

  • Christian Study Library: A South African collection of articles organised by topic, both theological and practical. This site is easy to search. (It even distinguishes between basic, popular, semi-technical and technical articles.)
  • Theology on the Web: A collection of mostly older journal articles on all sorts of topics. At first it does not seem easy to search. But on the right side you will see a list of 7 categories (beginning with ‘Biblical Archaeology’). Click on the category you are looking for (e.g. ‘biblical studies’) and it will take you to a site that is easier to search.
  • (As a search tool for the above) Tyndale House Search: This site functions as a kind of detailed search for ‘Theology on the web.’ Under ‘Media Type’ select ‘PDF.’ Then search for what you are looking for.

Other Articles and E-books – Recommended

Here is a list of websites that offer free theological and/or practical articles and e-books. While they are not always easily searchable, we are relatively confident that most of the material they offer will agree with the NETS Statement of Faith.

Articles – Less Sure

The following sites also have many free articles. We have categorised them under a different heading as we cannot be so sure that the articles will agree with the NETS Statement of Faith. Be discerning as you choose which articles to use.

Classic Books

These sites have many classic works, Christian and Secular, from before Christ through to the early modern period.