Have a look… Please browse through this page – there is lots of information and pointers – if you have a question or need more help, please contact our youth worker, Jon or your local church or sunday school leaders.

Why read the Bible…

  • Tells you about God
  • God can speak to you through the Bible
  • Is more interesting than you probably think – love, fighting, romance, death, sex, marriage, Jesus, the end of the world, heaven, etc…
  • The bible tells us to
  • Why Not?

I don’t have a Bible…
If you don’t have a Bible, you can buy one from your local Christian bookshop or if you regularly attend the St.Pauls church, we can lend you one, maybe even buy you one!

There are also online Bibles – www.biblegateway.com

Living Word Christian Bookshop: 30 Crescent Road, Bognor Regis, West Sussex, PO21 1QG. Phone: 01243 828223

Wesleyowen: www.wesleyowen.com

There are lots of different versions of the Bible, If you are not sure which translation to buy, ask the shop or someone from a local church. I would recommend one of the following:

  • The Youth Bible
    The Message
    The NIV (New International Version)

Free Bible notes…
I you want to find out more about the Bible, or want to start reading it every day, you can use daily Bible reading notes. These give you a bit to read each day and usually some comments and questions to help you understand what you have read.

You can get Bible notes from all Christian Bookshops or from most Churches. I recommend Topz, YP’s or Breakfast with God. These three are all designed for young people – choose the age that suits you!

If you would like free notes, you could try the following:

http://www.ivpress.com/bible/today.php

http://www.christnotes.org/


Useful Passages…

Loneliness Psalm 23 or Isaiah 41 10 or Hebrews 13 5-6
Sorrow 2 Corinthians 1 3-5 and Romans 8 26-28
Decision James 1 5-6 and Proverbs 3 5-6
Danger Psalm 91 and Psalm 121
Fear Hebrews 13 5-6 and Ephesians 6 10-18
Temptation James 1 12-16 and 1 Corinthians 10 6-13
Indifference Galatians 5 19-21 and Hebrews 10 26-31
Depressed Psalm 34
Doubting Matthew 8 26 and Hebrews 11

For more of these, please visit www.gideons.org and browse around ”Bible Helps’ or see a Christian or your someone from your Church.

Where things are…

Jesus’ Birth Matthew 1 18-25 and Luke 2 1-7
The Wise Men Matthew 2 1-12
The Shepherds Luke 2 8-20
Jesus walks on water Mark 6 45-52 or John 6 16-21 or Matthew 14 22-36
The Good Samaritan Luke 15 11-32
The son who was lost Luke 15 11-32
The feeding of the 5000 Matthew 14 13-21
The first Palm Sunday Matthew 21 1-11
The last supper Matthew 26 17-30 or Mark 14 12-26

How the Bible works…
Most Bibles are laid out in the same way. Normally they both the Old and the New Testaments. There is a list of the books in the front of the Bible. Most references to passages in the Bible are written in the same way.

eg: Mark 8 1-2 or Mark 8:1-2 or Mark 8 v1,2

Below is a typical extract from the Bible.

Mark 8 Is the ‘Book’ and the ‘Chapter’
8 Is where the ‘Chapter’ starts
2 The small 2 is where the ‘Verse’ starts.