Free Resources

We are providing an ever increasing number of audio and print-based resources available for FREE in this section of EffectiveBibleStudy.com. Most of the audio files are MP3 recordings of various lesson series Richard Cravy created and delivered at the Tanglewood Church of Christ in Odessa, Texas or at the Sunset International Bible Institute in Lubbock, Texas.

You are welcome to listen to, read or download these materials free of charge. While our materials are copyrighted, we only ask you to give credit to EffectiveBibleStudy.com as your source if you quote from or distribute free copies to others. You do not have our permission to charge for or sell these copyrighted materials.

Yours for better Bible Study!
Richard Cravy

FREE MP3 AUDIO LESSON SERIES

2008 Effective Bible Study Course

Why the Bible (Still) Matters — MP3 Series

The Fundamentals of Worship — MP3 Series

I, Paul: The Life and Teachings of the Great Apostle — MP3 Series

Portraits of Jesus — MP3 Series

The God Who Is There — MP3 Series

OUTLINES, HANDOUTS & MORE

Sermon Series on Matthew Overview – PDF format

A Shadow of Good Things to Come – Overview of 27 sermons on this subject – PDF format

What Would Jesus Do? – 13 Lesson series by Charley Huffman focusing on discipleship, evangelism, and caring for others – PDF format

REPRODUCIBLE BULLETIN & TEACHING ARTICLES

The articles which appear here come from two sources:

From an evangelistic publication which I produced a number of years ago entitled Bible Illustrator
From the weekly bulletin which we produce at the Tanglewood Church of Christ in Odessa, Texas

Articles with my name on them may be reproduced freely without further permission from me. I would appreciate credit in a form such as, "By Richard Cravy, from EffectiveBibleStudy.com." Articles by other authors should include their name(s) and EffectiveBibleStudy.com as the source.

Each article is made available in both a Adobe Acrobat Reader format (PDF) and the RTF format readable by almost all word processing and desktop publishing programs. Some articles include illustrations or charts in the common JPG format, which may be used as well.

ARTICLES BY RICHARD CRAVY

"Are We Under the Ten Commandments?" RTF PDF JPG

"Can We Understand the Bible" RTF PDF JPG

"Famous Last Words" RTF PDF

"He Did Miracles" RTF PDF

"King of Kings" RTF PDF JPG

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“Israel Fieldbook” Free Book Download

A few weeks ago we featured a great book on Jerusalem by Galyn Weimers. Mr. Weimers has now released another book on Israel for free download. This 188 page book entitled Israel Fieldbook includes details and photos from 66 sites in Israel and 80 in Jerusalem. It is accompanied by 300+ photos plus maps, diagrams and charts at the back of the book. The previous book on Jerusalem was in 8.5" x 11" format, but this one is the more compact [...]
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Free Book on Apologetics

Dr. Kenneth D. Boa and Robert M. Bowman are two respected Christian apologists. In 2001 they co-edited and contributed with others to the writing of a 658 page book on apologetics entitled, Faith has Its Reasons.
Now they have made two digital versions of this book available for free download. The book includes a history of Christian apologetics, presentation of the four major approaches to apologetics, reviews of the major apologists past and present, an extensive bibliography and resource section and [...]
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“The God Who Is There” Sermons

Preaching on the existence of God.
To best teach our congregation at Tanglewood in Odessa on this vital topic of God’s existence, I have been delivering a series of Sunday morning sermons on “The God Who Is There.” In addition to the messages, I have also made recommendations on resources families can use to learn more and use with their children and grandchildren. To listen to any of these sermons, click on PAGES above and select “The God Who Is There.”
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“The God Who Is There” Resources

I have given some thought to the value of having a balanced and readily accessible set of resources on the existence of God.
- Allows the preacher, teacher and student of the Word to give an answer (with documentation) both to seekers and to critics to the Faith (1 Peter 3:15).
- Makes it possible to more accurately and persuasively strengthen the faith and equip believers.
- Demonstrates integrity in having familiarized ourselves with, and accurately represented, the views on those on “the other side” (those promoting a strictly naturalistic, materialistic explanation).
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“The God Who Is There” Series

A Dire Situation
A great battle is now in progress in our American culture. It's a battle that has been going on for perhaps half a century now. Unfortunately the spiritual forces opposing belief in God and all that comes with it have been winning this battle.
At present we wonder why we are seeing the majority of our own youth abandoning their faith as they leave home. Perhaps it is because they have no deep conviction about the existence of God [...]
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Free Book on Jerusalem

In doing a recent series of lessons on the city of Jerusalem throughout the Bible, I cast a wide net to find resources of a historical, geographical, and archeological nature concerning this great city in the Old and New Testaments. One very valuable resource has been a free (for download) 250 page book written by Galyn Wiemers from www.generationword.com. Entitled, "Jerusalem: History, Archeology and Apologetic Proof of Scripture," it contains over 500 photos, maps and charts along with much explanatory text. [...]
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“Portraits of Jesus” Series Available

Without argument, more paintings, drawings, images and statues have been made of Jesus than of any other person who has ever lived! Early catacomb images pictured Him with short hair and clean-shaven. Western artists of the Middle Ages up until today give Him longer hair, a beard, and more Western European features. But the truth is, the eye-witness records do not give us one shred of evidence about his actual appearance. Why? The answer is not clear. But this is clear: the gospel writers were not interested in what He looked like – they wanted everyone to know what He WAS like!
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Books That Changed My Thinking (4)

Vine’s Expository Dictionary of Old and New Testament Words should be one of the most treasured books in any serious Bible student’s library. Among its many values: discover how challenging the translation process can be from Greek to English (and give Bible translators a break!) Newer expository dictionaries are now available, but once you learn to use Vine’s you can comfortably switch to one of them if you wish.
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