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Resources for Editing Book Manuscripts:

Proofreading Secrets of Best-Selling Authors by Kathy Ide © Lighthouse Publishing of the Carolinas, 2013.

This website is dedicated to finding the best high quality and edifying free Christian resources for you. Make sure you don't miss out on any great content by signing up for the free weekly newsletter here. Christian Classics Ethereal Library (CCEL) is a very good site for classic Christian literature. Some modern Christian books are also provided free of charge. Desiring God is particularly generous with a large selection of John Pipers’s books available free for download.

The Copyeditor's Handbook: A Guide for Book Publishing and Corporate Communications: With Exercises and Answer Keys by Amy Einsohn

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Editing Fact and Fiction: A Concise Guide to Book Editing by Leslie T. Sharpe, Irene Gunther, and Richard Marek

Self-editing for Fiction Writers: How to Edit Yourself into Printby Renni Browne and Dave King

Resources for Editing Articles:

The Editor in Chief: A Practical Management Guide for Magazine Editors by Benton Rain Patterson, et al

The Magazine: Everything You Need to Know to Make It in the Magazine Businessby Leonard Mogel

The Magazine from Cover to Coverby Sammye Johnson,et.al

The Magazine Publishing Industry by Charles P. Daly, et al

Media Writer's Handbook: A Guide to Common Editing and Writing Problems by George T. Arnold

The Newspaper Publishing Industry by Robert G. Picard, et al

Grammar References:

A Basic Grammar Dictionary for Anyone by George Ann Gregory

The Deluxe Transitive Vampire: The Ultimate Handbook of Grammar for the Innocent, the Eager, and the Doomedby Karen Elizabeth Gordon

The Handbook of Good English by Edward D. Johnson

Sleeping Dogs Don't Lay: Practical Advice for the Grammatically Challenged by Richard Lederer, et al

Woe Is I: The Grammarphobe's Guide to Better English in Plain English by Patricia T. O'Connor

Punctuation References:

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American English Punctuation for Anyone by George Ann Gregory

Lapsing into a Comma: A Curmudgeon's Guide to the Many Things that Can Go Wrong in Print -- and How to Avoid Themby Bill Walsh

Dictionary and Thesaurus:

Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage. Merriam-Webster, Inc.

Dictionary of Problem Words and Expressions. Harry Shaw. by McGraw-Hill Inc.

The Dictionary of Concise Writing: 10,000 Alternatives to Wordy Phrases by Robert Harwell Fiske

The Disheveled Dictionary: A Curious Caper Through Our Sumptuous Lexicon by Karen Elizabeth Gordon

The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations

Roget's Super Thesaurus by Marc McCutcheon

Roget's Thesaurus of Phrasesby Barbara Ann Kipfer

Copyright References:

Copyrights and Copywrongs by Siva Vaidhyanathan

The Copyright Permission and Libel Handbook: A Step-by-Step Guide for Writers, Editors, and Publishers by Lloyd J. Jassin and Steve C. Schecter

Digital Copyright: Protecting Intellectual Property on the Internet by Jessica Litman

Getting Permission: How to License and Clear Copyrighted Materials Online and Off by Richard Stim

Kirsch's Handbook of Publishing Law: For Authors, Publishers, Editors, and Agentsby Jonathan Kirsch

The Public Domain: How to Find and Use Copyright-Free Writings, Music, Art & More

Reference Books for Historical Novels:

The Antique Hunter’s Guide to American Furniture, chests, cupboards, desks and other pieces, by William C. Kwrxhum Jr.

The Antique Hunter’s Guide to American Furniture, tables, chairs, sofas & beds, by Marvin D. Schwartz

Grammar References:

A Basic Grammar Dictionary for Anyone by George Ann Gregory

The Deluxe Transitive Vampire: The Ultimate Handbook of Grammar for the Innocent, the Eager, and the Doomedby Karen Elizabeth Gordon

The Handbook of Good English by Edward D. Johnson

Sleeping Dogs Don't Lay: Practical Advice for the Grammatically Challenged by Richard Lederer, et al

Woe Is I: The Grammarphobe's Guide to Better English in Plain English by Patricia T. O'Connor

Punctuation References:

American English Punctuation for Anyone by George Ann Gregory

Lapsing into a Comma: A Curmudgeon's Guide to the Many Things that Can Go Wrong in Print -- and How to Avoid Themby Bill Walsh

Dictionary and Thesaurus:

Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage. Merriam-Webster, Inc.

Dictionary of Problem Words and Expressions. Harry Shaw. by McGraw-Hill Inc.

The Dictionary of Concise Writing: 10,000 Alternatives to Wordy Phrases by Robert Harwell Fiske

The Disheveled Dictionary: A Curious Caper Through Our Sumptuous Lexicon by Karen Elizabeth Gordon

The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations

Roget's Super Thesaurus by Marc McCutcheon

Roget's Thesaurus of Phrasesby Barbara Ann Kipfer

Copyright References:

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Copyrights and Copywrongs by Siva Vaidhyanathan

The Copyright Permission and Libel Handbook: A Step-by-Step Guide for Writers, Editors, and Publishers by Lloyd J. Jassin and Steve C. Schecter

Digital Copyright: Protecting Intellectual Property on the Internet by Jessica Litman

Getting Permission: How to License and Clear Copyrighted Materials Online and Off by Richard Stim

Kirsch's Handbook of Publishing Law: For Authors, Publishers, Editors, and Agentsby Jonathan Kirsch

The Public Domain: How to Find and Use Copyright-Free Writings, Music, Art & More

Reference Books for Historical Novels:

The Antique Hunter’s Guide to American Furniture, chests, cupboards, desks and other pieces, by William C. Kwrxhum Jr.

The Antique Hunter’s Guide to American Furniture, tables, chairs, sofas & beds, by Marvin D. Schwartz

General Editing Resources:

The Art of Editing (7th Edition) by Brian S. Brooks, et al.

Copyediting: The Cambridge Handbook for Editors, Authors, and Publishers by Judy Butcher

Copyediting's Grammar Tune-Up Workbook by Erin Brenner

Creative Editing by Dorothy A. Bowles, et al

Developing Proofreading and Editing Skills by Sue C. Camp

Don't Fear the Reaper: Why Every Author Needs an Editor by Blake Atwood

Editing for Clear Communicationby Thom Lieb

Editing Made Easy by Bruce Kaplan

Editor of Genius by A. Scott Berg

The Editor as Self-Publishing Consultant by Linda Nathan

The Editor's Toolbox: A Reference Guide for Beginners and Professionals by Burk Ryan, Michael O'Donnell, Leland B. Ryan

Editorial Eye by Jane T. Harrigan

Editors on Editing by Gerald Gross

Murder of a Manuscript: Writing and Editing Tips to Keep Your Book Out of the Editorial Graveyard by Andrea Merrell, (2015) Lighthouse Publishing of the Carolinas

Writer's Friend: And a Companion for Copy Editors and Others Who Work with Publications by Martin L. Gibson

From Writer to Reader: Studies in Editorial Method by Philip Gaskell

The Copyeditor's Guide to Substance & Style by the Editors of EEI Press

The Editorial Eye, EEI's online subscription newsletter

Copyediting: A Practical Guide by Karen Judd

Resources for Professional Editorial Freelancers:

Copyediting for Professionals by Edmund J. Rooney, et al

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Editorial Freelancing: A Practical Guide by Trumbull Rogers

Resources for Editing Newsletters:

Editing Your Newsletter, Fourth Edition by Mark Beach

The Newsletter Editor's Desk Book by Marvin Arth, et al.

Newsletter Editor's Handbook by Marvin Arth, Helen Ashmore, and Elaine Floyd

Newsletter Source Book by Mark Beach and Elaine Floyd

Resources for Proofreading:

Go Ahead, Proof It!by K. D. Sullivan

Handbook for Proofreading by Laura Killen Anderson

Marking the Text by Joe Bray, et al

Mark My Words: Instruction and Practice in Proofreading by Peggy Smith

Powerful Proofreading Skills: Tips, Techniques and Tactics by Debra A Smith, Ralph Mapson, and Elaine Brett

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Proofreading Plain and Simple by Debra Hart May

Reference Books:

The Elements of Styleby William Strunk Jr., E. B. White, Roger Angell

Words Into Type by Marjorie E. Skillin, Robert Malcolm Gay

Merriam-Webster's Manual for Writers and Editors

Grammatically Correct: The Writer's Guide to Punctuation, Spelling, Style, Usage and Grammar by Anne Stillman

We live in a day of staggering privileges. There was a time when the only copy of the Scriptures would have been chained to the pulpit in the town’s church, and there are places where the rulers still ruthlessly hunt down copies of the Bible to be destroyed. But today in the English speaking world, we are infinitely privileged to have such free access to the word of God.

Beyond the accessibility of the Bible itself, we also have extraordinary access to powerful Bible study tools, many of which are available for free. Here are five of the best free Bible study tools online—or at least, five of my favorites that I personally use all the time.

Free Bible Study Tool #1: Blue Letter Bible

There are several powerful Bible software packages that you can spend hundreds or even thousands (!) of dollars to help you study the Bible in the original language, with helps to parse the verbs, see lexicon (dictionary) entries to define the words used, or to see cross references to other places where those words are used. With Blue Letter Bible, however, you get 90% of that functionality for free.

I use Blue Letter Bible all the time—every time I prepare to preach a sermon, write something where I need to do some closer exegetical analysis, or just where I’m curious about what’s happening “behind the scenes.” Here’s how I use Blue Letter Bible.

First, from the search bar at the top of the home page, select the Bible verse you want to study:

Then, hover your mouse over “Tools” beside the verse you are interested in, and then select “Interlinear”:

Clicking interlinear will pull up the original language of the verse (Greek or Hebrew), along with word-by-word comparisons from the original language to English. You might want to click “Parse” on the right side of the verb to get more information about the type of the verb you are dealing with, but most of the time, you’ll probably only need to click the Strong’s Concordance ID number:

This is the page that you are going to want to spend lots of time on. From Vine’s Expository Dictionary, you can get a short dictionary entry, and in the section marked Outline of Biblical Usage, you can see the various ways that the word in question is used in the Bible:

For a deeper definition, keep scrolling down to find the section marked “Thayer’s Lexicon” and get a very detailed definition of the word, including information about how the word was used in literature outside the Bible. But my favorite tool of all is the Concordance, where you can see all the places that the same word was used in other places in the Bible.

With the Concordance, it’s easier to see textual connections, where an author is deliberately referencing another passage, or where the same author develops a theme in another book of the Bible that he wrote.

Free Bible Study Tool #2: Bible Gateway

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One of the best ways to zero in on the meaning of a particularly challenging verse is to look at how a variety of different Bible translations phrased it. So, consider the wide variety of translations for 1 John 3:19–21, which looks like this in the English Standard Version:

[19] By this we shall know that we are of the truth and reassure our heart before him;

(1 John 3:19-21 ESV)

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In Bible Gateway, you can quickly flip through over 50 different Bible translations to see (for example) how various scholars translated the word “reassure” in 1 John 3:19, or how a paraphrase version like The Living Bible or The Message gives the sense of the passage. It’s a very handy way to figure out what might be going on in the verse.

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Subscribe to Free Daily Bible Study, and over the next year, study Genesis through 2 Chronicles for free.

Free Bible Study Tool #3: Commentaries on CCEL

I am a huge fan of CCEL, the Christian Classics Ethereal Library. I have read deeply into the works of Augustine, Calvin, Spurgeon, and more through their ministry of preserving classic Christian works online. If you haven’t checked out their website, do so now.

My favorite tool on CCEL is the Search Scripture tool, which allows you to search through their vast library to find all the documents that contain references to a specific passage. So, here’s the results for everything on CCEL related to John 1:14.

The list includes giants of the Christian faith like Athanasius, Augustine, John Chrysostom, John Calvin, Charles Spurgeon, John Wesley, and more. You can do that for any passage of Scripture you like. These resources are gold in the heritage of the Christian tradition—the works that believers for hundreds and thousands of years have read, studied, and profited from as they studied the Scriptures. When we read the legacy that they have left in their writing, we stand on the shoulders of the giants of faith who have come before us.

Free Bible Study Tool #4: M’Cheyne Bible Reading Plan Podcast (ESV)

If you are planning on subscribing to Free Daily Bible Study by podcast, you can also listen to each day’s reading on ESV by podcast too. ESV actually puts daily podcasts out for many of the various Bible reading plans available, but you can subscribe to the M’Cheyne Bible Reading Plan on podcast through iTunes here.

Free Bible Study Tool #5: Free Audio Directories

While CCEL stores public domain treasures of Christian literature from the past, there are also a few sermon directories that I would point you toward where you can download sermons, lectures, and even full-blown seminary courses for free. Here are some of my favorites:

Seminary Courses

Covenant Theological Seminary: I listened to the entirety of the Ancient & Medieval Church History course and the Reformation & Modern Church History course while I was preparing for my ordination exams.
Westminster Theological Seminary (iTunes link): I highly recommend the course on Medieval Church History by Carl Trueman.
Reformed Theological Seminary: Includes wonderful core courses, as well as a few specialty courses.

Sermon Directories

The Gospel Coalition: Organized by passage of Scripture, The Gospel Coalition features a huge variety of sermons from a very wide variety of speakers. This is a great place to find high quality sermons.
Monergism: Monergism includes a huge diversity of resources on all kinds of topics, but here are links to their Old Testament sermons and their New Testament sermons.
Sermon Audio: Tons of sermons from all kinds of pastors—some who are quite famous (I frequently listen to Joel Beeke sermons from here), and others who are absolutely obscure. Includes helpful tools to search for sermons by Bible passage.
Desiring God: John Piper’s wealth of sermons through the years are thankfully preserved and distributed for free through the Desiring God website. This is a link to discover his sermons by Scripture passage.
MLJ Trust: Martyn Lloyd-Jones was one of the greatest preachers who ever ministered in Great Britain, and the MLJ Trust made all of his sermons available for free on this website.

You can also find specific resources by book of the Bible on the Free Daily Bible Study Resources page.

Bonus Resource: Free Daily Bible Study

As a bonus, let me suggest that you subscribe right now to receive Free Daily Bible Study by email every day through the subscription form below. (Here are instructions on how to subscribe to the audio version: Free Daily Bible Study Podcast.) Every day (beginning January 1st, 2015), you will receive an email with a short meditation based on the day’s reading from the M’Cheyne Bible Reading Plan. A lot of people want to read through the Bible, but it can be a challenging process if you are trying to do it alone.

I wrote Free Daily Bible Study to help people read the Scriptures and understand each passage in its context within the broader unfolding story of the Bible—and especially to help people to see how each passage anticipates or announces the Lord Jesus Christ.

So if you haven’t already, subscribe by email below.

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