Spiritual Resources + Tools
A Round-Up of Resources for Your Christian Walk
There are so many great Christian resources out there these days, we truly have so many tools at our fingertips! I've rounded up some of the best I've found to help you grow in your relationship with God.
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Bible by YouVersion
With over 400 million downloads, this is by far one of the most popular bible apps in the world. It includes all the core reading features (highlight, bookmark, notes, etc.) you could want, plus content plans to help you dive into different topics.
Bible App for Kids
This YouVersion app for kids is designed to cultivate a lifelong love of God's word through engaging animations, interactive activities, & storytelling. It's easy-to-use & features kid-friendly navigation for kids ages 4 & up.
Spark Bible
Spark Bible is not only really well designed, but it also connects readers with additional learning resources that correlate with each chapter of the Bible.
Bible App by Olive Tree
Olive Tree stood out because they allow you to access an immense library of curated resources as you read through scripture.
Parallel Plus Bible
The Parallel Bible optimizes itself for Greek & Hebrew word studies, allowing you to do a quick, side-by-side comparison of different bible versions.
Streetlights
Streetlights is a well-produced audio bible. It is really in its own category combining music and ambiance to create a unique listening experience. They also have Spanish translations of the bible, teachings, and music.
Reading Plans + Devotional Apps
BibleProject
BibleProject is rethinking your typical reading plan, breaking the bible into guided movements to help you better meditate on scripture. You can listen and watch BibleProject's incredible content for each movement and collect links to help you remember what you learned.
Glorify
Glorify has five rhythms to complete each day: a quote, passage, devotional, reflection, and prayer. Each of these helps you build a holistic way to connect with God through daily worship. Its design is clean and simple to use.
Read Scripture
This is an incredible year-long reading plan developed by Crazy Love Ministries (Francis Chan). It integrates the Bible Project's must-watch videos that give context & explain themes for each book of the bible.
First 5
This app by Proverbs 31 Ministries is known for their great devotional content, and it provides an organized way to study the Bible during the first five minutes of your day each morning. It has reminders and daily scripture passages to start your day with God’s Word.
Our Daily Bread
This is a widely downloaded app, and it encourages millions of people to spend more time with God. It features daily readings that are translated into several different languages. You can listen to the word through its audio player feature, as well as set daily reminders for reading God’s word. You can also bookmark your favorite readings and share them with people through social media and email.
He Reads Truth
Choose between their popular "Bible in Year" reading plan or one of their many thoughtfully designed reading plans with new content added daily. They've also created a beautiful lock screen and background art featuring scripture that you can download for free.
She Reads Truth
This app provides the same kinds of content & functionality as He Reads Truth, except is written by & for women specifically. Some reading plans also include study books for small groups you can order separately if desired.
Lectio 365
Lectio 365 is a well-designed daily devotional that guides you through a simple framework called P.R.A.Y. The P.R.A.Y rhythm helps you to take a moment each day to pause, read and reflect on scripture, and pray to God.
Listen + Learn
RefNet Christian Radio
RefNet, an outreach of Ligonier, is a 24-hour Christian radio featuring biblical preaching, bible readings, news, & music. Just click play to start your on-air experience.
FaithPlay
FaithPlay is a podcast app that gives you access to some of the best sermons & messages from a wide range of speakers & theologians. Chances are, if you're looking for audio content by a specific speaker, you'll find it here.
Ask Pastor John
This simple app by John Piper gives you access to his library of audio clips, where Piper answers tough theological & pastoral questions.
The Gospel Coalition
TGC app has amassed a ton of biblically informed essays, interviews, videos, podcasts, & more. It's constantly being updated with new content that responds to current conversations & events happening around the world.
**This is not a comprehensive list of the wide variety of Biblically sound preachers, teachers and theologians out there that also have apps and websites.
Watch
RightNow Media
RightNow Media is the world's largest library of bible study video resources. You can search by topic, books of the bible, author, age, etc.
The Chosen
This new, highly produced TV series not only dramatizes the life of Jesus, but also captures the humanity & backstory of the characters surrounding him.
Pure Flix
Think of PureFlix as Netflix for family-friendly, faith-based content. The app offers thousands of Christian TV shows, movies, and kids' programming, as well as documentaries, how-to's, and health and fitness videos.
Education
MasterLectures
Brought to you by Zondervan Academic, this app is packed with exclusive educational videos designed for accessible academic study. Choose from a wide variety of topics to study, such as biblical history, Greek, & biblical interpretation. You can try it for free, but it does require a subscription.
BiblicalTraining
With this app, you'll get access to over 2,100 hours of biblical education & classes from top academics & lecturers.
Enduring Word Commentary
This robust, 11,000-page commentary gives a verse-by-verse breakdown of scripture. It's a great free resource to have handy when you're digging into the word. Each bible chapter is outlined by biblical topic.
Got Questions
GotQuestions.org is a ministry of dedicated and trained servants who have a desire to assist others in their understanding of God, Scripture, salvation, and other spiritual topics. We are Christian, Protestant, evangelical, theologically conservative, and non-denominational.
Prayer Apps
Prayer Mate
PrayerMate helps you pray consistently for the people and causes you care about. It helps you to pray faithfully and widely by organizing your prayer life so you can focus on what matters. Develop a discipline of prayer as PrayerMate helps you organise your prayer life, know what to pray for, and actually pray.
Echo
Echo is a simple yet powerful app designed to help you keep a consistent rhythm of prayer. You can use the app to keep track of & organize your prayers. You can also share prayers with friends & send them encouraging notes to follow up on their prayer requests.
Prayminder
Creating a healthy rhythm of prayer can be challenging. Prayminder allows you to create and track your prayers over time. Daily reminders help you create a focused time in the day to talk with God. It's free, has no ads, and has a super-simple interface.
Daily Prayer App
This prayer app uniquely structures prayer rhythms around four times each day. For each of these prayer times, the app gives you template prayers & scriptures to reference if you would like.
Meditation Apps
Pray.com Prayer & Sleep Bible
With this app, you can access over 1,500 masterfully produced audio segments, including bible readings, prayer plans, & dynamic storytelling.
Dwell
Dwell's Spotify-like experience allows you to browse & play popular passages or curated scripture-based playlists. You can even customize the voice & background music to enhance scripture meditation.
Pause
The One Minute Pause App is a simple way to reconnect with God in the midst of your busy day. From John Eldredge, the New York Times Best Selling Author of Wild at Heart.
Soulspace
Soulspace provides about 5-minute meditations to help you pause and dwell on Jesus. They have meditations on different topics like anxiety, peace, and healing. Note you can listen to daily mediates for free, but other content will be an additional fee.
Abide
This is a meditation app to relieve anxiety, & promote sleep & relaxation with a focus on scripture. Choose between 2, 5, 10, & 15-minute guided meditations.
Soultime Christian Meditation
Soultime is unique in that it offers AI-driven meditation plans. They've designed check-ins & personality tests to customize your experience based on your moods & needs.
Scripture Memory Apps
Verses
This app helps you memorize scripture with games. These games build recall skills & keep you motivated with streaks. You can also add friends to private groups & share your progress.
Verses for Life
This app organizes verses into flashcard packs for easy memorization. Each pack is curated around a topic, such as faith, peace, prayer, etc.
Miscellaneous Apps
New City Catechism
This is a beautifully designed app to learn the 52 core doctrines of the Christian faith via questions and answers. Each Q&A pair includes a short devotional commentary written by prominent theologians.
Spirit Notes
Spirit Notes allow you to record a sermon easily and seamlessly and take notes simultaneously. It gives you all the features you need to keep your notes organized so you can revisit, reflect & recall information quicker than ever.
Zion
Zion's mission is to connect Christians within the workplace. It's a great way to meet & encourage fellow brothers & sisters in your industry.
Shut Up, Devil!
The Shut Up, Devil! app puts the power of the Word of God in your pocket to help silence Satan whenever and wherever he attacks. You’ll have access to Scriptures related to almost any issue you face, each including a personalized version designed to speak aloud.