1. Portable Bible: This app has the New International Version of the Bible, along with a study guide.
2. Christ on Disk: This is said to be the smallest portable Bible viewing software available. It requires just 1.29 mb of storage.
3. Bible on a Stick: Another great portable Bible application.
4. Sermons on the Web: This application allows you to publish your sermons on the web in MP3 format. This is a great way for you to get information out to your congregation, especially those who cannot attend regular services because of illness.
5. The Pastor’s Study: This application is a productivity tool that helps pastors organize their daily tasks.
6. Church Scheduler: This application allows you automate your church’s daily events. If you want calendar changes published to the web each Monday, this app can automate that event for you.
7. Fat Bits: This is a screen magnifier. You?ll use it over and over again if you’re giving presentations via a computer. It makes things much easier to read. This app is also great for pastors who may want to show things to their older parishioners on the computer when they visit them.
8. PStart: This makes finding the apps on your USB drive faster and easier. PStart gives you a start menu so that you can see what’s on your drive quickly for faster access.
9. Restoration: This app lets you restore files that you delete by accident.
10. Tiny USB Office: This is a very small, portable productivity software suite.
11. FileZilla Portable: FileZilla is an FTP program. This is their portable version. It helps you transfer files between multiple places.
12. SIW: This is a system analysis tool that gathers information about a computer’s hardware and software. Use it to help diagnose issues. This is especially useful if you’re using a new computer and having issues.
13. Portable Mozilla: A portable version of Mozilla’s Firefox. If Firefox is your favorite browser, you now have a way to take it with you everywhere, so that you can use it on another computer that doesn?t have it installed.
14. Foxit Reader: This portable PDF reader is a lifesaver. No matter where you are, you can read PDFs with ease.
15. Open Office: Open Office is a portable version of Microsoft Office. It includes a word processor, spreadsheet, presentation tool, drawing package and database.
16. Infra Portable Recorder: This is great portable CD/DVD burning software. You’ll use it to burn cds of sermons, music, etc, for use with your congregation and those you visit.
17. FSuite: This app offers plenty of tools for the MAC user. It includes Office, Graphic software, audio, video and developer tools.
18. Country Codes: This is a list of country codes very helpful for determining codes for sending packages or making phone calls when you don’t have internet access.
19. Convert for Windows: This is a very hand conversion application. Convert distance, temperature, volume, time, speed, mass, etc.
20. Keep Pass: This is a great password manager you can use on your USB drive. Storing all your passwords in one place is a great help when you use multiple computers.

Today’s pastor can benefit from the newest available technologies as much as any other business person. But, the nature of the pastor’s job usually means that he is in multiple locations at different times during the week, between working from his church office, working from home, attending meetings and visiting parishioners. Church conferences can take pastors away from home for days at a time, but don’t lessen the need for staying up to date on work. Portable applications, therefore, are a great asset to the multi-tasking pastor, allowing him or her to work just as efficiently regardless of where the day takes him.

Old Testament Studies

1. A Modern Blog for Biblical Hebrew: A resource for students, pastor and teachers of the Hebrew Bible, offered by Duane A. Garrett, John R. Sampey Professor of Old Testament Interpretation at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.
2. Biblicaltext Dot Org: Barry Bandstra is Evert J. and Hattie E. Blekkink Professor of Religion at Hope College in Holland, Michigan. This blog supports his textbook Reading the Old Testament and his interest in the Hebrew Bible.
3. Dan the Doc: Dr. Stramara is an associate professor of theology and Department Chair of Theology and Religious Studies at Rockhurst University, Kansas City, Missouri. His field is early Christianity.
4. Dr. Claude Mariottini – Professor of Old Testament: Dr. Mariottini has been professor of Old Testament at Northern Baptist Seminary since 1988.
5. Head Heart Hand: David Murray is professor of Old Testament and practical theology at Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary.
6. Higgaion: Chris Heard, associate professor of religion at Pepperdine University, focuses on the Biblical exodus.
7. Old Testament Passion: A Rabbi who teaches the Old Testament in a seminary shares his Biblical interests.
8. PaleoJudaica: Professor of Early Jewish Studies at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland, Dr. James Davila, focuses on ancient Judaism and related matters.
9. Scatterings: Eric is a professor of Old Testament at Briercrest Seminary in Saskatchewan, Canada with leanings to typological in Biblical interpretation.
10. Serving the Word: Seth Sanders, assistant professor at Trinity College’s Religion Department in Hartford, Connecticut, offers the Hebrew Bible and related ancient matters.
11. TaborBlog: Dr. James Tabor is Chair of the Department of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, where he has taught since 1989.
12. Targuman: Dr. Christian M. M. Brady is associate professor of ancient Hebrew and Jewish literature and dean of the Schreyer Honors College at Penn State.

New Testament Studies

13. AKMA’s Random Thoughts: A.K.M. Adam is currently Lecturer in New Testament at the University of Glasgow. He is presently working on projects on the Gospel of Matthew, exegetical method, and biblical preaching.
14. An Alien and a Stranger: David Miller is associate professor of New Testament Studies, Briercrest College & Seminary, Canada.
15. Biblia Theologica: Ardel B. Caneday is professor of New Testament Studies & Biblical Theology at Northwestern College, Saint Paul, Minnesota.
16. Biblical Theology: Matthew S. Harmon, professor of new Testament Studies at Grace College & Theological Seminary, offers a forum for all matters pertaining to Biblical theology.
17. Bock’s Blog: Dr. Darrell Bock is research professor of new Testament Studies at Dallas Theological Seminary. He is the author of over twenty books and is a New York Times Best Selling author.
18. Denny Burk: Denny Burk is an associate professor of New Testament and Dean of Boyce College, the undergraduate arm of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.
19. Dr. Ben Witherington III: Bible scholar Ben Witherington is Amos Professor of New Testament for Doctoral Studies at Asbury Theological Seminary and on the doctoral faculty at St. Andrews University in Scotland.
20. Exploring Our Matrix: The Blog of Dr. James F. McGrath, Clarence L. Goodwin Chair in New Testament Language and Literature at Butler University, Indianapolis.
21. New Testament Musings: Craig Blomberg provides thoughts on topics related to the New Testament from the Denver Seminary, where he serves as distinguished professor of New Testament.
22. NT Blog: Mark Goodacre, associate professor of New Testament in the Religion Department at Duke University, blogs about his focus.
23. NT Resources Blog: Rodney J. Decker, Th.D., is Professor of New Testament and Greek at Baptist Bible Seminary, Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania. This blog supplements the NT Resources Web site.
24. Philonica et Neotestamentica: Professor Seland is a professor of New Testament Studies at the School of Mission and Theology, Stavanger, Norway.
25. The Forbidden Gospels: April DeConick is Isla Carroll and Percy E. Turner Professor of Biblical Studies at Rice University.

Philosophy and Theology

26. Albert Mohler: Dr. Mohler serves as the Joseph Emerson Brown Professor of Christian Theology and as the ninth president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.
27. Codex: Tyler F. Williams, assistant professor of theology at The King’s University College, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, offers Biblical studies, Biblical Hebrew, Dead Sea Scrolls, Septuagint and more at this blog.
28. For His Renown: James Hamilton is associate professor of Biblical theology at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.
29. Fors Clavigera: James K.A. Smith, professor of philosophy and adjunct professor of congregational and ministry studies at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan, also serves as executive director of the Society of Christian Philosophers.
30. Dr. Jack Rogers: Jack Rogers is Professor of Theology Emeritus at San Francisco Theological Seminary and moderator of the 213th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church.
31. Faith and Theology: Benjamin Myers teaches systematic theology at Charles Sturt University’s School of Theology in Sydney. His blog focuses on theology, books and culture.
32. Helm’s Deep: Paul Helm is a teaching fellow at Regent College, Vancouver. His focus is on philosophical theology.
33. Reimagining the Future of Faith: Philip Clayton is professor of religion at Claremont Graduate University’s School of Religion.
34. Shored Fragments: Steve Holmes, a Baptist minister who is employed to teach theology at St. Mary’s College, Scotland, writes random thoughts about theology.
35. The Politics of the Cross Resurrected: Craig Carter has been teaching theology and ethics at Tyndale University College & Seminary in Toronto since 2000.
36. The Sacred Page: This blog is written by three Catholic Ph.D.s who are professors of Scripture and Theology: Michael Barber, Brant Pitre and John Bergsma.
37. Theommentary: Thoughts on theology by David Guretzki, associate professor of theology and Dean of the Seminary at Briercrest College & Seminary in Canada.
38. Thoughts on Theology: Dr. Andy Naselli is a conservative, confessional evangelical Christian who serves as adjunct faculty at several seminaries.
39. Transverse Markings: One Theologian’s Notes: Matthew Becker is an associate professor of theology at Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, Indiana.

Religious History, Bible and Other Studies

40. Blue Cord: Blue Cord is dedicated to the academic study of the Bible. It is written by Dr. Kevin A. Wilson, a lecturer at Merrimack College in North Andover, Massechusetts.
41. Christian Living: Dr. James Emery White is professor of theology and culture at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. He is the author of over a dozen books.
42. Grateful to the dead: Chris Armstrong is associate professor of church history at Bethel Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota.
43. Leithart: Peter J. Leithart (born 1959) is an American author, minister, theologian and Senior Fellow of Theology and Literature as well as Dean of Graduate Studies at New Saint Andrews College.
44. Mark F. Johnson: Mark Johnson teaches in the Department of Theology at Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and his blog focuses on the works of St. Thomas Aquinas.
45. Notes from Off Center: Society and theology from the “view of a Christian pragmatist.” Andrew Tatusko teaches religion and other courses at several colleges and universities.
46. Prof. John Stackhouse’s Weblog: Dr. Stackhouse teaches at Regent College, an international graduate school of Christian studies affiliated with the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada.
47. The Blogging Parson: Michael Jensen completed his doctorate on “Martyrdom and its Meaning for the Self” in 2008 and now lives in Sydney where he teaches Christian doctrine at Moore College.
48. Theology Prof: Dr. Mark DeVine is associate professor of divinity at Beeson Divinity School where he teaches history and theology.
49. Thinking Out Loud: The Rev. Dr. Michael Jinkins is President of Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary, where he also serves as theology professor.
50. XKV8R (Excavator): Dr. Cargill holds experience in a variety of areas, but his focus now is on archeology from a religious perspective.

1. Ligon Duncan: Ligon Duncan is a presbyterian minister and a theology professor.

2. Dennis Poulette: Dennis Poulette is a specialist in youth ministry. He trains people to work with youth in Mexico.
3. Theologian: This minister is a theologian and Bible teacher.
4. Duke Divinity School: Get advice from Duke Divinity School theologians and keep up to date with goings on at the school.
5. Yale Divinity School: Learn from professors at New Haven Connecticut’s Yale School of Divinity.
6. School of Divinity at the University of Edinburgh: Get news from theology professors at Scotland’s University of Edinburgh.
7. Virginia Beach School of Divinity: Learn from the theologians at the Virginia Beach School of Divinity.
8. Gardner Webb University Divinity School: Theology professors from the Gardner Webb University Divinity School in NC post tweets on this page.
9. Franklin Graham: Franklin Graham is the son of famed evangelist Billy Graham. He now leads the family empire and tweets regularly about theological issues.
10. Rick Warren: Warren is a megachurch pastor and one of the most well known popular theologians. He is the author of several books, including the bestseller The Purpose Driven Life.
11. Crawford Loritts: Crawford Loritts is the pastor of a large church in suburban Atlanta. He is also a former theology professor, the author of several books and has a short weekly devotional radio show. Loritts is well known for his books about leading a Christian life and a life with influence.
12. John Macarthur: Macarthur is the pastor teacher of Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, CA. Macarthur is one of the ministry’s most powerful speakers.
13. Leith Anderson: Anderson leads a church in Eden Prairie MN. He founded the famous “Faith Matters” ministry.
14. Bethel University: Bethel University is a Christian college and seminary. Their theology professors and other professors sometimes offer insight via Twitter.
15. John Piper: Piper is the pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis. He is one of the most followed theologians on Twitter, with over 90,000 followers. He is also the founder of Desiring God Ministries. He is the author of the books Spectacular Sins, What Jesus Demands from the World, Pierced by the Word, God’s Passion for His Glory, and bestsellers Don’t Waste Your Life and The Passion of Jesus Christ.
16. John Ortberg: Ortberg is the teaching pastor at Menlo Park Presbyterian Church in Menlo Park, California. Ortberg is one of California’s most well known ministers.
17. Wayne Grudem: Grudem is a well known theological author. He holds a BA from Harvard and a PhD from Cambridge. Grudem served on the committee overseeing the English Standard Version translation of the Bible.
18. Terry Virgo: Terry Virgo is the leader of Newfrontiers, a ministry organization that has founded numerous churches.Though preaching is not what he does most of these days, he is a powerful speaker.
19. Dr. Robert Schuller: Dr. Robert Schuller is one of the leading evangelists of the last 25 years. His sermons from his Crystal Cathedral in Garden Grove California were televised live for years. His son does most of the preaching these days, but he is still a theological icon in America.
20. Joel Osteen: Osteen, who is the pastor of a mega church in Houston Texas, is one of the most followed ministers on Twitter. He currently has more than 100,000 followers.

There are so many perspectives on theology today, and you can certainly get a wide variety of perspectives from the theologians and ministers listed here. From a mega church minister to the theology professors at foremost divinity schools to the author of one of the biggest selling Christian books of all time; this list offers a diverse view of Christianity and theology.

The result of the research thus lied in a manner like that 31% of all attenders were thus described as “frequent” Bible readers who read it privately more than a week. Further 5% read it once per week. About 27% read the Bible time, 20% very rarely and 17% hardly use to read it.

In matter of faith this reading suggested that private practice of Bible reading goes in hand in hand having corporate expression of faith. When people read Bible in groups then they read it more frequently and regularly and these group readers around 50 to 60 percent there are frequent Bible readers. In private Bible reading community there are 32% who say that they read Bible frequently.

However this shared experience of faith and the private devotional life can be looked by variety of means and manners.  However, among frequent church attenders, there are twice as many frequent Bible readers (61. There are also higher than average proportions of frequent Bible readers among people who love to discuss about their faith with others and get involved in evangelistic outreach. Persons who are the regular Bible readers tend to have an importunate and outward focus in the practice of faith and be a part of gathered communities of faith small groups or congregations. However, in situations where a Bible reading develops as a wider Christian community there an attendee grow in faith, despite being alone.

There’s no better way to learn God and His plan for all of creation and life and family except reading bible. By the mean of Bible, we can research not only the huge story of salvation and restoration in Christ, but the practical ways to live a life of trust and faith in God. In order to read out Bible calendar a person should read four passages a scripture from An Old Testament chapter, A New Testament chapter and a selection from the Psalms or Proverbs.

In this manner the Bible readings will remain fresh as you look at a variety of passages each day and each week. In this manner you will connect to the Old and New Testaments. There you will get expression of praise in the Psalms and the great wisdoms and faith in Proverbs.

• Internet Christian Library: It is a foundation laid by The Institute for Christian Leadership (ICL) that provides its resources for Christian higher education institutes from 1983 through 1995. These services include publishing the Faculty Dialogue and sponsorship of a host of writing seminars and workshops for faculty that addresses critical issues facing Christian higher education.
• Catholicculture.org: It provides faithful Catholics the information, encouragement and perspective to become an active force for renewal in the Church and society and to develop authentic Christian culture in a secular world.  For achieving its goal it uses means of the distribution of news, commentary, spiritual resources and practical suggestions.
• The Center for Reformed Theology and Apologetics (CRTA): It is a dedicated effort to provide biblically sound online resources for the education of God’s people. It is committed towards system of doctrine known to be as Calvinism. That is a most biblically faithful systematization of the Bible’s teachings.
• The Online Theology Library: It provides both students as well as scholars with vast resources of references materials related to the theological studies. It was fabricated with objective to provide means and ideas for exhaustive research and study from a place and location.  This online library provides resources and tools that includes on, Old Testament Studies, New Testament Studies,  Theology Proper, Christology, Pneumatology,  Bibliology, Soteriology, Ecclesiology, Eschatology, Angelology, Anthropology, Hamartiology, Hermeneutics, Ethics,   Philosophy, Homiletics, Archeology, International Newspapers & Magazines and more.
• The ORB: It is an academic site that is written and maintained by medieval scholars as for the benefit of fellow instructors and serious student. It contains many sections like The ORB Encyclopedia that is a chronological and geographical index of essays, bibliographies, images, documents, links, and other resources, selected out by ORB section editors to illustrate their selected topics.  Next is the ORB textbook library that contains full length textbooks written by experienced scholar-teachers and is tested both in the classroom as well as on the internet. There is a list of essential tools of medievalist provided by James Marchand and educated by Stephen Mark Carey.
• Reigion-online.org: It includes nearly 6000 articles and chapters on topics related to Old and New Testament, Theology, Ethics, History and Sociology of Religion, Communication and Cultural Studies, Pastoral Care, Counseling, Homiletics, Worship, Missions and Religious Education. One can search info either by category or author wise.
• BMA Seminary: This library is controlled and run by Baptist Missionary Association Theological Seminary and provides a number of informative and useful resources related to Theology, Philosophy, and Apologetics and Biblical studies.

This program trains the students to gain a deeper meaning and understanding of religion. One can pursue this degree if you want to be a leader within a religions community. Since it is an online degree most applications are done online with testimonials of academic records in your bachelor degree as this is one of the major requirements before they consider your application. You also need to have excelled in your bachelor degrees education in order to proceed on and get masters. This is why many institutions will ask for academic transcripts as a requirement for application. With theology degrees most institutions ask for written essays on why you want to joint the program.

Once you have been accepted into the school you go through extensive training of the bible and how you to interpret it in the correct manner. You also get to study other religions so that you can understand them too and get to know why you follow your religion. Towards the end of the program you are requires to write a thesis on any topic which you are comfortable with regarding religion. Once your thesis is approved and you passed your other coursework then you can proceed and graduate. Studying the course usually takes about one and a half to two years.

Once you have your master’s degree in theology there are different career paths which you can choose. You can become a lecturer or teacher in a theology school where you can teach on things concerning religion. You can also be a clergy in a ministry where you preach the gospel to your followers. Because of many fraudsters many churches require you to have at least some training in theology so that you can serve as a clergy in their church. As a clergy member your main responsibilities are teaching and interpreting your religion to your followers.