Key Themes And Bible Teachings - arranged by Subject, is built upon the idea that God repeats the more important ideas within the Bible record just as a loving parent does with instructions to children. Therefore the more cross-references that there are to any Bible verse, then the greater that theme's relative importance. The average number of cross-references for each verse within the Bible is eight. Key Themes takes every verse with ten or more cross-references, (5,834) verses in total, and then organizes them by Subject matter into an easy to use subject index. Every subject has at least 10 other cross-references and all scripture references are noted as well as fully looked up for you. Many subjects have numerous references and therefore hundreds of cross-references. Want to investigate what the Bible states on any subject? - Then Key Themes And Bible Teachings By Subject is the only place you need to look. Key Themes And Bible Teachings By Subject, due to its length, is best suited as a reference work in Divinity Schools, Public Libraries, Church Libraries, Colleges and Universities, for use by pastors and Christians active in the preaching work. It is a unique tool, there is no other like it in all the world. Each verse listing is not just a mere reference, but the entire verse is there, so that the researcher can read the content in place and immediately decide if this is the thought he is looking for to reinforce his argument in a talk, book, Bible study, sermon, for personal instruction and faith building. Each subject has a paraphrase of the Bible verse, then the Bible verse itself, and then all of its cross-references. It is all beautifully formatted with grey scale to denote different textual aspects. Find it fast and you too can Know The Truth. The Bible is the Word of God and serves as a light to our roadways in life. (Psalms 119:105) Though is was written over a period of approximately 1,600 years and was compiled by forty different men, still, its 66 books relate to each other with a remarkable clarity and cohesiveness. The Bible really is a very large library of history, prophecy and poetry, wisdom and song. It tells the story of God's chosen seed and their story is a powerful one. Though typeset by modern translators into a small hand held book, one, which can easily be carried daily, yet when typeset in normal fonts and at standard point sizes it is some 3,800 pages long, a considerable book. How then can we make the material of greatest importance within it, really stand out when we read it? Modern tools like the computer have aided us in this search for wisdom and knowledge. For one to know wisdom and discipline, to discern the sayings of understanding. (Proverbs 1:2) To give to the inexperienced ones shrewdness, to a young man knowledge and thinking ability. (Proverbs 1:4) A wise person will listen and take in more instruction, and a man of understanding is the one who acquires skillful direction. (Proverbs 1:5) Men have today used computers to collect together the relationships between each verse in the Bible and all of the other verses that contain similar thoughts. This is known as a Cross-Referenced Bible and usually they contain a substantial listing of scriptural references (231,000 or more), which it is then the responsibility of the reader to look up one at a time, a daunting task. The Bible encourages us to, prove to ourselves the good and acceptable and perfect will of God. (Romans 12:2) This can be a difficult task, but nonetheless a highly rewarding one as many students of the Bible have found. The problem with such printed or book type references, is that the reader has to do a great deal of repetitive searching to find what he is looking for.