In the early 90's I started studying the bible by taking college courses, because I believe the Lord wanted me to become a pastor in a Nazarene Church. Upon my mother having health problems my family and I moved to Iowa where there was no Nazarene Church close enough to go to. The churches we were attending was giving out the message that onces you are saved, you can do any thing you want to. Other churches we looked into joining didn't have a by-law that didn't change all the time with the arrival of a new paster. When I started studying the Catholic church I found it to be what I would call a church that followed the bible closer that any other churches I knew of . That is way I and my wife belong to the Catholic Church.

While studying I have read and compared numerous translations and commentaries in my many years of studying the bible. Some of these authorities disagree with each other. I come across information on studies and classes that I have taken 15 to 20 years before and I have no documentation of where it came from. Plus I have given away or returned many books for college classes that I have taken. So if I have failed to give someone the credit that is due them I ask for their forgiveness. The following is a list of translations and commentaries that I still have and use or have used.

A PLAIN ACCOUNT OF CHRISTIAN PERFECTION by John Wesley
A SHORT LIFE OF CHRIST by Everett F. Harrison
ALL LOVES EXCELLING: Proclaiming Our Wesleyan Message by John A. Knight.
ANSWERES To 200 of Life's Most Probing Questions by Pat Robertson
APOCRYPHA
APRIL 2013 MY VISIT TO HELL by Paul Pigpen
BASICS OF THE FAITH: A CATHOLIC CATECHISM by Alan Schreck
BEDTIME BIBLE STORY by Paradise Press INC
BEGINNING APOLOGETIC’S 3 by Father Frank Chacon and Jim Burnham
HOW TO EXPLAIN AND DEFEND THE CATHOLIC FAITH by San Juan Catholic SEMINARS
BIBLE PROPHECY HANDBOOKS by Carol Smith
BUDHIST
CATECHISM OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH by Libreria Editrice Vaticana;
CATHOLCI SOURCE BOOK Third Edition by Rev Peter Klein
CATHOLIC AND CHRISTIAN BY Alan Schreck
CATHOLIC CHRISTIANITY INTRODUCTION TO THE SACRAMENTS by Catholic Worship
CATHOLIC CHRISTIANITY MARY BY Catholic Worship
CATHOLIC CHRISTIANITY PENANCE by Catholic worship
CATHOLIC CHRISTIANITY PRAYER by Catholic worship
CATHOLIC CHRISTIANITY THE EUCHARIST by Catholic Worship
CATHOLIC FOR DUMMIES by Rev John Trigilio JR, PH D, TH D, and Rev Kenneth Brighenti, PH D 
CELEBRATING THE MASS by Alfred McBride O Praem
CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE CHRISTIAN SOUl by Health Communication Inc,
CHRIST AMONG US By Anthony Wilhelm
CHRISTIAN CULTS AND RELIGION 7TH EDITIONS by Rose Publishing
CHRISTIAN PERFECTION: Transformation to Wholeness by Nina G. Gunter
CHRISTIANITY CULTS & RELIGIONS by Rose Publishing;
CHRISTIAN-KING JAMES
CIS FAITH FORMATION HOME STUDY COURSE 04/11/2013
CONFESSIONS OF ST. AUGUSTINE
DENOMINATIONS by Rose Publisher
DEPARTED GODS-THE GOD’S OF OUR FATHERS by Rev B.N. Fradenburgh Ph D.D.D.
DEVOTIONS; For Sunday School Teachers by Stan Toler and John Baldwin
Divine Comedy of Dante (Henery Carytr)
ESCAPE THE COMING NIGHT by Dr. David Jeremica and CC Carlson
ESSENTIAL DOCTRINE MADE EASY by DR. Norman L. Geisler
EXPLORING CHRISTIAN HOLINESS VOLUME ONE by the Biblical Foundation
FAITH CAN CHANGE YOUR WORLD by Dr. Lester Sumrall,
FAST FACTS ON FALSE TEACHINGS by Ron Carlson and Ed Decker;
FIFTY PROOFS FOR THE BIBLE by Rose Publisher
GOD’S PROTECTING HOM by Richard W. Dehean
GOD’S WORD by World Wide Leadership Council Inc
GOOD NEWS BIBLE by Thomas Nelson Publishers,
GREIVING THE DEATH OF A MOTHER by Harold Ivan Smith,
HALLEY’S BIBLE HANDBOOK by Henry H. Halley
HANDBOOK FOR TODAY’S CATHOLIC by Framcos Cardoma; Geprge
HINDU
HIS IMPRINT MY EXPRESSION CHAGED FOREVER BY THE MASTER’S TOUCH by Kay Arthur
HOLY BIBLE by Tyndale House Publishers Inc
HOLY BIBLE CONDORDANCE by Scorield Reference Edition Oxford,
HOW TO GET INTO THE BIBLE by Stephen M. Miller,
HOW TO PRAY FOR REVIVAL
HUNDREDFORD: A guild to Parish Vocation Ministry by Rhonda Gruenewald
ILLUSTRATED DICTIONARY OF THE BIBLE BY Herbert Lockyer, Sr ;
ISLAM
JOY TO THE WORLD HOW CHRIST'S COMING CHANGED EVERYTHING (AND STILL DOES) by Scott Hahn
JUDAISM
KING JAMES BIBLE
LAUGHTER FROM HEAVEN by Barbara Johnson,
LAYMAN’S BIBLE DICTIONARY Edited by George W. Knight and Rayburn W. Ray
LDS (Mormons)
LIFE APPLICATION NEW TESTAMENT COMMENTARY by Tyndale House Publishers, Inc;
LIFE APPLICATION STUDY BIBLE; NELSON’S STUDENT BIBLE by Thomas Nelson Publishers;
LORD PLEASE MEET ME IN THE LAUNDRY ROOM by Barbara Curtis,
LOST BOOKS OF THE BIBLE by William Hone
LUTHER’S SMALL CATECHISM WITH EXPLANTIONS by Concord Publishing House
Martin Luther
MORE THAN A CARPEATER by Josh McDowell
NAVE’S TOPICAL BIBLE By Orville J. Nave
NEW INTERANATION VERSION OF THE BIBLE PROMISE BOOK
NEW LIVING TRANSLATION by Tyndale House Publishers, Inc;
NEW TESTAMETN BIBLE STORY BOOK
NELSON'S ILLUSTRATED BIBLE DICTIONARY
NIV SENIORS DEVOTIONAL BIBLE by Zondervan Publishing House,
OCEAN: Search Computer program by Chad @ bahai-eduction.org
OUR ETERNAL HOME by Richard W. Dehaan,
PERFECTLY YOURSELF DISCOVERING GOD'S DREAM FOR YOU by Matthew Kelly
POWER IN PRAISE by Merlin R. Carothers
PROPHECY STUDY BIBLE by Tim Lahaye
READER'S DIGEST JESUS AND HIS TIMES by the Readers Digest Association Inc,
REFEREEING THE MEETING GAME  by Edgar Johnson
REFLECTING GOD STUDY BIBLE By Zondervan Corporation;
SAINT JOSEPH EDITION OF THE NEW AMERICAN BIBLE by Catholic Book Publishing Co.
SEVEN KEYS TO FAMILY POWER by Billy Joe Daugherty,
SIKH
SIX HOURS ONE FRIDAY by Max Lacado,
SOME TIMES GOD HAS A KID’S FACE by Sister Mary Rose McGeady
ST JOHN OF THE CROSS
TAO
THE AMPLIFIED BIBLE by the Zondervan Corporation;
THE BATTLE BELONGS TO THE LORD by Joyce Meyer,
THE BEST OF BIBLE PATHWAY by River Crest Publisher
THE BIBLE PROMISE BOOK by Babbour Publishing Inc,
THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER by Charles Mortimer Guilbert
THE BOOK OF HOPE by Tyndale House Publishers, Inc,
THE BORN AGAIN CATHOLIC by Albert H. Boudreau,
THE CASE FOR CHRIST by Lee Strobel,
THE CATHOLIC ANSWER BOOK by Peter MJ Stravinsiasi
THE CHRISTIAN BOOK OF WHY by John C. McCollister
THE COMPLETE BOOK OF BIBLE KNOWLEDGE by Mark D. Taylor;
THE DAY CHRIST DIED by Jim Bishop,
THE EVERYDAY GUIDE TO THE BIBLE Humble Creek Inspiration for Life
THE FACTS ON THE FAITH MOVEMENT by John Ankerberg and John Weldon.
THE GIFT FOR ALL PEOPLE by Max Lucado
THE GREAT BIBLE QUESTION AND ANWERS BOOK by Playmore Inc
THE HOME BIBLE STUDY COURSE by Dr. Harold L. Wilmington;
THE KING JAMES BIBLE ARCHAIE WORDS DEFIND by David W. Daniel
THE KING JAMES BIBLE COMPANION by David W. Daniels;
THE KING JAMES STUDY BIBLE by Thomas Nelson Publishers,
THE LAYMAN’S BIBLE DICTIONARY by George W. Knight and Rayburn W. Ray;
THE LAYMAN’S PARALLEL NEW TESTAMENT by Zondervan Bible Publisher
THE LAYMAN'S LIST by Calance Stalccup
THE MESSAGE BIBLE by Eugone H. Peterson,
THE NEW AMERICAN BIBLE by World Catholic Press;
THE NEW AMERICAN BIBLE Saint Joseph Edition;
THE NEW STRONG’S EXHAUSTIVE CONCORDANCE OF THE BIBLE by James Strong LL. D S.T.D.;
THE NEW WORLD DICTIONARY-CONCORDANCE TO THE NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
THE POWER OF COVENANT PRAYER by Francis Frangipane
THE PROTESTANT’S DILEMMA by Devin Rose
THE PURPOSE OF CHRISTMAS by Rick Warren
THE RISKS AND REWARDS OF INTERRELIGIOUS DIALOGUE by Cardinal Francis Arinze
THE SERVANT KING NEW TESTAMENT
THE TRINITY by Rose Publish
THE VERY FIRST ESTER by Paul L. Maier,
THE WAY CATHOLIC LIVING BIBLE by Tyndale House Publishers;
THEOLOGY FOR BEGINNERS by F. J. Sheed
UNCHRISTIAN by David Kennan and Gabe Lyon
UNDERSTANDING GOD’S LOVE by Ronald Greib
UNDERSTANDING GOD’S LOVE by Ronald Greib
VINE’S EXPOSITORY DICTIONARY OF OLD AND NEW TESTAMENT WORDS By W. E. Vine;
WHAT A TIME TO BE WESLEYAN by David L. McKenna.
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU DIE? By Ralph O Muncaster
WHAT’S SO SECRET ABOUT THE RAPTURRE? By Christian Record Services, INC
WHEN GOD WINKS AT YOU by Tomas Nelson
WILLMINGTON’S GUIDE TO THE BIBLE by Dr. H.L. Willmington,
WOMAN OF FAITH STUDY BIBLE by Zschech/Heillsong
YESTERDAY TODAY AND FOREVER by New Leaf Press
YOU WERE BORN FOR THIS by David Kopp
ZORASTRIAN