{"id":68379,"date":"2024-06-16T21:58:57","date_gmt":"2024-06-17T02:58:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?page_id=68379"},"modified":"2025-06-26T12:00:17","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T17:00:17","slug":"search-options","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/search-options\/","title":{"rendered":"Search Options"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<h1>Search Options<\/h1>\n<p>We have several ways to search for information on the Scriptures.<\/p>\n<p>Use quotes around phrases to get exact word order. The editor of this site spells out the books of the Bible, so don&#8217;t use abbreviations to find a passage. Roman numerals are used for First (I), Second (II), and Third (III) in book names. Thus, &#8220;II Chronicles 4:11&#8221; works better than &#8220;2Chr. 4:11&#8221;.<\/p>\n\t\t<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/search-this-site\/\" target=\"_self\">Search Using This Site&#8217;s Engine<\/a><\/h3><p>Our site&#8217;s search engine is thorough, but it looks for exact word matches. So, if a different form of a word is used, it might not find the article or page. It isn&#8217;t extremely fast. Use quotes around phrases to get exact word order. The editor of this site spells out the books of the Bible, so don&#8217;t use abbreviations to find a passage. Roman numerals are used for First (I), Second (II), and Third (III) in book names.<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/search-this-site\/\"  target=\"_self\">Search This Site<\/a>\t\n\t\t<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/search_gcse\/\" target=\"_self\">Search Using Google&#8217;s Engine<\/a><\/h3><p>Google&#8217;s search engine is fast and capable of finding synonyms, so precise wording isn&#8217;t necessary. However, Google does include ads in the results. We don&#8217;t have control over the ads that are shown.<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/search_gcse\/\"  target=\"_self\">Search This Site with Google<\/a>\t\n\t\t<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/resources\/search-related-websites\/\" target=\"_self\">Search Multiple Sites<\/a><\/h3><p>We maintain a list of church websites similar to La Vista&#8217;s website. You can use Google&#8217;s engine to search just those sites.<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/resources\/search-related-websites\/\"  target=\"_self\">Search Multiple Related Sites<\/a>\t\n\t\t<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/seekye1st.net\/\" target=\"_self\">Search Multiple Sites (Seek Ye First)<\/a><\/h3><p>There is another list of related websites called &#8220;Seek Ye First&#8221; that you can use to find material. We don&#8217;t control what sites are listed, but it is a good collection.<\/p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/seekye1st.net\/\"  target=\"_self\">Search Multiple Sites with Seek Ye First<\/a>\t\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Search Options We have several ways to search for information on the Scriptures. Use quotes around phrases to get exact word order. The editor of this site spells out the books of the Bible, so don&#8217;t use abbreviations to find a passage. Roman numerals are used for First (I), Second (II), and Third (III) in&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-68379","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":67519,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/how-to-study-the-bible-in-depth-galatians\/class-notes\/","url_meta":{"origin":68379,"position":0},"title":"Class Notes","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"April 15, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"How to Study the Bible Galatians Class Notes I.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0II Timothy 2:14-18 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0A.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Many people don\u2019t actually study their Bibles. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a01.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Instead they search for statements which prove their ideas. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a02.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0In a sense, they make the Bible speak their thoughts instead of speaking the thoughts of the Bible - I Peter 4:11 II.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Observation\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":894,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/issues-by-topic\/","url_meta":{"origin":68379,"position":1},"title":"Issues by Topic","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"February 15, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Issues in the News This is a collection of pull quotes from issues discussed in the news. 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