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In 1535, Miles Coverdale printed the first complete English Bible. In his preface he gave readers one rule for reading it: "It shall greatly help thee to understand Scripture if thou mark not only wha...
We live in an age of information overload. We listen to sermons and read devotionals every week. Yet we often struggle to remember what we learned. Most of what we hear slips away within days. Hearing...
A Bible sits on a shelf in millions of homes. It holds the truth, and it sets no one free. Jesus did not say the truth will set you free. He said something narrower. "And you shall know the truth, and...
We often treat the Bible as a collection of general ideas. We think God inspired the concepts but left the details to human writers. However, the writers of the Bible did not view Scripture this way....
You can open the Bible and accumulate a mountain of information without ever encountering the Author. You can graduate from seminary with a full head and an empty heart. Paul says that "knowledge puff...
There is a difference between knowing what the Bible says and knowing who the Bible is talking to. Early in His ministry, Jesus sent His disciples out with a specific instruction: "Do not go into the...
There are two honest ways to read the Bible, and most people only own one of them. The first is close work. You take a single verse and stay there. You read it in the morning and turn it over at lunch...
Many readers treat the Old Testament simply as a historical book of heavy laws. This method produces confusion and fear. Accurate interpretation requires you to translate the Old Testament into a reve...
In the Old Testament, God gave a unique command for any king who ascended the throne. He didn't ask the king to build a bigger army or a taller palace first. He asked him to pick up a pen. "Also it sh...
Most of us skip the genealogies in the Bible. We see a long list of ancient names and think of them as a "black hole" of information, redundant and dry. But in the Kingdom, there is no such thing as a...
We often reduce "peace" to a calm feeling in the chest. While that is part of it, the biblical definition is much stronger. If you ask a Hebrew scholar about the word Shalom (שָׁלוֹם), they will tell...
There is a spiritual principle locked inside the story of Joseph's brothers. When the brothers came to Egypt during the famine, Joseph accused them of being spies. He wasn't being cruel; he was lookin...
Jesus could have done anything on resurrection day.He chose to walk with two discouraged menand give them a Bible study. But not just any study: "He expounded to them in all the Scriptures the things...
There is a book you can hold in your hand that acts as the manufacturer's handbook for your life. It holds the answers, but it also holds something far more potent: Life. The Bible says that all Scrip...
Most of us treat the Bible like emergency medication.A dose when we're stressed.A verse when life gets heavy. But Scripture wasn't given for crisis only.It was meant to be read day after day. Read, me...
The Emmaus disciples were discouraged,and it wasn't because they lacked faith.It was because Jesus had become a side topic. They said, "We were hoping it was He who would redeem Israel." Luke 24:21 Is...
Sometimes we forget what we're holding.A book breathed by God. Paul writes that "All Scripture is given by inspiration of God."That phrase is one Greek word: (theopneustos) θεόπν&e...
We talk a lot about "only date Christians."And yes, shared faith matters.But the conversation is often oversimplified. Let's zoom out. Let's look at Rahab. Before she ever met an Israelite man...befor...
