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Infographic: Kings of Israel and Judah
If you’re studying Kings, Chronicles, or one of the Prophets, the Good Book Company has an infographic you might want to check out. They list all the kings of Israel and Judah, color-coded to represent...
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Why Would Chronicles Whitewash David’s Sins?
Logos has a short article from Michael Heiser in which Heiser wonders, “Did the Write of Chronicles Try to Scrub Away David’s Dirty Past?” In his brief article, Heiser does a great job showing how to...
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Titus: From Sound Faith Flow Character and Devotion to Good Works
Ezra Jeffrey-Comeau (2018), public domain Paul’s letter to Titus was written to help a young pastor set up churches in Crete. While many of Paul’s other epistles are rich with doctrine, this one is...
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Why Elisha Called Bears to Attack 42 Youths
The book of 1-2 Kings has some strange incidents in it. One of them is when Elisha curses forty-two “small boys” for calling him “baldhead.” 23 He went up from there to Bethel, and while he was going...
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Why Elisha Called Bears to Attack 42 Youths
The book of 1-2 Kings has some strange incidents in it. One of them is when Elisha curses forty-two “small boys” for calling him “baldhead.” 23 He went up from there to Bethel, and while he was going...
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Bible Study Leader Tip #12: Use The Text
As we’ve noted previously, good Bible Study involves making observations, interpreting those observations and then making applications based on those interpretations. Thus the key to unlocking...
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Bible Study Leader Tip #12: Use The Text
As we’ve noted previously, good Bible Study involves making observations, interpreting those observations and then making applications based on those interpretations. Thus the key to unlocking...
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Dangerous Approaches to Application
Here is a thoughtful piece by Ty Kieser called “Potential Dangers of ‘Applying Scripture to My Life’.” In it, Kieser explores three faulty assumptions that can make the practice of application go very...
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Dangerous Approaches to Application
Here is a thoughtful piece by Ty Kieser called “Potential Dangers of ‘Applying Scripture to My Life’.” In it, Kieser explores three faulty assumptions that can make the practice of application go very...
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Bible Study Leader Tip #33: Let the Spirit Lead
Back in college I led a number of Bible Studies, each very well-intentioned and some even mildly well-done. One of the biggest struggles I had, however, was that I led the studies as though I were the...
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A Check-Engine Light for My Small Group Preparation
Sigmund (2020), public domain Preparing for a Bible study meeting can take a lot of energy. But the amount of time it takes can vary from passage to passage and leader to leader. Since we can always...
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How to Develop a Culture of Bible Study in Your Church
The Logos Word by Word blog recently published a piece I wrote entitled “How to Develop a Culture of Bible Study in Your Church.” In the post, I encourage church leaders to have a method, train a few,...
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How Would They Have Applied It?
In recent posts, I’ve been trying to help you get the most out of the interpretation phase of your study. We’ve considered different uses for different types of questions, the power of implicational...
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How the Psalms Can Shape Your Emotional Life
Check out Kevin Halloran’s excellent piece called “The Psalms: A Tool for Cultivating Godly Emotions.” In the article, Halloran explains two ways the Psalms can help us: When emotions are out of...
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Let’s Not Employ the Gospel as Justification to Keep Sinning
In Romans 6:1, the apostle Paul asks a crucial question to clarify a potential misapplication of his gospel: “Are we to continue in sin that grace may abound?” In other words, does the grace of God...
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What We Miss When We Skip the Book of Nehemiah
Samos Box (2021), public domain Along with Ezra and Esther, the book of Nehemiah is tucked between larger historical books of the Bible and Job. It lacks the big, sweeping themes of something like 1...
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Is the Bible Suitable for Children?
Amid calls to censor the Bible and remove it from school curricula, John Stevens proposes that the problem is not with the Bible but with what and how we instruct our children. Here is a taste: The...
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Don’t Fail to Capture the Train of Thought
One of our greatest failures in Bible study is our tendency to treat the text atomistically. We look for inspirational words or sayings, while failing to grasp how the author used those words or...
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God’s Kingdom in Obadiah
As the shortest book of the Old Testament, Obadiah may not receive as much love as some of the better-known heavyweights. But it has much to teach us about the kingdom of God. In particular, according...
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You Can Get the Main Point
Have you ever felt like, when asked to state the main point of a Bible passage, all you can do is make a wild guess? Or that the best you can do is pick out something that strikes you as important and...
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