I remember my first “real” Bible. It was a gift for my confirmation. This thing was a beast. It was…
Browsing: About the Bible
Start with the essentials. This page provides a foundational overview of the Bible, exploring its divine origin, central message, and its enduring significance.
Have you ever been reading a passage in the New Testament and seen it quote from the Old Testament? You…
Have you ever walked into a Christian bookstore or browsed online and felt a wave of paralysis? Staring at a…
Have you ever walked into a Christian bookstore, headed for the Bible section, and just stopped dead in your tracks?…
I still remember the first time I decided to read the Bible on my own. I was in my early…
Have you ever sat down to read your Bible, truly wanting to understand every single word, only to feel like…
Let’s be honest for a second. Staring at a shelf of Bibles can feel overwhelming. You’ve got leather-bound giants, thin…
I still remember the feeling. Standing in the aisle of a Christian bookstore, staring at a wall of Bibles. There…
Have you ever picked up a Bible, excited to connect with God’s Word, only to feel completely lost in a…
Have you ever walked into a Christian bookstore, headed for the Bible section, and just… stopped? The sheer number of…
I remember the first time I walked into an Orthodox bookstore. I was looking for a Bible, something familiar, but…
I still remember the feeling. Standing in the aisle of our local Christian bookstore, staring at a wall of Bibles.…
I remember the first time I picked up a non-Catholic Bible. I was at a friend’s house, and we were…
Have you ever walked into a Christian bookstore, or even just browsed online, and felt a wave of paralysis? I…
Have you ever read a passage in the Bible and just… stopped? You know the feeling. A name seems out…
Have you ever sat in a new church and felt a little lost? I have. One of my first times…
Have you ever stopped to think about that word? Bible. It’s a word so common, so foundational to Christian faith,…
Have you ever sat in a church pew or a Bible study and wondered about the hands that wrote the…
Have you ever stopped to think about the word “Bible”? I mean really think about it. For many of us,…
Have you ever sat in a Bible study, a bit of a competitive spirit bubbling up, waiting for the perfect…
Have you ever wondered about the little details of the Bible? I have. One night, during my weekly small group,…
Have you ever wondered about the Bible’s words? I have spent many nights reading its pages. The stories and lessons…
Have you ever wondered about the exact center of the Bible? It’s a fascinating question. Many people have heard a…
Have you ever wondered, “What is the longest verse in the Bible?” It’s a common trivia question. Many people know…
Have you ever wondered about the Bible’s records? I have. I love finding these interesting facts. It helps me understand…
Have you ever wondered about this? I have. The question came up at my Bible study group. We all tossed…
Have you ever felt a Bible verse change your heart? It’s a powerful feeling. You find a passage that speaks…
I still remember my first theology paper. My arguments felt strong. My research was solid. But then I looked at…
Have you ever paused while writing an email? Or maybe a blog post? You type the word “bible” and a…
Have you ever felt a powerful urge to share a Bible verse? Maybe in a text to a friend. Or…
Have you ever paused while typing an email? Or maybe while writing a paper for school? You find yourself staring…
Have you ever opened your Bible to the Song of Solomon? If you have, you might have been a little…
Have you ever heard someone claim that Martin Luther, the great Reformer, took a pen and just slashed entire books…
Have you ever opened an old Bible and found books you didn’t recognize? I remember that feeling. It was a…
Have you ever opened a Catholic Bible and discovered books you’d never seen before? It can feel a little surprising.…
Let’s get straight to the heart of your question. The Book of Eli was never in the Bible. Therefore, it…
Have you ever held a book that a king wanted to destroy? It sounds like something from a movie. But…
I remember the first time I saw a Book of Mormon. It was in a hotel nightstand, tucked in the…
I remember the first time I actually tried to read the Bible. Not just the snippets you hear at church…
For most of my life, the Bible was just a heavy book on a hotel nightstand or something my grandma…
I hit my 30s and realized something unsettling. I had spent the last decade building a career, figuring out relationships,…
Let’s be honest. For years, the Bible on my shelf was more of a decoration than anything else. It was…
Ever find yourself in a late-night conversation, maybe over a beer, and someone drops the bombshell: “You know the Bible…
Have you ever found yourself in that slightly awkward, heart-pounding moment when someone you care about looks you in the…
You’d think the answer to that question would be a simple “yes” or “no,” right? I certainly did. A while…
I was probably about ten years old, sitting on a stiff wooden pew and staring at a picture of Noah’s…
I was 28 when my grandfather passed away. At his funeral, the pastor read from a worn, leather-bound Bible, the…
Have you ever sat down to read the Bible and just felt… overwhelmed? I know I have. It’s this massive…
Ever walk into a bookstore and see the massive wall of Bibles? It’s a lot. You’ve got dozens of translations,…
Have you ever been in a Bible study, listened to a sermon, or just read a passage on your own…
I was walking past a beautiful old brick church the other day, St. Mark’s Lutheran, with a sign out front…
I remember the first time I walked into a United Methodist Church. I’d grown up in a different tradition, one…
I was driving through Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, a few years back, just watching the world go by at a slower…
You’re standing in a bookstore, or maybe you’re scrolling online, faced with a digital wall of Bible translations. There’s the…
Have you ever held a piece of history that felt almost… dangerous? That’s the feeling I got when I first…
Have you ever opened up a Bible, read a verse that felt a little too modern, and thought to yourself,…
So, you’ve picked up an English Standard Version (ESV) Bible. Maybe a friend recommended it, you saw it praised online…
Have you ever walked into a bookstore, headed for the Bible section, and just stopped dead in your tracks? The…
Have you ever heard a wild theory that sounds just plausible enough to make you pause? I was at a…
I was having coffee with a friend the other day, and we somehow got onto the topic of old books.…