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Podcast: How and Why to Read the Bible as One Story (Greg Gilbert)
Greg Gilbert discusses how to understand the many themes running through the Bible as one story, and how this approach can help the Bible feel more accessible.
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Read Romans Like a Snowball, Not a Bowling Ball
Romans is the longest and most imposing of Paul’s letters, with innumerable exegetical problems to solve and several libraries of long commentaries to negotiate.
Podcast: How to Revitalize Your Scripture Reading in 2026 (Uche Anizor)
Dr. Uche Anizor discusses solutions to the challenges we can encounter when it comes to daily Bible reading, emphasizing how we can ultimately view Scripture as a gift from God.
The Key to Finding the Author’s Emphasis When You Read the Bible
The human authors of Scripture were inspired to write by God’s Holy Spirit, but they wrote with careful attention to organization and structure—not haphazardly, randomly, or chaotically.
Podcast: How (and How Not) to Think About Spiritual Habits in the New Year (Matthew Bingham)
Matthew Bingham discusses helpful and hurtful mindsets that Christians encounter when practicing spiritual disciplines, and how developing a Rule of Life fights against legalistic and shallow mentalities when working towards Spiritual growth.
Resources to Help You Meditate on Scripture in 2026
There are many ways to engage with the Bible and countless tools available that allow you to dig deeper into the text and better meditate on Scripture. Consider these resources to use in this new year.
Beware of a Google Maps Mentality in Your Bible Study
Should Bible study participants be encouraged to use commentaries? If yes, at what point in their study should they reach for them? And which commentaries do you recommend?
10 Key Bible Verses on Knowledge
The reason that the fear of the Lord is the beginning of both knowledge and wisdom is that the moral life begins with reverence and humility before the Maker and Redeemer.
What Are the Essential Elements of In-Depth Bible Study?
Bible study begins with reading, and there is so much that we can gain simply by reading in context. Portia Collins describes steps to follow in our in-depth Bible study.
Podcast: How Reading Galatians Changed My Life (Portia Collins)
Portia Collins discusses how encountering Galatians and learning to study the Bible changed her life and how she helps other women do the same.
Podcast: 6 Tools That Change the Way You Study Scripture (Jon Nielson)
Jon Nielson discusses 6 principles that every believer can take into their Bible study so they can understand and apply God’s word.
Why Would Jesus Weep Right Before Raising Lazarus? (John 11)
No one knows better than Jesus what is going to happen in this episode. No one is better at mourning with those who mourn than Jesus. Jesus loves people, so he weeps with them, and over them.
Podcast: How the Extraordinary Church in Acts Applies to Ordinary Believers Today (Iain Duguid)
Iain Duguid discusses confusing stories and common questions about the establishment of the New Testament church in Acts.
Podcast: How and How Not to Read Jesus’s Parables (Doug O’Donnell)
Dr. Doug O’Donnell explores the meaning and importance of Jesus’ parables and how we can read and understand them today.
Who Were the Nephilim and the Sons of God and Daughters of Man? (Genesis 6)
Whichever interpretation is adopted, what is abundantly clear is that as man multiplies and fills the earth—evidence itself of God’s blessing (Gen. 1:28)—sin multiplies also.
You Need Context When Reading the Bible
Finding the right context of a Bible verse or passage is vitally important in order to make correct interpretation and application.
10 Key Bible Verses on the Heart
The “heart” in Scripture refers to a person’s inward moral and spiritual life, including the emotions, will, and reason.
Podcast: 5 Stories of Forgotten Women in the Bible (Colleen Searcy)
Colleen Searcy discusses the neglected or even forgotten stories of women in Scripture that teach us more about who God is.
7 Tips for Leading a Bible Study
Bible studies should come in all shapes and sizes, connecting all kinds of people to God’s word. Here are seven tips that I’ve found to be effective.
Podcast: What If Death Taught Us How to Live? (David Gibson)
David Gibson discusses the intent, message, and way of life that Ecclesiastes has to teach us.
The First Rule of Hermeneutics
Hermeneutics is not just an academic subject but crucial to rightly understanding the truth and to living a life that pleases God.
Read the Bible the Way Jesus Did
Far too often, Bible students seek to understand and apply Scripture without considering that the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ—the message of the gospel—is the center of the Scriptures.
Like a Good Mystery Novel, the Bible Changes upon a Second Reading
Masters of the literary craft can structure their stories in such a way that the beginning gains new significance—gains its true significance—only in light of the end.
How the “Crux Tool” Can Help You Understand Any Book of the Bible
Just as every Bible passage has a main point, so does every biblical book, and it’s very important to find it. The crux tool—a hermeneutical tool—can help you do that.
6 Habits for Successful Bible Study
Cultivate these Bible study habits. Pay attention to the text, avoiding rabbit trails, and do everything you can to get the main point and the central application as God intended it.
Find a Bible Reading Plan for the New Year
We have made over fifty Bible reading plans available with varying lengths, topics, and styles. Find one that fits your lifestyle and reading goals, and establish a regular habit of Bible reading this year.
Podcast: What Does It Mean When the Bible Says Life Is Meaningless? (Lydia Brownback)
Lydia Brownback talks through how to approach the book of Ecclesiastes and points out its core message for Christians today.
Nate Shurden on Opportunities and Challenges in Teaching Acts (Season 2, Episode 11)
Join Nancy Guthrie as she talks with pastor Nate Shurden about what should be considered when endeavoring to teach through the book of Acts.
It’s Still True: Everyone Who Calls upon the Name of the Lord Will Be Saved (Season 2, Episode 10)
Join Nancy Guthrie as she talks with a number of good friends about how they are experiencing the promise of the book of Acts in their own ministries around the world.
Greg Lanier on Taking the Gospel into the Empire (Season 2, Episode 9)
Join Nancy Guthrie as she talks with Greg Lanier about the theme of the kingdom of God in the book of Acts and about the Greco-Roman and Jewish world behind the New Testament.