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6 Bible Study Methods You Need to Know (and Try)

There is no one-size-fits-all approach to Bible study. That’s why Bible study methods exist. Here are 6 methods you need to know and try.

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How do you study the Bible with a TEXT (method)?

It can be difficult to know how to start when we’re just getting started with studying the Bible. Should we just pick it up and start reading? Is there a plan to follow? Are there any tools that can help? For those just starting out with studying the Bible, the TEXT Method is a memorable […]

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A Conversation with OneHope About the New NIV Telos Bible

What inspired OneHope to create The NIV Telos Bible? Erika Andujar: For more than 10 years, OneHope has been researching and building a community of youth pastors, next generation ministry leaders, and theologians to address the condition and challenges spiritually facing North America. We live in a post-truth age when the claims and teachings of […]

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Prepare for Spiritual Warfare: Put On the Armor of God

Around AD 60, while a prisoner in ancient Rome for preaching the gospel, the apostle Paul wrote his letter to the church in Ephesus, using the armor of a Roman soldier as a metaphor to describe how Christians must live out their faith by strapping on the full armor of God to properly conduct and […]

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The Treasure Map of Bible Study: How to Read a Verse for All Its Worth

If you knew a vast treasure was buried somewhere, would you rather have the occasional jewel or piece of gold that someone retrieved for you, or a map showing the location of the entire treasure? If you’re like most people, the answer’s a no-brainer. What’s true about material treasure is also true for spiritual treasure. […]

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How to Live the Bible — More Mistakes in Bible Application

This is the two-hundred-twenty-fifth lesson in author and pastor Mel Lawrenz’ How to Live the Bible series. If you know someone or a group who would like to follow along on this journey through Scripture, they can get more info and sign up to receive these essays via email here. [continued from last time…] Application […]

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How to Live the Bible — Mistakes in Bible Application

This is the two-hundred-twenty-fourth lesson in author and pastor Mel Lawrenz’ How to Live the Bible series. If you know someone or a group who would like to follow along on this journey through Scripture, they can get more info and sign up to receive these essays via email here. I always feel a little […]

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How to Define Bitterness and Then Avoid It

How do you define bitterness? Do you wonder how God can turn the bitterness of unmet desire into new flavors of joy? Like the flicker of a single match that ends up destroying millions of forrested acres in a wildfire, so bitterness starts small but enlarges with festering cultivation. An example of one person’s approach […]

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What Are the Beatitudes? Why Are the Beatitudes Important?

On a hillside, possibly in the Korazim Plateau in northern Israel near the Sea of Galilee, Jesus began his Sermon on the Mount—the term first used by the 4th/5th century theologian, Augustine—with a grouping of virtues we know as the Beatitudes, in which he repeatedly emphasized the Greek word makarios, meaning “blessed (receiving God’s favor), […]

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CSB Tony Evans Study Bible Notes Now In Bible Gateway Plus

Now with your Bible Gateway Plus membership, you’re able to study Scripture with the vivid insight of Dr. Tony Evans, founder and senior pastor of Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship in Dallas, founder and president of The Urban Alternative, former chaplain of the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks and the NFL’s Dallas Cowboys, and author of over 100 […]

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