Life With God

It is easy to lift the words from the pages of the Bible as though they were written in our day and from within our culture. But since they are not, understanding their original intended meaning and digging for the wisdom they contain takes a lifetime. Throughout human history scholars have worked diligently to decipher, (using the original cultures and languages), and document, Biblical truths based upon its (ancient) context. God does wonders in our hearts as we inhale and exhale his Word.

Reading Biblical truths in the scriptures that are as powerful and relevant today as they ever were, is a treasure waiting to be discovered. It is a faith deepening way to live and fortifies our trust in God and His promises. As we sit with God’s Word in humility and with an open heart, He reveals mysteries, insights and wisdom to each of us that we will hardly be able to use words to describe. Reading the Bible is a beautiful way to love God with our mind. And anytime we determine to love, believe and trust God more, He gives us more of Himself. What, my beloved sister, can ever be better than that?

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And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.

Hebrews 11:6

Understanding requires a lifetime of reading, meditating and studying.

Bible Study Resources

Bible Project & Bible Project Classroom

Take your Bible study to a new level with BibleProject. This is one of my favorite go to places for Bible study. The Bible Project team believes the Bible is a unified story that leads to Jesus.” They produce 100% free Bible videos, classes, & educational Bible resources. You can find word studies, theme studies, Bible book studies, and so much more. Or, you can get a Master’s level studies program by enrolling in their Classroom studies track.

LOGOS

This is THE STANDARD for access to peer reviewed scholarly resources. With the enormous amount of books, documents and documents under its umbrella, Faithlife (the owner of LOGOS) makes biblical literacy accessible for Christians around the world.

Biblehub

This is a great resource to quickly look up Bible verses. Once your verse is pulled up, you can read it in many translations, find cross references, and thematic correlations on the same page.

Stepbible

This resource has an excellent and easy to use search box for you to find Bibles, commentaries, passages, or other information you want to search for.

NetBible.org

Knowing a bit about the original languages the Bible is written in is helpful to the underlying message being communicated. This resource provides you the opportunity to look up Biblical passages, verses and words in the original Hebrew or Greek. Very cool, right?

BlueLetterBible

This site has A LOT of excellent resources. They describe their site as: “Tools for an in-depth study of God’s Word through our free online reference library, with study tools that are grounded in the historical, Christian faith.”

Dead Sea Scrolls

Did you know the Dead Sea Scrolls is one of the greatest Biblical discoveries of the 20th century? It is a tremendously important and amazing find!! Discovered in the Qumran caves, the Dead Sea Scrolls are partial or complete copies of every book in the Hebrew Bible (except the book of Esther). This site gives you access to up-close images of the scrolls so make sure to check out this too amazing for words discovery of the 20th century.