1) What is the Bible?
This is episode 1 of an ongoing series that explores the origins, content, and purpose of the Bible. Here you'll be introduced to a...
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- Mar 13, 2020
- 1 min
2) Biblical Story
Episode 2 summarizes the overall story of the Bible as a series of crossroad decisions. All humanity, followed by the Israelites,...
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- Mar 12, 2020
- 1 min
3) Literary Styles
Episode 3 shows how reading the Bible wisely requires that we learn about the ancient literary styles used by the biblical authors. These...
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- Mar 11, 2020
- 1 min
4) Narrative Plot
An important part of reading biblical narratives is learning how to understand the nature of "the plot," how stories are arranged into a...
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- Mar 10, 2020
- 1 min
5) Character in Biblical Narratives
Most of us think of characters in Bible as either sinners or saints, good or bad. At least that’s how Bible stories are presented to...
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- Mar 9, 2020
- 1 min
6) Narrative Settings
Every story has to take place somewhere, and very often locations have a special meaning or significance evoked by events that already...
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- Mar 7, 2020
- 1 min
7) Gospel Narrative
The New Testament contains four ancient biographies of Jesus of Nazareth, and altogether they are called “the Gospel.” Each one tells the...
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- Mar 6, 2020
- 1 min
8) The Parables of Jesus
Jesus of Nazareth was a master storyteller, and many of his most well-known teachings were told as parables. But these stories were...
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- Mar 4, 2020
- 1 min
9) How to read the Law
Have you ever wondered why there are so many ancient biblical laws in the first books of the Bible? What are modern readers supposed to...
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- Mar 3, 2020
- 1 min
10) How to read the Epistles
In the New Testament, there are 21 letters written by early Christian leaders to communities of Jesus' followers in the ancient Roman...
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