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This daily Bible study series is designed for a variety of people. It is basic enough for those new to Bible study and challenging enough for those who want to dig deeper. Let's begin with an [...]

My new favorite genre is biblical historical fiction. Years ago my introduction was a children’s book by Elizabeth George Speare, The Bronze Bow, which I believe was her only work in this genre. [...]

When I started my journey toward discipleship, I was introduced to a teacher named Ray Vander Laan. He came at the Bible from a very different perspective. The statement he made that kept playing [...]

Today we will begin our study like many Jewish people begin their day – by reciting the Shema. “Shema” means to hear. In Jesus’ day, reciting the Shema meant a renewing of your relationship with God.

Rich images and beautiful word pictures fill the pages of the Bible. These images come from a culture, time, and place that was much different from our own. The inspired writers of the Bible were [...]

For four hundred years, nothing was added to the Bible. The prophets became silent, and the Jewish people watched and waited for the Messiah to come. They had some clues as to what to be looking [...]

In the next section of Matthew there is a picture that is easily missed by the Western reader. Read Matthew 2:1 (out loud) to find out where Jesus was born. In Day 4, we found out that names had [...]

In Day 5 of the study we read about King Herod (along with his chief priests and teachers of the law) and the Magi – two very interesting groups of people to be involved in the documentation of [...]

In Day 6, we read how God protected the Magi by warning them in a dream not to return to Herod. We find that God also needed to protect Joseph, Mary, and Jesus from Herod. God sent them to Egypt. [...]

In Jesus’ baptism, there is pattern that was repeated throughout the Jewish Bible whenever a major reset was occurring. The pattern was chaos, the Spirit hovered, new creation emerges, Shalom [...]