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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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