Bible Study
The wise men are never counted, never named and never reach a stable; the ox and the donkey come from tradition, not the Gospels. How to tell Christmas faithfully without spoiling it.
Ruth Callaway ·
Bible Study
The chapter begins with a queen mother lecturing a king about wine and the courts, and ends with an acrostic poem about a woman who buys land. Proverbs 31, all 31 verses, in context.
Ruth Callaway ·
Bible Study
Two of every animal, forty days of rain, a rainbow at the end. Two of those three are only part of what Genesis says. Here is the story as the chapters tell it.
Ruth Callaway ·
Bible Study
The same passages, read two ways. Here is the case each side makes from Scripture, what the household baptisms in Acts are doing in the argument, and what happens when a family moves between the two.
Ruth Callaway ·
Bible Study
Only two angels are named in the sixty-six-book Bible, and a third in the deuterocanonical books. The nine choirs, the guardian angel and most of the famous names come from elsewhere. Here is the line between them.
Ruth Callaway ·
Bible Study
Easter runs through a crucifixion, and there is no way to tell the whole story without it. What to say at each age, what is fair to leave out, and where the text ends.
Ruth Callaway ·
Bible Study
1 Samuel 17 tells it in detail: the challenge, the armor David refused, the five stones and the sling. There is also a second passage that credits the kill to someone else.
Ruth Callaway ·
Bible Study
A repeatable method for studying a passage without a teacher: choose the unit, read it whole, observe before interpreting, ask the context questions, cross-check, compare translations, write one sentence.
Ruth Callaway ·
Bible Study
Some churches invite everyone, some invite the baptized, some invite only their own members. Here is what each tradition practises, what to do if you are unsure, and how to decline without awkwardness.
Ruth Callaway ·
Bible Study
Eighteen genuinely short verses, grouped into ages 3 to 5, 6 to 8 and 9 to 12, each with the literal text and one sentence of explanation in a child's language.
Ruth Callaway ·
Bible Study
A trap built out of a law that cannot be repealed, an old official who keeps praying anyway, and a king who cannot save him. Daniel 6, read as the chapter is written.
Ruth Callaway ·
Reflections
Three words for three different gatherings, plus what a Catholic vigil, an Orthodox panikhida and an evangelical celebration of life actually involve — and what to say, wear and bring to each.
Ruth Callaway ·