Bible Study
The word “rapture” is not in the Bible, and the pre-tribulation reading of 1 Thessalonians 4 is roughly two centuries old. Here are the passages, the four main Christian readings, and what the texts refuse to supply.
Ruth Callaway ·
Bible Study
Size, frequency, what to study first, the four-question structure that keeps a discussion moving, and what to do about the person who talks too much and the person who never does.
Ruth Callaway ·
Bible Study
Fourteen chapters of Genesis follow one man from a pit in Canaan to second in command in Egypt. Here is the full sequence, with the places in the text to check each turn.
Ruth Callaway ·
Bible Study
Short prayers in plain language for the three moments children pray most, with the Bible text behind each one and what to say when a prayer is not answered.
Ruth Callaway ·
Bible Study
Thirty-nine books and twenty-seven, written centuries apart in different languages — what separates them, why the book lists differ between churches, and the four threads that tie them together.
Ruth Callaway ·
Bible Study
The Bible names some of its writers, leaves others anonymous, and mentions two secretaries by name. Here is what the text says about its own production, and how sixty-six or more scrolls became a single volume.
Ruth Callaway ·
Bible Study
Forty biblical names with their Hebrew, Aramaic or Greek form, what each one means, and where the Bible itself explains a name. Disputed etymologies are marked as disputed.
Ruth Callaway ·
Bible Study
A psalm, a proverb, a law, a letter and an apocalypse make different kinds of claim. What each genre in the Bible is doing, the mistake each one invites, and how to tell them apart on sight.
Ruth Callaway ·
Bible Study
Attention span, kind of story, what a child can already understand and what she cannot yet: an age-by-age guide for parents, catechists and Sunday school teachers.
Ruth Callaway ·
Bible Study
Seven books and some passages separate the two canons. The difference is older than the Reformation, involves a Greek translation of the Hebrew Scriptures, and the Orthodox churches count differently again.
Ruth Callaway ·
Bible Study
Two translations of the same verse can differ over the manuscript behind them, an idiom that does not survive, or a choice the receiving language forces. Here is what happens underneath.
Ruth Callaway ·
Bible Study
Biblical names for boys and girls with the original form, the meaning, and the chapter where the person appears — plus the names people assume are biblical and are not.
Ruth Callaway ·