Bible study
Receiving the Whole of Scripture
A study on why the church plans to hear all of God's word, and gives thanks that it can be read at all.
scripture
50 pieces
Cast it, because he cares
The most quoted comfort in 1 Peter is a single clause with a reason attached.
Stewards of grace in its various forms
Peter assumes every believer has received a gift and expects every believer to use it.
Ready to give a reason, gentle in the giving
Peter's most quoted verse about apologetics is surrounded by words about fear and gentleness.
The man who denied him and the breakfast that brought him back
Behind every line of 1 Peter about suffering and grace stands a night by a fire and a morning on a beach.
By his wounds you have been healed
On the Lord's Day Peter takes us to the cross with the words of Isaiah 53.
Called out of darkness for a purpose
Peter gives scattered, overlooked Christians four titles that once belonged to Israel at Sinai.
A living hope that does not depend on the morning
Peter opens his letter with praise, and the praise is aimed at a hope that is already alive.
My Strength and My Song
The first recorded worship of the redeemed people begins with a personal claim.
The LORD Will Fight for You
Trapped between an army and the sea, Israel is told that its part is to stand still.
When I See the Blood
The night of Passover turns on what God sees on the doorframe, not on who is inside.
Raised Up for This Very Purpose
God tells the most powerful man on earth why he is still standing.
The Baby in the Basket
The rescue of Moses is a story of three women, a river, and a God who works through the smallest arrangements.
Seven Promises in Two Verses
When the mission has gone badly, God does not adjust the plan; he restates the promise.
The Name That Answers Every Question
Moses asks what he should say when the people ask who sent him, and God gives him himself.
God Heard, God Remembered, God Saw
Before a single plague falls, the story of the exodus turns on four quiet verbs.
The Plan and the Steps
Proverbs 16:9 leaves room for both human planning and divine direction.
Start Them on the Way
Proverbs 22:6 is quoted in a thousand nurseries, and it repays a careful reading.
The Gentle Answer
One sentence from Proverbs 15 can change the temperature of a room.
Knowledge of the Holy One
Proverbs 9 restates the book's first principle and adds a phrase worth stopping over.
The King Who Asked for a Listening Heart
At Gibeon a young Solomon was offered anything he wanted, and what he chose became the seed of Proverbs.
Guard the Spring
Proverbs 4 says everything you do flows from one place, and asks you to keep watch over it.
Trust with the Whole Heart
The most quoted verse in Proverbs asks for more than agreement; it asks for the whole heart.
Where Knowledge Begins
Proverbs opens with a claim about the starting line, and everything after depends on it.
In All Things
Romans 8:28 is often quoted too quickly; read slowly, it promises more and less than people think.
No Condemnation
Romans 8:1 begins the greatest chapter in the letter with a verdict that has already been read.
Who Will Rescue Me
Romans 7:24-25 puts the most honest cry in the letter next to its answer.
Wages and Gift
Romans 6:23 sets two words against each other, and the contrast is the gospel.
The Night Nicodemus Came
A teacher of Israel comes to Jesus in the dark and hears that he must be born again.
Count Yourselves Dead
Romans 6:11 asks for an act of reckoning, not a feeling.
The Gift Is Not Like the Trespass
Romans 5:15 insists that grace does more than cancel sin; it overflows.
Peace That Was Made, Not Found
Romans 5:1 describes a peace that rests on a finished verdict rather than a settled mood.
This Is Eternal Life
In his prayer to the Father, Jesus defines the thing Christians most often talk about and least often define.
The Spirit of Truth Will Guide You
Jesus promises that his followers will not be left to work out the truth on their own.
The Vine and the Branches
Jesus names the relationship between himself and his people in a single image.
Peace Not as the World Gives
Jesus leaves his disciples a gift that does not depend on circumstances.
The Night He Washed Their Feet
The supper in the upper room, from the basin to Judas walking out into the dark.
The Way, the Truth, and the Life
Thomas asks an honest question and receives one of the clearest answers in Scripture.
The New Command
Jesus gives one instruction that will identify his people to a watching world.
The Teacher Who Picked Up a Towel
Jesus tells his disciples that what he has just done for them is what they are to do for one another.
Speak, for Your Servant Is Listening
A boy learns to recognise God's voice, and gives us the posture for hearing it.
No One Holy Like the Lord
Hannah's song opens with a confession that puts every rival power in its place.
I Prayed for This Child
Hannah returns to Shiloh with a small boy and a settled account.
Not Left Without a Redeemer
The women of Bethlehem name what God has done for Naomi, and their words reach further than they know.
The Widow Who Came Home With Nothing
The book of Ruth retold, from a famine in Bethlehem to a baby in Naomi's arms.
A Woman of Noble Character
The whole town knows what Ruth is, and Boaz says so before he says anything else.
Under His Wings
Boaz blesses a foreign widow with a picture of God that runs through the whole Old Testament.
Where You Go, I Will Go
Ruth binds herself to a bitter widow and a God she barely knows, and the whole book turns on it.
The Farmer Waits
James asks impatient believers to look at how a farmer relates to the rain.
Where Fights Come From
James traces every quarrel to a source we would rather not name.