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How To Read The Bible – Part 19 – Apocalyptic Literature

What comes to mind when you think about the word Apocalypse? I suspect for many of us, we think about catastrophic world ending events...

How To Read The Bible – Part 18 – New Testament Letters: Literary Context

Nowadays, when we want to send someone a letter, we turn on a computer or pull out a smartphone and start typing. In a world powered by...

How To Read The Bible – Part 17 – New Testament Letters: Historical Context

It’s unusual to read someone else’s mail but that’s essentially what we’re doing when we read the New Testament Letters. However, these...

How To Read The Bible – Part 16 – The Parables of Jesus

Typically, when we want to learn about something we go to school to study it. We usually learn from a teacher who we expect to teach us...

How To Read The Bible – Part 15 – How to Read The Gospel

The word Evangelion or Gospel means Good News and the Bible has four books which are commonly referred to as Gospels. These books were...

How To Read The Bible – Part 14 – Solomon, what a wise guy!

Solomon is credited with writing a significant chunk of the wisdom literature in the Old Testament. This should come as no surprise since...

How To Read The Bible – Part 13 – The Law

When we think about The Law, we tend to think of it in terms of rules that limit or define our behaviour. However, reading The Law in...

How To Read The Bible – Part 12 – The Prophets

The section of the Bible which is referred to as The Prophets is a compilation of books that reflect the lives of fifteen people who were...

How To Read The Bible – Part 11 – The Book of Psalms

The Book of Psalms is the largest collection of poems in the Bible, and it can feel a bit overwhelming to leaf through its many pages and...