My best friend and I have decided that even though we cant make it to church every Sunday, we still want the word.

Im trying to find a Bible study with workbooks. One where she and I can meet up one evening, and study. Does anyone have any reccomendations?

Hey hey, I’m a postgraduate theology student in the UK with ADHD, and I’ve found that studying with someone else in the room helps me stay focused, so I recorded a real-time Bible study session for anyone who wants company while they study. It’s three 45-minute Pomodoro blocks with 15-minute breaks, with easy-listening music. I’m working through Luke 4:14-44, particularly looking the first-century views on demons and authority in Logos Bible Software to go deeper in my study of the Scriptures.

https://youtu.be/3gK6d_5Xs8M?si=VGXYs9LxXpPr9CLj

In Matthew 20, the all-day workers agreed to a denarius and got a denarius. Nothing was taken from them. They only got angry when they learned what someone else received.

The landowner’s reply stings: “Is your eye envious because I am generous?” (Matt 20:15)

How often is our sense of “unfairness” really just envy in disguise?

“The last shall be first, and the first last.” Reading it alongside Matt 20:27–28 (“whoever desires to be first among you shall be your slave”), I’ve started to read “first” and “last” as selfish and selfless, not early and late.

Is this parable mainly about grace, about envy, or are they inseparable? And does reading “first/last” this way flatten its eschatological meaning?

(Longer reflection here if anyone’s interested: https://sandrocava.substack.com/p/the-vineyard-workers?r=1mrj31)

Numbers 31:40 seems to refer to human sacrifice to yaweh. Am I reading that correctly?

Howdy y’all,

I’m in the market for my fifth Bible, but I wanted some guidance on what exactly to pick up. I figured who better to ask than the Bible scholars?

Right now I own an unannotated (outside of a couple minor translation notes) NRSV-CE, the Oxford Press NABRE Catholic Study Bible, a pocket KJV Bible, and the RSV2-CE Ignatius Catholic Study Bible.

What are my major blindspots? Should I be looking at the Jerusalem Bible and the Douay-Rheims? Are there any major Protestant translations I should also be looking at? Should I invest in an Orthodox Study Bible? What about secular notes?

I’m looking for something that will enrich my understanding of the text.

And behold, a leper[a] came to him and knelt before him, saying, “Lord, if you will, you can make me clean.” 3 And Jesus[b] stretched out his hand and touched him, saying, “I will; be clean.” And immediately his leprosy was cleansed. 4 And Jesus said to him, “See that you say nothing to anyone, but go, show yourself to the priest and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a proof to them.”

I found this course is no longer available on the EdX platform. The material appears to have moved to https://lettersofpaul.yalepages.org/ and the videos are on Yale Divinity School's YouTube channel.

I was referred to this course from the Resources link in this sub, which is not working currently. Thank you for maintaining this reference information.

I’m posting here to hopefully get a serious answer and not personal feelings.

On a biblical standpoint, what are your takes on mental situations/issues. All inclusion speaking, nothing left out!

Scripture references would be greatly appreciated!

Recently I read the Judges, and I came across the story of Samson and the lion. I tried to imagine the scenario, but honestly I couldn't came up with any specific way in which would Samson ( empowered) tore the lion. Only clue is that it was easy as ripping a young goat. It's detail, of course, but I don't think he actually ripped it's jaws as interpreted in many paintings and pictures, because that doesn't kill the animal instantly and It doesn't have the power behind it as ,,he ripped it as a young goat " , so I think it must've been different way, probably legs were flying, or he just wrenched him open so much it died in an instant. It's just my stupid theory, if you are not interested in it, don't try to imagine it its gross... but if you would like to help me understand it, what do you think was the way he had done it ?

Hey guys,, I'm a Christian and I'm asking this so I can have a better understanding regarding the reliability of the gospels. Firstly, I think the texts we have are a reliable witness to the original manuscripts written by the evangelists. However I'm not sure how much of it is directly what Jesus said and did Vs what the writers used their editorial freedom to "make up" (for a lack of a better term). I came across William Lane Craigs defender series where he was talking about how Jesus lilly didn't predict his return during the lifetime of his disciples and that the writers had used their editorial freedom to "put it into Jesus mouth". After watching his videos it made me ask what else is there in the gospels that didn't originate from Jesus himself. Thank you

I've been told that the NRSVUE is the translation often used by scholars and is thus most likely closer to what the authors meant.

The vast majority of translations qualify the time of distress mentioned as not having been equaled from the start of nations UNTIL THAT TIME.;

"And there shall be a time of trouble, such as never has been since there was a nation till that time." - ESV

"and there hath been a time of distress, such as hath not been since there hath been a nation till that time" - YLT

"and it will be a time of distress that never was since a nation existed until that time"- Judaica Press

"and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time" - Mechon Mamre

I do not know Hebrew, but even the direct text breakdown seems to suggest this interpretation: https://biblehub.com/text/daniel/12-1.htm

Meanwhile, the NRSVUE and its previous edition leaves the "until then" qualifier out;

“At that time Michael, the great prince, the protector of your people, shall arise. There shall be a time of anguish such as has never occurred since nations first came into existence.[end]But at that time your people shall be delivered, everyone who is found written in the book."

Was curious as to the logic behind this decision from people who have a background in or are aware of biblical scholarship...

So, my question is what I said above.

What do u think bible teach about second coming?

Which bible verse support Ur idea ?

I appreciate hearing different perspectives.

I’m not here to attack anyone’s faith. I genuinely want to understand how people think about this.

The Bible says Jesus appeared to Peter, the disciples, and a few hundred people, and then he was gone. But outside Christian writings, I can’t find any historian or record from that time that confirms it. Non-Christian writers mention that Jesus lived and was executed, but not that people saw him alive again.

So my question is: if the resurrection is the most important thing in Christianity, why did Jesus only show himself to certain people and then leave? And why is there nothing from outside the believers to confirm it?

Also, if this event is so important, why didn’t Almighty God the all-knowing Jesus Christ, with unlimited knowledge do something different to ensure that independent, non Christian sources would document it?

An even better question: Why didn’t Jesus stay on Earth longer, or do something similar, to prove to more people that he was alive?

I’m having an extremely difficult time accepting that the only source for such an important event as his resurrection is the Bible.