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Longer pieces on how to read the Bible well, what Christians believe and why, and the questions teenagers actually ask. Written for teens, and good company for the parents reading over their shoulder.
Looking up the original word is one of the best things a Bible reader can do, and one of the easiest to get wrong. The tools, a method, and the famous mistakes to avoid.
Memorising Scripture is less about a good memory than about method. Seven approaches compared, a review schedule that works, and the mistake that gives verses a bad name.
Most people who pray regularly have also sat in silence with nothing to say. The Bible expects that, and gives several ways in.
Most people who try to read the Bible straight through give up somewhere in Leviticus. A better way in, and a few habits that make the reading stick.
A fair account of how the Bible was copied, collected and translated, including the parts that are uncomfortable for people on both sides of the argument.
Many people think the Old Testament God and the New Testament God are different characters. A fair comparison of the two halves, and what holds them together.
Five Greek words in one verse carry a claim that shaped the church's creeds. A close reading of John 1:14, and what it would have sounded like to its first readers.
The Trinity is one of the hardest ideas in Christianity to put into words, and most of the common illustrations teach it wrongly. What the Bible says, and how the church put it.
Philippians 4:6 gets quoted at anxious people as if it were a simple instruction. A closer reading is kinder, and the Bible's own examples show a fuller picture.
No honest account of the Christian faith skips this question. What the Bible says, three common Christian answers and their limits, and what not to say to a friend.