Getting started
Starting the Bible at thirty
For people who did not grow up with it, do not know the references, and are quietly embarrassed about both.
Writing
Notes on reading slowly
A few essays about how study actually works: why a fast answer is usually the wrong one, how to sit with a psalm, and what we do with the questions Christians have argued about for centuries.
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ApproachWhat we do when Christians disagree
Baptism, the end times, church government, the gifts. Trinity will not resolve these for you, and we want to be clear about why.
PracticeThe case for slow reading
Reading the Bible in a year is a fine project and a poor habit. Here is the argument for eleven minutes and one chapter.
ApproachWhy AI chatbots make bad Bible teachers
A general-purpose assistant will answer any question about Scripture in four seconds. That speed is the problem, not the feature.
How to readHow to read a psalm
Most of us were handed the Psalms as a comfort book. A large share of them are complaints, and reading them as poems rather than promises changes everything.