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Look Inside: New Beacon Bible Commentary Set

The New Beacon Bible Commentary Set is a Wesleyan commentary based on the NIV. It’s readable, relevant, and above all, academically thorough. Editors Roger Hahn, Alex Varughese, and George Lyons care deeply about equipping the Church to study and teach God’s Word. Want to know what’s inside? Hear from the…

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App Tips

What’s an Enhanced Resource?

At least once a year, we like to highlight our enhanced resources: resources that we’ve enriched and optimized for the Olive Tree Bible App. Instead of these resources simply being eBooks that you only scroll and read, we’ve made the content discoverable by search and the Resource Guide, hyperlinked verses,…

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Look Inside: Essential Bible Reference Collection

Learning how to study the Bible shouldn’t be difficult. The Essential Bible Reference Collection provides four quality, easy-to-use resources to get you started. Before you know it, you’ll feel confident using Bible dictionaries, handbooks, and historical resources. Let’s take a look inside this new collection in our store! THE ESSENTIAL…

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Grow in Love: Family & Marriage Books

Happy Valentine’s Day! We would send you all flowers and chocolate if we could… but instead, we decided to discount some of our top Marriage and Family resources. This is the kind of gift that keeps on giving! Scroll through this blog and see if anything catches your eye. You…

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Seasonal

Why Celebrate Lent?

In high school, I attended a Baptist church “in-town” while most of my peers went to the Catholic church down the street. I always knew when the Lent season started—not just because of the ashes they wore to school—but because of the cafeteria food. They started serving fish. Every. Friday.…

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Zondervan Illustrated Bible Backgrounds Commentary
Commentaries

Illustrated Bible Backgrounds Commentary

Have you ever sat in a church service and wondered what a Philistine era oil jar looked like? Okay, maybe that’s too specific. But if you wanted to, you could—even when the wifi is down and your church gets terrible cell service. How? The Zondervan Illustrated Bible Backgrounds Commentary is…

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New Testament

Sealing the Tomb of Jesus

Ever wondered if there’s more to know about Jesus’ tomb? Then let archaeology experts teach you! This blog post is an excerpt from the Zondervan Handbook of Biblical Archaeology. TOMB NEAR MEGIDDO ARE ALL TOMBS THE SAME? According to Jewish practice the body of the deceased was initially laid to…

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Waging War on Legalism
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Waging War on Legalism

“IMAGINE IF… you had a neighbor who had been paralyzed from the neck down by an accident more than thirty years ago. One Sunday morning, just after six o’clock, the sound of a lawnmower jolts you from a deep, satisfying sleep. Annoyed, you bolt to the front door to see…

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New Testament

Marriage at the Resurrection

Matthew 22:24-32 speaks on marriage at the resurrection. LET’S LEARN MORE USING THE LIFE APPLICATION BIBLE COMMENTARY NEW TESTAMENT SET In this post, we are going to walk through the commentary provided by the Life Application Bible Commentary for Matthew 22:24-32. This series does a great job including all the…

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