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Whether you’ve been a Christian for days or decades, you’re never done learning. You’re never done needing Bible study tips.

The Bible is a majorly complicated historical, cultural, and spiritual resource. Then, it covers not only history, but poetry and narrative as well. Lastly, even if you really think you’ve got a good grip on all things Bible—hang on tight. The Bible is alive and God, who we can never fully understand, is always leading you to learn new things.

All that to say… there may be tips you’ve heard of before. There may be tips you have never considered. We hope you’ll find a something today that teaches you new truths about Jesus and his love.

Bible Study Tips

Poetry in the Bible: Parallelism

Parallelism

This content on parallelism and poetry in the Bible is from the Believer’s Bible Commentary. WHAT IS PARALLELISM? Bible poetry’s greatest technique is not to rhyme sounds, as in much English poetry, but to “rhyme” ideas—that is, to put two or more lines together that somehow match each other. We…

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Studying With Sermons

We toss around that word “enhanced” a lot, and thought we should clarify. Have you heard us talk about our enhanced sermons? We have those! And we have them because we believe there is a lot to be learned by studying with sermons. WHAT ARE ENHANCED SERMONS? Inside sermons, there…

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cultural backgrounds
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7 Reasons to Study Bible Culture

We say it all the time. It’s important to understand the background of the Bible! But like many things in life, we won’t put it into practice until we understand why it’s important. So, here are seven really great reasons to study the cultural backgrounds of the Bible. 1. Understand…

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11 Principles for Studying Biblical Culture

biblical culture

Studying the culture of the Bible can lead you down many, many rabbit trails. But the Cultural Backgrounds Study Bible likes to make everything concise. Here are their eleven principles for studying biblical culture. The Importance of Understanding Biblical Culture: Proverbs 2:1-2, 5-6 “My son, if you receive my words,And…

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Read and Study the Bible in new ways
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Read and Study the Bible in New Ways

The Bible is an ancient text. So, it isn’t surprising when we get a little bored while reading it—especially with our entertainment-saturated culture. The average person watches only 10-seconds of a video on Facebook! If our attention spans can only handle 10-seconds of a video, how can we possibly stay…

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best bible study books
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10 Books to Start Your Bible Education

So you want a Bible education without the classroom, tuition, and fees. No problem! We’ve got a list of 10 great books to kick off your personal, but in-depth, study. 1) The Moody Bible Commentary This single-volume commentary is perfect for the beginner Bible student. It is exclusively composed by…

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Why Every Christian Should Study the Bible

why study the Bible

This title might seem slightly redundant. Shouldn’t a Christian study the Bible because they are a Christian? If only that was enough to convince us. I graduated from a Bible college and work for a Bible software company—and yet I still find myself procrastinating on reading God’s Word. Somehow, I…

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How do I apply the Bible
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How To Personally Apply the Bible

It is a marvel how personally the Bible applies. The words pointedly address the concerns of long-ago people in faraway places, facing specific problems, many of which no longer exist. They had no difficulty seeing the application. Much of what they read was personal application to actual situations they were…

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5 Books for Spiritual Growth

SPIRITUAL GROWTH BUNDLE (27 VOLS.) Our Spiritual Growth Bundle includes four Bible translations, five devotionals, and an array of books on spiritual growth. A few of those titles are The Power of Prayer, An Appeal to All That Doubt, and Holy in Christ. This is being discounted an incredible 81%…

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