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Wondering what Bible study tools are right for you? Take a look inside Olive Tree resources and decide for yourself. We’ll give our thoughts on it, too.

Some categories of resources include Bibles, study Bibles, commentaries, and dictionaries. Also, there are posts on more unique resources! For example, learn about Calvin’s Institutes or audio devotionals. In these posts, we’ll show you screenshots and gifs of how it works and special features.

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Study Bibles

How God’s Comfort Spreads

It is a glorious truth that God comforts us in our troubles. But did you know that God intends his comfort of us to be shared with others? Yes, that’s right. God’s comfort spreads as believers receive his comfort and share it with one another. Let’s look at how Paul…

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Commentaries

The Parable of the Tenants

Who gave Jesus the authority to cleanse the temple? That’s the question on the minds of the religious authorities, the very question they ask Jesus in Mark 11:28, “By what authority are you doing these things, or who gave you this authority to do them?” After their refusal to answer…

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Why Must We Experience the New Birth?

Nicodemus was convinced that God was somehow working in and through Jesus. He knew that God had sent him and the signs he performed showed that God was with him. But nothing could have prepared him for the response he got from Jesus after discretely visiting him under the cover…

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Abraham’s Faith in God

Paul provides an astonishing and remarkable description of Abraham’s faith in God in Romans 4:17–21. In her new commentary on Romans in the Old & New Testament Library, Princeton Theological Seminary professor Beverly Roberts Gaventa highlights four aspects of Abraham’s faith in God. Let’s see how she skillfully unpacks this…

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Six Doctrines from John’s Letters

God’s revelation in Scripture doesn’t take the form of a theological treatise. But that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t approach biblical doctrines systematically. There’s significant value in summarizing theological concepts and aligning our thinking with God’s. In his volume on 1–3 John in the New American Commentary, Daniel Akin organizes the…

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Study Bibles

Knowing the Will of God

We can sometimes think that knowing the will of God is like trying to discover a lost treasure. Or even worse, we can think that God hides his will from us as some sort of mystery! But let’s let the clarity of this short article on knowing the will of…

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Commentaries

The Tragedy of Disobedience

When we get entangled in some sort of grievous sin, we often remain blind or hardened to its effects. Others often get wrapped up in this as well as a form of collateral damage. Though we may sin in isolation, the effects of sin are never isolated solely to the…

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Study Bibles

Four Replacements for Worry

The situation David faced in Psalm 37 sounds dangerous and dire. The wicked are multiplying in the land, planning and scheming against the righteous. In other words, there’s plenty to worry about. David is not fazed by this though because he knows that God will deliver the righteous and judge…

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The Cultural River of the Ancient Near East

What does the Bible say about culture? Culture in the Bible is not an explicit subject that you can find through a simple word study. Instead, it permeates every page of the biblical text. It’s the invisible and foundational backdrop to everything we see taking place on the pages of…

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