A new believer Bible study that doesn’t require you to get it all at once. Mark 4 shows Jesus taught “as they were able to hear it” – and the ones who stayed to ask.
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Ephesians 2:8-9 Explained: Nobody Quotes Verse 10
Ephesians 2:8-9 explained: grace, faith, and what the word “that” actually points to. Then verse 10 puts the good works back, and changes the question.
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Saudade Meaning: The Longing That Came Before the Ships
Saudade meaning: the Portuguese word for missing someone who may never come back. The story says the sailing ships made it. The dates say it came first.
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Parable of the Mustard Seed: The Point Is the Birds
The parable of the mustard seed is not only about small things growing big. Jesus ends it with birds resting in the branches, and that ending is the point.
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What Is Lectio Divina? How to Read the Bible Slowly and Actually Be Fed
What is lectio divina? A 1,500-year-old way of reading the Bible slowly, in four steps a 12th-century monk compared to eating. Here is how to try it today.
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Psalm 23:1 Explained: The Promise Is Smaller Than You Think
Psalm 23:1 explained: “want” meant lack, not desire. And David had been a shepherd and a king, so he knew exactly what he was claiming when he wrote it.
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Funny Bible Stories: Peter Left Knocking at the Door
Funny Bible stories don’t get better than Acts 12. A church prays all night for Peter, then leaves him knocking and tells the girl who saw him she is mad.
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Who Will Roll Away the Stone? The Women Went Anyway
Who will roll away the stone? Three women asked it in Mark 16 only after they set out, and they had watched it go in. Why they went anyway, and what it means.
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Quark-Gluon Plasma Behaves Like a Liquid. One Quark’s Wake Shows It.
Quark-gluon plasma, the matter that filled the newborn universe, flows like a liquid. One quark’s wake showed it. What was found, and what is still unknown.
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“God Needed Another Angel” Is Not in the Bible
“God needed another angel” is not in the Bible, and neither is “heaven gained another angel.” No verse says people become angels, or that God needed anyone.