How non-theologians, regular believers, and Christians who are tired of arguing with each other might study the Bible.
Diving into the Bible like a normal human being, walking in faith that God will guide.
For some time now, I’ve been wanting to write more scripturally focused. While faith is woven into many of my posts, something else kept nagging at me, and I am finally going to give it a try, hence the new section dedicated just to Bible study.
This is probably more for my own benefit than yours, possibly.
The act of writing, whether private or public, has always been both an organizer and an explorer of my own thoughts, helping to process things.
This won’t be like a typical daily devotion or tidy Bible study. It’s an exploration of the Bible, considering what God is saying, how that’s landing, and what it means. It will be based on Bible passages, though other terms, history, or related material might be included. You are free to pray about it and determine what you’ll take in and what you will not.
A couple of things:
There are no comments. I’m not going to have theological arguments. I’ve had enough decades of that, and my soul is tired. You can debate the ideas on your own platform.
These posts will be free. If I forget to unlock one, let me know, and I’ll fix it.
This is not a daily thing. We all love our daily devotions, whether in book or email. This isn’t that. It reflects my own study, my own time to write, and frankly, whether I’m striding in victory or limping along in my faith. They probably won’t be structured exactly the same and as tidy as a regular email devotion. But they will be Bible-focused, not idea-focused like my other writing.
A woman is teaching you. I’m a woman, and just because it’s the written word and not at a pulpit or in a classroom with an audience doesn’t mean it’s not teaching and taking some leadership. I’m going to be very direct about that. Too long people have had an adamant and limiting position on women in ministry while fudging over things like authors, bloggers, writers, and video creators, denying women a chance to step out in gifting in the real world, knowing if they carried their ideas on women in leadership to the fullest extent they would have to outright advocate that women not be allowed any access to the internet, pretty much. Pretending that I’m doing otherwise only furthers that behavior. A woman is assuming some authority here and teaching you from the Bible. Best not read if you’re against that. No, I am not a Jezebel.
A free systematic theology download is available. If you want to understand my theology (though I’m going to try not to browbeat the particulars during these Bible studies), you can find it at the bottom of this post.