Love God Deeper, Love Others Better

Live Out the Great Commandment and the Great Commission

Welcome to Discover from Our Daily Bread Ministries! The resources on this page and in this website have been specifically collected to help you continue getting to know God deeper and equip you to walk alongside others as they grow in their own faith. Each piece of content on this site is part of what we call Bible Engagement Journeys - connections between Bible and content that don't simply foster a Bible reading habit, but help you encounter the living God. To do that, we'll help you understand Scripture, offer ways to live out its wisdom in the circumstances of your life, and help you guide others to do the same. Start your journey into reading better, loving deeper, and living wiser with your first click (and don't forget to bookmark this page so you can come back and continue your journey).

God Knows Me

When my sister found a storybook from our childhood, my mom, now in her seventies, was delighted. She remembered all the funny details about a be...

Inviting People into God’s Family – Bible Reading Plan – Day 1

Sharing Jesus with Others

Yahweh vs. Baal: The Psalms as Apologetic

The nations around them still had their gods and their high places and their cults. The stories of the gods of Moab and Phoenicia and Philistia clamored for the Israelites’ attention daily. The collective mythology formed a siren song that threatened to seduce men and women and children from the worship of Yahweh.

10-Minute Read

Reading the Bible

Where David Defeated Goliath – Shephelah

In a fertile valley with the Mediterranean on the west and Bethlehem and Jerusalem on the east, one of the most well-known stories of the Bible unfolded. A small shepherd with a simple sling defeated a warrior-giant. But that's not the end of the story. Follow the rest of the tale and be challenged to trust God like David or shrink in fear like Saul.

Life Struggles

The Sword, The Son, and a Rest for God’s People

I needed rest, and I didn’t know where to find it. My inability to find physical rest was connected to my inability to spiritually rest in God.

Facing Worry – Bible Reading Plan – Day 1

Reading the Bible

Love God, Love Others

The gospel is sometimes summarized as, “Love God and love others.” But if that was Jesus’ message, why was He crucified? Today on Discover the Word, the team, and authors Randy Richards and Brandon O’Brien begin to explain an assumed cultural value in the first century that got Jesus on the bad side of the religious establishment.

Relationships

Walk with Me: Traveling with Jesus and Others on Life’s Road

Such experiences typically motivate one of three responses in us. We either avert our gaze from the tragedy; we look on in a prurient, unhealthy fascination; or we dig deep to find something in common with the one suffering.

Reading the Bible

Bethlehem – The Birthplace of Salvation

In the Bible, Bethlehem is a place of solutions, a place of salvation. It is the place of Jesus's birth, the setting for God's ultimate solution.

Reading the Bible

Understanding the Bible: The Letter to the Hebrews

The author writes out of concern that the readers are in danger of rejecting Christianity and returning to Judaism. He warns them of the devastating consequences of such a move. God’s plan to bring salvation to all the world finds its culmination in Christ.

Spiritual Growth

Bible Reading Plans

Explore what Scripture says about a variety of topics and develop a daily Bible reading habit with these curated reading plans.