Scandalous Savior: How Jesus Revealed the Heart of the Father
Jesus’s mission had two primary aspects. He declared one of those aspects when He said, “The Son of Man has come to seek and to save that whi...
Reading Scripture: What Every Christian Needs to Know
Origin Story: Following Jesus Back to the Beginning
My 22-year-old son’s faith doesn’t look like mine—and that’s fine. Colin has arrived at his own faith for his own good reasons. His faith...
Removing Cultural Blinders
Have you ever tried reading something upside down? Sometimes a change in perspective is all you need to see clearly! Today on Discover the Word, ...
Context is Everything
Reading a verse out of context can lead to some whacky interpretations, but what if we’ve been doing that without even realizing it? Today on D...
How to Handle Tragaedy
We’ve all experienced loss. But have you ever felt like you’re just supposed to soldier on, denying your grief? Today on Discover the Word, ...
Even King David had His Shortcomings
King David was a man after God’s heart. But of course, even he had his shortcomings! Today on Discover the Word, the team, and authors Randy Ri...
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 ...
How to Correctly Approach Scripture
Learn how to approach the Scriptures considering our cultural bias.
Understanding How to Read the Bible Today
The Bible was written for us, but it wasn’t written to us! So how does our culture today affect the way we read the Bible? Today on Discover th...
Seeing the Bible with a New Cultural Lens
The Bible wasn’t written to 21st-century Americans. But it’s really difficult not to read our own cultural values into Scripture! Today on Di...
Exposing Our Blind Spots
When you read your Bible, could you be wearing cultural blinders and not even know it? Today on Discover the Word, the team, and authors Randy Ri...
Misreading Scripture
With so many English translations available, it’s easy to forget that the Bible wasn’t written in our language. And today on Discover the Wor...
Leviticus Is the Key to Hebrews
We struggle to understand their present-day value to our Christian living. The easiest (and most common) solution is to chuck it all into a box l...
Job and the God Who Would Not be Chained
But the true value of the high-poetry in Job lies in the message it carries about the character of the God we serve—a God who refuses to be cha...
Jesus or Herod?: The Choice of the Magi
But once the new year rolls around, the Christmas trees end up brown and waiting for the garbage truck and the snow transforms from magical into ...
The Promised King: Jesus and the Kingdom of God
It’s a significant shift. Instead of receiving Jesus as the promised messiah, the leadership of the Jewish people condemn him as an agent of th...
It's Not Fair - Trusting God When Life Doesn't Make Sense
We are often tempted by our circumstances to agree with the cynic: “No good deed goes unpunished.” In reflective moments, we may find ourselv...
In the Beginning: God and Creation in Genesis
How do we honor the truthfulness of the Genesis account of creation while also acknowledging the controversy over what geology, biology, and phys...
God Is Love
The world does not encourage you to sing, but God does. Song is the sign of an unburdened heart; so sing your songs of love freely, rising ever h...
The Story of God’s Quest of Redemption
Like all stories, the Bible opens on a life-as-we-know-it scene playing out with the fuzzy glow of normalcy. The first chapters of Genesis waste ...
Feeling the Weight of Sin
Genesis 3 is probably too familiar. Serpent lies. Eve eats. Adam joins. God walks. Humans hide and blame. God curses and promises. God covers and...
Clinging to Hope
Some of the biggest tempests come within our own families and among our closest friends. We have little control over other people’s actions and...
A Message for All Time – Understanding the Bible
When you realize that the Bible isn’t primarily about rules but relationships, your Scripture reading will be transformed.
