Tag: Institute for Bible Reading

Why the Bible Is Wilder Than We Realize

Maurice Sendaks parents were poor Jewish immigrants to the United States from Poland. Their family that stayed behind were all killed in the Holocaust. The weekly Sunday afternoon gatherings of his extended family in Brooklyn brought in aunts and uncles that Maurice would later describe as all crazycrazy faces and wild eyes. These visits inspired […] the Bible's wild side.

‘Immerse From Home’ Virtual Bible Book Club Available

The Institute for Bible Reading offers a free two-week book club study of Luke–Acts

The Bible Story Told Through Food

Fasting and feasting are both integral to the Bible story through food, woven into the narrative of the Bible.

The Story of the Bible Told Through Mountains

Explore the Bible story through the lens of mountains, uncovering divine narratives etched in geological wonders.

How Social Media Is Shrinking the Bible

Verse of the day therapy shortchanges the full depth and breadth of the Bible.

The Once and Future People of the Book

Christian discipleship will remain an ever-receding goal without real Bible renewal in our churches.

The Bible Wasn’t Written to You … and That’s OK

To understand the Bible's purpose for us, we first need to acknowledge why and to whom it was written.