The Bible is a single volume with many books inside. Those books were written over the course of thousands of years and across multiple genres. For that reason, it’s worth understanding what genres we’re dealing with when we read the different books of the Bible. If we don’t understand how to read different genres, we’llContinue reading “What is the Bible? : The Genres of the Bible”
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What is the Bible? : A Source of Theology
The Bible is one source for informing your theology. There are other sources that can inform your theology as well, including experience, logic, and tradition. These four sources are the primary means for informing Christian theology. We’ll explore them here, but first, let’s dive into why this matters. Why this matters? Source 1: Bible SourceContinue reading “What is the Bible? : A Source of Theology”
What is the Bible? : What Books Are In The Bible?
For starters, the Bible is not one book. The Bible is 66 books if you’re a Protestant Christian. The Bible is 73 books if you’re a Catholic. The Bible is only 24 books if you’re Jewish. (And it’s called the Tanakh, not the Bible.) As you can see, we’re already off to a good start!Continue reading “What is the Bible? : What Books Are In The Bible?”
What is the Bible?
I love this question. It’s so open-ended. There’s so much room to explore. There are so many thoughts, so many opinions, so many ideas. What is the Bible? You can go 182 directions with this question and you still won’t scratch the surface. I’ll tackle this in a myriad of ways, from a myriad ofContinue reading “What is the Bible?”
Haggai (2)
In the previous post, I wrote about a single line in chapter 1 of Haggai. Today, I want to talk about the book as a whole. Believe it or not, I wrote about this book almost nine years ago. But today is a new day. The ancient Jewish tradition has a phrase about turning theContinue reading “Haggai (2)”
Haggai
A few days ago, when writing on Lamentations, I mentioned that I would circle back to this line. In Lamentations, it read: Let’s take a good look at the way we’re living and reorder our lives under God. Here, in Haggai, it reads: Take a good, hard look at your life. Think it over. I’m noContinue reading “Haggai”
Lamentations (5)
As this short book comes to a close, I want to remind you that it’s ok to grieve. It’s ok to feel anger. It’s ok to feel hurt. It’s ok to cry. It’s ok. You can feel those things. You can express all of that to God. God is big enough to handle it. WhenContinue reading “Lamentations (5)”
Lamentations (4)
There’s a line in chapter 3 of Lamentations that I’ll be revisiting when I write about Haggai because the two correlate so well. The line is this: Let’s take a good look at the way we’re living and reorder our lives under God. I’ll get to that in a few days, but for now, let’s diveContinue reading “Lamentations (4)”
Lamentations (3)
After two and a half chapters of lament, it’s nice to finally get a break. But before we get to the break, I have to quote a couple lines from the start of Lamentations 3: He turned me into a skeleton of skin and bones, then broke the bones… He locked me up in deepContinue reading “Lamentations (3)”
2021 Recap
***LONG POST ALERT BUT WORTH THE READ***Laughing as I look at this memory (picture above) because it was borderline prophetic. Eight years ago, I found myself on Donald Miller‘s website as an advertisement. He was running Storyline Conferences (before StoryBrand was a thing for businesses), and I was a wandering, aimless, millennial. I had aContinue reading “2021 Recap”
New Book Alert! On The John – A Devotional for Dads
My newest book, “On The John: A Devotional for Dads” is live on Amazon! WOOHOO!!! I’m also doing a promo around it. Here are the details: The Kindle version is live and free today. Just go to Amazon and search “Omer Redden On The John Devotional,” and it should come up. I’d give you theContinue reading “New Book Alert! On The John – A Devotional for Dads”
Lamentations (2)
It’s tough to talk about grief and sorrow. It doesn’t come naturally for most of us. But I wanted to take a minute to share a few of the lines here in chapter 2 of Lamentations. In my mind, it perfectly describes the physical state of suffering: The elders of Daughter Zion sit silent onContinue reading “Lamentations (2)”