A planned series · Faith & purpose

Bible 101

An introduction to the Bible's books, context and big ideas, in plain language, for the curious as much as the committed.

The full series is being prepared. You can begin now with the free thirty-day reading plan.

Download the 30-day reading plan (PDF)

A curved, timber-lined chapel interior lit softly from a skylight above, with rows of plain wooden pews, a simple altar with a candle and a small vase of flowers, and one person sitting alone at the left.

Proposed outline

  1. Part 1

    How the Bible is put together

    Testaments, books, genres and why the order matters.

  2. Part 2

    Reading in context

    History, culture and language, and how they shape meaning.

  3. Part 3

    The big story

    Creation, covenant, exile, hope: the thread that runs through it.

  4. Part 4

    Reading for life

    Wisdom, justice, mercy and what the text asks of its readers.

Be told when it begins.

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