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People, events, places. Structure and languages. Major doctrines.Find out how to study your Bible for yourself. Know what you believe and why you believe it.
A Quest for Truth 
A reader recently asked me how I succeeded in believing the Bible. I invited her to approach it as a quest for truth. Abraham - A Friend of God
If you are having a grand day, rejoice in it and thank God for the blessing. If you are watching the news and finding it hard to be at peace about the state of the world, be comforted. In Abraham's day and in our day, God moves to bring about the results He has planned since before time began. Angel Facts and Fallacies
Every time a bell rings, an angel gets his wings…not. It’s a cute line, but the theology in It’s a Wonderful Life is a disaster. Angels are real and we need to understand the truth about them. We won’t get that from Hollywood, so let’s see what Scripture has to say about angels. Bible Organization and Structure
Ever wonder why the Bible books are in the order they are? Let's look at the organizational scheme of the Scriptures. Bible Reading : Make it Too Easy
Establishing new habits is especially challenging for me. When there is something crucial that I want incorporate into my life, I need to make it as easy as possible. Foolproof. Fail-safe. Too easy not to do. Pathetic, I realize. But it’s good to know yourself. Bible Study Tools at Crosswalk - Review
You want to get serious about Bible study, but don’t know a word of Greek. You want to see just how the different translations compare with each other. Perhaps you’ve tried to read through your Bible in a year but you always get bogged down and give up. Have I got some Bible study tools for you… Do You Know Your Patriarchs (and Matriarchs)?
Do you have all those Old Testament fathers straight in your head? I didn't for a long time. All the Sunday School stories were just fragments jumbled together in my brain. But I've worked hard to get them all straightened out, because it's important to be thoroughly knowledgeable about my faith Epistle - a New Testament Letter
What is an epistle? Learn about the twenty-one New Testament Bible letters written by Apostles and disciples. Gomer of the Bible
God put his prophet to the test to show us how He loves us. How are Protestant and Catholic Bibles Different?
Genesis to Revelation. The Protestant Bible and the Catholic Bible begin and end the same way. But in between there are significant differences. Describing the variances for you, however, turned out to be not nearly as simple as I thought it would be! Is the Bible Inerrant?
I am not inerrant. Ask anyone who knows me. But the Creator God of the Bible is, and so is His message to human beings, the Bible. Many people think that's a ridiculous thing to say, because they misunderstand what Christians mean by the claim of Biblical inerrancy. Just One Page
If the world came crashing down, and in the midst of the chaos I could grasp just one page of my Bible as it was torn from my hands, it would be good to have page 1037. King David´s Respect
David trusted and respected his God and because of this, he was able to respect someone who did not deserve it. Moses - Senior Citizen Extraordinaire 
Sometimes I get a little panicky. There are so many things I still want to do, and my life is at least half over. Am I wasting time? Does it matter what I do and don’t do? Who will care, anyway? Maybe I’m a late bloomer, like Moses. He didn't really get going until he was eighty. Not Like a Math Book
I’m happy to say that the Bible is not like a math book. You can certainly start on page one and work your way through to the end, but you’re going to get basic counting, multiplication, addition, algebra and differential equations all intermingled on just about every page. This is a good thing. Thanksgiving Day, With or Without Choirs
I was thrilled the day I discovered a by-the-way comment in Nehemiah, about choirs. I’m a choir director, and reading that choirs and choir directors had been around since King David warmed my heart. Nehemiah organized two large thanksgiving choirs, which brings us around to today's topic. The Birth of Christ - a Harmony of the Accounts
The Christmas story is pretty straightforward, right? Just open up the New Testament and read all about it. Well, it's not quite that simple, so I decided to write out a harmony, like the Harmony of the Gospels found in the back of many Bibles.
The Blue Letter Bible Online [offsite link]
Search the Bible in twelve English versions, one Hebrew, and three Greek editions. The Canon of Scripture : Why These Books?
I’ve heard people say, “I’d love to believe the Bible is true, but it’s so messed up now. They’ve mistranslated it, and left out this or that gospel. It just isn’t reliable. We can’t know what God really meant anymore.” Well, the Bible is reliable, and we can know what God means to say. The Meaning of Dreams in the Bible
According to Disney’s Cinderella, a dream is a wish your heart makes. I don’t buy that. Real dreams are wild creatures, untamed and unpredictable. And in the Bible, dreams from God, both pleasant and horrifying, play several intriguing roles. The Ten Plagues of Exodus
Once I found an earwig in my teacup, after I had drunk the tea. My kids thought that was hilarious. One time I lived in an Alabama apartment with wall to wall, floor to ceiling roaches. But rivers of blood? Frogs in your bed? Death in every house? What were God's reasons for the Ten Plagues? The Tower of Babel
Ever wonder why the strange story of the Tower of Babel is included in Scripture? Not just an explanation of how the languages of the world came about, it's a story of the human race once again disobeying their Creator, and what He did to reassert His sovereignty. Who Wrote the Bible?
A reasonable question with solid answers. Did some guy make it all up? Or was it God talking to us through real people? Links marked with the [offsite link] designation point to websites not associated with BellaOnline.com. BellaOnline.com is not responsible for the material found there.
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