Bible in Context

Raw honesty. Anchoring to a promise of God. And faith and hope. It’s a technique for prayer you’ll find in the Bible we explore today, using a prayer by Thomas Merton, a Christian monk and mystic, as our guide.

The Psalms have been an anchor for prayer life for millennium. Monks even pray them seven times a day. Learn how to tap the Psalms for your own conversation with God.

The Prayer, "Instrument of Your Peace" has been attributed to St. Francis of Assisi. This week we break down each line of this prayer and look at their scriptural support, while examining the impact on our lives.

Prayer Insights

Praying is like learning to talk. It comes naturally, especially the more we do it, but is also a skill to learn. How did Jesus pray? Those first Christians? And others for centuries? What do they have to teach us? The first of eight weeks, today dives into Biblical and theological ideas guiding prayer.

It’s St. Patrick’s Day. What better person to learn from than Patrick himself. Today looks at Patrick’s Confessio – an autobiographical statement of faith on his life, hope, and work.

Today wraps up life lessons from an early pastor to a fledging church. It’s week 3 of Ignatius to the Smyrnaean church. Hear his take on Christianity in practice, the importance of knowing what to believe and who follow, and reconciliation.

Week 2 looking at Ignatius of Antioch and his letter to the Smyrnaeans. Written c. 107 AD, it's a seedbed of early Christian thinking.

The creeds didn't materialize out of thin air. Today looks at Ignatius of Antioch and his letter to the Smyrnaeans. Written c. 107 AD, it's a seedbed of early Christian thinking.

Gnostics first appeared in the secondary century, challenging the early church's Christian beliefs. Although not as prominent today, Gnosticism has slowly crept back into many religious belief systems, even Christian churches. Today we explore some of the basic beliefs of Gnosticism and how it manifests itself in our current culture.

Part 2 of the Epistle to Diognetus where an early Christian tries to explain the winsomeness of following Jesus to a 2nd century Roman pagan.