RE//DISCOVER Bible Study

When discussing the Flood, the age of the universe if often part of the discussion. But can the Bible really be used to reconstruct a timeline right down to the year of creation itself? More importantly, is that what the Biblical authors intended their genealogies to be used for? Join us as we discuss the hazards of claiming the Bible can be used to date the age of creation.

If descendants of the Nephilim were really in Canaan, as examples like Goliath and Og and the report of the 12 Spies might imply, how could they have survived the Great Flood? Join us as we discuss what the text does and does not demand we imagine about the Flood. As it turns out, global does not necessarily have to mean total.

Were there really Nephilim still around after the Flood? Join us as we continue discussing the Nephilim and take a long look at the physical descriptions of Og and Goliath to consider whether they were human or something else entirely.

There are many strange things in the Bible, but few are shrouded in as much mystery as the Nephilim - the giants. Join us as we discuss the relevant Biblical and extra-Biblical texts that help us expand our perception of the kind of world we live in. Sometimes reality is closer to fantasy than we dare imagine.

Join us as we discuss the Bible's image of Jesus as a spiritual warrior.

Does Psalm 22 imply that God abandoned Jesus? Does Isaiah 53 mean that God punished Jesus? Join us as we approach these passages with fresh eyes and see what their authors really meant.

Most Christians have some idea of what it means to be "redeemed", but do we understand what Jesus and the New Testament authors meant when they used it? Join us as we discuss this very important Biblical term.

Join us as we discuss language of the New Testament that suggests Jesus paid a debt of some kind when He was crucified.

Jesus's death seems deliberately timed to correspond to the ancient festival of Passover. What was the meaning of this festival? Was it a time when God had to be bribed with the blood of a lamb to spare the firstborn of Israel, or was something else going on? Join us as we discuss the Passover.

Lots of us have heard the word "atonement", and English translations of the Bible are filled with the phrase "make atonement". But what does this word actually mean? Join us as we rediscover the Hebrew word kapar.