Bible & Bible Times – Page 2

The Religious Climate in Christ’s Time

Four Orthodox Jewish men in black robes and traditional hats converse beside a staff in a grand stone-columned interior, creating a solemn mood.

The rabbis of Christ’s day proudly regarded Judea, with its traditional learning and religious academies, as superior to the northern regions of Israel. A sentiment that they expressed with the following saying. “If anyone wants to be rich, let him go north (to Galilee); if he wants to be wise, let him come south (toContinueContinue reading “The Religious Climate in Christ’s Time”

Galilee in the Time of Christ

A lone bird glides over a calm lake at sunset, framed by layered mountain cliffs and glowing pink-orange clouds, creating a peaceful mood.

Galilee, a name well-known and much loved by many around the world. But in Christ’s time, the rabbis and religious leaders looked on Galilee with disdain. They viewed Judea proper, with its traditional lore and academic excellence, as far superior. The Galileans, they felt, were nothing but hot-headed country bumpkins. Israel’s northernmost region This nothernmost region of IsraelContinueContinue reading “Galilee in the Time of Christ”

Free Bible Images

Man in a white turban watches two robed women in a sunlit, weathered earthen alley, evoking a quiet, timeless village scene.

Here’s a tip for all you creatives, teachers, and pastors! If you are frustrated by the lack of quality Bible images, check out Free Bible Images.org. They have over 1100 sets of Bible story images and illustrations available for free use! Over 1100 series of images! They’re all part of the visual journey through theContinueContinue reading “Free Bible Images”

Bible Occupations: Service-Related

Historical reenactment shows robed scribes writing with quills on parchment at a wooden table, with ink pots and tools, conveying focused biblical legal records.

Most service-related occupations were carried out in the marketplace. An important place in the life of Oriental communities for conducting business, and more. As we have learned in the other posts of this series, the marketplace also served as a meeting place, a kind of employment office, and even as a preliminary court. In thisContinueContinue reading “Bible Occupations: Service-Related”

Bible Occupations: Home and Field

A farmer guides two yoked oxen through a dry, freshly plowed field with a stick, creating a rustic, hardworking rural scene under hazy skies.

Work and vocation, as instituted by God, are good. Scripture opens with God at work, creating the entire world and giving man and woman their first occupations: farming and homemaking. He set them to care for the earth, work for their own living, and make or grow what they needed. And although ancient Israel alwaysContinueContinue reading “Bible Occupations: Home and Field”

Ten Chapters a Day Bible Reading Plan

Person in a blue shirt clasps their hands in prayer over a black Bible labeled “The Word of God,” creating a calm, reverent mood.

After failing to complete Bible reading plans for years, I tried a few literature-style reading charts. They were a great improvement, but something was still missing. Some days, they had me gorging and other days I was just snacking. They just didn’t feel consistent. Then I came across Tim Challies’s post, Ten Chapters per Day, inContinueContinue reading “Ten Chapters a Day Bible Reading Plan”