The Beatitudes Explained: What Blessed Means
Each of the eight blessings in plain words, and an honest answer to the obvious question: how can the poor and the mourning be called blessed?
Articles
Practical guides from the BibleCrown team: the situations the job throws at you and what to do about them, in plain English.
Where to Start Reading the Bible as a Beginner
Opened Genesis and stopped by Leviticus? Here is a starting point that works, an order to read in, and a five-minute habit you can keep.
Why Did God Ask Abraham to Sacrifice Isaac?
Genesis 22 troubles many readers. Here is what the text says God asked, what Abraham knew, how the story ends and how traditions read it.
The Best Bible Study Apps for Beginners
Reading, listening, prayer or teaching: which kind of Bible app will actually help you understand the text? A plain guide for people starting from zero.
A Bible in a Year Alternative That Takes Five Minutes
Fell behind on a Bible in a year plan? Here is a shorter path that teaches the story of the Bible in five-minute lessons you can start anywhere.
Bible Passages for Hard Times, Explained in Context
Bible passages for hard times, with the story around each one: grief, anxiety, forgiveness and prayer, and what the text actually promises.
BibleProject Videos vs Five-Minute Bible Lessons
BibleProject shows how a whole book fits together. Five-minute lessons go inside one passage. Here is how the two differ and how they work together.
The Birth of Jesus: The Bible Story Explained
The birth of Jesus as Luke and Matthew tell it, in order: the angel, the manger, the shepherds, the star and Egypt, with every name explained.
The Church Year Explained: Advent to Easter
The church year seasons explained for beginners: what Advent, Lent, Holy Week and Easter are, what is read in each, and why the cycle repeats.
The Death and Resurrection of Jesus Explained
The last week of Jesus in order, from the road into Jerusalem to the empty tomb, with what each Gospel writer adds and what it meant.
The Early Church in the Bible Explained
What happened after Easter: how the first believers formed in Jerusalem, how Paul's letters fit, and what Revelation meant to its first hearers.
A Glorify Alternative for Learning the Bible's Story
Glorify gives you a daily devotional. If you want the whole Bible story in order, passage by passage, here is how the two differ and who should pick which.
A Hallow Alternative for Learning the Bible Itself
Hallow helps you pray. If you also want to learn the stories behind the prayers, here is a different kind of app, taught passage by passage.
The Ministry of Jesus Explained for Beginners
Follow the ministry of Jesus from the Jordan to Jerusalem: where he went, who he met, what he did and why it mattered, in plain words.
The Old Testament Explained for Beginners
One clear story from creation to the return from exile, told in order, with the main people in place and a guide to where to read first.
The Parables of Jesus Explained, With Their Meanings
The parables of Jesus explained in plain words: the sower, the Samaritan, the lost sheep and the son who came home, and what each meant.
The Chosen vs the Gospels: What the Bible Actually Says
Watching The Chosen and wondering which scenes are in the Bible? Learn what the show adds, how to find the real accounts, and where to read each one.
A YouVersion Alternative When You Want to Understand It
The Bible App is a good reader. If you finish a chapter and still do not know what it meant, here is what a short guided lesson adds.