The Big Idea: If you don't know about the videos from the BibleProject, you are missing out on a great resource. Here's why.
You think you know the BibleProject? Think again!
- A gargantuan coffee table book of PDFs on each book of the Bible weighs a pound!
- Founder Tim Mackie has a podcast series there called "Exploring my Strange Bible."
- TIm and his artist/sidekick Jon Collins were once roommates at Multnomah Bible College.
- You can now take free Graduate level Bible courses like "Heaven and Earth."
- There's a Spiritual Being series with one called "Divine Council."
- It has been translated into 18 languages (10+ videos) and watched in over 200 countries so far.
Tim Mackie, the theologian, is an excellent verbal communicator. His friend, Jonathan Collins, is the communications and animation specialist. These two guys roomed together at Multnomah Bible College and several years later decided to share their passion for the Bible to create this powerful vehicle of Bible education. Their videos can mesmerize young children and bring joy and profound understanding to adults. Launched in 2014 in Portland, Oregon, they have gathered a very skillful team around them.
WHAT THEY OFFER:
Videos: Book overviews, Bible themes, Word studies and the How to Read the Bible series.
Podcasts: They spend about 50 minutes with deeper explanations. Tim Mackie also has posted some of his sermons and teaching sessions in a blog called "Exploring my Strange Bible."
Blog: Posted by various members of their team
A Church at Home Series, especially helpful during the COVID 19 period, but also great for small group Bible studies and home schoolers.
Classroom: (NEW in Beta form) Graduate level Bible Classes Free. Currently 2 courses available. Introduction to the Hebrew Bible (18 hours) and Heaven and Earth (19 hours).
Shop: Coffee Table book of each of the books of the Bible and another of the informational posters. The individual posters on each book of the Bible are also available for download on their website. They also have a couple t-shirts, and a stick drive with all their Bible Videos.
WHAT IS MY FAVORITE THING?
That is hard. I love their videos that give an overview of each book of the Bible. If I start studying a new book I always go to that first. We bought the coffee table book of all their charts.
I am very excited about their How to Read the Bible Series. These are uncommonly excellent in explaining the various genres and themes of the Bible, weaving together the basic theme and brilliant ways it is put together to express this basic theme about God and His partnership with us.
They have videos like:
How to Read Ancient Jewish Meditational Literature
How to Read Metaphor in Biblical Poetry
Spiritual Beings focus Angels and Cherubim
Theme: The Tree of Life
Theme: Day of the Lord
I refer to these videos and show them every chance I get! I currently teach a Sunday School class of an Overview of the Bible and I use one or two in each session. You always see light bulbs going on in people's heads as they watch them.
One last resource I just discovered… Top 75 Bible Study Blogs. I recently checked into it and submitted my blog, and it was chosen to be featured as part of their list! How exciting! And if you go to this site you will find so many ideas from an amazing variety of sources. You can check out the list of each blog's last five posts and it will give you so many wonderful ideas. It includes blogs from Bible Gateway, Bible Publishing companies like American Bible Society and author Liz Curtis Higgs.
Wow! I am passionate about the Bible and I hope it rubs off on you too! What an amazing God we have who has made a way to communicate with us in the written word, the spoken word and You Tube also! Join me on this fabulous journey!
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