The church I serve as an elder offers a One Year Bible Reading group.  While we carry out our reading on an individual basis, we believe Bible intake in community is essential.  This coming Sunday, our group will meet for a periodic pot luck dinner after...

Even though the current internet traffic at stevebelsheim.com is dismal, now that I am writing content available for the entire world to see I want to make sure what I write does not “come out of left field.”   An article (March 19, 2019) on Logos Talk by...

Pastors – Encourage a Culture of Bible Engagement, Explain Your Interpretive Process Process One purpose of the stevebelsheim.com blog is “to pass along to Pastors and church leaders advice and comments about increasing Bible engagement among the people in their...

Part 5B shows that God wants a believer to live a holy life and the Bible gives guidance on holy living Holy living is precisely what God wants from a believer.  A text like 1 Peter 1:15–16 (ESV) makes God’s command to be “holy” crystal clear: 15 but as he who...

The ability to study the Bible allows a person to carry better out living a holy life.  Here, the concept of a holy life or holy living refers to a lifestyle that is set apart from the lifestyle of the world in that a person is grounded and firm in living a...