The Easily Understanding Scripture series is now free. These verse by verse studies of epistles are released as downloadable PDFs. You can take a look at them from the links below. If you are interested, let me know. There’s never been any interest that I have seen. But I don’t believe I’m supposed to delete this page???

Easily Understanding Scripture: Verse by Verse Bible studies

Why am I offering these studies? Most so-called bible studies you can buy these days have little to do with actually studying the Scripture. When’s the last time you were in a study where everyone had their own Bible eagerly searching for ways to help explain their question or position? For most, it’s been a long time or never. So what are these studies and how are they different?

Verse by verse bible studies teach scripture in context

The Easily Understanding Scripture series is not how the Bible is commonly taught in the world today. The books in this series are not a sermon or a directed teaching. They are a simple explanation of the scripture verse by verse.

Modern study bibles are marvelous gatherings of commentary—but often the Bible itself is lost in the clutter. Easily Understanding Scriptures is the result of a simple goal: presenting the bible richly in an easy to comprehend format for people who have a real desire to understand what was written and why it is important to us today.

Obviously, it is foolishness to think that we could possibly do this without the anointing of the Holy Spirit. On your part, it is equal foolishness to not pray for His guidance every time you pick up one of our books to read. You need to do this when you read the Bible. So, you certainly need to do it for any other book.

One of the issues we are dealing with here in America is the lack of Bible studies. There are quite a few groups (often barely holding together) that meet around a book that claims to be a bible study. But they really are not a bible study—they are a topic study with some biblical references and pre-written question & answers.

Topical studies can be good—but…

We’re currently involved in a topical group like that. We are using an entertaining book based on very shaky premises. The basic assumptions are easy to tear apart by anyone with a solid background in the Bible as a whole. But no one wants to do that. As a result, we have a so-called Bible study where we don’t study the Bible, but simply share opinions. It is not required that you back up your opinions with Biblical references. This is nice and useful for building personal and social relationships—but it is of very little value in helping group members know the Lord better or grow in holiness.

The basic problem is a weak scriptural foundation

All leaders seem to assume that their sheep are doing regular daily verse-by-verse bible study. In truth, few sheep do that. Even worse, few ministers do that.

The result is that I constantly see and hear people in the church who do not have any biblical foundation with which to discern the latest fashionable teachings. The danger is found in teachers who make major teaching series based on inadequate understanding of the whole Bible. Scripture is not something where you can pick out a verse, put your personal interpretation on it, and build a theology upon that limited base. We’ve seen celebrity preachers teaching there is no hell, and even worse.

Bible study must be built on the entire Bible

You must study the Bible line by line, verse by verse in its entirety. Only then can you safely pick out pieces with which to build a teaching. Only then can you accurately discern the teachings you hear. Only then can you learn to recognize the voice of your Lord and build a relationship. This encouragement to study is not to limit you or God. It is to help you get to know God better.

The books in the Easily Understanding Scripture series are:

Downloadable PDFs

These links are to downloadable PDFs that work on a computer or tablet. I can redo them for you, if you are interested.

• Finding the Power to Believe (Easily Understanding Scripture Book 1) (on Philippians)
• Learning to walk in freedom (Easily Understanding Scripture) (on Galatians)
• Godly Leadership & Power (Easily Understanding Scripture Book 3) (on both Timothies) Still in process.