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Sterling

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Don't know if this has been posted before, but here it goes.
Since COVID hit I haven't been going to church regularly, and fell out of habit of doing so, and now my days are usually busy where I don't seem to have the time to go when service is available.
Unfortunately the church I go to doesn't do online bible studies, although they do stream the service so I can usually catch that.
Does anyone know of a good place online that does free self guided bible studies?
 
bartp40

bartp40

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I would start with getting:
Updated New Age Bible Versions
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Updated and Expanded 2020 edition
then start reading KJV Bible.
 
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Sterling

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That book looks interesting, had to read what it was about as the title kind of threw me at first.
Thing is I've only read the King James Version of the bible, so maybe my parents knew something I didn't?
Anyway, thanks for the recommendation I'll look into it.
 
Buick Electra

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bartp40 said:
I would start with getting:
Updated New Age Bible Versions
$19.95​
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Updated and Expanded 2020 edition
then start reading KJV Bible.
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I'd stay away from this book just based on the 8 full pages of negative reviews, of which many are lengthy. To be fair, there are just as many positive reviews. IMO everyone should do their due diligence before purchasing this book.

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Sterling

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GammaRat said:
There are good sermons on youtube. No matter what denomination you belong to.
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Sometimes I don't have time for YouTube, and when I have time I watch the sermon from my church in their archives, but I'll keep it in mind for a backup.
 
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Sterling said:
Don't know if this has been posted before, but here it goes.
Since COVID hit I haven't been going to church regularly, and fell out of habit of doing so, and now my days are usually busy where I don't seem to have the time to go when service is available.
Unfortunately the church I go to doesn't do online bible studies, although they do stream the service so I can usually catch that.
Does anyone know of a good place online that does free self guided bible studies?
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Try the plans here. https://my.bible.com/moments

You can do group Bible studies, too -- just invite family or friends to join. You choose a Bible Study Plan (and they have a wide assortment; they are not all created equal. My family/friends group is doing Read the Bible for Life 4 + 1 Plan this year. Last year we read through a Chronological Bible study. Year before that was a different one. But do be careful, because they don't seem to be too picky about what they allow on the site. You are safe choosing one of the 'read through the Bible' plans, but some of their other Bible studies are kind of dubious.). Anyway, there's a daily reading, and at the end of the reading, a place to write down a thought or two about what you've read. If others are going through the plan with you, you'll each be able to see what the others have written in this section. I like the plans we've used (this is our third or fourth year), and it's encouraging to be working through the Bible with someone else.

Kathleen

ETA: I should have mentioned a couple of other things. One is that you can set the version of the Bible you want to use for the Bible studies. We use the KJV, but they have others available. The other is that, at least for the KJV, you can listen to the audio version while you read. I am not sure, but I think it may be the Alexander Scourby recording. I use that because my daughter can't read, and it wears my voice out to read all of it aloud for her -- and he does it better, anyway, LOL! Plus, I think that listening and reading at the same time helps me to retain more.

ETA again: the second link that 1eagle posted up there goes to the same site that I linked to.
 
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LibertyInNH

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bartp40 said:
I would start with getting:
Updated New Age Bible Versions
$19.95​
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Updated and Expanded 2020 edition
then start reading KJV Bible.
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There are various issues with many modern translations, but the KJV is *not* the inspired text. It is an English translation of mostly latin or greek texts rather than the original tongues.

Would you rather read a direct to English instruction manual, or some engrish double or triple retranslation that misses idioms critical to proper hermeneutics?

There are better versions more true to the Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek.

Tell us, do you read the KJV that only has the 66 books, or the Original KJV with the deuterocanonicals?
 
GammaRat

GammaRat

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The whole Bible translation debate is moot!

Both the Old Testament, and the New Testament have been tampered with. From the lying pen of the scribes in Jeremiah 8:8, to the Masorites manipulating the OT to obscure messianic verses, to the Catholic church manipulating text, to the modern translator that are motivated by money to modify the text (you can't copyright the Bible unless you modify the text enough to be considered a new work)

Your best bet, is to have a few translations on hand, and possibly a Brenton Septuagint, and links to Dead Sea Scrolls. I would also recommend the Peshitta text, but you have to understand that both the Peshitta, and Brenton Septuagint, and all modern translations were translated by Christian men that already had preconceptions about what they were translating.

But you're never going to find an "uncorrupted" version of scripture... At least until the Messiah returns.
 
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LibertyInNH

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GammaRat said:
The whole Bible translation debate is moot!

Both the Old Testament, and the New Testament have been tampered with. From the lying pen of the scribes in Jeremiah 8:8, to the Masorites manipulating the OT to obscure messianic verses, to the Catholic church manipulating text, to the modern translator that are motivated by money to modify the text (you can't copyright the Bible unless you modify the text enough to be considered a new work)

Your best bet, is to have a few translations on hand, and possibly a Brenton Septuagint, and links to Dead Sea Scrolls. I would also recommend the Peshitta text, but you have to understand that both the Peshitta, and Brenton Septuagint, and all modern translations were translated by Christian men that already had preconceptions about what they were translating.

But you're never going to find an "uncorrupted" version of scripture... At least until the Messiah returns.
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Strong second on the Peshitta and DSS.
 
Blacknarwhal

Blacknarwhal

Let's Go Brandon!
If all you had was a VeggieTales children's bible, God could still deliver truth through it.

You really don't need an online Bible study course. Just study your Bible. Let the Holy Spirit do the rest.
 
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LibertyInNH

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rob0126 said:
The Lord has guided our life thru the KJV.

If it worked for Saints over the last 400 years, its good enough for me.
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Agreed. I've used the KJV a lot over the years. still do and my kids do. but when all of a sudden a KJV only argument pops up, the truth needs to be shared.
 
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LibertyInNH

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bracketquant said:
I've asked many. The one question they will not answer - why do you call the Father, Jehovah?

In my research (and their's!), there was no "j" pronunciation in any of the languages that the holy scriptures were written in.
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Good point but consider how you will answer when someone asks what the Savior's name is.
 
Knighttemplar

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I am doing the you version bible in a year. Usually 7 passages a day from different parts of the Bible that are related. The ts2009 is supposed to be a good translation.
 
CaryC

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bracketquant said:
I've asked many. The one question they will not answer - why do you call the Father, Jehovah?

In my research (and their's!), there was no "j" pronunciation in any of the languages that the holy scriptures were written in.
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While that is true, very in fact.

The Translators put the "J" in the name to give it the same "sound" as the original pronunciation.

Sterling said:
Don't know if this has been posted before, but here it goes.
Since COVID hit I haven't been going to church regularly, and fell out of habit of doing so, and now my days are usually busy where I don't seem to have the time to go when service is available.
Unfortunately the church I go to doesn't do online bible studies, although they do stream the service so I can usually catch that.
Does anyone know of a good place online that does free self guided bible studies?
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Most of the answers seem to want to point you to "sermons" which is not the same as self guided Bible Studies.

If you really meant "self guided Bible Studies" ......that I can help you with.

There are in general 5-6 methods of study. These would range from the very non-informed, newbie type to the very in depth type.

1) Topical, (which is what most sermons are based on)
2) Word Study (taking a single word and finding out everything there is about it)
3) Character Study (Studies on/about people)
4) Typology (the shadows in the Bible)
5) Expositional/Book Studies (The most in depth studies there is, where you could spend a year or more in a single book)

The 6th isn't really a Bible Study, but it does count:

6) Survey (taking a book and putting in the lowest common denominator like looking at the earth from the moon very little detail and only the barest essential at that)

If that is what you are looking for, let me know and I can give you a bit more info to help you along. If not, that is fine, but no need to bore anyone with the details.

These are all self guided in that the student picks what they want to study and how much involved it will be.
 
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bracketquant

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LibertyInNH said:
Good point but consider how you will answer when someone asks what the Savior's name is.
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My humble answer is always the same, I don't entirely know.

The English ""Jesus" (there's that "j" again) doesn't seem possible to have been used 2,000 years ago. Iesous? I don't know.
Immanuel? I don't know.
 
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bracketquant

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CaryC said:
While that is true, very in fact.

The Translators put the "J" in the name to give it the same "sound" as the original pronunciation.


Most of the answers seem to want to point you to "sermons" which is not the same as self guided Bible Studies.

If you really meant "self guided Bible Studies" ......that I can help you with.

There are in general 5-6 methods of study. These would range from the very non-informed, newbie type to the very in depth type.

1) Topical, (which is what most sermons are based on)
2) Word Study (taking a single word and finding out everything there is about it)
3) Character Study (Studies on/about people)
4) Typology (the shadows in the Bible)
5) Expositional/Book Studies (The most in depth studies there is, where you could spend a year or more in a single book)

The 6th isn't really a Bible Study, but it does count:

6) Survey (taking a book and putting in the lowest common denominator like looking at the earth from the moon very little detail and only the barest essential at that)

If that is what you are looking for, let me know and I can give you a bit more info to help you along. If not, that is fine, but no need to bore anyone with the details.

These are all self guided in that the student picks what they want to study and how much involved it will be.
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Could you provide the letters in the Hebrew and Greek that have the "j" sound?
 
Buick Electra

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LibertyInNH said:
There are better versions more true to the Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek.

Tell us, do you read the KJV that only has the 66 books, or the Original KJV with the deuterocanonicals?
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I don't read the KJV, I read the ESV, but I do have 12 other Bible variations, including KJV, as well as a couple of parallel Bibles that covers 3 different versions in each. My 'go-to' Bible for exegesis is the NET Bible. There's an online version of the Net Bible now, but I must have been one of the few back in 2009 that grabbed the hard copy.
 
momma_soapmaker

momma_soapmaker

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I'll second David Jeremiah, and the old Adrian Rogers sermons are some of my favorites (God rest his soul). Max Lucado often has several devotionals a week on YouTube.

I use The Bible in a Year plan on YouVersion (free Bible app with many choices on the translation you prefer - I personally like NASB, but I also have KJV and ESV downloaded as well so I can compare).

The Bible in a Year

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medic38572

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bracketquant said:
I've asked many. The one question they will not answer - why do you call the Father, Jehovah?

In my research (and their's!), there was no "j" pronunciation in any of the languages that the holy scriptures were written in.
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Until about 400+ years ago is when the greek decided they needed J's other wise it was Yehovah.
 
Jez

Jez

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I consider myself a member of JD Farag's church via online membership. I catch the prophecy update and the through the Bible sermons. JD Farag Home page

I go in and out of my own personal studies. I go in and out of consistency. When I study I always use multiple translations. I prefer the New American Standard (NASB), New International Version (NIV 1984 ish), Amplified Bible, and Holman Christian Standard. Each translation has its own methodology, benefits, and weaknesses.

I'm not a KJV fan, but if that's what you are determined to stick with, more power to you. I do like the KJV for Psalms. The important thing is you spend time in God's word. He is more than capable of getting His point to you via the Holy Spirit. Using proper Hermeneutics is key.

I highly recommend How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth: Fourth Edition How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth: Fourth Edition: Fee, Gordon D., Stuart, Douglas: 9780310517825: Amazon.com: Books for learning how to study.
 
Jez

Jez

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If you still crave meeting with a group, you could always use Discord, zoom, or whatever and start a group with friends.
 
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Sterling

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Yes CarryC that's what I'm looking for, what do you have?
If it's too lengthy for here just PM me, thanks.
 
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bracketquant

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CaryC said:
Ye

We would say Ye as in "you" old English, however in the original the "Ye" makes the "j" sound.
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"in the original"

The original what?

Since Covid has made us a bit familiar with it, I'll start with the Greek transliteration; Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, Epsilon, Zeta, Eta, Theta, Iota, Kappa, Lambda, Mu, Nu, Xi, Omikron, Pi, Rho, Sigma, Tau, Upsilon, Phi, Chi, Psi, and Omega.

No Ye.

As for the Hebrew; Aleph, Beyth, Giymel, Daleth, He, Vav or Waw, Zayin, Cheyth, Teyth, Yowd, Kaph, Lamed, Mem, Nuwn, Camek, Ayin, Phe, Pe, Tsadey, Qowph, Reysh, Siyn, Shiyn, Thav, and Tav.

No Ye.

My understanding is that the Father's name would be spelled Yowd He Waw He, but right to left in Hebrew. Yowd would be the first letter, and it's pronunciation would be y, often quiescent.

My information is from Strong's.
 
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