7 Questions to Help You Study Your Bible ~ Keith Ferrin Ep. 130

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[00:00:00] Denisha: What if you had seven simple questions at your fingertips to help bring the [00:00:05] Bible to life as you read it here with us again is Keith Barron, [00:00:10] your Bible coach. Many of us struggle to read or understand the Bible. [00:00:15] And Keith is passionate about helping you enjoy your Bible. I can't wait for you to hear [00:00:20] from him before we get started.

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We hope you [00:01:10] will join us on this journey beginning this August now Let's [00:01:15] learn seven questions to ask when reading your Bible from your Bible coach [00:01:20] Keith Barron Welcome to living the reclaimed life podcast. I'm [00:01:25] Denisha We're glad you're here for conversations that revive hope inspire healing [00:01:30] and encourage you to live a vibrant life with Christ So grab a cup of coffee [00:01:35] as we chat with today's guest I have the pleasure of welcoming back to the [00:01:40] podcast, Keith Farron, your Bible coach.

I'm going to keep saying that because you are [00:01:45] now our Bible coach. 

[00:01:46] Keith: Happy to be pretty fun. 

[00:01:49] Denisha: It [00:01:50] is. And if you miss the last episode, be sure to jump in and listen to [00:01:55] that. Keith went over some great ways that we can enjoy reading our Bible and [00:02:00]just different things that maybe we've never thought about. So we're excited to have you back [00:02:05] today.

And today we're going to talk about seven simple questions to help you as you study [00:02:10] any Bible passage. So Before we jump into that, just in case someone [00:02:15] missed the last episode, Keith, tell us a little bit about yourself. You're an author. You're a [00:02:20] speaker authored 16 books. Almost you guys. It's pretty amazing.

Speaks all over [00:02:25] the world. Not trying to steal your thunder, but you're kind of a legend in a lot of ways. [00:02:30] And so tell us a little bit about you. If someone missed the last episode. 

[00:02:34] Keith: Most importantly, [00:02:35] I'm a husband to one and a father to three. So we. Got three kids, one graduated from [00:02:40] college, one in college, one in high school.

And my wife and I, we tell people March of [00:02:45] 96 was a busy month because March 3rd is when my ministry launched. It was the [00:02:50] first time that I presented the gospel of John and started my kind of work as a biblical [00:02:55] storyteller. And then March 15th, she graduated from college and March 23rd, we got married.

So [00:03:00] that was a busy three weeks. Yeah. And I started, I was a youth and worship pastor at a small little [00:03:05] church plant in Tacoma, Washington, right out of college. So I did that for six years and then started [00:03:10] speaking and writing and at one point blogging and don't blog as much anymore. [00:03:15] My blog is now a YouTube channel that I've been doing for a couple of years.

And that's been fun. That's where [00:03:20] the, your Bible coach came from and been doing that and speaking at [00:03:25] conferences and banquets and churches and universities. Anywhere you can think of. Men's [00:03:30] retreats, family camps, you name it. A lot of what I'm either doing when I present [00:03:35] is word for word biblical storytelling.

These books of the Bible or sections of scripture that I've internalized, [00:03:40] presenting those as if you've ever seen a one man storyteller, that's what that is. But for me, the [00:03:45] storytelling, since my background is not theater, my background is psychology and [00:03:50] then Bible and ministry. My passion is taking those storytelling, [00:03:55] letting that lead into conversations about how we can read, understand, trust, [00:04:00] and apply and enjoy God's word more.

Because I find for so [00:04:05] many myself, the first 20 something years, I was a Christian. And for so many, I come in contact with the [00:04:10] Bible is the one aspect of their life with Jesus that is more of a should than a want. And so I help people [00:04:15] move from should to want when it comes to reading and studying the Bible.

So that's a two minute nugget. [00:04:20]

[00:04:20] Denisha: I love it. And you're a very good example of taking it from should to [00:04:25]want, because if you missed the last episode, when you say word for word. [00:04:30] Yeah, storytelling. You are literally reciting books of the [00:04:35] Bible in front of audiences without a teleprompter, right? [00:04:40] Being the word.

And so he's really applying you guys. He's not just giving us advice on, [00:04:45] Oh, here's what you can do. Because again, in the should department, right, he really wanted to [00:04:50] just chew on and integrate God's word into his life. And here he is [00:04:55] internalizing it and even able to word for word, repeat back from [00:05:00] memory, the gospel of John or Philippians.

That to me blows my mind. I don't think I have [00:05:05] that gift of brain power of memorizing like that. But the one thing you said in [00:05:10] the last episode too, that I thought is how many songs do we have memorized? Right. I'm telling [00:05:15] you eighties, nineties songs. I am here for that. Yes. So I [00:05:20] will bet you. I know a whole lot more songs in the eighties and nineties than [00:05:25] I know, different books of the Bible.

And so that I'm not saying that's a good thing. [00:05:30] I'm just saying, look at the potential guys. There's so much more potential and you have this [00:05:35] way of making it fun. And that you, we don't read it too. As we talked about [00:05:40] too, is knowing more and behaving better. But you're actually reading it to hang [00:05:45] out with Jesus, right?

You get to know him to just hang out and be with like you would a friend [00:05:50] over coffee. What are some ways, what are some things we should be asking ourselves [00:05:55] as we dive into the word as we pick up and go, okay, I'm going to read Philippians today. What are [00:06:00] some questions we can ask ourselves to help us understand it?

You mentioned context and [00:06:05] culture and some different things. How do we do that? 

[00:06:08] Keith: Yeah, there are a couple of different. [00:06:10] Approaches one is really what I would say is the study a book of the [00:06:15] bible where you soak in it And that's really a process that I lay out in [00:06:20] You know some of my youtube videos as well as some of my books on the process that we talked about [00:06:25] last time of Spend a month with laying the foundation, kind of that analogy, building a house.

[00:06:30] You've got foundation and then framing and kind of what, what are the themes? How's it organized? That kind of thing. And then [00:06:35] finish work, which is more of the detailed study that we do. But some of what we, you and [00:06:40] I talked about having a conversation about in this episode is what do you do [00:06:45] with. Any bible passage like I find that there are times when you're doing two months [00:06:50] where you're immersing yourself in Ephesians or philippians or something like that or you might [00:06:55] be studying along with your small group something about marriage or something about money or [00:07:00] parenting or A theme like joy or perseverance or so you might be in the [00:07:05] midst of doing a deep study but there are times where you might have a week where [00:07:10] You're in between studies, you know that two weeks from now your small group is [00:07:15] going to be starting a two month journey through Galatians or something and you've got [00:07:20] some time where you're just opening up the Bible to a parable or to [00:07:25]another book of the Bible or something and so I think those are [00:07:30] frequently the times when people Lose consistency, right?

It's like [00:07:35] I've got this plan of studying this book or this topic, and then I've got this [00:07:40] week or two period where I'm in between things. We're in between a sermon series at church. We're in between [00:07:45] something with our small group. We're in between the, and so we don't do anything. And I wanted [00:07:50] to create something that was, well, what are the questions that we can ask of [00:07:55] any Bible passage at any time that will help us kind of enter into [00:08:00] it?

And so you want to just walk through those seven? 

[00:08:03] Denisha: Yeah, let's do it. Love it. [00:08:05]

[00:08:05] Keith: I'll put a link in the show notes. I'll give you a link that you can put in the show notes where people can kind of get a [00:08:10] one or two page overview of this. So if you're driving your car, Don't take notes. And [00:08:15] there is a y'all have you linked to the YouTube video where I walked [00:08:20] through this process as well.

But the first is what does this passage say [00:08:25] about who God is? But I think so often in our me [00:08:30] centric culture, we look at what is the Bible have to say to me [00:08:35] today, right now, and we kind of forget that The main [00:08:40] character in every passage of Scripture is God, [00:08:45] not us. That, is it a letter to us, or is it for us?

Sure, it [00:08:50] is. But it is primarily about us, if we're studying the Bible [00:08:55] relationally, primarily to hang out with God, primarily to be in the presence of Jesus, [00:09:00] primarily To be filled with the spirit then asking what does this passage have [00:09:05] something to say about who god is The better that I can get to know god [00:09:10] Even before I started asking questions about application and [00:09:15] response and all those other things that are important.

But if you read a passage of [00:09:20] scripture and this is the only question you answer, I feel like I've gotten to know who God is better. [00:09:25] That's time well spent. And so question number one is [00:09:30] what does this passage say about who God is? The kind of [00:09:35] immediate follow up to that is what does this passage say About what god has done.

[00:09:40] What is he doing in this is he? Interacting with a person or a group of [00:09:45] people or is he doing something that has historical background to it? Is he setting the [00:09:50] stage for something that's to come? Is it something where you know when you read? Ephesians, you [00:09:55]see so much about who God is and what God has done in that whole [00:10:00] answering that if you've now taken that step of, okay, now I know a little bit more about who God is [00:10:05] and I can see what God has done in the past or in that event or in that story [00:10:10] or in that conversation or whatever, that will lead you then to the third [00:10:15] question, which still isn't an application question.

It's what does this passage [00:10:20] say about who I am? Or what does this pass? Another way of wording that is what does this passage say [00:10:25] about your identity? Because I think so often we go to the, [00:10:30] what action am I supposed to take? And I believe that God wants us to. [00:10:35] Become something before we change our behavior that the gospel is not just [00:10:40] a gospel of behavior modification It's a gospel of identity and when [00:10:45] we look in corinthians In second corinthians 5 where he [00:10:50] says if anyone is in christ He or she is a new [00:10:55]creation He doesn't say if anyone is in Christ, he should do these things.[00:11:00]

And so I think that I remember when I was [00:11:05] writing the book that I wrote for parents about how to help our kids connect with the Bible. One of the [00:11:10] chapters in there is remind them of who the Bible says they are, not just what it says they're supposed to [00:11:15] do. Because when we live out our faith, whether it's our parents instilling something in our [00:11:20] children or whether it's ourselves, just trying to honor God with our lives.

If we live out our [00:11:25] faith from a place of identity, rather than a place of morality, everything changes [00:11:30] that if I have a conversation with my kids about morality, that's an easy [00:11:35]conversation. Hey, the Bible says, don't lie. So you need to tell the truth. That's an easy [00:11:40]conversation, but it's not a powerful or lasting conversation.

If I have a [00:11:45] conversation about what it means to be a person of integrity, that you are called to [00:11:50] be somebody whose word can be trusted, who there's power in the [00:11:55] words that come out of your mouth and therefore the true response and how we say that and how [00:12:00] we speak truth and when we speak truth and when we, Not hold back truth, but when we hold back [00:12:05] saying anything because silence is golden, right?

So it's a messier [00:12:10] conversation, but I want my kids to know that they are created to be people of [00:12:15] integrity and people of truth and people who that's who they were designed to be, not [00:12:20] just to not lie because lying is wrong. And too often I think we go to the Bible [00:12:25]with a lens of what is this saying I'm supposed to do?

What's the morality lens instead of [00:12:30] the identity lens? And I just think we're putting the cart before the horse a little bit. Which my favorite [00:12:35] example of that is certainly one of my favorite books of the Bible is Ephesians. And one of the reasons that [00:12:40] Ephesians gets preached on more than almost any other book, probably the Gospels and the Book of [00:12:45]Philippians are probably the only five books preached on more than the Book of Ephesians.

But one of the reasons it gets preached on is [00:12:50] because there is a ton in there. About how to live life [00:12:55] about marriage, about parenting, about sex, about prayer, [00:13:00] about, you know, how we work about, I mean, there's so much in there about unity, about getting [00:13:05]along, about telling the truth. I'm there's so much in there.

But what a lot of people don't realize is [00:13:10] that 100%, not 99%, 100 percent of the practical [00:13:15] advice in Ephesians is in chapters four, five, and six chapters, one, two, and [00:13:20]three are 100 percent about identity. The only active verb in the first [00:13:25] three chapters of Ephesians that applies to us. There's a lot that apply to God, who God is and what God has [00:13:30]done.

But the only active verb that applies to us is in [00:13:35] chapter two, when he says to remember. That's it. Everything else is about [00:13:40] identity. You are wanted, you are known, you are chosen, you are gifted, you are called, you are, I mean, there are [00:13:45] more than 30 identity messages in the first three chapters. And then he prays that famous [00:13:50] prayer that ends with, Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine.

Right? [00:13:55] And then he says, Amen. And then the first verse of chapter four is, [00:14:00]Well, as a prisoner for the Lord, then I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. [00:14:05] And he goes into all the practice. Like, okay, here's who you are. This is what your life [00:14:10] should look like because of who you are.

And so that picture of identity leading to [00:14:15] a new life rather than just behave differently. And so what does [00:14:20] this passage say about your identity is the third question. You want me to pause for a [00:14:25] second or just keep 

[00:14:26] Denisha: saying it's so good. I like guys rewind that [00:14:30] and listen to question three again. It is so good that our life [00:14:35] flows out of our identity.

And I've never picked that up before from Ephesians that it's [00:14:40] who God is, who you are in him through him. And then here's what flows out of [00:14:45] that. I just think that that it will bring some freedom and some grace to [00:14:50] someone as they go. Maybe I need to look back at identity and who God is and who I am [00:14:55] in him before I start with the list of I need to use.

So I just, I love that you [00:15:00] can carry on to number four now, but number three is pretty powerful and life changing. 

[00:15:03] Keith: I look at questions [00:15:05] four and five as really flip sides of the same coin. So what [00:15:10] encourages you and what challenges you? So is there something encouraging in this passage, [00:15:15] something comforting, something inspirational, and what challenges you?

Is there something that, [00:15:20] wow, does challenge my thinking or my attitude or my behavior or [00:15:25] whatever it is that writing down, if you've got a journal or a digital journal or something like that, or a [00:15:30] wide margin note taking Bible or whatever you've got. But writing down, okay, what's [00:15:35] encouraging from this passage and what's challenging from this passage, I think are good [00:15:40] questions to ask of any Bible passage.

Before kind of moving on to [00:15:45] question six, I want to make it clear that the goal of this is not to take any passage, write down all [00:15:50] seven questions and make sure you have an answer. You may ask question one answer question one [00:15:55] and be done right? And there may be something that is very [00:16:00] challenging and you haven't found anything at least in that particular day.

There's nothing encouraging in there for you. [00:16:05] It may just be a challenging passage, whatever. So these are kind of [00:16:10] lenses to look at the passage through. And you may have times where you look at [00:16:15] it and there you've got all seven. And there may be times when you look at it and you answered two, but [00:16:20] again, they're just kind of lenses to look at it through.

So having said that, the sixth one [00:16:25] is really, what questions do you have? What are the answers you don't have? [00:16:30] As you look at this, what are the things you'd be like? I need to go search on YouTube for this, or I need to go ask [00:16:35] my pastor about this, or I want to bring this up when we talk about this in small group or whatever, because this is [00:16:40] confusing as anything.

I do not get it. And I find that that can lead to really good [00:16:45] discussions. If you have people that you're getting together with, whether it's a buddy that you get together with at a coffee shop once a week, [00:16:50] whether it's a small group that you're in with couples, or whether it's a Sunday school class or [00:16:55] whatever.

We're just family dinnertime or whatever. I think that those questions can lead to good [00:17:00]discussions. I also find that there are times when I'm walking through a study and [00:17:05] I create a list of questions that become an extra week of [00:17:10] study where I just take after I've kind of completed the organized study, [00:17:15] if you will, I just spend another week just doing kind of, Hey, I just want to do, [00:17:20] spend a day, spend two hours, 20 minutes or 30 minutes doing some research and a deep [00:17:25] dive on this question.

Are there other passages of scripture to talk about this? Are there other articles that have been written [00:17:30] about this or devotions or are there sermons online? Are there something that I could go deeper [00:17:35] and that can lead to a pretty cool week or two, or sometimes that turns into a month because it's something I've got a [00:17:40] lot of questions on.

You might have an extra month of study. Like I think I mentioned last episode that I [00:17:45]typically study a book of the Bible for two months and I do foundation for one month and then a book of the [00:17:50] The framing and finish work for one month when I studied Romans, it's like foundation [00:17:55] and framing spread out into two months and then four months is [00:18:00]what I ended up spending.

So I was like half a year in and I was barely getting done, but [00:18:05] lots and lots of questions. I think jotting down what questions you have. There's a lot of times we have [00:18:10] questions that we don't have time to look up the answers right then. And if we just think, Oh, I'll look at that [00:18:15] later without jotting it down.

We just forget because it was a question that we had [00:18:20] anyway. And so we just don't remember. So jotting down, what questions do I have? [00:18:25] And then the final question is where people oftentimes start is that kind of [00:18:30] application question, but I've actually shifted that instead of asking, what am I [00:18:35] going to apply?

What's the truth to apply? I just say, how will you respond? Because [00:18:40] I think that that opens up the door. For the times when there is a very [00:18:45] specific application. But I think sometimes the response is just gratitude. [00:18:50] Sometimes the response is spending time in silence or worship. Sometimes the [00:18:55] response is jotting down some notes that you want to dive more deeply into that.

[00:19:00] I think sometimes when we always ask, okay, what does this say? What does this mean? And how does [00:19:05] this apply that we're teeing ourselves up for? If we can't [00:19:10] discover that nugget of truth, that is an application point to our [00:19:15] life today. We feel like we're bad at Bible study, but I think we can always [00:19:20] respond to scripture.

It's just a different mindset to approach [00:19:25] scripture that includes application, but it doesn't make [00:19:30] our response to scripture only be application. And so that seventh question [00:19:35]is how will you respond? So what does it say about who God is? What God has done [00:19:40] is number two. What is it say about my identity is three What encourages you is [00:19:45] four or five as challenges you six is what questions do you have and seven [00:19:50] is how will you respond?

[00:19:52] Denisha: Number six, what questions do you have? [00:19:55] You know, we can't believe everything we find out online 

[00:19:58] Keith: Right for sure. 

[00:19:59] Denisha: Are [00:20:00] there a couple of resources besides Keith Farron? On YouTube. Are there a [00:20:05] couple of, because I know that's solid and I can, I can trust that. What other resources do you [00:20:10] recommend for people who are like, I want to take a deep dive.

I'm going to actually write down some questions that maybe I [00:20:15] don't understand in the text or have. 

[00:20:17] Keith: There are several. One piece of software that is [00:20:20] not free, it does cost, is Logos. L O G O S. But they have a basic [00:20:25] foundational version that has, I don't know, 800 worth of resources or something for [00:20:30] 49. So, I think that I have a link that gives you a couple extra free [00:20:35] books 100 KeithFarrin.

com slash logos, L O G O S. [00:20:40] I think that will do that. I think that's a great piece of Bible software. I do a lot of, from a [00:20:45] free standpoint, a lot of the places that I go, if I'm just comparing [00:20:50] translations, I typically go to Bible gateway. If I'm doing some study, I typically [00:20:55] either go to Bible hub. com or blue [00:21:00] letter Bible.

I don't even know the significance behind blue letter Bible. I'll have to look that up. I [00:21:05] don't know, but blue letter Bible. org. It's not. com. So blue letter [00:21:10] Bible. org and Bible hub. com are two free sites. Everything on their [00:21:15] sites is free. A lot of ads and different things. Like in the corner and blah, blah, blah, but it's free.

And they're [00:21:20] both amazing. They've got lots of commentaries and searches. And one thing [00:21:25] that I didn't even know that you were going to ask that we didn't even talk, you might not even know that I did this, but I have a friend of mine who [00:21:30] runs a software company who he built an AI tool for writers. And I was talking to him [00:21:35] about the foundation and function of it and using AI and all that kind of stuff.

And I know people are pretty [00:21:40] skeptical of it. And there's a lot of craziness that can be out there. But he [00:21:45] and I teamed together with some of my Bible study stuff and some of his software and things with [00:21:50] AI to create something called Bible Toolbox that is what we [00:21:55] call guided AI. It's hard to describe without doing like a whole screen share.[00:22:00]

If you want to do a webinar sometime for your people, we can invite people to that and I could just show it to them. [00:22:05] But it's basically a way that through dropdown menus, that's, Hey, I want to look at this translation of scripture and I [00:22:10] want to look at this passage and I want you to act as if you were a conservative.

[00:22:15] Christian theologian. And I want to do a word study on this and kind of by [00:22:20] using some dropdown menus, it puts what I call guardrails on much different than [00:22:25] if you just go to Google and you search, what does it mean? And Ephesians five, when it says this, [00:22:30] that it's really putting what that builds on the back, as far as what it sends [00:22:35] out to the AI model has so many parameters on it, [00:22:40] that it's going to give you something that You know, is [00:22:45] 98 percent going to have the stuff filtered out, which quite honestly, I would [00:22:50]certainly hope that if somebody is watching one of my videos, if somebody is reading their favorite commentary, [00:22:55] nothing I say other than quoting true scripture, nothing I [00:23:00] say, and nothing that's in a commentary is divinely inspired word of God.

So you better be [00:23:05] double checking it. You better be checking up. If you find something on Google or Bing or whatever, [00:23:10] your search engine, you find an article from some pastor that's not gospel. Right. That's, [00:23:15] I mean, I've heard some people say a commentary is nothing more than another Christian's comments on the [00:23:20] Bible.

Are they helpful? Sure, they're helpful and you better be double checking. I always go [00:23:25] back to Acts 17 when Paul is traveling and most people that go to Acts 17 go [00:23:30] right to the second half where Paul's in Athens and he's Having this conversation with the people in Athens the philosophers [00:23:35] about the unknown God and he's near to you and blah blah blah But right before that He goes [00:23:40] through this town called Berea and it says now the Bereans were of more noble character [00:23:45] than the Thessalonians for they receive the message with great eagerness and examine the scriptures [00:23:50] every day to see if what Paul said was true.

And I'm like, okay, if these average [00:23:55] everyday people in Berea are checking up daily on the theology of the [00:24:00] Apostle Paul, then you better be checking on anybody. Whether it's something you found [00:24:05] online or whether it's a commentary or whether it's whatever, just to take it. So, but [00:24:10] that's a tool, Bible Toolbox, I use it all the time.

It's amazing for doing word studies, [00:24:15] getting background, getting context, getting, I mean, because it's got access to everything [00:24:20] that's out there. And kind of people don't understand the kind of the purpose of AI is [00:24:25] to summarize the most common answers, not to give the random things. [00:24:30] Whereas if you just search on Google, somebody who is.

Totally [00:24:35] crazy and out there in left field, but has designed their website really, really well to show [00:24:40] up in search engines, be in the top rankings, even when what they're saying is crazy. [00:24:45] But with AI, it's saying, okay, when I search all these [00:24:50] sermons, this is what's been said 1500 times. [00:24:55] So I actually find that AI gives a more accurate account than a lot of [00:25:00] just.

Open searching. So 

[00:25:02] Denisha: I will toolbox 

[00:25:03] Keith: is what it's called because I'm a co [00:25:05] creator of it. I've got a special link. If you go to Keith Farron. com slash Bible [00:25:10] toolbox, all one word, it will redirect you to a page where you can get 30 percent off. [00:25:15]

[00:25:15] Denisha: And the first time you sent out an email, because I am on your email list and [00:25:20] I highly recommend subscribing to you.

The first time I got that, I [00:25:25] purchased it. And because I loved the fact there's so many different things that it can do on [00:25:30] there, whether you're looking to minister to your friend, whether you're looking to do a deep dive or whether [00:25:35] you're a content creator and putting stuff out there that you want to make sure is right and spot on.

[00:25:40] So I personally use that. I feel like I'm letting out all my personal secrets in these [00:25:45]Like he is my Bible coach and I use the Bible toolbox [00:25:50] and I think you should too. So there we go. 

[00:25:52] Keith: There you go. There you go. Yeah. It's been [00:25:55] amazing. CJ and I built it. He and I are talking all the time and I've already put another feature request.

[00:26:00] I'm like, Oh, I tried to do this and it couldn't do it. So let's change this [00:26:05] one little thing because I want to feature that, I guess I can't talk about yet because we haven't [00:26:10] added it and I don't know for sure that it's going to work. So until it's tested, but 

[00:26:13] Denisha: if it does email, I'll let you [00:26:15] know, and we'll have you back on to talk about that.

I'm happy to do 

[00:26:18] Keith: it. 

[00:26:19] Denisha: So [00:26:20] fun. Well, Keith, you have so much content out there and so much rich, rich [00:26:25] teaching. I know your YouTube channel's a great place to find you. Tell us a little [00:26:30] bit about more about what you have for us everyday people out there. 

[00:26:34] Keith: It's funny that you [00:26:35] just said for everyday people because the new video series that I just created I'm releasing it I'm [00:26:40] scheduling it right now.

Actually depending on when this goes live It might already be out on my youtube channel, [00:26:45]but I just recorded a new video series for the you version Bible app 

[00:26:49] Denisha: called 

[00:26:49] Keith: Bible [00:26:50] memorization for normal people. So connecting [00:26:55] with me on the YouVersion Bible app, you can just search my name, Keith Farrin, and you'll be notified when I release a [00:27:00] new plan or a new video series or a teaching verse of the day or something like that.

[00:27:05] YouTube is certainly the place where I'm most consistent. Uh, releasing new content there [00:27:10] every week. So you can just search again, Keith Farrin, or if you forget my last name or can't spell it, just [00:27:15] search Keith and the word Bible and you'll find it. And KeithFarrin. com is my [00:27:20] website and that's where you find information about my courses.

And I, I have a, I didn't even [00:27:25] mention this on the first episode. I have an online Bible study community. [00:27:30] For people who want to interact more regularly called the Bible life community. So if [00:27:35] you just go to keithferron. com slash try bible life all [00:27:40] one word Then that will give you your first four weeks for four dollars.

You can see what it is But then when you [00:27:45] join that You get access to all of my courses and all [00:27:50] of my books, and then we study the Bible together. And so, like, currently we're in a study on [00:27:55] the gospel. We're about to wrap up a study on the gospel of John. And so, I teach live there [00:28:00] every Monday, and we post kind of guidance, Bible study guidance and discussion [00:28:05] questions for the group every Monday through Friday.

And, and so between the [00:28:10] line, we have once a month, we just gather on zoom and we can see each other and interact and just ask questions and [00:28:15] share what we're seeing and just be a community. So it's people around the world do [00:28:20] that together. So that's the Bible life community. So you can find out more at Bible life, community.

[00:28:25] com. But if you go to Keith Farron. com slash try Bible life, that's where you'll get the. [00:28:30] When you want to register, just do that with, use that link and you'll get your first four weeks for four bucks. [00:28:35] So 

[00:28:35] Denisha: love that. And love the community aspect of that. That's great. [00:28:40] And then you version, that's pretty amazing that you're on you version.

Congratulations. [00:28:45] That's a huge, that's a big deal right there. Well, and we'll have links in the show [00:28:50] notes and you guys, yeah, definitely go check out Keith. You're going to be blessed by his content, blessed [00:28:55] by what you learn from him. And he's just a real guy who loves the Bible. [00:29:00] So it's not theologian type, you know, scary words where you're like, I have to look those up and [00:29:05] need like a dictionary.

You're a real guy who loves the word of God and has done just some [00:29:10] incredible things. And you share that with all who listen. So Thank you for what you do and be [00:29:15] sure to follow us on social media. We'll be posting a bunch of Keith stuff, um, [00:29:20] over the next couple of weeks. And, um, be sure to follow Keith as well.

So [00:29:25] Keith Farrin, F E R R I N and Keith, I would love to have you back on the [00:29:30]podcast anytime and just appreciate all that you do for all of us. 

[00:29:33] Keith: You know how to get ahold [00:29:35] of me. 

[00:29:35] Denisha: All right. I'll take you up on that. 

[00:29:38] Keith: Thank you, my friend. [00:29:40]

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