"The Bible is the cradle wherein Christ is laid."
- Martin Luther
Do you desire Christ to encounter you? When the scriptures are opened to us, God is given the opportunity to speak to us and shape our lives. The Bible bears Christ to us, and we encounter his good news whenever we read and study the words on the page.
Anyone is welcome to any of our studies. Come, find out what we have to offer, and study the Bible with us!
Study Opportunities
Throughout the year, Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church offers a number of opportunities to study the scriptures and explore our faith together. You are invited to be a part of any of them. Here are some examples of past study opportunities:
Bible Study - Tuesdays at 9:00am
Book Club and Faith Lives
Evening "Book of Faith" Bible Study
Various Faith Workshops
Wine and Theology Tasting Tours
Facebook Bible Study Group
Bible Study Links
Enter the Bible
A comprehensive look at the entire bible, including the background, cultural context, and author intent of each book of the Bible.
Working Preacher
A look at the biblical texts for upcoming Sundays with commentary to help you understand.
Greek and Hebrew Reader's Edition
A wonderful tool to look at the biblical texts in their original languages with pop-up breakdowns and definitions of each word.
Study the Bible Now
Bible Study In Your Home
You do not need a degree to study the bible. Follow this simple Bible Study with a group of friends, or use it to reflect and journal. Either way, you will be shaped by God through the encounter.
Choose any scripture passage or story from the Bible and following these steps:
Before you begin, ask everyone to share their joys and then share their sorrows from the week.
1. Read any Bible passage/story twice while everyone listens.
2. Ask: “What word or idea pops out at you?” “Why?”
3. Someone else reads it again.
4. Ask: “Where do you see human nature in this passage?”
5. Someone else reads it again.
6. Ask: “What does this passage say about God and what God cares about?
7. Someone else reads it again.
8. Ask: “What is God trying to say to us in this passage?”
(If it is a story, choose one of the characters, tell everyone to envision they are that character, read the bible story again, and then ask: “What was your experience as that character?”)
You will be surprised at how moving this simple form of bible study can be. In addition, no one needs to be an expert to lead or participate in the study.
Bible Reading For You
Matthew 5:1-16
5When Jesus saw the crowds, he went up the mountain; and after he sat down, his disciples came to him. 2Then he began to speak, and taught them, saying:
3“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 4“Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted. 5“Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth. 6“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled. 7“Blessed are the merciful, for they will receive mercy. 8“Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God. 9“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God. 10“Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 11“Blessed are you when people revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account. 12Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
13“You are the salt of the earth; but if salt has lost its taste, how can its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything, but is thrown out and trampled under foot. 14“You are the light of the world. A city built on a hill cannot be hid. 15No one after lighting a lamp puts it under the bushel basket, but on the lampstand, and it gives light to all in the house. 16In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven.
A Word Of Love From The Bible
1 Corinthians 13:1-13
13If I speak in the tongues of mortals and of angels, but do not have love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. 2And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. 3If I give away all my possessions, and if I hand over my body so that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing.
4Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant 5or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; 6it does not rejoice in wrongdoing, but rejoices in the truth. 7It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
8Love never ends. But as for prophecies, they will come to an end; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will come to an end. 9For we know only in part, and we prophesy only in part; 10but when the complete comes, the partial will come to an end. 11When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child; when I became an adult, I put an end to childish ways. 12For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then we will see face to face. Now I know only in part; then I will know fully, even as I have been fully known. 13And now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; and the greatest of these is love.
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