Guided path
New to the Bible
If you have never read the Bible through, or you have started and lost your footing, this path gives you the shape of the whole thing: how it is organised, what the Old and New Testaments each contain, where events sit in history, and a simple method for studying any passage.
5 lessons about 46 minutes totalbeginner
Start the path- 1
How the Bible Is Organized
The Bible is a library of 66 books written across roughly 1,500 years. Learn how it is arranged and why that arrangement helps you read it well.
8 min · How the Bible is organized
- 2
Old Testament Overview
A single walk through the storyline of the Old Testament, from creation to the return from exile.
10 min · Old Testament overview
- 3
New Testament Overview
How the Gospels, Acts, the letters and Revelation fit together as one account of Jesus and the church he founded.
10 min · New Testament overview
- 4
The Bible Timeline
The major eras of biblical history in order, so passages stop floating free of their moment.
9 min · Bible timeline
- 5
How to Study Scripture
A repeatable method for reading a passage carefully: observe, interpret in context, then apply.
9 min · How to study Scripture