START HERE 👉 https://www.skool.com/openbiblelab-1561/classroom/5e5d1bd7?md=79f9fbe225e64b90a86b0518e6b6e093 Welcome. We’re glad you’re here. OpenBibleLab is a shared learning space for people who want to read the Bible with greater clarity, patience, and understanding. This is not a place for hot takes or rushed conclusions. It’s a place to learn carefully over time. If you’re new here, please introduce yourself by replying to this post. When you introduce yourself, share one book of the Bible you want to understand better or one book you find yourself returning to often. There’s no right or wrong answer. This helps us learn together. When you’re ready, explore the Classroom at your own pace and join discussions where you feel comfortable. There’s no required order and no pressure to keep up. Take your time. Read closely. Ask honest questions. We’re learning together.

This space exists for prayer. You are welcome to share prayer requests, updates, or answered prayers. You may also simply pray for others without commenting at length. When responding to a request, aim to pray rather than fix. You do not need to explain everything or share more than you are comfortable sharing. Brief requests are enough. This is a place for faithfulness, gentleness, and quiet support.

A new Bible study on Matthew 6:9–13 is now live in OpenBibleLab. This familiar prayer opens in a way that quietly reshapes what prayer even is. In the study, we slow down at the very first words Jesus gives his disciples. Before any requests are made, before daily needs are named, prayer begins with an address. “Our Father in heaven.” That opening does more than start the prayer. It establishes relationship, posture, and trust. The rest of the prayer flows from that starting point, and the order turns out to matter more than we often notice. What’s left open is how natural or unfamiliar that address might feel, and why Jesus chose to begin there rather than anywhere else. The prayer resists rushing. It invites attention. A few questions to sit with as you read or reread the passage: 👀 What do you notice about how the prayer begins, especially compared to how prayers often start today? 🤔 Which line feels most closely connected to calling God “Father,” and which feels more distant? 🌱 Where does this prayer feel familiar, and where does it feel quietly challenging? The full study is available in the Premium course area, and this conversation is open to everyone. Read the study if you’re able, and join the discussion here. What are you noticing as you linger with this prayer?

A new Bible study on Genesis 12:1–4 is now live in OpenBibleLab. This one slows us down at a familiar passage and notices something easy to overlook. God gives a call before he gives a map. In the study, we linger with how the passage is shaped. Abram is told to go, but the destination remains unnamed. The promises are expansive and confident, yet the direction is partial. What’s striking is not just that Abram obeys, but what kind of obedience the text presents. It’s movement rooted in trust, not understanding. Even Hebrews later notices this, that Abram went out not knowing where he was going. That tension stays unresolved in the text, and it seems intentional. The story moves forward without explaining how the future will unfold. Paying attention to that choice opens up the passage in a quieter, deeper way. A couple questions to sit with as you read or reread the passage: 👀 What details stand out to you about what God says, and what God does not say? 🧭 Where do you notice movement without clarity in these verses? 🤔 What feels most open or unanswered by the end of verse 4? The full study is available now in the Premium course area. Whether you’ve read it yet or not, join the conversation here. Share one detail you noticed, or one question that stayed with you.