by Jeffrey Kranz | Jun 18, 2014 | Bible characters, Bible facts
“Satan” means “adversary,” and it’s the name we use for the devil, the adversary of God and His people. It’s an old name that comes straight from ancient Hebrew, the original Old Testament language. But Satan isn’t the only... by Jeffrey Kranz | Jun 17, 2014 | Bible facts
The Bible is brimming with strange, intriguing, and sometimes LOL-worthy tidbits like this. God calls plenty of people in the Bible, but I’ve only found eight times he calls out to individuals by name twice in a row … Abraham! Abraham! God gives Abraham one last... by Jeffrey Kranz | Jun 13, 2014 | Bible Books, Bible facts
Next time someone asks you what the book of Haggai is all about, just make this face and say, “ZERUBBABEL, Y U NO FINISH TEMPLE?” And if they want a fuller (and more serious) answer, you can read and share this overview of Haggai. I write Bible-study... by Jeffrey Kranz | Jun 11, 2014 | Bible Books, Bible facts
You know there are 150 psalms, but did you know there are 8 different kinds of psalms in the great songbook? You’ll find them mentioned in those little bits of text at the beginning of most Psalms—the same area that tells us who wrote the psalm. (By the way, you... by Jeffrey Kranz | May 29, 2014 | Bible facts
Have you ever wondered what the longest and shortest books of the Bible are? The Bible is more than 600,000 words long in its original languages—but how are those words distributed across the 66 books of the Bible? I’ve put together word counts for every book of... by Jeffrey Kranz | May 9, 2014 | Bible facts
I recently took a look at the 10 most popular books of the Bible—another super hat tip to Jonathan at BibleGateway.com for that data. That gave me something else to think about: what’s the least popular book of the Bible? (For the purposes of this post,...
