Self-paced Course
Reading the Bible, Missing the Gospel
Reading the Bible, Missing the Gospel by Ben Connelly challenges common misunderstandings of Scripture by urging readers to re-center their interpretation on Jesus as the true focus. Through fresh insight on topics like forgiveness, blessing, and the church, Connelly calls believers to rediscover the gospel as it was truly meant to be understood.
Meet Your Trainer
Hey, I am Ben Connelly—your trainer for this course.
Ben serves disciples, leaders, and church planters through The Equipping Group and co-leads Salt+Light Community and Plant Fort Worth. He’s an author, trainer, and former seminary professor with experience in church planting.
Reading the Bible, Missing the Gospel
“Why do you read the Bible?” Other than knowing we’re supposed to, many followers of Jesus don’t actually know why we read the Bible – or how! In this session, Ben Connelly introduces three realities: many Christians don’t read the Bible, many churches don’t train Christians to do so, and when we do read the Bible, most people read in “little bits.” Then he introduces a truly “Christian way” to read our Bibles.
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Session 1: Missing the Gospel
“Why do you read the Bible?” Other than knowing we’re supposed to, many followers of Jesus don’t actually know why we read the Bible – or how! In this session, Ben Connelly introduces three realities: many Christians don’t read the Bible, many churches don’t train Christians to do so, and when we do read the Bible, most people read in “little bits.” Then he introduces a truly “Christian way” to read our Bibles.
“Why do you read the Bible?” Other than knowing we’re supposed to, many followers of Jesus don’t actually know why we read the Bible – or how! In this session, Ben Connelly introduces three realities: many Christians don’t read the Bible, many churches don’t train Christians to do so, and when we do read the Bible, most people read in “little bits.” Then he introduces a truly “Christian way” to read our Bibles.
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Session 2: Reading the Bible
Ben dives deep in this session, into specific ways to read the Bible through the lens God intended: read it as God’s story, know where we fit in the story, and see Jesus as the hero and redeemer of each passage.
Ben dives deep in this session, into specific ways to read the Bible through the lens God intended: read it as God’s story, know where we fit in the story, and see Jesus as the hero and redeemer of each passage.
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Session 3: Finding the Gospel
In this session, Ben shows how the New Testament speaks of past-, present-, and future-tense implications of the gospel, and gives examples of different ways that the gospel is good news to us today.
In this session, Ben shows how the New Testament speaks of past-, present-, and future-tense implications of the gospel, and gives examples of different ways that the gospel is good news to us today.
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Session 4: Living the Gospel
Ben closes this course with an invitation: simply practice the content of these sessions, as you consider various commands, stories, and passages of the Bible, asking God to help you see each through this book’s new lens.
Ben closes this course with an invitation: simply practice the content of these sessions, as you consider various commands, stories, and passages of the Bible, asking God to help you see each through this book’s new lens.
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Bonus: Q&A with Dave Thomas
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