No matter how much you already know or don’t know about the Bible, if you’re a woman who wants to know your Bible better, this workshop is for you!

Do you ever read the Bible and have a sense that there is a deeper meaning or significance to what you are reading that you can’t quite figure out? Or do you sometimes wonder why some people have been able to draw things out of a passage in the Bible that you didn’t see until they pointed it out? If so, I hope you’ll take part in a Biblical Theology Workshop for Women. Our aim will be to increase our Bible skills so that rather than being bored by, or intimidated by the Bible, we’ll become more intrigued by it, moved by it, more confident that we’re grasping what it is communicating to us.

Over three sessions, we’ll review the key events of the Bible’s story and the major sections of the Bible. I’ll demonstrate telling the story of the Bible through the lens of one of its important themes. We’ll work together on tracing a few themes through the various sections of the Bible. Then we’ll look at the opening of each of the Gospels and discover how a growing understanding of major biblical themes adds to our understanding when we see those themes arise in specific passages of the Bible. The three sessions are energetic, interactive, and fun.

After presenting nearly 100 in-person workshops around the country and around the world, we currently have no plans for additional domestic workshops (though that could change since I LOVE doing them!) But you can still “participate” in a workshop online on your own or with some friends. Or your church can set up a day or series of days to work through the workshop together. To find out more about accessing the workshop via video click here: Recorded Biblical Theology Workshop View Anytime!

Already attended a workshop? Consider developing your understanding further by participating in a recorded Biblical Theology Tutorial.

Resources on Biblical Theology

Can you explain what you mean by “biblical theology”? Yes. But first, don’t let the term “biblical theology” intimidate you. Sometimes people react negatively to the word theology, thinking that it is about dry doctrine or something overly academic rather than personal or meaningful. But that’s not at all the case. Theology is what we believe about God. And any time we’re engaging with the Bible, trying to understand what it reveals to us about God, we’re doing theology. This means that we’re all theologians and can become better theologians from wherever we are now.

When people hear the term “biblical theology,” they often think we are talking about theology that is biblical as opposed to unbiblical. But really we’re talking about a way of understanding and approaching the Bible that recognizes that even though the Bible is made up of various kinds of literature and was written down over centuries by forty human authors, it is actually telling one cohesive story about what God is doing in the world through Christ. Through biblical theology we can trace the Bible’s story from Genesis to Revelation through the development of a number of central themes that serve to communicate a coherent message about the person and work of Christ.

Perhaps another way to think about biblical theology is to think of it in contrast to its important companion, systematic theology. In systematic theology, we ask what the whole of the Bible has to say about a particular topic such as sin, justification, the Holy Spirit, the nature of God, or humanity, and put it into a coherent summary. Biblical theology, then, is more about tracing particular themes that develop in the story of the Bible from creation to consummation, such as kingdom, sacrifice, feasting, or temple.

Are there any resources you suggest to learn more about biblical theology?

It’s Not About You: How Biblical Theology Transforms Bible Study

Biblical Theology and Bible Studies in the Church: A Conversation with Nancy Guthrie

Core Christianity Interview with Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez: What is Biblical Theology?

Ten Things You Should Know About Biblical Theology by Chris Bruno

Biblical Theology in Discipleship by Nancy Guthrie

What is Biblical Theology and Do We Need It? by D. A. Carson

An Introduction to Biblical Theology by D.A. Carson