CURIOSITY · SCRIPTURE · UNDERSTANDING

DID YOU KNOW?

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Broaden your horizon.

Follow a question into Scripture. Examine its setting, language, and meaning. Discover how careful study can reshape the way we think, reason, and live.

With Bishop W. F. Houston Jr.

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THE DISCOVERY COLLECTION

A question worth exploring.
A teaching worth returning to.

Each feature stands on its own, drawing from across the Bible. New discoveries appear as subjects arise, with time and space to examine them thoroughly.

Illustration of craftspeople working with wood, metal, and textiles in an ancient wilderness workshop.

Exodus 31:1–11 · Read alongside Exodus 25:8–9; 35:30–36:7

God’s Spirit Equipped People to Design and Build

Exodus 31 places knowledge, understanding, design, and skilled craftsmanship within a sacred commission. Follow the passage into its setting, its language, and the responsibilities that accompany ability.

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BREADTH WITH PRECISION

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shape the discovery.

Our interpretation standards →

Read in context.

Attend to the surrounding passage, its historical setting, and its literary form.

Follow the reasoning.

Distinguish what Scripture states, what an interpretation infers, and how the teaching applies today.

Grow in understanding.

Examine familiar assumptions, consider the evidence, and carry what you learn into faithful practice.