The Question-Asker's Bible Dictionary

For Readers Who Were Afraid to Ask. You are reading your Bible and you hit a word you have seen a hundred times without ever pinning it down. You do not want a lecture from a seminary. You want to know what the word means, where it shows up, and why it matters on the page in front of you. This volume covers 420 essential Scripture words, A to Z, grouped into 10 sections: Questions About God, Questions About Jesus, Questions About Suffering and Evil, Questions About the Bible Itself, Questions About Sin and Forgiveness, Questions About Church and Belonging, Questions About Prayer and Doubt, Questions About Sex, Money and Daily Life, Questions About Other Beliefs, Questions About Death and What Comes Next. Every entry gives you the same things in the same order, so you always know where to look: how to say the word out loud, where it comes from in Hebrew or Greek, what it plainly means, a short “Good to know” background note, three or four key passages, a kitchen-table moment that shows the word at work in ordinary life, a verse to sit with, and cross-references to related words. Written for ordinary readers, in plain English, with the warmth of a friend explaining something across the table rather than a reference book lecturing from a shelf. Also inside: a 30-day reading walk for taking the words a little at a time.