We believe scripture is God breathed and not God dictated. Watch this video to find out how that makes all the difference. Hopefully, you find this video helpful. If you’d like to learn more, check out my book Come Alive: Conversations with Scripture, available at...

The Bible is often mislabeled a book or called the "good book". It's actually a Library full of books written by vastly different authors to a wide range of audiences. Understanding this will effect greatly how it's interpreted. I'm often asked "Preacher, do you...

Would your sermons be more effective if they had just one point? Listen in as Talbot joins the "Making Sunday Happen" podcast. Hopefully, you find this video helpful. If you’d like to learn more, check out my website Simplify the Message or my new book Come Alive:...

There comes a moment in many sermons when I stop speaking TO people and begin preaching ABOUT Jesus. This is what it looked and sounded like a couple of weeks ago in the "Broken Hearts" sermon from the "Some People Get All The Breaks" series. Simplify the...

One of the most dangerous things you can do is just read "Bible verses". You miss all the context. Below is a quick video where I discuss this in further detail. Hopefully, you find this video helpful. If you’d like to learn more, check out my book Come Alive:...

Let's talk about context. Context is everything when it comes to understanding scripture. Hopefully, you find this video helpful. If you’d like to learn more, check out my book Come Alive: Conversations with Scripture, available at Invite Resources.

In this video I'll talk about how Come Alive: Conversations With Scripture is designed to be used. It's not designed to be read cover to cover in a day. Hopefully, you find this video helpful. If you’d like to learn more, check out my book Come Alive: Conversations...

In this Vlog Talbot talks about topics related to the book Come Alive: Conversations with Scripture. Let’s take a look at how the Bible is more like a Library than a modern day book. Understanding this opens up so many things about understanding the scripture....

I have recently realized that much of my bible reading is in order to prove a point.  If I am in a religious or political or cultural debate with someone, for example, then I’ll just pull out my Scriptures, point out the relevant verses, and voila!  Point proven....

Something about this image strangely warms the heart of those of us involved in leading, attending, or even supplying curricula for bible study: With bibles open, group members sit in circles & not rows, and share their lives together through encounters with...