Grace Commentary is Live

Below is my big announcement I’ve been warning you about for about two weeks.

I’ve started another blog/forum over at www.gracecommentary.com. It essentially is a free, online, interactive Bible commentary. Though I originally began developing the idea two years ago, I’ve only been working on the site for a few months now. I figure that at my current rate, this project will only take the rest of my life (if I have the perseverance to see it through).

I have realized over the past decade or so that one of the things I really enjoy doing is studying Scripture. Studying, of course, needs to have more of an aim than simply gaining knowledge. And while I try to apply what I learn to my life, I think that the teacher in me needs an outlet. Since I am no longer a pastor, I decided to develop an avenue which might allow me to study Scripture interactively with anybody who might want to join. I started with the Gospel of Luke, and post commentary on about 10 verses per week. 

I am, of course, not enough of a biblical expert to write a commentary, but I figure that if I start now, by the time I’m 80 or 90 and know enough to write a commentary (although does anyone ever know enough?), I will already have a good base to work with.

Currently, I am the only contributor, but I may add more in the future. However, any registered user may interact with the commentary posts, and provide their own insights and studies on the particular passages. In this way, others (including myself) may read what you have learned in Scripture, and interact with you. Of course, as I learn new things, whether through my own reading and study, or through the interactive comments, I can always edit and/or add to my original posts to reflect this new information.

Originally (about two years ago), I wanted to have at least something posted on every chapter of the Bible before the site went live, so that anybody could contribute and/or post their insights on any passage of Scripture right away without having to wait for me to get to it. But that turned out to be too prone to spammers, so I had to shut that aspect down.

So really, the site is little more than an invitation to study Scripture along with me, and right now, we’re studying Luke. I hope to see you there, and I look forward to your input!

PS, If you come for a visit, please let me know ASAP if there are registration problems and/or glitches. I am not quite sure yet if the site works…