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Wondering what Bible study tools are right for you? Take a look inside Olive Tree resources and decide for yourself. We’ll give our thoughts on it, too.

Some categories of resources include Bibles, study Bibles, commentaries, and dictionaries. Also, there are posts on more unique resources! For example, learn about Calvin’s Institutes or audio devotionals. In these posts, we’ll show you screenshots and gifs of how it works and special features.

If you don’t find what you’re looking for, feel free to contact us. You can do so by emailing support@olivetree.com or messaging us directly on social media. We will do our best to answer your questions!

Commentaries

Riches I Heed Not

Pitfalls abound for both the poor and the rich. The poor can be tempted to see wealth as their deliverer, that only if they had more money their problems would simply vanish. On the other hand, the wealthy can look to their riches for security and comfort. They can trust…

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Not Abandoned, Even in Death

Psalm 16 begins with a superscription that says “a miktam of David.” What’s that, you ask? Well, according to the ESV Archaeology Study Bible, a miktam possibly suggests “something carved into stone and thus indelible . . . a written testimony of the petitioner placed on display in the temple…

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Rest in Christ

Have you ever considered the importance of rest in the biblical storyline? Hebrews, one of the most biblical books in the Bible, has a lot to say about it. Let’s look deeper into this theme with some help from the Reformed Expository Commentary series. The Sabbath Rest One of the…

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Helping Others in Response to God’s Call

We all know there are people God brings into our lives we would rather not help. There may even be occasions when helping them means taking risks. Risks that may seem pretty dangerous to us at times. One such occasion occurred in the early church when God called Ananias to…

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MacArthur on Believing the Spirit of Truth

Ever since the first untrue words were uttered in the garden by the serpent and his lies infiltrated that sacred space, the need to believe the truth became essential. This is all the more true since sin has affected our natural disposition. We are inclined to “suppress the truth” (Rom.…

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Look Inside: Opening Up the Bible

If you’ve been wanting to dig a little deeper into the Bible but are intimidated by the dense and technical academic commentaries, then we have an excellent option for you—the Opening Up the Bible commentary series. This is a series designed for study, so you could consider it a bridge…

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Engaging with Genesis 1:1–2:7

Have you ever wondered why God gave us five senses? Or have you ever wondered what life would be like without one of your senses? Which sense would you choose to live without if you had to choose one of them? Thankfully, we don’t have to make that choice when…

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Reformers on the Word Becoming Flesh

The Reformation Commentary on Scripture is a very unique commentary. The editors of this series have given us access into how the reformers understood the Scriptures. Comments are provided by numerous reformers with multiple comments for every passage of Scripture and often for every verse. Considering how challenging it would…

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The Faith of the Reformation

The Reformation Study Bible is an excellent resource that provides numerous comments on the biblical text, but also includes articles on theology and some of the historic creeds and confessions of the church. In this article, we want to highlight the faith that sparked the Reformation, and we’ll do so…

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