For Those Who Want Serious Bible Study

Free 8-10 Week Seminar!

The
Apocalypse
Unplugged

Reframing How
the Book Gets Read

Coming Jan 25, 2025

A focused Bible study seminar
exploring some questions about a few key terms

Seminar Leader

Gary D. Collier, Ph.D.

Biblical Literature and Languages

Director of IABC
Institute for the Art of Biblical Conversation
Online study seminars in biblical texts

Author of numerous books on biblical studies, including

The Apocalypse of John:
A New Translation.

What You Get

8-10 week LIVE online seminar
24/7 email discussion group
Participate fully or watch quietly

A focus on specific words and phrases
Points to an all-new English translation of the Apocalypse
Recordings after each session*

*Each session will be recorded live for later viewing and will be available to all registered guests.

Jan 25 to Mar 29
2025

Saturday Mornings
11/10/9/8 AM ET/CT/MT/PT

Online
No Travel Expenses

Registration
Open Now

All Adults
& Young Adults

Eager Bible Students;
& Church Leaders

The beast rising from the abyss.

Heads Up!

This will not be a standard series that walks through the book from beginning to end. We did that in 2022, while placing a healthy emphasis on background and ancient apocalyptic language and literature. (Those recordings are available.)

Come January 25, we'll launch a specialized study seminar focusing on a few well-chosen topics. We will NOT be diving into the usual trendy topics—e.g., Who is the beast? What does 666 mean?

Instead, this seminar will zero in on a few key words and phrases almost always passed over. The guiding question will be...

"How do these few words and phrases
affect how we read the book overall?"

Is This Seminar Right for You?
The Answer Is "Yes!"—If Even One of These Is True . . .

if you are an adult Christian who is hungry for more depth than what is normally covered in Bible classes;
if you are open and willing to be challenged and stretched in your understanding;
if you are NOT a biblical scholar but you'd like to be part of "raising the conversation bar" about this intriguing book;
if you ARE a biblical scholar or know some Greek or Hebrew and want to help develop a dynamic dialogue about some key questions in the Apocalypse that are almost always overlooked or bypassed;
if you are willing to consider (i.e., to be open to or think about) approaching the Apocalypse of John with a possible new vision for how it is important for Christian daily life and struggle in the 21st century;
if you are even a little bit curious to see why a new translation of this book is warranted and might offer fresh insights;
if you are passionate about exploring overlooked details that reshape how we read this text.

What We Will Study Together

The Apocalypse Unplugged:
Reframing How the Book Gets Read

(Unpacking a Few Key Words & Phrases)

TOPICS:

—1— ANATOMY of the Book
—2— POETRY of the Language
—3— SUPREME COMMANDER—a title?
—4— GOD & JESUS—relationship
—5— THE COMING ONE—past, present, future?
—6— SOON—really?
—7— RELEVANCE—day to day

MORE INFO:

Based on a new translation as a study aid. (Nobody is suggesting that you replace your Bible.)

Free, open-to-all. You don't have to be a scholar; but you do need to want more than normal Bible study.

Between 8 and 12 LIVE sessions, 1hr each week.

Online (URL TBA later)

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What This Seminar Will and Won't Be

This will NOT be a general series walking through the entirety of Revelation.
This WILL be a series on some specialized “big-topic” subjects.

This will NOT be focused primarily on inspirational or devotional interests.
This WILL be a thinking series focused on issues related to how the book gets read and applied.

This does NOT mean you have to be a scholar to take or benefit from this series.
This DOES mean that you might get stretched and/or challenged on some things.

This will NOT be an “Everything you ever wanted to know about 666, the Beast, and the New Jerusalem” type series.
This WILL be more about macro features in the book that can help us know what to do with the book as a whole.

This will NOT be about new things for shock value.
This WILL be about being loyal to the texts we have received.

Register Now!

And receive preliminary info on the seminar.

I know it's free and it's meeting at
11/10/9/8 AM ET/CT/MT/PT
on Saturdays

I also know each session will be recorded

Click here to go to the IABC Home Page.

The Apocalypse Unplugged