FAQs – Once Upon a Trainwreck™

hese are some questions that I thought might be helpful if displayed all together on one page.

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Q: Is this just a bible study? Why are you charging for it?

A: This is a great question!! The bible is the foundation of what we study here, how to live by it. I’ve mentioned studying the bible several times so I totally understand your question.

This platform and the programs within in are more than a bible study, here a major component of what I teach is how to study your bible – how to navigate it, rightly divide the word and apply to our lives today.

Foundationally, learning to navigate and rightly divide your bible is very important in the understanding and application of scripture, so that’s going to be a big part of everything we do here.

Additionally, I believe that building fellowship with Jesus, and other women living and building a Christ centered life is very important. Historically, women supporting each other from a genuine and heartfelt place has been something of an anomaly and for a long time I’ve wanted to build a genuine community, a safe and supportive place for women, so we’ll see how that all comes together. Hopefully it will be beautiful, but that really depends on the intentions everyone brings with them.

Q: What does "rightly divide" mean?

A: Another great question!! You’ll find the term “rightly divide” in 2 Timothy 2:15 in your King James Bible, while a lot of modern versions change it to something like “rightly handling”. If you stay with us, you’ll also learn a lot about why the King James Version of the bible is the final authority, and how the modern versions manipulate the word.

Back to the original question – the root of “rightly divide”

Orthos (ὀρθός): Right, straight, correct. (Related to orthodontics, orthodoxy).
Temnō (τέμνω): To cut, divide, sever. (Related to anatomy, appendectomy).

So, “rightly dividing” involves the diligent and accurate work of cutting or laying out the divine message in straight lines, ensuring clarity and proper understanding, not distortion.

The Greek root for “rightly dividing” comes from ὀρθοτομέω (orthotomeō), a compound of ὀρθός (orthos) meaning “right/straight” and τέμνω (temnō) meaning “to cut”. It literally means “to cut straight,” like a craftsman making precise cuts, or a miner digging a straight shaft, implying accuracy, precision, and correct interpretation or apportionment of the Word of Truth, as seen in 2 Timothy 2:15.

Orthos (ὀρθός): Right, straight, correct. (Related to orthodontics, orthodoxy).
Temnō (τέμνω): To cut, divide, sever. (Related to anatomy, appendectomy).

So, “rightly dividing” involves the diligent and accurate work of cutting or laying out the divine message in straight lines, ensuring clarity and proper understanding, not distortion.

Q: What does "faith in the blood mean"?

A: Faith in the blood refers to the belief that Jesus Christ’s blood, shed on the cross is the sole means of atonement for our sin, the way in which we are forgiven, the way in which salvation is given. It emphasizes that salvation is received through faith Christ’s sacrifice, rather than through works or other means.

Q: What's the difference between the King James version of the bible and other versions?

A: This is actually a really deep and potentially very sensitive question.

The King James Bible was translated and first produced in 1611, since then, there have been NO revisions, compared to what are referred to as “modern translations’, some of which have multiple versions and re-visions.
The King James Bible is considered to be a word-for-word transcription of God’s inspired Word whereas many of the new or “modern translations” are moving away from the premise of the bible being God’s inspired Word. In fact, a lot of them are removing the deity of the Lord altogether.
Maybe you’re reading another translation because it’s “easier to read and understand”. Did you know that in most of the “easier to read and understand” version, just the seemingly slightest change in text or grammar can give the verse an entirely different context, meaning or message? And that the “easier to read and understand” versions have completely removed text and even entire verses?

Q: Is this just a bible study? Why are you charging for it?

Q: What does "rightly divide" mean?

Q: What does "faith in the blood mean"?

Q: What's the difference between the King James version of the bible and other versions?

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