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Engaging the biblical story as wisdom that shapes your life.
Why active exploration matters.
Transformation rarely happens just because we take in more information, however insightful it may be. We learn differently when we discover something for ourselves — our attention sharpens, our imagination begins to make connections, and what we see is more likely to touch how we live.
“The goal is not to get through the Scriptures, but to let the Scriptures get through us.”
Narrative, intertextual, and intellectually honest.
01Beyond fundamentalism, beyond cynicism
We engage the text as high literary art — respecting its ancient context without abandoning modern questions. No proof‑texts. No slogans. No culture‑war tribe to join.
02Intertextual depth
Tracing repeated words, patterns, and echoes from Genesis onward — hyperlinks across the Scriptures that open into deeper layers of meaning.
03Built for real seasons
Deep change is slow. The Bible traces how things actually shift — and gives us a lens through which to look at our own journey.
04Unlocking wisdom
Reading Scripture in the light of Jesus, following the earliest Christian tradition. Each passage opens deeper layers of understanding — how reality is structured, and how to walk the path of flourishing.
A small team, shaped by Scripture and the questions life asks of us.
Based in Switzerland, Exploring Scriptures is created by a small team shaped by biblical study, social transformation, and our own seasons of questioning and rebuilding. Over the years we have spent time in churches that sometimes moved too quickly to answers, and in academic and professional spaces where deeper questions of meaning were often left outside the room.
What we rarely found was a space that was intellectually honest, spiritually open, psychologically aware, and grounded in Scripture. Exploring Scriptures grows out of that gap.
Tobias
Biblical Scholar
Tobias is a Biblical scholar at the University of St Andrews, Scotland — one of the leading centres for biblical and theological research. He has taught in contexts around the globe, from academia to grassroots organisations, helping people notice patterns in Scripture and connect them with the larger biblical story.
Julia
Social entrepreneur
Julia is a socioeconomist (PhD) and NGO-founder. She is passionate about the interplay between personal and societal transformation, and how Scripture engagement can shape lived practice.
Exploring Scriptures is supported by listeners and donors, and is connected to the European branch of Life In Abundance International, a faith-based organisation with a long history of holistic transformation.
Watch the first session.
An introduction to how we approach Scripture — what we mean by active, intertextual reading, and what the journey looks like.
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