Return to the Bible is a chapter-by-chapter commentary on the whole Bible (1,189 chapters), written from the post-evangelical, Eastern-context, narrative-theology lane. We started in Genesis, because the literary, theological, and ANE-context groundwork laid in the first book sets up everything that follows, and have now drafted the Pentateuch through Numbers. In the New Testament, Matthew, Romans, Philippians, and Hebrews are complete.

Each drafted book has a book overview that frames its storyline, literary design, and themes, then links to every chapter commentary. In the library below, books with commentary drafted show their progress; the rest are listed in canonical order so you can see where the project is heading.

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If you’re new here, the easiest entry points are the chapters that set the cosmology, the vocation, the covenant, and the kingdom that the rest of the Bible builds on: Genesis 1, 2, 12, and 15 in the Hebrew Bible; Exodus 3 for the burning bush and the giving of the Name; Matthew 1 and 5-7 in the gospels; Philippians 2 (the kenosis hymn) for a single chapter that condenses the gospel’s deepest pattern.