{"id":36692,"date":"2016-01-02T17:00:26","date_gmt":"2016-01-03T01:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.olivetree.com\/?p=36692"},"modified":"2022-08-02T14:04:19","modified_gmt":"2022-08-02T21:04:19","slug":"studying-theology-using-bible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/blog\/studying-theology-using-bible\/","title":{"rendered":"Studying Theology Doesn&#8217;t Have to be Hard"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Out of all the works that a Christian can read, systematic theologies could easily be most daunting. Nearly the only people you find reading them are pastors and seminary students. Their stigma keeps others away. But after I read a few systematic theologies myself, I&#8217;ve had a change of heart. I think that all Christians can benefit from some systematic theology\u2014and it doesn&#8217;t have to be a challenge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let&#8217;s use <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/store\/product.php?productid=28728\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">John Frame&#8217;s Systematic Theology<\/a> as an example.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-olive-tree-makes-it-easy\">Olive Tree Makes it Easy<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Like commentaries, a systematic theology title can be a big book, or even span multiple volumes. Trying to carry that around with other books can quickly become unwieldy. Getting a digital version alleviates this problem. We think this is reason enough to use Olive Tree for your Bible study library. But there are more than a few other great features!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Portability aside, Olive Tree also makes systematic theology titles easy to use. First, we&#8217;ve turned Bible references into links. Instead of needing a Bible nearby to lookup references, you can tap on the verse and quickly read it\u2014in context.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.olivetree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/systheo_01.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.olivetree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMG_1149-1024x768.png\" alt=\"Systematic Theology\" class=\"wp-image-45119\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMG_1149-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMG_1149-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMG_1149-768x576.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The same is true for footnotes and end notes. No more flipping back and forth. No more notes clogging the bottom of the page. <font color=\"#000000\"><span style=\"background-color: rgb(225, 190, 231);\">Keep reading, uninterrupted. <\/span><\/font>And if you want to read the footnotes, just tap like this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.olivetree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/systheo_02.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.olivetree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMG_1150-1024x768.png\" alt=\"Systematic Theology 2\" class=\"wp-image-45121\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMG_1150-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMG_1150-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMG_1150-768x576.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Lastly, using systematic theologies in the app allows you to search so much easier. Searching a physical book is near impossible. There may be an index in the back, but they aren&#8217;t the most convenient. Instead, with Olive Tree you can search for a word or phrase, finding every occurrence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.olivetree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/systheo_03.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.olivetree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMG_1151-1024x768.png\" alt=\"Systematic Theology 3\" class=\"wp-image-45122\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMG_1151-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMG_1151-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMG_1151-768x576.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-you-don-t-have-to-read-it-cover-to-cover\">You Don&#8217;t Have to Read it Cover to Cover<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>One common misconception is that you need to read a systematic theology cover-to-cover. Nothing could be further from the truth. Yes, there are some that you <em>may <\/em>want to read straight through. But you won&#8217;t do that with most of them\u2014even in seminary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many theology titles are best used as a reference work alongside a Bible dictionary or encyclopedia. Let&#8217;s say you&#8217;re studying a topic like the Trinity. If you consult your Bible dictionary, you may only get a few paragraphs or a page or two of information. What do you do if you want to dig a little further? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Open your favorite systematic theology and find its section on the Trinity. You&#8217;ll get any and everything you wanted to know, and nearly (if not every) supporting passage in Scripture. If we look at Frame&#8217;s Systematic Theology, you&#8217;ll see he dedicates three entire chapters to the subject of the Trinity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.olivetree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/systheo_04.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.olivetree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMG_1152-1024x768.png\" alt=\"Systematic Theology 3\" class=\"wp-image-45123\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMG_1152-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMG_1152-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMG_1152-768x576.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Systematic theology titles are also useful if you have a friend who has questions about a particular doctrine. Instead of trying to explain it all myself, I&#8217;ll have them read a section out of a systematic theology. Then we can follow up our discussion in a more focused manner. More often than not, the systematic theology will do a better job of explaining things than I ever could.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-great-for-small-groups-or-sunday-school\">Great for Small Groups or Sunday School<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Finally, systematic theology titles can be great for small group or Sunday school curriculum. While many are formatted like textbooks, some are written well for this use. Frame&#8217;s is one of them &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/store\/product.php?product_id=65492\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Grudem&#8217;s<\/a> being another. At the end of each chapter, Frame&#8217;s Systematic Theology provides 3 things: key terms discussed in the chapter, study questions, and memory verses. With this information in hand, one could easily put together a lesson and facilitate a discussion on each chapter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.olivetree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/systheo_05.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.olivetree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMG_1153-1024x768.png\" alt=\"Systematic Theology 4\" class=\"wp-image-45124\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMG_1153-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMG_1153-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMG_1153-768x576.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>While theology can delve into the deep, it can still be accessible to everyone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button aligncenter\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-very-light-gray-color has-text-color has-background\" href=\"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/store\/home.php?cat=308\" style=\"background-color:#81a55b\">SEE OUR BEST THEOLOGY BOOKS<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Out of all the works that a Christian can read, systematic theologies could easily be most daunting. Nearly the only people you find reading them are pastors and seminary students. Their stigma keeps others away. But after I read a few systematic theologies myself, I&#8217;ve had a change of heart. I think that all Christians<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":43252,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sb_show_comment_boards":false,"_cf_multicollab_revision_bundle":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[6127],"class_list":{"0":"post-36692","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-app-tips","8":"tag-systematic-theology-an-introduction-to-christian-belief"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.0 (Yoast SEO v28.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Studying Theology Doesn&#039;t Have to be Hard - Olive Tree Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Studying systematic theology is important for everyone\u2014so it shouldn&#039;t be a hurdle! But it can be, so we&#039;ve worked hard to make it easier in the app.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging-blog.olivetree.com\/studying-theology-using-bible\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Studying Theology Doesn&#039;t Have to be Hard\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Out of all the works that a Christian can read, systematic theologies could easily be most daunting. Nearly the only people you find reading them are\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/staging-blog.olivetree.com\/studying-theology-using-bible\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Olive Tree Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/OliveTreeBible\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-01-03T01:00:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-08-02T21:04:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/staging-blog.olivetree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/StudyingTheologyDoesntHaveToBeHard.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"363\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Olive Tree Staff\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@OliveTreeBible\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@OliveTreeBible\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Olive Tree Staff\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/staging-blog.olivetree.com\\\/studying-theology-using-bible\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/staging-blog.olivetree.com\\\/studying-theology-using-bible\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Olive Tree Staff\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/staging-blog.olivetree.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/351be84fe6adb14e452e170d896a5bf9\"},\"headline\":\"Studying Theology Doesn&#8217;t Have to be Hard\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-01-03T01:00:26+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-08-02T21:04:19+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/staging-blog.olivetree.com\\\/studying-theology-using-bible\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":628,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/staging-blog.olivetree.com\\\/studying-theology-using-bible\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.olivetree.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/01\\\/StudyingTheologyDoesntHaveToBeHard.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Christian Belief\"],\"articleSection\":[\"App Tips\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/staging-blog.olivetree.com\\\/studying-theology-using-bible\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/staging-blog.olivetree.com\\\/studying-theology-using-bible\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/staging-blog.olivetree.com\\\/studying-theology-using-bible\\\/\",\"name\":\"Studying Theology Doesn't Have to be Hard - Olive Tree Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/staging-blog.olivetree.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/staging-blog.olivetree.com\\\/studying-theology-using-bible\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/staging-blog.olivetree.com\\\/studying-theology-using-bible\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.olivetree.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/01\\\/StudyingTheologyDoesntHaveToBeHard.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-01-03T01:00:26+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-08-02T21:04:19+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/staging-blog.olivetree.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/351be84fe6adb14e452e170d896a5bf9\"},\"description\":\"Studying systematic theology is important for everyone\u2014so it shouldn't be a hurdle! But it can be, so we've worked hard to make it easier in the app.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/staging-blog.olivetree.com\\\/studying-theology-using-bible\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/staging-blog.olivetree.com\\\/studying-theology-using-bible\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/staging-blog.olivetree.com\\\/studying-theology-using-bible\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.olivetree.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/01\\\/StudyingTheologyDoesntHaveToBeHard.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.olivetree.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/01\\\/StudyingTheologyDoesntHaveToBeHard.jpg\",\"width\":640,\"height\":363},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/staging-blog.olivetree.com\\\/studying-theology-using-bible\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/staging-blog.olivetree.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Studying Theology Doesn&#8217;t Have to be Hard\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/staging-blog.olivetree.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/staging-blog.olivetree.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Olive Tree Blog\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/staging-blog.olivetree.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/staging-blog.olivetree.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/351be84fe6adb14e452e170d896a5bf9\",\"name\":\"Olive Tree Staff\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Olive Tree Staff\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.olivetree.com\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/olive-tree-staff\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Studying Theology Doesn't Have to be Hard - Olive Tree Blog","description":"Studying systematic theology is important for everyone\u2014so it shouldn't be a hurdle! But it can be, so we've worked hard to make it easier in the app.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/staging-blog.olivetree.com\/studying-theology-using-bible\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Studying Theology Doesn't Have to be Hard","og_description":"Out of all the works that a Christian can read, systematic theologies could easily be most daunting. Nearly the only people you find reading them are","og_url":"https:\/\/staging-blog.olivetree.com\/studying-theology-using-bible\/","og_site_name":"Olive Tree Blog","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/OliveTreeBible\/","article_published_time":"2016-01-03T01:00:26+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-08-02T21:04:19+00:00","og_image":[{"width":640,"height":363,"url":"https:\/\/staging-blog.olivetree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/StudyingTheologyDoesntHaveToBeHard.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Olive Tree Staff","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@OliveTreeBible","twitter_site":"@OliveTreeBible","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Olive Tree Staff","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/staging-blog.olivetree.com\/studying-theology-using-bible\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging-blog.olivetree.com\/studying-theology-using-bible\/"},"author":{"name":"Olive Tree Staff","@id":"https:\/\/staging-blog.olivetree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/351be84fe6adb14e452e170d896a5bf9"},"headline":"Studying Theology Doesn&#8217;t Have to be Hard","datePublished":"2016-01-03T01:00:26+00:00","dateModified":"2022-08-02T21:04:19+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging-blog.olivetree.com\/studying-theology-using-bible\/"},"wordCount":628,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging-blog.olivetree.com\/studying-theology-using-bible\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/StudyingTheologyDoesntHaveToBeHard.jpg","keywords":["Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Christian Belief"],"articleSection":["App Tips"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/staging-blog.olivetree.com\/studying-theology-using-bible\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/staging-blog.olivetree.com\/studying-theology-using-bible\/","url":"https:\/\/staging-blog.olivetree.com\/studying-theology-using-bible\/","name":"Studying Theology Doesn't Have to be Hard - Olive Tree Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging-blog.olivetree.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging-blog.olivetree.com\/studying-theology-using-bible\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging-blog.olivetree.com\/studying-theology-using-bible\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/StudyingTheologyDoesntHaveToBeHard.jpg","datePublished":"2016-01-03T01:00:26+00:00","dateModified":"2022-08-02T21:04:19+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging-blog.olivetree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/351be84fe6adb14e452e170d896a5bf9"},"description":"Studying systematic theology is important for everyone\u2014so it shouldn't be a hurdle! But it can be, so we've worked hard to make it easier in the app.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging-blog.olivetree.com\/studying-theology-using-bible\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/staging-blog.olivetree.com\/studying-theology-using-bible\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/staging-blog.olivetree.com\/studying-theology-using-bible\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/StudyingTheologyDoesntHaveToBeHard.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/StudyingTheologyDoesntHaveToBeHard.jpg","width":640,"height":363},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/staging-blog.olivetree.com\/studying-theology-using-bible\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/staging-blog.olivetree.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Studying Theology Doesn&#8217;t Have to be Hard"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/staging-blog.olivetree.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/staging-blog.olivetree.com\/","name":"Olive Tree Blog","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/staging-blog.olivetree.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/staging-blog.olivetree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/351be84fe6adb14e452e170d896a5bf9","name":"Olive Tree Staff","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=blank&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=blank&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=blank&r=g","caption":"Olive Tree Staff"},"url":"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/blog\/author\/olive-tree-staff\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/StudyingTheologyDoesntHaveToBeHard.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36692","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36692"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36692\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51524,"href":"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36692\/revisions\/51524"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36692"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}