The Postil Blog
Notes on verse-linked teaching, living postils, and building Postil.
Download on the App StoreFour Cups and a Broken Loaf: The Passover Behind the Last Supper
Four cups of red wine, bread of affliction and a hymn on the way out: how the Passover table explains what Jesus said and did at the Last Supper.
Today This Scripture Is Fulfilled: Jesus, Isaiah 61 and the Year of Jubilee
A Sabbath in Nazareth, a scroll of Isaiah and the Jubilee word for liberty: how a first-century Jew heard Jesus read Isaiah 61 aloud and say, 'Today.'
The Hem of His Garment: Tzitzit and the Woman Who Reached for Jesus
Blue tassels, the Shema and a Hebrew word for wings: what a first-century Jew saw when a sick woman reached for the fringe of Jesus' garment.
Living Water: What Jesus' Listeners Heard at the Feast of Tabernacles
Golden pitchers from Siloam, prayers for rain and a shout in the temple: how the Feast of Tabernacles opens up Jesus' living water promise in John 7.
How Old Was Isaac on Mount Moriah?
Genesis never says Isaac was a little boy. The text and the oldest interpreters point to a grown son who chose to lie down on the altar.
Noah's Ark and the Mountains of Ararat (Part 4 of 4)
Where did the ark land? Mount Ararat vs. Mount Judi, legends and hoaxes, Ron Wyatt's Durupinar claims, and the radar scans happening now. Part 4 of 4.
From Noah's Sons to Abraham: The Nations and Babel (Part 3 of 4)
The Table of Nations, Nimrod, the Tower of Babel, and Shem's line down to Abram, sorting solid identifications from popular charts. Part 3 of 4.
After the Flood: Noah's Covenant and Noah's Sons (Part 2 of 4)
The rainbow covenant, the Noahide laws, the night in Noah's tent, and how the "curse of Ham" was twisted to defend slavery. Part 2 of 4.
Before the Flood: Noah's Bloodline (Part 1 of 4)
Two family lines, Enoch who walked with God, Methuselah's flood-year math, and what "blameless in his generation" really means. Part 1 of 4.
Here Comes the Bridegroom: Ancient Weddings and the Bible
Betrothal, bride-price, the midnight procession and the seven-day feast: how ancient weddings open up Scripture, John 14 and the rapture debate.
The Divine Council: What Psalm 82 Says, What Heiser Taught, and Where Critics Push Back
Psalm 82 pictures God judging "the gods." Here is Michael Heiser's divine council reading, the strongest objections, and where the evidence lands.
Salt and Light: What Jesus' Listeners Heard in Matthew 5
Dead Sea salt that loses its taste, clay lamps under a grain bowl, towns glowing on Galilean hills: what Jesus' first listeners heard in Matthew 5.
The Lord Is My Shepherd: What Sheep and Shepherds Reveal About Scripture
Sheep aren't stupid, and shepherding was dangerous, round-the-clock work. Knowing both changes how you read Psalm 23, John 10, and the lost sheep.
How to Read a Hard Chapter with Teaching Beside the Text
A simple way to study a difficult Bible chapter: Scripture first, then sermons and articles tagged to the verses you're stuck on.
Study Bible Notes vs. Living Postils
Study Bible notes are frozen in time. Living postils keep sermons and articles beside the verses they teach — free on iPhone.
Sermons Beside Every Verse (Not Buried in Another App)
Stop splitting Bible reading and sermons across apps. Postil tags teaching to the verse — living postils, free on iPhone.
What Is a Postil? Living Margin Notes on Scripture
A postil is a margin note on Scripture. Postil shows living postils — sermons and teaching tagged to the verse — free on iPhone.
Jesus, Who?
Who Jesus is, why He had to come, how to be saved, and why the whole of Postil exists downstream of that.
Postil Has Arrived: Sermons Beside Every Verse
Postil is live on iPhone — a Bible reader that links sermons, podcasts, and articles from teachers you trust straight to the verses they unpack. Here's everything inside.