FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

No, we do not have an app,. If you see an app that claims to be us, it is fake., so please report it. Thank you! HOWEVER, we have a podcast that is on many podcatcher apps, and we have videos that are on YouTube. We also have a partnership with the Bible App (YouVersion), and they feature our reading plans there (including the daily video recaps).

SHOW NOTES are in different places depending on the app you’re listening to. For many apps, you just swipe up. If that doesn’t work for your app, try Googling the name of your app and the words “show notes”.

The DESCRIPTION BOX is also referred to as the "SHOW NOTES". If you're just in YouTube, you can just scroll below the video to the info listed below. You may need to click "...see more" for all the show notes to appear.

If you are in the Bible App, these are still available to you, you'll just need to take an extra step to get there from the Bible App. Watch our VIDEO on how to access them after watching the recap video within our reading plan.

You can find important articles, visuals, etc. referenced in the recaps on our SHOW NOTES page of our website.

By the way, show notes are links to external resources that help build out what we’re studying; they are not transcripts.

You can find our printable plans on the START page of our site.

If you prefer to follow the plan digitally, we offer our 365-day chronological plan and New Testament plans. Download the Bible App (free) or Dwell Bible app (subscription).

On the Bible App, follow the TBR page, where you’ll find our different reading plans. Start the whole Bible (365-day) OR New Testament (3 months). On the Dwell app, search for “The Bible Recap” plan.

Here’s some helpful videos for how to access our recap videos and the show notes for our plans in the Bible App:

1. How to access our recap videos IN the Bible App plans
2. How to access show notes

We always encourage listeners to send their people to the START page of our website. In addition to this, we also designed graphics to help you invite others to read the Bible with you. You can find them here!

We use the ESV (English Standard Version) of the Bible. Here are some of our favorites! As for a chronological Bible, we recommend that you do NOT buy one of those, because it will likely be laid out differently than our plan. Instead, just use your regular print Bible or listen along via the Bible app according to our reading plan.

Great! It’s ALWAYS the right time to start reading your Bible! We recommend you start the reading plan with Day 001 (Genesis 1-3) no matter what time of year you join us. Much of our podcast builds on earlier pieces of information, so it’s preferable to start at the beginning instead of jumping in where we currently are.

To get started, follow the steps on our start page.

Depending on which podcast app you’re using (we recommend Podbean, which is our source app), you can often find a setting that allows you to play the podcasts “sequentially”, as opposed to “play most recent episode first”. If you can’t find that setting in your chosen app, try doing an internet search (Google, etc.) to see if it’s an option and/or how to locate it in your chosen app. Then you’ll just read along with the plan daily and select the “next” podcast each day!

Tara-Leigh isn’t a spiritual authority over any listeners, so there are many men who feel comfortable listening to this as a commentary, as they would in any conversation about Scripture with a female. There are entire churches doing the plan together under the authority of their pastors. There are also entire families, including young children, who do The Bible Recap together! People often tell us their children pick up far more than they would normally expect them to and ask great questions.

Hello to all our TBR Parents! We recognize that every parent has a different standard for how they engage their children on a variety of topics. One of our values is to help you introduce everyone in your family to the depths in the Bible. Scripture presents some hard discussions sometimes (death, murder, rape, incest, adultery, demons, etc.), and it covers a lot of challenging topics. We never want to censor Scripture, so we aim to have conversations around its more challenging topics with openness and wisdom.

Much like many of the ancient Israelites whose male children memorized the Torah by age 12, we believe it has benefits for all those who engage with it, and we want to encourage people of all ages to dig into Scripture! As the parent of your child, we believe you are best equipped to determine how to handle the conversations Scripture brings up as your child approaches new or challenging topics.

You may notice that we’ve put a “little ears” warning at the top of some episodes. That occurs most often on days when TBR’s content digs a little deeper into the topic at hand. But if you want to be more detailed about what your child encounters, here’s what we suggest: On the days when you’re reading or listening to the Bible passage, if you notice that Scripture covers a topic you aren’t ready for your child to hear more about yet, feel free to hold off on reading / listening to / watching The Bible Recap until you’ve had a chance to review it for yourself and see if it suits your child’s needs.

Thanks for listening so attentively! We make every effort not to misrepresent things, make mistakes, or communicate poorly, but with the sheer volume of work required for a project like this, it’s bound to happen from time to time (though we always hate it when it does)! Please trust your Bible more than our podcast. If we ever say something in error, you already know who is right (and it isn’t us). ◡̈

We have a trusted team of people assigned to listen for any errors, but some things will boil down to preferences and opinions. With the wide range of ages, cultures, and denominations who listen, it would be an impossible task to create a podcast that everyone agrees with. In those instances, we encourage listeners to take what is helpful and disregard what isn’t. As one Bible teacher puts it, “Eat the meat and spit out the bones.” (Or if you’re vegetarian, “Eat the watermelon and spit out the seeds!”) :) Healthy disagreement is natural in all families, and we’re grateful that you’re helping us create peace in the gaps!

If your question persists, you may reference our QUESTIONS FAQ below. Or you can see our CONTACT page for how to reach out.

Throughout the year, we link to many different resources and links that correspond to our daily reading and recap. However, these links are not an endorsement of everything that the particular person/ministry/website does or says. We are unable to vet the full history of every person, site, or organization we link to–-we simply found the specific resource linked was helpful to provide a fuller understanding of the specific text or topic of Scripture being addressed.

You can read more about our beliefs/absolutes. These are things that The Bible Recap stands firmly behind. We work hard never to contradict these absolutes in our words or our suggested resources. We don’t claim to fully align ourselves with any other person or organization.  If you find a specific resource we’ve linked to that doesn’t appear to align with our beliefs/absolutes, please let us know.

For secondary and tertiary topics (convictions, opinions, questions, etc.), The Bible Recap aims to remain neutral, knowing there can be a variety of opinions that are not contrary to Scripture (although people often hold strong convictions and opinions about them). Because we attempt to remain neutral in these areas, TBR has been able to serve as a resource for brothers and sisters in Christ from a wide variety of denominations and traditions. We hope that the tools we provide serve as on-ramps for further conversations and conclusions within local church communities.

Overall, our mission is to help people read, understand, and love God’s Word. We aim to do that by encouraging people to dig into Scripture and engage thoughtfully with their local church.

We’re grateful you’re reading along with us, and we’re thrilled that you have questions! That means you’re really paying attention and digging in! Because I love theology and discussing God’s Word, I’d love to be able to sit down and talk it over with you. However, since we get hundreds of messages daily, my team assures me there’s a wiser approach that helps delegate a little of the weight of that responsibility (like the advice Jethro gave to Moses in Exodus 18).

Here’s what we’ve come up with that we hope will help you if you have questions from reading and/or listening:

A. Research Tools

We’d love to share some of our best free resources to help equip you for your own research. Some of our favorite online tools are the FaithLife Study Bible (the website is more user-friendly than the app), GotQuestions?, and BlueLetterBible. These are GOLD! (And we never frown on a good old fashioned Google search either!)

B. Local Church

One of our hopes in connecting people with Scripture is to also connect them more deeply to their local church. They are the people who walk alongside you on a regular basis. And since many questions stem from personal life experience, it can be helpful to connect with someone who knows how to speak to the nuances of your unique situation. It’s often hard for us to do that when we (likely) don’t know you personally.

C. Discussion Group

If you’ve done your own research and talked to someone at your church (or don’t have a church) and still have questions OR you have lots of questions regularly and want more feedback at large, we’ve found it’s helpful to connect you to our Facebook Discussion Group for our RECAPtain Family, for our lowest tier price. We realize that may be cost prohibitive for some budgets, but we’ve found that having a small “barrier to entry” tends to keep out the cynics and naysayers. As a result, this community is incredibly kind, patient, and helpful. We’ve tried to keep the cost low in order to serve as many people as possible!

This group is also great because each question often receives multiple responses from a wide variety of perspectives, instead of just having us reply to you with our own as though we have THE answers. Multi-layered responses can help us learn to weigh and understand things better and with greater nuance. And truly, their answers are often BETTER than mine. I learn a lot by reading the questions and responses!

We hope these resources will be helpful to you.

We do! They are offered through our RECAPtain community at the Transcript Tier. Or if you only want one transcript, you can find them in our store! In addition to that, we have The Bible Recap book, which is “the podcast in book form”. While it’s not a word-for-word version of the podcast, it contains most of the basic information. It’s a great option for people who prefer books to audio or people who aren’t tech-savvy.

No, anyone can listen in!

The Bible Recap is just a tool to help you with daily Bible reading, D-Group is a group that meets weekly, in person, and is led by someone who has been through our training program. We have full curriculum built out to help you with various other aspects of your walk with God: weekly Bible study, prayer, service, scripture memory, accountability, etc. For more information on D-Group, visit our website.

No. There are lots of people who are doing both! In D-Group we encourage people to read the Bible daily, and many people find that The Bible Recap is a great way to do that!