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Long-form studies that take the text seriously, work from the original languages, and are written so an ordinary reader can follow every step of the argument.
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Come now, let us reason together.
Reasoning Together is about reading Scripture carefully, speaking about it plainly, and inviting you to pull up a chair—whatever church you call home. Pour a cup of coffee. Open your Bible. Let’s reason together from the Scriptures.
Isaiah 1:18
What we do
Three ways to reason together
Podcast
Unhurried conversations about the passages, the words and the debates behind them. No shouting, no slogans. Just people reasoning together.
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Recorded, self-paced courses that grow a reader’s confidence in Scripture, one book, one word study, one question at a time.
Join a class →“Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.”Isaiah 1:18 · King James Version
The name comes from an invitation God himself extends. Reasoning together is not a debate to be won; it is a conversation God starts, and one he means to finish in mercy. It is also how a divided church learns to be one body again.
Resources
Everything we offer, in one place
Books, a teaching podcast and online classes are all on the way. Everything here exists for one purpose: to help you read Scripture carefully and reason together with other believers.
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Books
Long-form studies written from the original languages for ordinary readers. Four titles in the works.
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Recorded, self-paced courses that build confidence in reading Scripture for yourself.
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A teaching podcast that takes one passage, one word or one question at a time and works through it slowly enough to follow with your Bible open.
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Short studies, word notes from the Greek, and reflections you can read over a cup of coffee.
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Books
Scripture in its own words and its own world
Each book goes behind familiar readings to the Greek, the Hebrew, and the world of the first readers, then lays out the case step by step so you can test it against the text yourself.
In final review
Is God Responsible?
Reading Scripture on Evil, Darkness, and Wrath · by M. A. Cosgrove
There are passages in the Bible that can stop us in our tracks. We read about God’s goodness, then meet words that seem hard to reconcile with it. When suffering touches our lives, the question becomes harder to set aside: is God responsible?
This short study in seven chapters gives that question a patient hearing. It begins with how the biblical writers speak about who acts, who permits, and who announces what will happen: metonymy, the Hebrew idiom of permission, and the habit of naming the sovereign cause while leaving secondary causes unstated. It then considers why that language mattered in Israel’s struggle with idolatry, reads Isaiah 45:7 in its historical setting, and asks why evil and darkness exist, before turning to faith, fear, and the experience of Job. The final chapter follows the enemy out of the Old Testament’s relative shadows and into the much clearer light of the New Testament. No Hebrew is required; terms are explained, and footnotes identify the sources.
- 1How Biblical Language Describes Agency and Permission
- 2Why This Way of Speaking Mattered
- 3Bel Bows, Nebo Stoops: Who Raised Cyrus?
- 4Why Do Evil and Darkness Exist?
- 5Faith and Fear: Lessons in the Book of Job
- 6More Lessons in the Book of Job
- 7When the Enemy Was Forced Out of the Shadows
Forthcoming
A Millennium Apart
The line Scripture draws and traditions that blur · by M. A. Cosgrove
A book-length study of the two distinct resurrections, the millennium of Revelation 20, and the line Scripture draws between them that later traditions have blurred. It moves past conflated traditions to assemble the sequential puzzle of biblical eschatology, works from the Greek text, weighs the major scholarly positions fairly, and is written for readers who want the reasoning, not just the conclusion.
Chapters are being finalized with the editorial team. Sign up below and we will tell you the moment it is available in print and digital editions.
Podcast
The Reasoning Together podcast
A teaching podcast for people who like their Bible study with a second cup of coffee. Each episode takes one passage, one word or one question and works through it slowly enough that you can follow along with the text open.
New episodes are on the way. Subscribe now and they will land in your feed the day they release.
Season oneSample listing
Why “reason together”? Isaiah 1:18 and the shape of this podcast
One word, many meanings: reading Greek without overreaching
Revelation 20 and the first resurrection: what is actually in the text
Online classes
Grow as a reader of Scripture
Classes are built for adults with a Bible and a busy week: clear teaching you can watch at your own pace, practical exercises, and no prerequisites beyond curiosity.
Format
A blend of video teaching and interactive lessons that let you practise each step as you go. Work at your own pace, whenever your week allows, on a computer, tablet, or phone, and come back to any lesson as often as you like.
Materials
A downloadable workbook with practice passages for each session. Everything you need is provided; no textbook purchases required.
Cost
Reasonably priced at cost recovery, to make the study of Scripture more affordable and accessible.
Who it is for
Lay readers, small-group leaders, and anyone who has wanted to read the Bible more carefully but never had a guide.
Scripture in Focus: The ZOOM Method
Most of us were never taught how to read the Bible. We were taught what it says. This course teaches you how to read it. You will learn the ZOOM method, a name coined by M.A. Cosgrove for an approach to reading Scripture grounded in established principles of biblical interpretation, drawing particularly on Grasping God’s Word and insights from linguistics, discourse analysis, and hermeneutics.
Designed for serious Bible students, small-group leaders, Sunday school teachers, and Christians who want to move beyond simply accepting what they have been taught, this course provides practical tools for examining Scripture in its literary, historical, and linguistic context. You will learn to recognize what the biblical writers were communicating, how they communicated it, and why those distinctions matter. No formal theological education or knowledge of Greek or Hebrew is required—just a willingness to read carefully, ask thoughtful questions, and develop sound habits for a lifetime of studying Scripture.
- Length
- 8 weeks · 9–10 hours
- Level
- Introductory · no prior study required
- Launch
- Date to be announced
You are on the waiting list. We will write to you as soon as Scripture in Focus opens.
About
Who we are
Reasoning Together provides resources and a forum for the whole body of Christ, without respect to denominational affiliation. We are not a church, and we are not a replacement for one. We exist to serve the church, all of it, by publishing, teaching and talking about Scripture with care.
“Is Christ divided?”
1 Corinthians 1:13
The Apostle Paul asked that question of a church that had begun sorting itself into camps. We take it as our own. The people who read our books, listen to the podcast and sit in our classes come from many traditions; what they share is one Lord, one faith, one baptism. We keep to what Scripture says and leave the distinctives that divide Christians to the churches themselves. Where believers disagree, we would rather reason together and find common ground where possible.
Reasoning Together was founded by M.A. Cosgrove, a pastor who, along with his wife, has shepherded a house church and a larger community of house churches for three decades. He has spoken at larger conferences and events, sharing the gospel. He is also a writer, and a lifelong student and teacher of biblical Greek. His books, Is God Responsible? and A Millennium Apart, grew out of years of close reading in the text and the scholarship around it. The tree in our emblem grows out of an open Bible on purpose: everything we publish, record or teach is meant to be rooted there.
Founded2026, Ontario, Canada
AffiliationNon-denominational. We serve believers and churches of every tradition. We believe the body of Christ is first and foremost a spiritual body with Christ as the head.
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