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Open the Bible (Colin Smith)

Open the Bible Daily

A daily devotional from the Bible-teaching ministry of pastor Colin Smith, working through Scripture a passage at a time with a short reflection. Readable in the archive on the site or delivered by email through the daily sign-up.

ProvisionalDevotionalsBroadly evangelical
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Why this is listed

Archive page and daily sign-up page confirmed live on 2026-10-24; the site describes its material as free biblical resources. Colin Smith is senior pastor of The Orchard, an Evangelical Free church near Chicago.

How to start

  1. Open openthebible.org (opens an external site) and read what Open the Bible (Colin Smith) says about itself before you read anything else.
  2. Confirm the cost and level fit: free, introductory, over ongoing.
  3. Note the tradition — Broadly evangelical. It will shape what you are taught, and that is worth knowing going in.
  4. Put the first session in your calendar now. The gap between reading about study and doing it is a calendar entry.

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