The Bigger Movement: One-Story Reading

In our next-to-last episode of 2025, Tim, Jon, and BibleProject CEO, Steve Atkinson, review all the resources we released this year, while reflecting on the bigger worldwide movement of people reading the Bible as a unified story that leads to Jesus. The guys then share about some of what’s coming up next for BibleProject in 2026.

TIMESTAMPS

1. Gratitude for Our Mission (0:00-4:08)
2. New “One Story That Leads to Jesus” Reading Plan (4:08-9:01)
3. A Year Studying Themes From Exodus (9:01-16:15)
4. How the Bible Was Formed and the Deuterocanon / Apocrypha (16:15-17:53)
5. The Bigger Movement of Reading the Bible as One Story (17:53-27:34)
6. 2025 Classroom Releases (27:34-30:02)
7. 2025 Updates to the BibleProject App (30:02-31:58)
8. Ten Years of the BibleProject Podcast (31:58-33:09)
9. What Are We Releasing in 2026? (33:09-38:38)
10. Gratitude for Our Volunteers, Prayer Team, and Patrons (38:38-45:01)

OFFICIAL EPISODE TRANSCRIPT

View this episode’s official transcript.

REFERENCED RESOURCES

• Subscribe to the “One Story That Leads to Jesus” annual reading plan on The Bible App by YouVersion.
• Check out our 2025 collections of resources! Each has a video, podcast series, scholar-written guide, reading plan, and group study.
  • The Mountain
  • The Exodus Way
  • Redemption
  • The Wilderness
• Listen to the 2025 podcast series How the Bible Was Formed.
• Watch the 2025 overview video series on The Deuterocanon / Apocrypha.
• Listen to the 2025 Advent podcast series.
• Check out OneStory, a creative nonprofit that develops free Bible studies, lessons, and homeschool curricula—all featuring BibleProject resources.
• See how Streetlights has localized BibleProject videos for their audience.
• Watch or listen to the final installment of our Genesis Classroom series, Joseph. Also check out the second installment of the Gospel of Matthew Classroom series, The Messianic Torah, which focuses on the Sermon on the Mount.
• Download the BibleProject App from the iOS App Store or Android Google Play Store.

SHOW MUSIC

BibleProject theme song by TENTS 

SHOW CREDITS

Production of today’s episode is by Lindsey Ponder, producer, and Cooper Peltz, managing producer. Tyler Bailey is our supervising engineer, who also edited today’s episode and provided the sound design and mix. JB Witty writes the show notes. Our host and creative director is Jon Collins, and our lead scholar is Tim Mackie. Special thanks to our guest, Steve Atkinson.

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