In American English, “to crack” is slang for “to open” or “to study” This slang is usually used by students who say they are going to “crack the books” meaning, they are going to study by reading their textbooks.

I want all people to open and study their Bibles, hence “Crack Your Bible.”

Why Was Crack Your Bible Created?

Most Churches Are A Waste Of Time

If you’re here, you probably are at least a little familiar with Christian Churches. If you’re familiar with Church, then you know just how many holier-than-thou weirdos are in attendance.

I get it. I’m turned off by the creepy church people too.

Have you noticed that it seems like creepy church people spend a lot of time trying to make you follow their man-made rules about how to dress, what to wear, how to talk and of course, BEGGING YOU FOR MONEY, rather than talking about Jesus?

Growing Up In Church Didn’t Prepare Me For This!

I grew up in the Bible Belt – megachurch, prosperity gospel central: Tulsa, Oklahoma. Everyone I knew identified as a Christian.

Right before my 12th birthday, my family moved to the San Francisco Bay Area.

Talk about culture shock – the Bay Area isn’t very Christian friendly.

I was the new kid at school with a homeroom teacher who told the class that if he were to pick a religion, the Greek Pantheon was the most realistic religion to follow. When I scoffed at such a statement, I cemented my position as the token Christian in class who now was tasked with defending my faith against the crazy morality my teachers preached at us.

Umm, That’s Not What The Bible Says

I was 12 years old and I had a pack of kids constantly putting me on the defensive about all sorts of morality questions that you probably get asked about too, like gay marriage and abortion.

The more (totally insincere) questions they asked over the years, the more I read my Bible so that I could give an accurate response. The more Bible I read, the more time I spent looking for answers to my own questions.

The more Bible I read, the more I realized that while my super leftist classmates held beliefs totally contrary to the Bible – so did the big churches I grew up around!

Does Anyone Even Crack Their Bibles?

As I got older I was turned off by traditional churches after attending all sorts of denominations including:

• Anglican / Episcopalian
• Baptist
• Church of Christ
• Lutheran
• Methodist
• Orthodox (Greek & Russian)
• Pentecostal
• Roman Catholic

It seemed like everywhere I went, there were a whole lot of man-made traditions preached but not much Biblically-sound teaching, if the pastors taught directly from the Bible at all.

Biblical Illiteracy Is Shocking

After spending time in politics, I realized It wasn’t bad politics causing the problems we see today. The lack of Biblically-sound teaching in churches, and general Bible illiteracy is directly responsible for the crumbling moral foundation of our country and families.

After much prayer, I decided that I had to combat Bible illiteracy myself after reading the Bible Society statistic that UK parents, “By contrast, over a third thought that storylines featured in the Hunger Games (54%) and Harry Potter (34%) were or might be (from the Bible.) More than one in four (27%) thought the storyline of Superman was or could be in the Bible; while (46%) thought the same for Dan Brown novel The Da Vinci Code.” 

Thus, Crack Your Bible was born.

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While Crack Your Bible is not associated with any denomination, this ministry is Protestant, rather than Catholic, Coptic or Orthodox.

Click this link to learn more about the doctrinal beliefs of Crack Your Bible.

Absolutely not. I do not ascribe to Hebrew Roots or Messianic doctrine.

Stop Sending In Checks For A Debt That’s Been Paid Off

If my mortgage has been paid off, the loan obligation has been fulfilled. Why would I continue to send money into the bank each month? Likewise, if Jesus fulfilled the law, why would I continue to try to follow ceremonial laws that were put in place as a shadow of the one to come, Jesus?

“Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them.” – Matthew 5:17 ESV

You Can’t Be Saved Under A New Covenant By Following The Old Covenant Terms

1. “You are severed from Christ, you who would be justified by the law; you have fallen away from grace.” – Galatians 5:4 ESV
2. “Now, therefore, why are you putting God to the test by placing a yoke on the neck of the disciples that neither our fathers nor we have been able to bear?” – Acts 15:10 ESV

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Learn More

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Financial Donation Problems

To limit the number of organizations who have my banking information, I currently accept financial support through PayPal.me/crackyourbible and Patreon.com/crackyourbible only.

If you send financial support via any other method, I most likely will not be notified in my inbox, nor will I be able to collect your financial gift.

If your donation expires before it was accepted, please know that I am not trying to offend you or purposely rejecting your gift. In the past, Gmail sorted Paypal notifications for a gift in a foreign currency into my spam folder, which is not checked often.

The first episode of Crack Your Bible was posted to YouTube in January 2017.

While I live in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, Crack Your Bible is an online ministry.

I’m Coming To Vegas, Can We Meet Up?

While I appreciate the offer, for safety purposes, I don’t meet up one-on-one with people I’ve never met before. While I’m sure you’re perfectly lovely, put yourself in my shoes. There are a lot of scary people out there.

Official Meetup Events

From time to time, there are official meetups where I will meet with groups of people who watch Crack Your Bible videos. All meetups are listed on the official Crack Your Bible Eventbrite page.

Past Meetup Locations

Past meetups have been in Dallas, Las Vegas, New York City, Phoenix, San Diego, St. Paul and Washington D.C.

How Do You Choose Meetup Cities?

Usually it’s wherever my husband has a business trip that I’m tagging along on.

Why Do You Charge For Meetups?

Originally, when meetups were free, people would reserve tickets and then not show up. It costs me money already to fly to the location, let alone travel to the meetup spot, get a hotel, eat, etc. Likewise, it costs money to reserve a space or a table at a business for meetups.

I pay for my travel for meetups completely out of pocket. Tickets for meetups usually cover the tip at a restaurant or the reservation fee.

Why Are Meetups 18+ Only?

1. Children get antsy and babies are fussy, which is disruptive to a 2-3 hour meetup discussing religious issues.
2. Some topics that could be discussed are not age-appropriate for children.
3. It protects all parties in attendance to ban minors, especially those who may show up without a parent or guardian. I can’t be responsible for keeping an eye on your unaccompanied minor, no matter how mature.

Teespring Shop

Crack Your Bible currently sells merchandise through the official Crack Your Bible Teespring shop.

Can You See My Financial Information?

Teespring handles 100% of the financial transactions from you, the buyer. I never receive any information about the buyer whatsoever, I am simply notified that a product was sold.

I Have A Problem With My Order

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Pricing

Because Teespring hosts the online store, handles the financial transaction and produces & ships the product on demand, Teespring sets the fee for shipping and recoups their costs by charging a base production cost per item purchased. I receive the difference between the purchase price and the Teespring production cost. I receive no part of the shipping fee.

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