Brayden KelschBiblical Clarity. Theological Depth. Faithful Living.
This is a growing collection of resources for those seeking to know Christ, understand his Word, and live faithfully. From biblical study and theology to trusted teachers, practical tools, and recommendations for the Christian life, these are resources I’ve created, collected, and come to value along the way. What began in my own study is shared here for the benefit of others, with the hope that it encourages deeper understanding, stronger conviction, and faithful discipleship.
Teaching Tools
Interactive study aids built first for my own classes: a hermeneutics field manual, a writing structure deck, a starter pack for new readers, a Trinity reference for new believers.
Live 02Notes
Working notes from whatever I am reading and teaching: exegesis on specific passages, doctrinal summaries, and the occasional argument I am still testing.
Live 03Bible Study Starter Pack
Where to start reading, which translation to buy, the free tools worth having, the teachers I actually listen to, and what to buy in what order. Seven sheets.
Live 04Interpreting Scripture: The Working Loop
Three governing rules, a five-question loop to run on any passage, and conditional branches for the traps a given genre sets. My method, built to be used mid-study.
LiveA trap is a misreading stated in the voice of someone who believes it, never a strawman. Then two questions: why it catches, and what the text is actually doing. Then a test you run yourself. Most of what I teach is built from these.
“God has plans to prosper me and not to harm me. Jeremiah 29:11 is my life verse. It is His promise that my future is going to work out.”
Why it catches
The verse is true and God is genuinely good to His people, so the instinct behind the reading is not wrong. It simply skips the address on the envelope.
What the text is doing
Jeremiah writes to exiles who have just been told to build houses in Babylon and settle in. The promise is corporate, covenantal, and spoken to a nation under judgment, not a personal guarantee about a job or a move.
Spring it
Read verses 4 through 14 in one sitting. Ask who “you” refers to in verse 11, and what verse 10 says has to happen first.