A para-church ministry serving the whole body of Christ

Come now, let us reason together.

Reasoning Together reads Scripture carefully, talks about it plainly, and invites you to pull up a chair, whatever church you call home. Pour a coffee. Open the Book. Let’s think it through.

Isaiah 1:18
Let’s Reason Together emblem: a tree growing from an open Bible, with a coffee mug and a microphone. Isaiah 1:18.
What we do

Three ways to reason together

The Book

Books

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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The Microphone

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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The Tree

Online classes

Small live cohorts and self-paced courses that grow a reader’s confidence in Scripture, one book, one word study, one question at a time.

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“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.

Books

Careful reading, plainly written

Each title starts with the text in its own language and ends with a reader who can see the argument for themselves.

Cover of A Millennium Apart by M.A. Cosgrove: two split stones with a plumb line between them, beneath the word Orthotomeō.
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

Episode 1 · Introduction
32 min

One word, many meanings: reading Greek without overreaching

Episode 2 · Word study
41 min

Revelation 20 and the first resurrection: what is actually in the text

Episode 3 · Passage study
48 min
Online classes

Grow as a reader of Scripture

Classes are built for adults with a Bible and a busy week: clear readings, a live conversation, and no prerequisites beyond curiosity.

Format

Live online cohorts on video, six to eight weeks, one evening per week (Eastern time), with recordings for anyone who has to miss a night.

Readings

A short passage and one or two supporting readings each week. Everything you need is provided; no textbook purchases required.

Cost

Priced at cost recovery, with fee waivers available. Nobody is turned away for lack of funds.

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.

Sample course

Reading Revelation 20 for yourself

A six-week guided reading of the millennium passage and the texts it draws on, with a gentle introduction to the Greek vocabulary that shapes the debate.

Length
6 weeks · Tuesdays, 7:30–9:00 pm ET
Level
Introductory · no Greek required
Cohort
Dates announced with the first season of the podcast
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About

Who we are

Reasoning Together is a para-church ministry dedicated to serving 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.

The ministry was founded by M.A. Cosgrove, a writer and student of biblical Greek whose first book, 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.

Our statement of faith is being finalized with the founding board and will be published on this page.

Founded2026, Ontario, Canada
StructureNot-for-profit corporation; application for registered charity status with the Canada Revenue Agency in progress
Board of directorsFounding board now being formed. Interested in serving? Write to us.
AffiliationNon-denominational. We serve believers and churches of every tradition and belong to none.
WorkBooks, a teaching podcast and online classes
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Help keep the conversation going

Books and classes are offered at cost. Everything else, from recording the podcast to keeping this site online, runs on the generosity of people who believe careful Bible teaching is worth supporting.

Reasoning Together has applied for registered charity status with the Canada Revenue Agency. Until registration is granted, gifts are gratefully received but are not eligible for official donation receipts.