Decanon vs The Long Table

The canon, deconstructed. Decanon is a critical reading guide to all 66 books of the Protestant Bible. It breaks each book into concise, approachable sections and highlights passages that raise questions about violence, misogyny, slavery, anti-LGBTQ teaching, harm to children, science, history, internal consistency, racism, morality, and logic. EXPLORE THE CANON • Browse all 66 books by testament and category • Search book names, section titles, passage references, summaries, and annotations • Filter the catalog by any of 11 issue types • Expand each flag to read the full critical annotation • Use the passage reference to check the text in any Bible • Share sections or copy references CONTEXT, NOT MOCKERY Decanon is written for people examining or deconstructing claims of biblical inerrancy. Its goal is direct, respectful criticism—not mockery of religious people or the many ways people understand these texts. SOURCES AND SCOPE A general bibliography identifies works that informed the app’s editorial approach, including biblical scholarship and critical reference works. These are not item-level citations for every annotation. Decanon is a guide, not a Bible translation. It contains summaries, annotations, and passage references rather than the complete text of scripture. ACCESS Genesis and Exodus guides are included free. A one-time, non-consumable Full Access purchase unlocks the remaining 64 book guides. There is no subscription. Purchases and restores use Apple’s StoreKit. PRIVACY No account, ads, analytics, or tracking. Reading content is bundled and available offline. App Store purchases, restores, support links, sharing, and review prompts may use Apple or services you choose. Content note: Decanon discusses violence, abuse, discrimination, sexuality, and other mature themes in text.

Ask any question of the Bible — the hard ones especially — and eight Christian traditions answer, side by side. No verdict. That part is yours. Most Bible apps hand you one answer. The church has never worked that way. For two thousand years, historians, mystics, preachers, and scholars have been reading the same book differently — and that disagreement isn't a crisis. It's a library. The Long Table pulls up a chair for each of them: • THE HISTORIAN — what did these words mean to the people who first heard them? • THE PREACHER — the church reading most of us grew up in, given a fair hearing • THE FIRST READER — how Jesus's own Jewish world wrestled with these texts • THE WITNESS — the Black church's reading: what kept people alive, and what was used against them • THE MYSTIC, THE OLD SOUL, THE ADVOCATE, THE TWIN — contemplative, Eastern Orthodox, liberation, and the ancient St. Thomas Christians of India WHAT YOU CAN DO • Ask anything — type it or say it out loud • Browse the questions people carry: heaven and hell, the rapture, purity culture, unanswered prayer, salvation • See where the traditions actually split on a chart — and mark where you land • Keep a private journal of how your reading is shifting • Read the Bible in a clean, quiet reader • Revisit any table you've opened, even offline HONEST ABOUT HOW IT WORKS Each reading is assembled by AI from how that tradition has actually preached and taught — its scholars, sermons, and classic texts — and it says so right in the app. It's an explanation, not a verdict, and never a substitute for a human pastor, scholar, or friend. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account. No ads. No tracking. Your questions, background, and journal stay on your device. We keep anonymous daily totals (how many questions were asked) — never who asked them. FREE AND PLUS Free: four readers at the table and ten questions a month, with a rotating guest chair. The Long Table Plus seats all eight readers with unlimited questions — $8.99/month or $49.99/year with a 7-day free trial. Whether you're deconstructing, doubting, or just curious what the rest of the church has been saying all this time — there's a seat for you. Terms of Use: https://www.thelongtable.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://www.thelongtable.app/privacy