So many of us start reading through the Bible with great enthusiasm and the stories of Genesis, Noah, the Ark, and Joseph remind us of well-loved stories. But then we start reading about sacrifices, blood on the altar, furnishings of the temple, cubits and spans, punishment by stoning and rules for every aspect of life. […]
These are the first two books of the Bible that we are reading in our chronological reading through the Bible in a year. In this video we’ll talk about why we read Job in the middle of Genesis and how these two books help answer some of the big questions of life.
This is part of a Six-Part Series on How we got the Christian Bible. I’ll be adding the more lessons as soon as I get each one recorded. This one shows how history is a useful tool that helps us confirm our trust in the Bible and this video shows you how we date manuscripts […]
My Grandmother raised 4 kids during the Depression, mostly by herself because Grandpa was hospitalized when my mom was 12 and stayed in the hospital until a few months before they sent him home to die in his 60’s. I can’t imagine the challenges she faced because she never talked about them—she always talked about […]
We sometimes make fun of people who turn to the back of a novel to find out the end of the story before reading the book. Though that may spoil the suspense for some books, the book of Job is one that knowing the end of the story is essential for the book to make […]
The book of Job is one of the most challenging books in the Bible, in part because of extensive disagreement about the book among commentators. Though any Google search will aquaint you with the controversies, after reading many of them, cross referencing and studying them in detail , I believe the excerpt below most clearly […]
This year as we read through the entire Bible in historical order, not only will you get a better sense of how God works overall in salvation history, but it will also help you to avoid errors in the interpretation of individual verses. Many of the disappointments of the Christian life come when people believe […]
Asking questions seems to an intrinsic part of what it means to be human. From children’s perpetual “What’s this?” “Why?” “Why not?” to the philosopher’s “Where did we come from?” “Why are we here?” “Is there any purpose to our existence?” questions fill our minds. We may not be a child or a philosopher and […]
Online or off, in print or on your phone–there are many ways to access the Bible in Chronological order and this brief video will show you how.
CLICK HERE to download a PDF of the Chronological Bible reading plan. This is useful if you want to print it off and put it into your Bible. CLICK HERE to download a MS WORD document of the Chronological Bible reading plan. If you keep this on your computer you can click on the passage and […]
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