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Friday, April 11th, 2008We come to the conclusion of the reading of the New Testament by reading the Writings of John. One Tip: When you read the book of Revelation, just read it through this time. Don’t try to figure out what all the symbols mean. Read and enjoy and gain the blessing that is promised to “those [...]
Readings 89-94 from The Books of the Bible (TBoTB)
Friday, April 4th, 2008We continue to read chronologically from First Timothy through Jude. 1 Timothy | Titus | 2 Timothy Reading 89: 1607-1611 Reading 89: 1615-1616 Reading 89: 1619-1622 Thought To Contemplate. 1 Timothy Guard what has been entrusted to your care. Thought To Contemplate. Titus We must learn to devote ourselves to what is good. Thought To [...]
Readings 82-88 from The Books of the Bible (TBoTB)
Saturday, March 29th, 2008We continue with a proposed chronological ordering of the books of the New Testament. This does not follow the ordering of the books in The Books of the Bible™, rather it follows the ordering that I used in my book God’s EPIC Adventure. James | 1 & 2 Thessalonians Reading 82: 1687-1691 Reading 82: 1507-1510 [...]
Readings 75-81 from The Books of the Bible (TBoTB)
Friday, March 21st, 2008We begin the New Testament readings in Luke-Acts. While not the first of the New Testament books to be written, Luke-Acts takes us through the essential story of the New Testament. In Luke the Story of Jesus and in Acts the Story of the Church’s beginnings. Luke-Acts Reading 75: 1419-1429 Reading 76: 1429-1441 Reading 77: [...]
Readings 66-74 from The Books of the Bible (TBoTB)
Friday, March 14th, 2008We now come to the last readings of the Old Testament which are set in the Restoration Period of the Old Testament. Chronicles-Ezra-Nehemiah Reading 66: 1259-1272 Reading 67: 1272-1287 Reading 68: 1287-1301 Reading 69: 1301-1317 Reading 70: 1317-1331 Reading 71: 1331-1346 Reading 72: 1346-1359 Reading 73: 1359-1372 Thought To Contemplate. Chronicles Knowing and avoiding the [...]
Readings 60-65 from The Books of the Bible (TBoTB)
Friday, March 7th, 2008We continue reading the Prophets with Ezekiel, a Southern Prophet who prophesied againt Judah. Then, Habakkuk, a Southern Prophet who suggested to Judah that the just live because of the faithfulness of God. We now move into the Exile Stage in the Old Testament with Lamentations, a eulogy of mourning of the fall of Jerusalem [...]
Readings 52-59 from The Books of the Bible (TBoTB)
Friday, February 29th, 2008We continute with the readings of the Prophets. First, Hosea, a Northern Prophet who prophesied against Israel. Then, Nahum and Zephaniah who were Southern Prophets and prophesied against Judah. Finally, in this session, Jeremiah, a Southern Prophet who porpheised against Judah. Hosea Reading 53: 507-526 Thought To Contemplate God will always open a door of [...]
Readings 42-51 from The Books of the Bible (TBoTB)
Friday, February 22nd, 2008Previously you read Kings. Some of the following books beginning with Joel find their historical place in the books of Kings. In this session, we will read Proverbs, a collection of practical bits of Wisdom by Solomon and other authors. Song of Songs which may or may not be by Solomon, a poetic portrayal of [...]
Readings 33-41 from The Books of the Bible (TBoTB)
Friday, February 15th, 2008At this point in the Story, Israel was not a nation in the sense of having a central government or a standing army. They were a large group of people in smaller tribal groups, a loose confederacy of tribes whose only unity was that they worshiped one God who had called them to be lights [...]
Readings 25-32 from The Books of the Bible (TBoTB)
Friday, February 8th, 2008We now come to the Book of Psalms. The authors of Psalms stretch across the panorama of the Old Testament. The traditional 150 Psalms are divided into five books. For reading help, they are written in parallelism, a Hebrew form of thought-rhyme. The most common form of this kind of writing is synonymous, which means [...]
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