Archive for January, 2011

Reading through the Bible Week 5

The book of Genesis (or book of the beginning) follows the diagram of understanding I already showed you in Week 1. Let’s take a minute to review. In the Beginning there was God. The adversary, reared his ugly head in the Garden with a temptation too much for Humans to resist. [...]

Reading through the Bible Week 3

Our reading this week moves us from Job, back to Genesis. WE journey from the tough lesson about Respect & Trust for the LORD, to the journey of Abraham, a story of faith and God’s faithfulness.
 
Abraham’s story tells us a lot about God, like: God speaks. God directs. God provides. [...]

Reading through the Bible Week 2

Where is God in my painful circumstance? Job pours this question out in the company of friends, much the same as you or I would. However, the correct answer does not lie with the friends, but only with the LORD himself. Much to our surprise, God does not reply with kind or [...]

Reading through the Bible Week 1

I remember trying to read through the Bible as a High School student. Unfortunately, I never met my goal. While my heart was in the right place, I found that I could not understand very much of what I was reading and consequently, I lost heart…I eventually gave up.
Several things made [...]