07/02/09: Bible Study Sticky
I have decided to read every word of the Bible over the course of 2008.
I am lucky enough to have a good friend, Ted Montgomery, who is very well-versed in Bible study. Not only is he well-versed, but he's very articulate, intelligent, and dedicated. Also he has a phenomenal memory and can usually point out multiple passages that are relevant to any discussion.
We are going to read daily and have a discussion where he answers any questions I might have. Hopefully they will be common questions that are relevant to other readers out there. Any days that don't have a post are days I didn't have a question--which sometimes happens several days in a row.
This is such a valuable situation, I thought it would be very worthwhile to make a record of it and make that record available to anyone else who might need it.
We are using Ted's Chronological List of Bible Passages to read -- he believes it makes the story more coherent. We read one listed section per day.
I am lucky enough to have a good friend, Ted Montgomery, who is very well-versed in Bible study. Not only is he well-versed, but he's very articulate, intelligent, and dedicated. Also he has a phenomenal memory and can usually point out multiple passages that are relevant to any discussion.
We are going to read daily and have a discussion where he answers any questions I might have. Hopefully they will be common questions that are relevant to other readers out there. Any days that don't have a post are days I didn't have a question--which sometimes happens several days in a row.
This is such a valuable situation, I thought it would be very worthwhile to make a record of it and make that record available to anyone else who might need it.
We are using Ted's Chronological List of Bible Passages to read -- he believes it makes the story more coherent. We read one listed section per day.
09/03/08: Ezekiel 5-6
Ezekiel was told how Israel would be punished, due to its detestable idol worship; and God would do something not done before and not to be done again (Ezekiel 5:1). I believe that this is a future prophecy: "A third of your people will die of the plague or perish by famine inside you; a third will fall by the sword outside your walls; and a third I will scatter to the winds and pursue with drawn sword" (5:12). Yet, a remnant will be spared (6:8). More about this can be read in three thirds and a remnant.
06/03/08: 1 Kings 18
However, when it became God's turn, He performed one of the most amazing miracles in the Bible. Everybody there was a witness to it (1 Kings 18:38). There was no doubt in anybody's mind who was the true God that day (11:39).
