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Old 06-05-2022, 05:36 PM
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: A Great Way to Read Your Bible!

A new Bible reading program has been released which approaches the Bible in a new and unique way than most people are used to. It offers the reader an opportunity to read all of the way through the Bible - to do it chronologically - and to do it in just a year! For people who have never done that, which includes the vast majority of people, it offers them a chance to stand out in their peer groups, and to satisfy their deep desire to please the God they serve.

It is a known fact that:

1 - Less than 10% of all Christians have ever read the Bible all of the way through. Many have never even considered doing it, or thought it was not attainable for them.

2 - Most Christians have difficulty understanding many parts of the Bible. Although a few major Bible texts are familiar and well understood, large sections of the Bible remain obscure to the average layman.

3 - Because 21st Century life is so fast paced, many Christians have left meaningful devotional times with God out of their lives. That may be because they have not known how to confidently approach this subject.

The new program is “Through the Bible . . . as It Happened”. The person who uses this program will gain a much better understanding of Scripture because of how the program works and because of what features are included in it.

In short, it is a chronological reading of the Bible, with extensive helps included with it. Chronological means “in order”. The Bible as it appears in its standard form takes a “themed” approach to its material. The authors who wrote the Scriptures were interested in their particular situations and events. So they compiled their work in what we call “book” formats, subject matter being their guide.

There are 39 books in the Old Testament and 27 in the New. They cover a time span of 4,500 years and they are not neatly placed in the order that the events occurred. In fact, everything jumps back and forth. That makes it hard for the reader to comprehend much of what takes place and the relationship of events to each other is largely lost.

The author of the program. David Shreve, has re-arranged the Bible’s material so that it flows smoothly in order. Event follows event in the order in which they happened. That’s how most novels are written. From the beginning scenes, through the myriad of events, leading to a conclusion!

So, one of the great things about this program is how it works - that is its foundation.

But there are other chronological approaches to the Bible in existence. Some are simple general re-arrangements taking up no more than a piece of paper. Some are complete hard cover volumes which take the Scripture text and re-arrange it within the volume. What makes this program stand out from them?

1 - The re-arrangement itself. The author began this effort in 1974, long before any such materials existed. Through the years, as he read through the Bible each year himself using this program, he researched and compared - and revised - and revised - continually, until he released his program to the general public in 2018. There is probably not another chronological program this thorough in its development. Getting the order of events exactly right was a priority for him and a painstaking effort - and the results prove the value of that effort.

2 - The study helps which are included. It is hard to find a chronological reading program which explains some of the more difficult-to-understand portions of the Bible. Most simply attempt a re-arrangement of the Scriptures and let it go at that. That’s not enough for most laymen. They need some good, solid explanations of material they are reading.

Mr. Shreve is degreed in the Bible and has a minor in Greek. He has spent his life studying the Bible, from his days at Cedarville University until the present. His library consists of hundreds of volumes in theology and Bible related books. His views are mainstream and evangelical. In the few instances where he diverges from orthodoxy, he alerts the reader that he is expressing a minor view. The reader doesn’t have to worry.

The notes are extensive, too. The project is over 1,200 pages, so not much is left out. He treats some of the Biblical material from a theological perspective and some from a devotional perspective. He feeds the head and the heart!

The reader would be well served in using his material.
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Old 06-05-2022, 09:21 PM
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1 - Less than 10% of all Christians have ever read the Bible all of the way through. Many have never even considered doing it, or thought it was not attainable for them.
This is amazing around 2009 I asked 9 friends /associates if they considered themselves Christian ...a resounding, Yes.
The 10th was an atheist.
I proceeded to ask them ...''Where would you say Colossians, Ephesians and Phillippians were --the Old or New Testaments?"
9 said Old Testament the Atheist said the New Testament...he was an ex Catholic that listened in his Cath School.

I cracked up. Oh and one Christian's brother was a minister.
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Old 06-05-2022, 10:46 PM
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I have found a great many Christians do not want to read the Old Testament of the Bible, they do not believe it is about Christianity. They say that only the New Testament is about the new covenant which they have with God through Jesus.

Since this is posted in a spiritual sub-forum, I will say what you have stated about Christians is true for most other religions. Many Hindus have not completely read the Mahabratta, or Muslims the Quran, and there are lots of Jews who know nothing of the Kabbalah. Yet these are all considered sacred text by those religions. The other thing is that interpretation of sacred text varies within each religion. Every religion has different factions, sects, or denominations that see their religious teachings differently.
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