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Monday, May 14th, 2012(Every time we begin a new book, I will post a short aide on How to Read that book that will hopefully help you get the most out of your reading)
Content: The Israelites’ long stay in the desert as they journey from Mount Sinai to the plains of Moab, with supplemental covenant laws.
Author & Historical Coverage: [...]
How to Read Leviticus
Monday, April 23rd, 2012(Every time we begin a new book, I will post a short aide on How to Read that book that will hopefully help you get the most out of your reading)
Content: Various laws having to do with holiness before God and with love of neighbor, including sacrifices, ritual cleanness, and social obligations, as well as laws for [...]
How to Read Mark
Saturday, March 31st, 2012(Every time we begin a new book, I will post a short aide on How to Read that book that will hopefully help you get the most out of your reading)
Content: The story of Jesus from his baptism to his resurrection, about two-thirds of which tells of his ministry in Galilee, while the last third narrates his [...]
How to Read Exodus
Wednesday, March 7th, 2012(Every time we begin a new book, I will post a short aide on How to Read that book that will hopefully help you get the most out of your reading)
Content: Israel’s deliverance from Egypt, her constitution as a people through covenant law, and instructions for and construction of the tabernacle – the place of God’s presence.
Author [...]
How to Read Matthew
Saturday, December 31st, 2011(Every time we begin a new book, I will post a short aide on How to Read that book that will hopefully help you get the most out of your reading)
Content: The story of Jesus, from his birth to the Great Commission to his apostles to go into the world and make disciples
Author, Date & Purpose: Anonymous, [...]
How to Read Genesis
Saturday, December 31st, 2011(Every time we begin a new book, I will post a short aide on How to Read that book that will hopefully help you get the most out of your reading)
Content: The story of creation, human disobedience and its tragic consequences, and God choosing Abraham and his offspring as the beginning of the story of redemption
Historical coverage: [...]
How to Read Song of Songs
Friday, February 4th, 2011(Every time we begin a new book, I will post a short aide on How to Read that book that will hopefully help you get the most out of your reading)
Content: A love poem of several episodes, celebrating the sexual love between a man and a woman.
Author: Possibly Solomon, although it could have been written for him [...]
How to Read Ecclesiastes
Friday, January 28th, 2011(Every time we begin a new book, I will post a short aide on How to Read that book that will hopefully help you get the most out of your reading)
Content: The ponderings of a Wisdom teacher who wrestles with life’s realities; what is to be gained by achieving wealth or wisdom when in the end death [...]
How to Read Proverbs
Friday, January 7th, 2011(Every time we begin a new book, I will post a short aide on How to Read that book that will hopefully help you get the most out of your reading)
Content: A series of opening poems praising wisdom and warning against folly, followed by several collections of proverbs from sages who taught wisom to Israel, starting with [...]
How to Read 1 Corinthians
Sunday, December 26th, 2010(Every time we begin a new book, I will post a short aide on How to Read that book that will hopefully help you get the most out of your reading)
Content: A letter of correction, in which Paul stands over against the Corinthians on issue after issue, mostly behavioral, but which are nevertheless betrayals of the gospel [...]