Why You Need to Know the Author of a Book of the Bible One of my favorite books to read to my children is When I was Young in the Mountains by Cynthia Rylant. In this book a little girl tells about life in the Appalachian mountains. Growing up in the West Virginia mountains I can relate to this sweet little book about fireflies, black dust, and swimming holes. It tells us about life before the modern world invaded the…
Let’s Read the Bible: Matthew Jesus is our King! The theme and heart of the Gospel of Matthew sings this theme throughout its pages. The very first book in our New Testament is Matthew. It is one of the three gospels that share Jesus’ life in a chronological order. Luke and Mark tell about Jesus’ life in similar ways. Matthew, Mark, and Luke include many events and speeches made by Jesus. Matthew focuses on Jesus being the Messiah, the King…
Let’s Read the Bible: Ezra Have you ever felt like God was calling you to do something, but it seemed too hard? You are in good company. Ezra, a priest and man of God, knew God was asking him to do something big – but it seemed too big! Ezra finds that God equips those He calls. Read Ezra with us! For the month of September the “Let’s Read the Bible” community is reading through Ezra. You can join our…
The Five Best Resources for Bible Study For a long time I was convinced you didn’t need anything to read your Bible. Just a Bible, a pen, and a notebook. However, over time I realized I didn’t understand everything I was reading! Yes, I was reading and understanding some of it, but what if I really wanted to grasp what each verse and chapter was talking about? I had questions. It doesn’t take long for us to run into questions….