Minisode, Podcast, Year of Biblical Literacy

A Biblical Moonshot – The Quest To Complete Biblical Translations

This minisode centers on discussing some parallels between the space race to the Moon in the 1960s with the effort to complete the quest to translate the Bible into all known languages by 2025, only seven years from now.

One major contributor to this is The Seed Company, a part of Wycliffe Bible Translators. Please pray for their efforts and support them financially if you can.

A link to a video of U.S. President John Kennedy’s speech to Congress in which he lays out his goal of an American lunar landing can be found here.

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Year of Biblical Literacy

Year of Biblical Literacy – Week 14

The following are the Year of Biblical Literacy Readings for Week 14 (September 30 – October 6 2018)

The Read Scripture Reading Plan

Week Day Book Chapters Psalm Video
14 Sun 2 Samuel 19-21 92
14 Mon 2 Samuel 22-24 93
14 Tue 1 Kings 1-3 94 1 & 2 Kings:RS
14 Wed 1 Kings 4-7 95
14 Thu 1 Kings 8-10 96
14 Fri 1 Kings 11-13 97
14 Sat 1 Kings 14-16 98

STRUCTURE

This plan takes you through the entire bible in one year. The
scriptures are divided up into sixteen “parts” and organized in
semi-chronological order. You’ll read two or three chapters a
day, and sometimes skim through larger portions that contain
genealogies, census information, etc.

PSALMS OF PRAYER
One Psalm is listed each day for you to slowly pray through,
making its words your own. By the end you’ll have prayed
through the book of Psalms 2.5 times.

VIDEOS
Each day you come to a new biblical book there will be a a
short animated video on The Bible Project website about that
book’s design and message and what to look for as you read.
You can also sign up to have those videos emailed to your
inbox. In addition to videos regarding books of the Bible, you
will find theme videos relating to several topics that appear
throughout Scipture.

RS- READ SCRIPTURE SERIES
THM: BIBLICAL THEMES SERIES
TOR: TORAH SERIES
WIS: WISDOM SERIES
GOS: GOSPEL SERIES

Year of Biblical Literacy

Year of Biblical Literacy – Week 13

The following are the Year of Biblical Literacy Readings for Week 13 (September 23-29 2018)

The Read Scripture Reading Plan

Week Day Book Chapters Psalm Video
13 Sun 1 Samuel 25-27 85
13 Mon 1 Samuel 28-31 86
13 Tue 2 Samuel 1-3 87 2 Samuel:RS
13 Wed 2 Samuel 4-8 88 The Messiah:THM
13 Thu 2 Samuel 9-12 89
13 Fri 2 Samuel 13-15 90
13 Sat 2 Samuel 16-18 91

STRUCTURE

This plan takes you through the entire bible in one year. The
scriptures are divided up into sixteen “parts” and organized in
semi-chronological order. You’ll read two or three chapters a
day, and sometimes skim through larger portions that contain
genealogies, census information, etc.

PSALMS OF PRAYER
One Psalm is listed each day for you to slowly pray through,
making its words your own. By the end you’ll have prayed
through the book of Psalms 2.5 times.

VIDEOS
Each day you come to a new biblical book there will be a a
short animated video on The Bible Project website about that
book’s design and message and what to look for as you read.
You can also sign up to have those videos emailed to your
inbox. In addition to videos regarding books of the Bible, you
will find theme videos relating to several topics that appear
throughout Scipture.

RS- READ SCRIPTURE SERIES
THM: BIBLICAL THEMES SERIES
TOR: TORAH SERIES
WIS: WISDOM SERIES
GOS: GOSPEL SERIES

Year of Biblical Literacy

Year of Biblical Literacy – Week 12

The following are the Year of Biblical Literacy Readings for Week 12 (September 16-22 2018)

The Read Scripture Reading Plan

Week Day Book Chapters Psalm Video
12 Sun 1 Samuel 1-3 78 1 Samuel:RS
12 Mon 1 Samuel 4-8 79
12 Tue 1 Samuel 9-12 80
12 Wed 1 Samuel 13-14 81
12 Thu 1 Samuel 15-17 82
12 Fri 1 Samuel 18-20 83
12 Sat 1 Samuel 21-24 84

STRUCTURE
This plan takes you through the entire bible in one year. The
scriptures are divided up into sixteen “parts” and organized in
semi-chronological order. You’ll read two or three chapters a
day, and sometimes skim through larger portions that contain
genealogies, census information, etc.

PSALMS OF PRAYER
One Psalm is listed each day for you to slowly pray through,
making its words your own. By the end you’ll have prayed
through the book of Psalms 2.5 times.

VIDEOS
Each day you come to a new biblical book there will be a a
short animated video on The Bible Project website about that
book’s design and message and what to look for as you read.
You can also sign up to have those videos emailed to your
inbox. In addition to videos regarding books of the Bible, you
will find theme videos relating to several topics that appear
throughout Scipture.

RS- READ SCRIPTURE SERIES
THM: BIBLICAL THEMES SERIES
TOR: TORAH SERIES
WIS: WISDOM SERIES
GOS: GOSPEL SERIES

Podcast, Year of Biblical Literacy

Rethinking Quiet Time

Episode 105 centers on a discussion of re-thinking the devotional practice of Quiet Time. While supporting the essence of what Quiet Time seeks to do (spend time with God in Bible intake, prayer and reflection/meditation), it challenges a legalistic and rigid approach to conducting a Quiet Time. This post developed from my thinking about an article by John Grayston, formerly of Scripture Union in the United Kingdom and his thoughts about biblical illiteracy and the future of quiet time.

Link to John Grayston’s article is here

Link to article The Problem with Quiet Times which explores other similar practices 

School of the Solitary Place articles on Freedom From Quiet Time Guilt  Part 1  Part 2

Player and Download Links are below

Exploring the themes of Christ and light as found in the Bible