Blogging the Bible
Jun. 9, 2006 at 11:23 AM
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I admire his honesty and willingness to dig in and learn about the Bible. Many say they don't believe the Bible but have never actually read it. Currently, he's up to the book of Exodus.I have always been a proud Jew, but never a terribly observant one. Several weeks ago, I made a rare visit to synagogue for a cousin's bat mitzvah and, as usual, found myself confused (and bored) by a Hebrew service I couldn't understand. During the second hour of what would be a ceremony of NFL-game-plus-overtime-length, I picked up the Torah in the pew-back, opened it at random, and started reading (the English translation, that is). I was soon engrossed in a story I didn't know, Genesis Chapter 34....
So, the tale of Dinah unsettled me, to say the least. If this story was strutting cheerfully through the back half of Genesis, what else had I forgotten or never learned? I decided I would, for the first time as an adult, read the Bible. And I would blog about it as I went along...
My goal is pretty simple. I want to find out what happens when an ignorant person ctually reads the book on which his religion is based.
Our family is reading through the bible. We're about ready to finish the New Testament for the second time. We haven't made it throught the Old Testament completely. I know there are guides to read through the bible in a year, but we're not taking it that fast.We're at Psalm 119. We try to read a little of both every night. Hopefully we'll finish before someone decides to move out!
Have you read through the bible as a family? How long did it take? We are also about to begin a family study on the Basic Truths of Chrisitanity. We'll all work through the book each day and once a week we'll get together and discuss what we've learned. What Bible study helps have worked for your family?
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posted by homeskool on Jun. 9, 2006 at 3:31 PM
My daughter and I read through one of those "One-Year Bibles" together. I would read it in the morning before I would go to work and she would read it in the afternoon for her quiet time. With the Bible we kept a little note book and would write down our thoughts on that day's passage for the other to read. I was encouraged as much as she was by the thoughtful things she wrote.
posted by ByHisGraceInColorado on Jun. 9, 2006 at 11:05 PM
What an amazing story....but not so amazing really. I often think how nice life would be if I would just get rid of every book in the house and keep the Bible and not let it be the last thing we go to for information!
Of course we aren't quite that bad about it. We have really been going back to the Old Testament these last few months and studying God's Law. Many people think that Jesus made it "obsolete" but it still stands and with very good reason. Of course we don't have to do the sacrifices....thank goodness! There is always SO much to learn. God's Word is so rich!
Thanks again for stopping by and blessing me. I am enjoying the extra attention this week and it's fun to be blessed by so many visitors! I have been trying to make it extra special for them. Posted another photo today!
Have a great weekend,
Nancy