This article is primarily a place where you can add your thoughts as we begin a new year of reading and study. What are your goals? What do you hope will happen this year? What do you think about Deuteronomy? How did your 2008 reading work out?
It's easy to add a comment, so I hope you'll do so. I'll add my own thoughts on Saturday. Just click on the word, comments, at the end of the article.
Friday, January 9, 2009
Starting Out Thoughts.
Sunday, January 4, 2009
Where am I? What's next?
If you're new to "blogs", this website is one. A blog, short for weblog, is nothing more than a specialized website that is oriented around the publishing of articles, which are then displayed in reverse chronological order. In other words, the most recent article is at the top. Other features of blogs are that [usually] there is the opportunity for readers to respond to the articles by adding comments. At the end of each article you'll see a link to Comments, which you can follow to read the comments of others or add your own. Dialog is encouraged!
What about this blog, in particular? Well, it's oriented around the Bible reading plan that Beaverton Christian Church is providing to those who want to participate by spending a short time each day reading the selected passage(s) for that day. It's built around the theme, Jesus, the Law, and the Prophets. That theme describes the basics of the readings for the year, which are intended to provide more familiarity with Jesus, as understood and described in both the Old Testament law, and in the writings/sayings of the prophets. (There will be lots of opportunity to also learn more about the history of Israel and its special relationship to the God of the Bible, self-named, Yahweh.)
During the year, then, at a pace of about 5-10 minutes a day, six days a week, you'll read a narrative of Jesus' life, a letter from Paul about the relationship between the Law and Jesus, one of the major books of the Law, Deuteronomy, and nearly all of the books of the prophets. Each week, you'll also have one reading from the Psalms. At the top of the web page is a link to the reading plan. If you attend BCC, you can pick up a physical copy of the plan.
Other features of this site, include a box that has links to an online version of each day's reading, a place to sign up to receive the blog articles in email, so you don't have to check back here all the time, occasional polls to take, and, of course, articles to read and comment on. The articles will likely come about once a week, and, if nothing else, provide a place for you to comment on what you're reading. In addition, there will often be a "word of the day" or "word of the week" which will provide information about significant words in the reading. This information will include a transliterated version of the original language word, and one or more definitions of that word.
And who knows what else might pop up? Come back and find out.
