A New Look... A New Format

Hey Readers,

So, after months and months of looking at the same style for this blog, I thought it'd be nice to change things up a bit.

Also, for now I'll just be posting the weekly schedule on the right side. I'll keep the posted schedule going back for at least two months, and we'll use this section to provide more information about what we're reading and dealing with questions and issues that come up in the reading.

Feel free to comment and enjoy the rest of Acts. I'll be posting some helpful information on Romans soon.

A Little Bit About Acts

Acts picks up where the Gospels left off, recording the early progress of the gospel as Jesus; disciples took it from Jerusalem throughout Judea, Samaria, and the rest of the Mediterranean world. The story begins with Christ's ascension and the events of Pentecost. As Gentiles begin responding to the gospel , the focus shifts to Paul and his missionary journeys. Acts forms a bridge between the four Gospels and the rest of the New Testament, showing how the apostles carried on Christ's work and providing a historical background for Romans through Revelation. The Acts of the Apostles is the second of the two New Testament books written by Dr. Luke. Like his Gospel, Acts was a letter to Luke's friend Theophilus, written sometime in A.D. 62-64.

Week #34 (Aug 19-25)

Ok readers, here's the schedule for this week:

Sunday: Psalm 79-80
Monday: Judges 9-10
Tuesday: Judges 11-13
Wednesday: Judges 14-16
Thursday: Judges 17-19
Friday: Judges 20-21
Saturday: Proverbs 21

Blessings!

Week #33 (Aug 12-18)

We'll be starting two new books this week. Here's the schedule:

Sunday: Psalm 78
Monday: Lamentations 1-2
Tuesday: Lamentations 3-5
Wednesday: Judges 1-3
Thursday: Judges 4-5
Friday: Judges 6-8
Saturday: Proverbs 20

The book of Lamentations (which is right after Jeremiah) was written by Jeremiah as he witnessed his home town of Jerusalem be destroyed by his enemies. Lamentations is his own emotional reaction to what he wrote about earlier in the book of Jeremiah.

Judges is the history of Israel beginning after the book of Joshua leading up to the time of Samuel the prophet, King Saul and King David. In Judges we read about the continued moral decline of the nation... just when you think it couldn't get any worse, it does! But God is always at work.

Happy reading.

Ahh VBS (Aug 5-11)

In all of the chaos of 150 kids this week, I forgot to post the schedule. Hopefully you all saw it posted on the side.

Sunday: Psalm 76-77
Mon: Jeremiah 43-46
Tue: Jeremiah 47-49
Wednesday: Jeremiah 50
Thursday: Jeremiah 51
Friday: Jeremiah 52
Saturday: Proverbs 19

We'll have Jeremiah finished by the end of the week. Keep watch for our next "reading party".