And as we start reading some of the letters, try to put them in the context of the basic timeline we established in quarter one. ![]() Relish the fast-paced, action-packed gospel of Mark, who loves the word "immediately" (Mark 1:10, 12, 18, 20, etc.) almost as much as he loves relaying Jesus' amazing acts of power. We'll read Mark - the earliest of the four gospels - and then dive into the earliest letters in roughly the order we think they came. Now back to "the beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ" (Mark 1:1). Let's fill in the gaps in Israel's story and begin noticing how the New Testament works. But they also begin to reveal a solution in God's covenant with Israel, with its sacrifices and emphasis on faithfulness to God. They introduce the problems of sin, death, and broken fellowship. These books are the heart and soul of the Old Testament. Jews call the first five books of the Bible the "Torah," a Hebrew word meaning "instruction" (often translated "law"). We'll start the year setting up the story of humanity's rocky relationship with God, and God's plan to bless all people through one man's descendants. The first two psalms introduce the book, identifying its purpose (Ps. ![]() Like the Torah, the Psalms divides into five books, each ending with an "amen." Book One (Ps. We’ll end with Romans, Paul's sweeping explanation of the gospel that details many of the fundamental doctrines, laying groundwork for ideas we'll read later. Luke's two-volume work, Luke-Acts, which takes us through Jesus’ life and the first few decades of the church. We’ll begin our New Testament journey with Dr. It's hard to grasp a book as hefty as the Bible, without first getting the "lay of the land," so this quarter we'll step back and try to see the big picture - Scripture's central ideas and main events.
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