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Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Thursday, March 11, 2010
The Challenge
The people present at this past Tuesday's lifegroup expressed an overwhelming desire to spend more time reading their Bible. The obvious answer was to say, just pick it up and read it. However, to many, especially me, this is an overwhelming task. Where do I begin? My day is hectic enough now I have been shamed into reading my Bible, when do I find time?
Stephanie shared with us a Bible reading strategy their Sunday night group has started and seems easy enough that even the busiest of us should be able to participate. The idea is that we pick a book of the bible, break it down, and discuss it amongst each other as we go. The assignments are short and hopefully the pressure to participate in the discussion will keep us accountable and intellectually stimulated enough to keep participating. We, being a young group, added the twist of putting it on a blog. It makes communication and discussion much easier and all of us are on the internet at some point during our day so we should have no excuse not to participate.
Our first assignment is:
Mark 1: 1-8 (NIV)
1The beginning of the gospel about Jesus Christ, the Son of God. 2It is written in Isaiah the prophet:
"I will send my messenger ahead of you,
who will prepare your way"[b]—
3"a voice of one calling in the desert,
'Prepare the way for the Lord,
make straight paths for him.' "[c]
4And so John came, baptizing in the desert region and preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. 5The whole Judean countryside and all the people of Jerusalem went out to him. Confessing their sins, they were baptized by him in the Jordan River. 6John wore clothing made of camel's hair, with a leather belt around his waist, and he ate locusts and wild honey. 7And this was his message: "After me will come one more powerful than I, the thongs of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie. 8I baptize you with[d] water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit."
Footnotes:
Mark 1:1 Some manuscripts do not have the Son of God.
Mark 1:2 Mal. 3:1
Mark 1:3 Isaiah 40:3
Mark 1:8 Or in
Discuss
Stephanie shared with us a Bible reading strategy their Sunday night group has started and seems easy enough that even the busiest of us should be able to participate. The idea is that we pick a book of the bible, break it down, and discuss it amongst each other as we go. The assignments are short and hopefully the pressure to participate in the discussion will keep us accountable and intellectually stimulated enough to keep participating. We, being a young group, added the twist of putting it on a blog. It makes communication and discussion much easier and all of us are on the internet at some point during our day so we should have no excuse not to participate.
Our first assignment is:
Mark 1: 1-8 (NIV)
1The beginning of the gospel about Jesus Christ, the Son of God. 2It is written in Isaiah the prophet:
"I will send my messenger ahead of you,
who will prepare your way"[b]—
3"a voice of one calling in the desert,
'Prepare the way for the Lord,
make straight paths for him.' "[c]
4And so John came, baptizing in the desert region and preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. 5The whole Judean countryside and all the people of Jerusalem went out to him. Confessing their sins, they were baptized by him in the Jordan River. 6John wore clothing made of camel's hair, with a leather belt around his waist, and he ate locusts and wild honey. 7And this was his message: "After me will come one more powerful than I, the thongs of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie. 8I baptize you with[d] water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit."
Footnotes:
Mark 1:1 Some manuscripts do not have the Son of God.
Mark 1:2 Mal. 3:1
Mark 1:3 Isaiah 40:3
Mark 1:8 Or in
Discuss
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