If you are following the New Testament track, you are entering the book of Romans. Romans is the first of the epistles. That is, it is the first of the epistles in the biblical order (or canon). It is likely not the first epistle to be written; that is probably James. But it was
Our daily reading plan is moving us from one book of wisdom poetry to another. We are leaving Job and coming into Proverbs. Proverbs is not like the other books of the Bible. Most books of the Bible are “narratives”. They tell a story of one sort or another, and they are based around
Those of us on the New Testament track of our daily reading plan have been in Acts for a couple weeks now. What we said in the last post about the title of Job is also true of the title of Acts. It is one of the simplest titles of the books of the
The book of Job is where our Old Testament reading track takes us this week and keeps us for the rest of February. Of all the books of the Bible, Job has the simplest title. It’s title is far simpler than titles like Philippians or Ecclesiastes. It is just a three-letter, one-syllable, incredibly-simple word.
Our reading plan is transporting us from Exodus to Daniel this week. The book of Daniel is distinctive in several ways. It’s structure is as basic as any structure can be. Daniel has just two, almost equal parts. The first part, chapters 1-6, are stories of obedience and miraculous salvations, including the stories of
If you are following the Old Testament track of this year’s daily reading plan, you have just left Genesis and entered Exodus. You have made it more than halfway through Exodus at this point, in fact. Exodus is just about as iconic as Genesis, but it is iconic in a different way. Both books
If you are following the New Testament track of this year’s reading plan, you are halfway through the Gospel of Luke. Luke is “the Gentile’s Gospel”, the Gospel aimed at a Gentile audience. Luke is also the “carefully investigated” Gospel (Luke 1:3). Luke was not an eyewitness to Jesus, but he collected information from
Sometime back in 2009 or 10, a church couple brought a friend over to our apartment in California. This friend was visiting the couple during a break from Bible college and wanted to meet me. After we settled in, I started asking him questions about his classes. He told me he was in one
Welcome to a new year and a new daily reading plan. Like many reading plans, our plan starts us in Genesis, the first book of the Bible and the Old Testament. So far this week, we have completed the first section of Genesis, chapters 1-11. These chapters include many accounts or “stories”, the final
While most people are focused on Christmas right now, The Church Next Door staff is focused on next year. Specifically, we are focused on how we can bless as many people as we possibly can next year, that is, how we can help people grow closer to God as we move into 2022 and
