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An Advent Devotional Based on Readings from Matthew
Use this tool each Sunday in the Advent season to reflect on the Christmas story presented in the Gospel of Matthew.Advent: Week 1Wait Expectantly for the LordThink About It: Have you ever waited for something to happen? What did you wait for? How did you feel while you were waiting? What did you do while you were waiting?Listen To It:…
READ MOREThe Old Testament in Christian Bibles Chart
Different Christian traditions include different books in the Old Testament. This table offers a comparison of the Old Testament canon used by Orthodox, Catholic, and Protestant Christians. The Old Testament in Christian Bibles contains all of the books included in the Jewish Scriptures. Some Christian traditions also include books that are not part of the Hebrew Bible (Tanakh). Most of…
READ MOREThe New Testament
The “New Testament” is the second part of the Christian Bible. Its twenty-seven books continue the story of God's people begun in the Old Testament (the Jewish Scriptures). The “New Testament” is the second part of the Christian Bible. Its twenty-seven books continue the story of God’s people begun in the Old Testament (the Jewish Scriptures). The word “testament” comes…
READ MOREAfricans in the Bible
Read profiles of several Africans featured in the Old and New Testaments. If one were to ask most people if Africans are found in the Bible, the common answer one would get would be that they are not. There are several reasons for such an answer such as people in the Bible are Caucasian and questions around the descendants of…
READ MORESamaria
In the time of Jesus, the Samaritans were despised by most Jews for two reasons: (1) many of them were following the lifestyle of the Roman world and ignoring the Law of Moses; (2) the Samaritan religious traditions denied that God was present among his people in Jerusalem and scorned the Jews. Samaria was the capital city for the northern…
READ MOREChronological Reading Plan
When did the events in the Bible take place? This reading guide gives a historical and chronological perspective to your daily Bible reading. Prehistory Creation Genesis 1.1—2.25Adam and Eve in the Garden and the First Sin Genesis 3.1-24Cain and Abel and the Murder Genesis 4.1-16Noah and the Flood Genesis 6—9The Tower of Babel Genesis 11.1-91900 B.C. The Call of Abraham…
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