March 12, 2009

Dear Church,

On March 22, we will embark of a journey from the Old Testament to the New. Understanding how two-thirds of the Bible, all written before the coming of Jesus, relates to someone living after his coming can seem daunting.  There are laws that seem to have nothing to do with how we live today, brutal wars, squalid sin, urgent prophecies, and only a few periods in which the nation of Israel seemingly lived out her commitments to God.

And yet Jesus said that all of it somehow related to himself (see Luke 24:27, 44).

How the Bible ties together as one message from one book will be our pursuit throughout 2009.  So we are going to call the series: One Book / One Message: How Jesus Explains the Bible.

If you give yourself to this study and pursue it beyond simply listening on Sunday morning, it could transform how you read your Bible for the rest of your life.

On the next post on this blog, you find some recommended resources that you can obtain and use to supplement what you hear on Sundays.  I’d urge you to read at least one book yourself, and if you have children at home, to go through some age-appropriate resources with them.

AND if you have any questions about the Old Testament that we could cover as we teach through this series, please send them to me.

Grace to you,

John