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And the Bible Challenge Begins!
Thank you all for joining me, and thousands of others around the country in the Bible Challenge! This week's readings have taken us on a few adventures already... The two creation stories, Noah's ark, and the start of the Abraham saga... some meaty psalms, and the Angel's visit to Joseph, the visit of the Magi, the flight to Egypt, Jesus' baptism, temptations, and now we find ourselves in the midst of the Sermon on the Mount.
If you'd like some context for the Gospel readings, I encourage you to take a listen in on David Moseley's series on the Gospel According to Matthew on our web Sermon Player. The first edition may be listened to here. You can find the rest of the series by going to the Sermon Player and putting "Moseley" in the search window on the player.
Since the Bible Challenge is mostly a practice of familiarity, of spending time with scripture, and not a Bible Study, per se, the readings may bring up many, many questions. That's great! If you'll email me your questions at I will do my best to answer them in an email to the group on a weekly basis. In addition, I'd be open to periodic gatherings, if y'all are interested, where we can discuss together what we're reading and encountering on this journey--just let me know!
One of your fellow journeyers suggested this resource for reading the Bible on your phone or tablets: http://www.youversion.com/ . It doesn't offer the NIV or NRSV, but there are many translations available. Another site I like is http://www.biblegateway.com/ . I find that reading multiple translations of a tricky passage and seeing how different scholars and translators have interpreted it gives me a few lenses through which to make my own prayerful interpretation.
And if you'd like some secondary reading, I encourage you to visit our Parish Library, where there are many resources about the Bible in general as well as specific books of the Old and New Testaments.
Again, thank you for engaging this journey!
Peace,
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