The truth? Source: Gallup Most of us have a hard time connecting with the Bible.
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The truth?
Source: Gallup
Most of us have a hard timeconnecting with the Bible.
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The number of Bible readers has fallenby one fifth in a single generation’s time.
Source: Gallup
That’s like 700 people giving up on the Bible every day.
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4 out of 5 of us
Source: REVEAL
don’t get the help we need understanding Scripture.
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What’s keeping us
from engaging God’s Word?
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1. We read in fragments.
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2. We read without context.
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3. We read in isolation.
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A better Bible experience
is possible.
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experienced in community
the complete Bible
understood in context
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It starts
with a different kind of Bible.
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• No artificial formatting
• Natural section breaks restored
• A book order that promotes better understanding of the story
• Introductions that reveal the context of each book
• A Bible designed to be read from beginning to end
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But this is also
different approach to the Bible.
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We’ll read the entire New Testament in 8 weeks.
We’ll share the journey together.
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How it works . . .
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Read (or listen).
12 pages a day, 5 days a week.±
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Read (or listen).
All it takes is around 20 minutes a day.
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Share the journey.
More “book club” than “Bible study.”
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Remember . . .
We’re reading big.(And we’re in this together.)
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