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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