The Next Book for the Next Chapter!

I hope and pray we all learned some new perspectives on reading the Bible from our time in "God's Big Picture" by Vaughn Roberts.

The primary goal of that book was to show us that the Bible is not a collection of many books, but one book with 66 entries, all of them working together, inextricably woven into one story, the story of God's plan of redemption through Jesus Christ, His only Son.

As I considered what book to read next, I began to see that our group started right where we needed to start, with a good foundation of what the Bible is about and how it should be read. It only makes sense that we should take the next logical step and begin looking at how this living word interacts with our lives. 

I can't think of a better resource to use than Kevin DeYoung's "Taking God at His Word". DeYoung's book takes a close look at what the Bible says about itself and why it should be important to us. Along the way we'll see "Why the Bible is knowable, necessary, and enough and what it means for you and me" as it reads on the title page. 

I went through the book a few months ago. It's a great read, concise and accessible on all levels. There are 8 chapters. We'll be done sometime in January. 

So, pick up the book, read the endorsements and first chapter. Pay attention to the footnotes, they're important to the material.  We'll start posting summaries on Monday, Nov 23. 

I'll be sending a weekly email out to our church group. If you would like to be included in that emailing, let me know. There will also be a link posted on the WBF web site, right there on the slides in the middle of the page. Click on the "Next Chapter" slide and it will take you to the blog. We'll post a link on our WBF fb page, as well. "Like" us and the new postings will show up in your news feed on Mondays. 

I'm looking forward to our time together!