by Jean Wilund | Jul 3, 2018 | Blog, Welcome to the Bible
Does this ever happen to you? Life gets busy. Too busy to do much more than the most urgent, like drink coffee so you can do everything else. Reading the Bible falls off your plan for the day. And the next day. And the next. Ugh. You move through the week and lament...
by Jean Wilund | Jun 20, 2018 | Blog, Welcome to the Bible
God Inspired the Bible. Man Added Chapters and Verses, And a Few Challenges: Loss of Context. I’m thankful man added chapters and verses to the Bible. I’m also thankful I learned about the challenges that come with them. Last time we looked at the first of three...
by Jean Wilund | Jun 11, 2018 | Blog, Welcome to the Bible
John, Chapter 3, Verse 16 I bet you can quote John 3:16. For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life. You may know that verse, but do you know who to thank for giving it an...
by Jean Wilund | Apr 11, 2018 | Blog, Welcome to the Bible
Confused Yet? If you were brand new to the Bible and started in the New Testament, it might confuse you at first. My friend Ray received a New Testament and started at the beginning — like most people do with any book. He loved the story of Jesus in Matthew and...
by Jean Wilund | Apr 3, 2018 | Blog, Welcome to the Bible
How Are the Books of the Old Testament Organized? Are you like me? Did you assume the Old Testament is in chronological order? It starts out like that in Genesis. “In the beginning . . . Day one . . . Day two. . . Then . . .Then . . .” It continues like...
by Jean Wilund | Mar 20, 2018 | Blog, Welcome to the Bible
Sixty-Six Books, 1,189 Chapters, and 31,173 Verses The Bible has 66 books, 1,189 chapters, and 31,173 Verses. Oh, my! At least in the New American Standard Bible (NASB) translation, it does. There are many different translations of the Bible. If there...