You've Got the Time


You're invited to join us in a 40-day program of listening to the entire New Testament in just 28 minutes a day. We'll begin on Ash Wednesday, February 25 (or you can start whenever you'd like). Pick up your free audio CD in the Narthex before or after worship, or in the church office. You can also select different versions of the text and download them for use on your computer, iPod or other mp3 player. Click here to download. Or contact the church office to purchase a $20 BibleStick that already has the audio loaded...you can just listen and go.

Here's our 40-day Listening Plan.

Day	Scripture	Day	Scripture
1	Matt 1-7	11	Luke 10-13
2	Matt 8-12	12	Luke 14-19
3	Matt 13-18	13	Luke 20-24
4	Matt 19-24	14	John 1-5
5	Matt 25-28	15	John 6-9
6	Mark 1-6	16	John 10-14
7	Mark 7-11	17	John 15-19
8	Mark 12-16	18	John 20-Acts 4
9	Luke 1-4	19	Acts 5-9
10	Luke 5-9	20	Acts 10-15

Day	Scripture	Day	Scripture
21	Acts 16-20	31	Phil 2 - 1 Thess 2
22	Acts 21-26	32	1 Thess 3 - 1 Tim 5
23	Acts 27-Rom 4	33	1 Tim 6 - Heb 1
24	Rom 5-10	34	Heb 2 - 10
25	Rom 11- 1 Cor 1	35	Heb 11-James 5
26	1 Cor 2-9	36	1 Pet 1 - 1 John 1
27	1 Cor 10-15	37	1 John 2 - Jude
28	1 Cor 16 - 2 Cor 9	38	Rev 1-7
29	2 Cor 10 - Gal 4	39	Rev 8-15
30	Gal 5 - Phil 1	40	Rev 16-22

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Thursday, March 05, 2009

Thursday, March 5

Luke 1-4: The Gospel of Luke is the most complete account of the Jesus' life. If Mark is the newspaper account and Matthew is the primer for a first century confirmation class, then Luke is the encyclopedia account complete with a sequel in the book of Acts. Luke is thought by scholars to be a Gentile physician who traveled with Paul. In the first four chapters that you listened to today, we find the birth narrative that is so familiar at Christmas time, as well as the account of Jesus' childhood with the story of his getting left behind for a day in the temple. It is an odd placement of Jesus' genealogy after his baptism and right before the temptation. I guess it emphasizes his identity (a function of baptism) but the genealogy runs through Joseph. Respond with your thoughts, insight, and questions. This will also help us form the discussion for Wednesday nights. Have a Great Day!!

Posted by dan@bethanyumc.org at 12:45 PM

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3/10/2009 at 07:04 PM by Laura

Well, we won't mention how long it took me to figure out how to post this comment, because if we did, we would just think I am completely clueless.

I did want to say that I'm enjoying the Faith Comes by Hearing method of listening to the New Testement. Listening is definitely a different experience than reading. I find that I notice the themes more, and you get a better overall sense of each book. And there are chapters that I found surprising, that I would like to go back to and look at more in depth.

Laura

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