The Gospel Challenge
I set out a fairly easy challenge the last Sunday of 2007 - Read through the four Gospels in January. I even laid out a plan:
Week 1 - 4 chapters of Matthew each day
Week 2 - 2 chapters of Mark each day (plus 2 extra chapters)
Week 3 - 4 chapters of Luke each day (for only six days - bonus!...or, um, 3 a day plus three...)
Week 4 - 3 chapters of John each day
Okay - not SIMPLE - and if you want to get technical, you could throw those two extra chapters of Mark onto the first day of week three and then 4-a-days the rest of the week...
Not the point...
Last night, one of our Sunday night regulars said, "Bill, I want to thank you for laying out the Gospel reading challenge. I'm almost done with John. I can't get enough. I can't stop. I have a little new testament I take to work with me and when I have a few minutes all I want to do is read about Jesus."
Several other people have told me they've "taken the challenge" too and I believe that God will really move in these people's lives - but last night I was just so in awe of the power of meeting Jesus as he really is in the Gospels. How he draws us in...
Week 1 - 4 chapters of Matthew each day
Week 2 - 2 chapters of Mark each day (plus 2 extra chapters)
Week 3 - 4 chapters of Luke each day (for only six days - bonus!...or, um, 3 a day plus three...)
Week 4 - 3 chapters of John each day
Okay - not SIMPLE - and if you want to get technical, you could throw those two extra chapters of Mark onto the first day of week three and then 4-a-days the rest of the week...
Not the point...
Last night, one of our Sunday night regulars said, "Bill, I want to thank you for laying out the Gospel reading challenge. I'm almost done with John. I can't get enough. I can't stop. I have a little new testament I take to work with me and when I have a few minutes all I want to do is read about Jesus."
Several other people have told me they've "taken the challenge" too and I believe that God will really move in these people's lives - but last night I was just so in awe of the power of meeting Jesus as he really is in the Gospels. How he draws us in...
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