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Starting in Genesis, this online weekly reading program allows you to explore God's Word with the guidance of an outstanding biblical scholar who has a deeply personal Christian faith.

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Week 2 Wisdom Literature

A Prudential Motive: Proverbs 1:7–3:18

As you will recall from Week 1, the overarching theme of this Lectio series on the Hebrew Wisdom Literature can be stated — appropriately enough! — in a maxim: “Education aimed at transformation requires conversation.”
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Week 1 Wisdom Literature

Introduction: A Good Conversation: Proverbs 1:1–7; Job 1:1–4:21

Education aimed at transformation requires conversation. That, in a nutshell, is the overarching theme of this nine-week Lectio series on the Hebrew Wisdom Literature. Full reading and audio »


Acts Week 11

The World Turned Inside Out Acts 27–28

S. Gorley Putt, my idiosyncratic senior tutor at Christ’s College, was right: the delight is in the details. Imagine if you didn’t know the detail that the trip from Myra in Lycia to Cnidus should have taken just a day or two, but Paul’s ship travelled “slowly for a number of days and arrived with difficulty off Cnidus.” Full reading and audio »


Acts Week 10

When God Drops Out of the Picture: Acts 21:18–26:32

I learned about the book of Acts in a cramped and damp classroom tucked in the corner of our church basement, next to a belching oil furnace. When we got to Acts in our Sunday school curriculum, we only skimmed chapters 21–26 — for good reason. The energy of Acts fizzles at this point. Full reading and audio »