Luke-Acts is one continuous narrative that bridges the life of Jesus while he was on earth with the life of Jesus in the early believers. Watch them grow, learn, make mistakes in learning to live in Jesus and share that life with others.
You can begin in Mark with a quick overview of the life of Jesus then view more of the details in Matthew and John. Finally read Luke to complete the narrative. Read them over and over again until the Jesus of Scripture becomes a real person.
Getting to know the Jesus of Scripture through the Gospels is critical to understanding the rest of the Bible. See how he lives, what he says, and how he interacts with others he encounters.
When we started calling the Bible the “Word of God” we unwittingly substituted a book and its principles for a vibrant relationship with the Risen Jesus and following his rules became more important than following him.
After the fourth session Wayne engaged the audience in a dialog about the material already presented.
The climax of Scripture is found in the person of Jesus and only be reading all of it through his eyes can we understand the revelational flow of Scripture that gently guides us to the reality of who God is.
We can understand the shifting insights of Scripture only as we read it as a progressive revelation of God to people who were thoroughly lost in the darkness and not as a rulebook we must observe.
After the second session Wayne engaged the audience in a dialog about the material already presented.
Why does it seem that God’s character shifts so much from the Old Testament understanding of him as the God to fear to the New Testament view of God as an Abba to love and trust?
What does it mean that Scripture is inspired by God after the way it was written and assembled? How do I know I can trust Scripture to reveal God’s truth to me?