CCWoody
23rd May 2004, 10:07 PM
To my elect brothers and sisters (hint, you don't have to be a Calvinist to be elect),....
If any of you do not have a good Bible study at your church, like me, and would like to begin each day and end each day reading the Lord's love letters to His elect, I have a proposition for you: I currently host a Bible study and would like to know if there is any interest in an online study here.
Here is the format: The daily devotional is based upon the Bible reader in the 1662 Episcopal prayer book (what else would an ex-Episcopalian pick) and is divided into Morning prayer & Evening prayer. Each prayer time is divided into 2 lessons, one OT & one NT, and several readings from the book of Psalms.
The result is that the OT is read once each year (minus some duplicate type passages & a few other passages) and the NT is read twice (Revelation is read once in December). The book of Psalms is read every month (some people opt for the alternate reading from Proverbs during months with 31 days).
Additional information: Additionally, via email for those interested, I publish Spurgeon, Edwards, & other Calvinist sermons, and various commentaries which pertain to the current reading on a fairly regular basis. The volume can be quite large, but I'd rather send too much than not enough. This way, should you want to receive the sermon material, you can have plenty for you reading enjoyment to enhance your study by reading the wealth of other venerable Calvinist divines. Simply read what you want or have time for, but know that I read everything before it is sent and I have a full time job and a mess of kids so it's not that much.
The translations: This year, I am reading the Geneva Bible, with the study notes. Anyone who desires can download a copy to read with me from http://www.e-sword.net/ (http://www.e-sword.net/) Since this is a Reformed Bible study, why not use the Bible of the Reformers and the Bible that was carried to America and the Bible that got under the English King's skin (what can I say, but if you hadn't guessed from my avatar, I have a bit of the Scottish blood and anything that irritated the English must be a good thing).
The actual study list pulls the reading material directly using the Bible Gateway (http://bible.gospelcom.net/cgi-bin/bible) and the NJKV. When I have a few other things finished, I'll have the translation as a user option. But, until then, any translation will do. I'm just fore-warning you now what is programmed into the system.
Here are the rules: You must confess the following creeds (I know it is not a problem for the Reformed so this is just me being formal):
The Apostles Creed (http://www.reformed.org/documents/apostles_creed.html)
The Nicene Creed (http://www.reformed.org/documents/nicene.html)
The Athanasian Creed (http://www.reformed.org/documents/athanasian.html)
The purpose here is not to prevent non-believers from reading the Bible (I'd probably buy Bibles for them if I knew they would read them and I'd help answer their questions), but this is a Bible study for the disciples.
If anyone is interested in, let me know and we will iron out the details of how we want to do this thing.
If any of you do not have a good Bible study at your church, like me, and would like to begin each day and end each day reading the Lord's love letters to His elect, I have a proposition for you: I currently host a Bible study and would like to know if there is any interest in an online study here.
Here is the format: The daily devotional is based upon the Bible reader in the 1662 Episcopal prayer book (what else would an ex-Episcopalian pick) and is divided into Morning prayer & Evening prayer. Each prayer time is divided into 2 lessons, one OT & one NT, and several readings from the book of Psalms.
The result is that the OT is read once each year (minus some duplicate type passages & a few other passages) and the NT is read twice (Revelation is read once in December). The book of Psalms is read every month (some people opt for the alternate reading from Proverbs during months with 31 days).
Additional information: Additionally, via email for those interested, I publish Spurgeon, Edwards, & other Calvinist sermons, and various commentaries which pertain to the current reading on a fairly regular basis. The volume can be quite large, but I'd rather send too much than not enough. This way, should you want to receive the sermon material, you can have plenty for you reading enjoyment to enhance your study by reading the wealth of other venerable Calvinist divines. Simply read what you want or have time for, but know that I read everything before it is sent and I have a full time job and a mess of kids so it's not that much.
The translations: This year, I am reading the Geneva Bible, with the study notes. Anyone who desires can download a copy to read with me from http://www.e-sword.net/ (http://www.e-sword.net/) Since this is a Reformed Bible study, why not use the Bible of the Reformers and the Bible that was carried to America and the Bible that got under the English King's skin (what can I say, but if you hadn't guessed from my avatar, I have a bit of the Scottish blood and anything that irritated the English must be a good thing).
The actual study list pulls the reading material directly using the Bible Gateway (http://bible.gospelcom.net/cgi-bin/bible) and the NJKV. When I have a few other things finished, I'll have the translation as a user option. But, until then, any translation will do. I'm just fore-warning you now what is programmed into the system.
Here are the rules: You must confess the following creeds (I know it is not a problem for the Reformed so this is just me being formal):
The Apostles Creed (http://www.reformed.org/documents/apostles_creed.html)
The Nicene Creed (http://www.reformed.org/documents/nicene.html)
The Athanasian Creed (http://www.reformed.org/documents/athanasian.html)
The purpose here is not to prevent non-believers from reading the Bible (I'd probably buy Bibles for them if I knew they would read them and I'd help answer their questions), but this is a Bible study for the disciples.
If anyone is interested in, let me know and we will iron out the details of how we want to do this thing.