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Grace Cathedral's Bible Challenge

When was the last time you read the Bible from cover to cover—20 years ago? Not since childhood? Never? Have you ever read the Apocryphal books? Have you ever taken the time to really study and read commentary on what those weird parts of the Bible really mean, rather than just accepting or rejecting them at face value?

Well, here’s your chance! Grace Cathedral’s Bible Challenge encourages you and provides you with resources to read the entire Bible, with commentary, in just one year and one hour a day. We’ll give you a Bible Challenge Assignment Calendar that assigns you a reading every day for one year. We’ll provide a recommendation on what kind of study Bible is best (see page 2). We’ll provide an optional Sunday morning class for discussion. We’ll even help with the purchase a Bible if you need one!

As Christians, don’t you think we all should read the Bible, our faith’s holy scriptures, in its entirety at least once? Join us for the Grace Cathedral Bible Challenge, beginning in Lent (Ash Wednesday), 2012.

If you need a study Bible, we suggest two that are equally good:

The New Oxford Annotated Bible with the Apocrypha, NRSV
Barnes & Noble (if ordered through the church) = $36; you order from Amazon = $25   
The New Interpreter’s Study Bible with the Apocrypha, NRSV
Barnes & Noble (if ordered through church) = $38.50; you order from Amazon = $34
The New Interpreter’s has a bit more study material.

There is a sign up sheet on the main bulletin board next to the Common Room, and another located on an easel at the Cathedral’s west wall. If you do not have access to the internet, the church will be happy to order from Amazon for you. Also, if you need financial assistance, the church can help with this. Contact Dean Lipscomb.

Please sign up early if you need a Bible. It will take a couple of weeks from order until delivery.
—See you in church!
Steve

 

 

   
 

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