2006 daily Bible reading companion
posted Sunday, January 1, 2006 :: 6:42 AM
 This will be my first year reading a devotional along with my daily Bible readings. The devotional I chose is For the Love of God, Volume One
by D. A. Carson, Research Professor of New Testament at Trinity
Evangelical Divinity School. Carson does not focus on just the inner
life, as so many devotionals do, but he seeks, through the course of
reading through the Old Testament once and the New Testament and Psalms
twice in the year, to bring greater understanding of Scripture in its
context, i.e., draw the “big picture” Scripture paints; to point out
the nature and character of the God of the Bible (thus drawing a
distinction between Him and the God of popular culture or convenience);
to illuminate how the God of the Bible works in the world and in the
lives of those who love Him. It is a devotional which lays the
foundation of the biblical worldview.
Today I read Genesis 1 and Matthew 1,
and Carson wrote on the beginnings that these two chapters relate, but
also what the foundational chapter of Genesis 1 teaches us about the
nature and characteristics of God. I think it will be a good year.
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