As we hit different Old Testament books in the Text Project, I post little summaries here on my blog. If you are too lazy to read, here’s a video version for ya: Isaiah Author Isaiah, a prophet Date Somewhere around 700 BC Theme God always has his people, even if everyone else is walking away. [...]
Over a year ago, I was blogging my way through the Old Testament and I stopped. I figure I will periodically pick it up again as we encounter various books in the Text Project. Since we are reading through Job right now, I figured I’d start here. Job Author Nobody, this side of heaven, can [...]
Today, I’m going to continue my series going through the books of the Old Testament by hitting two: 1st and 2nd Chronicles. Again, this makes sense because they were originally one book. 1st Chronicles Author We can’t know for certain, though much Jewish tradition attributes it to Ezra. It is very likely there were several [...]
Today, I’m going to continue my series going through the books of the Old Testament by hitting two: 1st and 2nd Kings. Again, this makes sense because they were originally one book. 1st Kings Author We can’t know for certain, though much Jewish tradition attributes it to Jeremiah. Date Around 550 BC Theme This book [...]
OK, I’ve been a tad slow in my Old Testament updates, because I decided I didn’t want them to rule my blogging. I’ll get to them as I can throughout the next month, but they most likely won’t happen on a daily basis. Today, I hit two books (to make up for lost time). It [...]
This past weekend at Riv, I promised that I would post the timeline of the Old Testament I shared with everyone. For some reason, I had a real hard time finding one of these online so I figured this may be a good resource for you. Click here to download a printable PDF version.
This weekend at Riv, I am going to be teaching on the book of Ruth. Those of you who read my blog on Saturdays will get a sneak peek of the message by reading this summary. Ruth Author Traditionally, Samuel has been listed as the author of Ruth although I think that is unlikely since [...]
Judges Author Traditionally, Samuel has been listed as the author of Judges although we can’t know for sure and that’s just an educated guess Date 1050-1000 BC Theme This book is the opposite of Joshua. Where Joshua shows everything going well for the Jews, Judges shows everything unraveling. Not just once, either. It shows their [...]
Joshua Author Joshua Date 1400-1370 BC Theme This book chronicles the jews leaving the desert and conquering the land God promised them. We see the mantle of leadership pass from Moses to Joshua. What this book teaches me about Jesus “Joshua” means “God Saves.” The Greek version of this name is “Jesus.” There are a [...]
Deuteronomy Author Moses, with someone else (probably Joshua) adding the last chapter. Date 1410 BC Theme This book is a “best of Moses” sermon series. It basically manuscripts his teachings over a 40 day period at the tail end of his life. This is a really cool book because Moses is passing the message of [...]