This Biblical Literacy Class lesson given on Sept 14, 2014 by Jared Richard, Associate Pastor of Young Adults & Missions continues a new series for the year. The Context Bible is the thinking of Mark Lanier to present a way of reading through the bible in a year using 3 books The Gospel of John and the books of Acts and Revelation to form the basis for all the rest of scripture to be viewed in context of these.

For study aids and other resources http://biblical-literacy.org/the-context-bible-resource-page/cb-resources/

The pastor at Champion Forest Baptist Church also is going to preach on the Core Texts for each week from John, Acts or Revelation. To view the core message this week use one of these links:

(The core messages have not kept up with this class, when they do catch up i will post those links here. you may go to their site link below to see where they are in Acts)

Champion Forest Baptist Church youtube channel
https://www.youtube.com/user/CFBCvideos

Introduction to the Context Bible

Have you ever wished the Bible was easier to read through like an ordinary book -- cover to cover? Because the Bible is a collection of 66 books, it makes reading like an ordinary book quite difficult. Compounding this difficulty is the fact that the later writers of the New Testament, were often quoting or referencing passages in the Old Testament. In fact, much of the New Testament makes better sense only if one also considers the Old Testament passages that place the text into its scriptural context.

You are reading a running commentary to The Context Bible. This arrangement of Scripture seeks to overcome some of these difficulties. Using a core reading of John's gospel, the book of Acts, and the Revelation of John, the Context Bible arranges all the rest of Scripture into a contextual framework that supports the core reading. It is broken out into daily readings so that this program allows one to read the entire Bible in a year, but in a contextual format.