2012 Bible Challenge

Bible Reading Challenge, Week 49 (THE END!)

By emily | Jan 14, 2013

THE CHURCH: On to Glory! This is our last part of the yearly study! For those of you who make it this far, congratulations, and ...

Bible Reading Challenge, Week 48

By emily | Dec 31, 2012

THE CHURCH: It’s hard for most of us to think of the church as a “real” family. But it is! And this week we'll read ...

Bible Reading Challenge, Week 47

By emily | Dec 16, 2012

THE CHURCH: By Faith Alone If the long history of mankind's failure to keep God's law, from Adam to us, were not enough to prove ...

Bible Reading Challenge, Week 46

By emily | Dec 3, 2012

THE CHURCH: Christ the Center We've moved now from Acts to the Epistles, and this week we'll talk about how Paul, Peter and the other ...

Bible Reading Challenge, Week 45

By emily | Nov 26, 2012

THE CHURCH: To the uttermost ends of the earth Again, the gospel finds fertile ground as it spread through all the earth! Study Guides: pdf. ...

Bible Reading Challenge, Week 44

By emily | Nov 19, 2012

THE CHURCH: To the Gentiles The gospel, now spreading out of Jerusalem and into Samaria, is now extended even further--from Jews to Gentiles. Great news ...

By emily | Nov 12, 2012

THE CHURCH: From Jerusalem to Samaria Now that the Holy Spirit is directing their hearts and minds, early Christians spread the gospel from Jerusalem and ...

Bible Reading Challenge, Week 42

By emily | Nov 4, 2012

THE CHURCH: Resurrection and Pentecost Study Guides: pdf. download, Sorry guys...this will return next week! pdf. download, Ages 9-13, Week 42 Make-Your-Own-Story-Bible Resources: .pdf download: ...

Bible Reading Challenge, Week 41

By emily | Oct 28, 2012

MESSIAH: The Lamb of God ?By the end of the week, the worst thing that they could ever imagine had happened. And they were right: ...

Bible Reading Challenge, Week 40

By emily | Oct 21, 2012

MESSIAH: The Last Week ?During Jesus's last week, His enemies finally get the upper hand. It's a week of sorrow and suffering for Jesus--a week ...

Bible Reading Challenge, Week 39

By emily | Oct 14, 2012

MESSIAH: The Road to Jerusalem ?Life is good for the disciples and the people following Jesus this week. Christ is healing the sick, online raising ...

Bible Reading Challenge, Week 38

By emily | Oct 7, 2012

MESSIAH: Signs and Wonders When Jesus brought the Kingdom of Heaven near, he did more than teach. He healed the sick and raised the dead. ...

Bible Reading Challenge, Week 37

By emily | Sep 30, 2012

MESSIAH: The Kingdom of Heaven ?What is the kingdom of heaven? And what did Christ teach us about it during His earthly ministry? We'll learn ...

Bible Reading Challenge, Week 36

By emily | Sep 23, 2012

THE PROPHETS: Messiah–Jesus’ Baptism and Temptation ?Why was Jesus baptized if he didn't need to be born again? And why did the Devil bother tempting ...

Bible Reading Challenge, Week 35

By emily | Sep 16, 2012

THE PROPHETS: Messiah–Jesus' Birth and Childhood The Messiah is here! Study Guides: pdf. download, use the older version this week for Ages 4-8 (I'm out ...

By emily | Sep 8, 2012

THE PROPHETS: Messiah--The Forerunner In Malachi's book of prophecy, God has fulfilled another promise. He's brought His people back out of Babylonian captivity and into ...

By emily | Aug 26, 2012

THE PROPHETS: Daniel Daniel is the prophet among kings. Rather than speaking to God's people primarily, God sends Daniel to witness to the pagan kings ...

By emily | Aug 22, 2012

Once again, this week Janie and I have the honor of hosting Evan Hughes as our artist-in-residence. We’ve been covering the scope of the entire ...

By emily | Aug 13, 2012

Once again, this week Janie and I have the honor of hosting Evan Hughes as our artist-in-residence. We’ve been covering the scope of the entire ...

By emily | Aug 12, 2012

Hey guys, this is just a quick note to say that we're not quite finished with the Bible Challenge this week. Since we're working with ...

By emily | Aug 8, 2012

This week Janie and I have the honor of hosting Evan Hughes as our artist-in-residence. We've been covering the scope of the entire Bible in ...

By emily | Aug 5, 2012

Big news about our Bible reading challenge! 1) While Carl is away, we have enlisted Evan Hughes, illustrator of William Boekestein's books among others, to ...

By emily | Jul 30, 2012

Guys, I want to apologize. This week has been extra busy as we've prepared for 50 Shades and dealt with technical woes. We also still ...

By Janie Cheaney | Jul 22, 2012

THE PROPHETS: Jonah, Amos, Hosea Anybody for minor prophets? When naming the books of the Old Testament, that's the category where we often stall out, ...

By emily | Jul 16, 2012

THE PROPHETS: Elijah ?The great days of the kings are over. God promised to divide the kingdom after Solomon's time, doctor and (surprise!) that's just ...

Bible Reading Challenge, Week 26

By emily | Jul 9, 2012

THE KINGS: Solomon's Fall ?It's clear this week that although Solomon was the pinnacle of earthly kings, he wasn't the King the Israelites were waiting ...

By emily | Jul 2, 2012

THE KINGS: Wisdom Solomon was the wisest earthly king ever before or ever since. Where did he get that wisdom? And how can we get ...

Bible Reading Challenge, Week 24

By emily | Jun 25, 2012

THE KINGS: Solomon and the Temple This week we come to the apex of Israel's earthly glory: Solomon's reign as symbolized by the construction of ...

Bible Reading Challenge, Week 23

By emily | Jun 17, 2012

THE KINGS: David's Fall David sees something he wants. Something he really, really wants. And now we see writ large why, though he is called ...

Bible Reading Challenge, Week 22

By emily | Jun 11, 2012

THE KINGS: David We've already seen King Saul and what happens when he follows his own heart instead of God. This week we'll see how ...

Bible Reading Challenge, Week 21

By emily | Jun 3, 2012

THE NATION: Failure Thanks to Janie for covering for me this week! I've been on a very blessed reprieve this week, but Janie and Carl ...

Bible Reading Challenge, Week 20

By emily | May 27, 2012

THE NATION: Saul The people wanted a king, so God let them have their way. Saul is crowned, and everything is coming up roses for ...

Bible Reading Challenge, Week 19

By emily | May 20, 2012

THE NATION: Samuel First and Second Samuel represent a transition period from the time of the judges to the first earthly king of Israel. Before ...

Bible Reading Challenge – Week 18

By Janie Cheaney | May 13, 2012

THE NATION: RUTH Happy Mother's Day! This week's Bible Reading Challenge is actually appropriate for the Mother's Day--as long as we include mothers-in-law. How do ...

Bible Reading Challenge, Week 17

By Janie Cheaney | May 6, 2012

THE NATION: FAILURE! Remember that promise the people made to Joshua after his farewell speech: "We will serve the Lord"? Well, they did, sort of. ...

By emily | Apr 29, 2012

WEEK 16: THE NATION--HOME AT LAST Joshua is installed as leader of the Israelites, and it's time for them all to enter the Promised ...

Bible Reading Challenge, Week 15

By emily | Apr 23, 2012

WEEK 15: BLESSINGS AND CURSES This week we're reading through Deuteronomy, in which the Israelites are almost ready to enter the Promised Land. Moses ...

Bible Reading Challenge, Week 14

By emily | Apr 15, 2012

THE NATION: Sacrifice How can an unholy people approach a holy God? Leviticus helped God's people answer that question many years ago, and even though ...

By emily | Apr 8, 2012

No new material this week. We're celebrating the risen Lord--in my case by worshiping and then taking a Sunday nap! If you don't want to ...

Bible Reading Challenge, Week 13

By emily | Apr 1, 2012

THE NATION: TABERNACLE It's clear God's people can't keep the law. They aren't worthy to be His people. So, is God going to ...

Bible Reading Challenge, Week 12

By emily | Mar 25, 2012

THE PEOPLE: FAILURE! After receiving the law from God on Sinai, this week we learn about how the Israelites experience ...

Bible Reading Challenge, Week 11

By emily | Mar 18, 2012

The Lord leads His people to the same mountain where he spoke with Moses from the burning bush--Mt. Horeb, also called Sinai. Israel is in ...

Bible Reading Challenge, Week 10

By emily | Mar 11, 2012

THE PEOPLE: Deliverance This week we go deeper into Moses' story, and how God used him to bring His people out of slavery and on ...

Bible Reading Challenge, Week 9

By emily | Mar 4, 2012

THE PEOPLE: Moses Today we look at how God grew Israel's family into a new "people", and how God worked deliverance for them ...

Bible Reading Challenge, Week 8

By Janie Cheaney | Feb 26, 2012

This week we look at that boy with the amazing technicolor dreamcoat! But what's really important about Joseph is not his fancy coat. God has ...

By Janie Cheaney | Feb 12, 2012

Last week as you recall, we made a switch from "Problem" mode to "Promise" mode--we made the problem, God will fix it. Abraham was the ...

By emily | Feb 5, 2012

Thanks again to picture book illustrator, Kevin Luthardt, for creating our Story Bible art today! To read more about him and his advice for your ...

By emily | Jan 29, 2012

Study Guides: .pdf Download: Ages 4-8, Week Four .pdf Download: Ages 9-13, Week Four Make Your Own Story Bible Resources: .pdf Download 1: Story Bible ...

By emily | Jan 22, 2012

Wow, week 3! This week we'll be studying Noah, so put on your rainboots! Study Guides: .pdf Download: Ages 4-8, Week Three .pdf Download: Ages ...

By emily | Jan 15, 2012

Can't believe week two is already here! Study guides: .pdf Download: Ages 4-8, Week Two .pdf Download: Ages 9-12, Week Two FYI: The Make-Your-Own-Story-Bible directions ...

By emily | Jan 8, 2012

I'll go ahead and admit it. Janie and I really aren't fully prepared for this post. We birthed the Reading Challenge idea roughly two weeks ...

By Janie Cheaney | Jan 6, 2012

I was raised in a denomination that took the Bible very seriously: “We speak where the Bible speaks, and are silent where the Bible is ...

By emily | Jan 2, 2012

ONE STORY, ONE BIG ADVENTURE Judging by the success of Sally Lloyd Jones' The Jesus Storybook Bible and R. C. Sproul's new book, What's in ...