Starting our 90+1 Day Challenge IX
February 4, 2020Dear FPC family and friends,
We begin a new year. How many of you thought you would live to see the year 2020? We continue along in our challenge. How many of you thought we would get to the point where after this current challenge before us we will only have 6 books of the Bible left before we can say that we made it all the way through the Scripture together? What a task, but we still have work ahead of us.
For this challenge we will be able to look at one of the more difficult books of the Bible to read which is Numbers. Its difficulty does not come because of its length, but rather because of its subject. It is a long list of genealogies and laws which many see as not germane to this 21st century. How can any of this be edifying? I think you will find that there are hidden gems in these Scriptures and they teach us how God is involved in every single detail of our lives. Don’t look past Numbers, soak it in and claim it as one of your favorite books of the Bible. But don’t take my word for it, read it and see for yourself.
We will also be covering I and II Kings, where we will see the work of the prophets Elijah and Elisha. Finally, we will conclude with Song of Solomon which is the closest thing to an erotic message in the Bible. It is based upon the beauty of human wholeness found in marriage. There we find the joy of human sexuality and not just mere procreation. Maybe now that I have your attention I would encourage you to read and enjoy this 90+1 Day Challenge IX. The plus one comes from the fact that we no longer will be able to do perfect 90 day challenges because the math simply does not add up and I don’t want to interrupt a book of the Bible in mid book.
Enjoy your reading as it will take you from February 2, 2020 to May 2, 2020, or as we could write: 02-02-2020 to 02-05-2020.
Your servant in Christ,
Pastor Bob