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The great narrative stories of the Bible, from Creation to the new creation.
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The teaching stories of Jesus.
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The prayer and poetry of the Bible.
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Field Guide to the Books
Every book of the Bible, catalogued the same clear way.
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01
Law
5 entriesNo. 1Essential
Genesis
The book of beginnings
Old TestamentLaw50 chapters
No. 2Essential
Exodus
Rescue, and a God who comes down
Old TestamentLaw40 chapters
No. 3Foundational
Leviticus
How a holy God can be lived with
Old TestamentLaw27 chapters
No. 4Foundational
Numbers
Forty years in the wilderness
Old TestamentLaw36 chapters
No. 5Core
Deuteronomy
Last words on the edge of the land
Old TestamentLaw34 chapters
02
History
12 entriesNo. 6Foundational
Joshua
Crossing over, and taking the land
Old TestamentHistory24 chapters
No. 7Foundational
Judges
When everyone did what was right in his own eyes
Old TestamentHistory21 chapters
No. 8Foundational
Ruth
Loyalty in a dark time
Old TestamentHistory4 chapters
No. 9Core
1 Samuel
From judges to kings
Old TestamentHistory31 chapters
No. 10Core
2 Samuel
The reign of David, at its height and its cost
Old TestamentHistory24 chapters
No. 11Core
1 Kings
Glory, division, and a prophet on a mountain
Old TestamentHistory22 chapters
No. 12Core
2 Kings
How it ended, and why
Old TestamentHistory25 chapters
No. 13Foundational
1 Chronicles
The story retold for those who came back
Old TestamentHistory29 chapters
No. 14Foundational
2 Chronicles
The temple, the kings of Judah, and the road home
Old TestamentHistory36 chapters
No. 15Foundational
Ezra
Coming home and starting again
Old TestamentHistory10 chapters
No. 16Foundational
Nehemiah
Walls, and the people inside them
Old TestamentHistory13 chapters
No. 17Foundational
Esther
For such a time as this
Old TestamentHistory10 chapters
03
Wisdom & Poetry
5 entriesNo. 18Core
Job
When the explanations run out
Old TestamentWisdom & Poetry42 chapters
No. 19Essential
Psalms
The prayer book of the Bible
Old TestamentWisdom & Poetry150 psalms
No. 20Core
Proverbs
Skill for ordinary living
Old TestamentWisdom & Poetry31 chapters
No. 21Foundational
Ecclesiastes
An honest look at a life that ends
Old TestamentWisdom & Poetry12 chapters
No. 22Foundational
Song of Solomon
Love poetry, unembarrassed
Old TestamentWisdom & Poetry8 chapters
04
Major Prophets
5 entriesNo. 23Essential
Isaiah
Judgment, comfort, and a servant who suffers
Old TestamentMajor Prophets66 chapters
No. 24Core
Jeremiah
Forty years of telling people what they would not hear
Old TestamentMajor Prophets52 chapters
No. 25Core
Lamentations
Grief with nowhere to put it
Old TestamentMajor Prophets5 chapters
No. 26Core
Ezekiel
Strange visions for a people far from home
Old TestamentMajor Prophets48 chapters
No. 27Core
Daniel
Faithful under an empire
Old TestamentMajor Prophets12 chapters
05
Minor Prophets
12 entriesNo. 28Foundational
Hosea
A marriage as a message
Old TestamentMinor Prophets14 chapters
No. 29Foundational
Joel
Locusts, and the day of the Lord
Old TestamentMinor Prophets3 chapters
No. 30Foundational
Amos
Let justice roll down
Old TestamentMinor Prophets9 chapters
No. 31Foundational
Obadiah
The shortest book, on standing by and watching
Old TestamentMinor Prophets1 chapter
No. 32Foundational
Jonah
The prophet who did not want mercy to work
Old TestamentMinor Prophets4 chapters
No. 33Foundational
Micah
What the Lord requires
Old TestamentMinor Prophets7 chapters
No. 34Foundational
Nahum
When the empire finally falls
Old TestamentMinor Prophets3 chapters
No. 35Foundational
Habakkuk
Arguing with God about injustice
Old TestamentMinor Prophets3 chapters
No. 36Foundational
Zephaniah
A hard warning and a singing God
Old TestamentMinor Prophets3 chapters
No. 37Foundational
Haggai
Consider your ways
Old TestamentMinor Prophets2 chapters
No. 38Foundational
Zechariah
Visions for a discouraged rebuilding
Old TestamentMinor Prophets14 chapters
No. 39Foundational
Malachi
The last word before four hundred years of silence
Old TestamentMinor Prophets4 chapters
06
Gospel
4 entriesNo. 40Essential
Matthew
The promised king has come
New TestamentGospel28 chapters
No. 41Essential
Mark
The shortest Gospel, and the fastest
New TestamentGospel16 chapters
No. 42Essential
Luke
The orderly account, written for outsiders
New TestamentGospel24 chapters
No. 43Essential
John
That you may believe
New TestamentGospel21 chapters
08
Epistle (Pauline)
13 entriesNo. 45Essential
Romans
Paul's fullest explanation of the gospel
New TestamentEpistle (Pauline)16 chapters
No. 46Core
1 Corinthians
A difficult church, answered patiently
New TestamentEpistle (Pauline)16 chapters
No. 47Core
2 Corinthians
Strength that looks like weakness
New TestamentEpistle (Pauline)13 chapters
No. 48Core
Galatians
Do not go back
New TestamentEpistle (Pauline)6 chapters
No. 49Core
Ephesians
One new humanity
New TestamentEpistle (Pauline)6 chapters
No. 50Core
Philippians
Joy written from a prison cell
New TestamentEpistle (Pauline)4 chapters
No. 51Foundational
Colossians
Christ is enough
New TestamentEpistle (Pauline)4 chapters
No. 52Foundational
1 Thessalonians
Encouragement for a young church
New TestamentEpistle (Pauline)5 chapters
No. 53Foundational
2 Thessalonians
Steady work while you wait
New TestamentEpistle (Pauline)3 chapters
No. 54Foundational
1 Timothy
Order in the household of God
New TestamentEpistle (Pauline)6 chapters
No. 55Foundational
2 Timothy
Last words to a younger friend
New TestamentEpistle (Pauline)4 chapters
No. 56Foundational
Titus
Good works in a difficult place
New TestamentEpistle (Pauline)3 chapters
No. 57Foundational
Philemon
A private letter with public consequences
New TestamentEpistle (Pauline)1 chapter
09
Epistle (General)
8 entriesNo. 58Core
Hebrews
Better, and worth holding onto
New TestamentEpistle (General)13 chapters
No. 59Core
James
Faith you can see
New TestamentEpistle (General)5 chapters
No. 60Core
1 Peter
Living well as strangers
New TestamentEpistle (General)5 chapters
No. 61Foundational
2 Peter
Do not be taken in
New TestamentEpistle (General)3 chapters
No. 62Core
1 John
How to know that you know
New TestamentEpistle (General)5 chapters
No. 63Foundational
2 John
Truth and love, held together
New TestamentEpistle (General)1 chapter
No. 64Foundational
3 John
Three men, and what hospitality reveals
New TestamentEpistle (General)1 chapter
No. 65Foundational
Jude
Contend, and keep yourselves in love
New TestamentEpistle (General)1 chapter
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Alongside the guide, short devotionals you can walk through at your own pace: Scripture, a reading, questions, and a prayer.