We are very thankful in the Lord for the hard work Alyson put into editing our notes to conform to our specific approach for reading and thinking through the Bible.
You will find in the 2013 editions, that
our editor has been careful to keep to our purpose in the
approach to this study, as described in our Introduction, and as stated in her
set of notes designed for children and those unfamiliar with the Bible,
‘Reading God’s Story’ (if you desire her notes – Genesis through John’s Gospel
Account, please let us know):
In
this study, it is also important to read through the Bible in order, and not to
jump ahead to other books. It is fun to read Genesis and try to imagine
how it was to live in that time. Try not to think about the people and
the things that happened after Genesis when you are reading through that
book. That way, you will get a good understanding of what the people knew
of God at that time. They didn’t know as much as the people later on
knew, so you want to try to understand how God was speaking to them at that
time, without judging the things they didn’t know that were going to happen in
the future. But, once you get to the second book, called Exodus, it is
good to remember the things that happened in Genesis. It is like a story
that just keeps on unfolding. As you get farther on in the Bible, it is good
to look back and try to put the whole big story together.
We are discovering that more and more are
using Alyson’s notes for students (‘Reading God’s Story'), and using our notes
for teachers (‘Thinking through the Bible’). If you have been using our previous
notes, we request that in the future you use our 2013 final edition, since they do
better to fulfill the purpose of our approach to reading and thinking through
the Bible. We hope to soon (read ‘as time permits’) have the entire New
Testament completed sometime this year. Our editor is now working on the NT
Introduction, the Gospel Accounts Collectively, and the Gospel Accounts
Individually. We are presently editing The Acts, and including the Letters of
the New Testament in chronological order in The Acts, which means we are
suggesting when to read and think through each of the remaining books (letters)
of the NT as you read through The Acts.
If you are interested in receiving any of these notes, please contact us by email at indlovu303@gmail.com
