Here is the OT chronological outling we displayed at our worship gathering on January 25, 2009.  We also use this in our Survey of the Bible class.

 

The following are links to the notes pages provided at each of our Sunday Morning Worship Gatherings during our series on the Holy Spirit.  I hope that they are useful to you as you continue to grow in your relationship with God in the Holy Spirit.

 

"Why Do I Need the Holy Spirit"


*Each file is a pdf that can be opened with Adobe Acrobat on your computer and printed out for your personal use. 

 "I am so excited to share this incredible devotional journey with our entire worshipping community.  I believe our year-long experience will grow us and unite us together, as we experience the entire span of God's story together."  Bruce Kane

 

"The Bible is God's portrait of Jesus"  John Stott, Author of Through the Bible Through the Year.

 

 

Beginning in the Fall of 2009, the epic community of worshippers will join together, using the same daily devotional in our quest to know God better.  This book, Through the Bible Through the Year, takes each participant through the entire story of God, one step at a time.  While some may choose to read the entire text of the Bible as a supplement to this devotional guide, the guide in itself is a powerful tool to experience God's story in its fullness by exposing us all to the broad movements of the Bible experience.

 

The book follows the church calendar, used by Christ-followers since the middle ages, to guide Biblical learning.  By adapting the events of Biblical history to our calendar, and celebrating the mighty acts of God as they unfold in the order of His revelation, Christ-followers can ingrain the story of God into their spirit, mind and soul.  This is the epic goal for endeavor.

 

 

You can see in the image above that the seasons recognized by the western church calendar are Advent (the expectation of Christ), Christmas, Epiphany (the appearance of Christ), Lent (the preparation for crucifixion), Holy Week (the week of the Passion or crucifixion), Easter, and Pentecost (the coming of the Holy Spirit and the institution of the church).  The season of Pentecost is sometimes called "Ordinary Times" and used to teach both the Epistles and the Old Testament.  We will use this format for our devotional schedule, beginning in the Old Testament during the Fall, and arriving at Christmas on schedule with our standard calendar.

 

To keep yourself on schedule click here.

 

Through the Bible Through the Year, John Stott

 

By reading according to this schedule, the Sunday messages at epic will be in context of your daily devoted time and the additional grow activities will also be more significant to you.  This schedule also concurs with our standard calendar holidays.

 

Here is our schedule for reading together:

September 6-12: Week 1, Creation, p13

September 13-19: Week 2, The Institution and Work of Marriage, p21

September 20-26: Week 3, The Fall, p29

September 27-October 3: Week 4, Social Deterioration, p37

October 4-10: Week 5, The Patriarchs, p45 

October 11-17: Week 6, Moses and the Exodus, p53

October 18-24: Week 7, The Ten Commandments, p61

October 25-31: Week 8, Joshua and the Judges, p69

November 1-7: Week 9, The Monarchy, p77

November 8-14: Week 10, The Wisdom Literature, p85

November 15-21: Week 11, The Psalter, p93

November 22-28: Week 12, The Prophet Isaiah, p101

November 29-December 5: Week 13, The Prophet Jeremiah, p109

December 6-12: Week 14, The Exilic Prophets, p117

December 13-19: Week 15, Return and Restoration, p125

December 20-26: Week 16, Images of the Messiah, p133

December 27-January 2: Week 17, The Nativity, p141

January 3-9: Week 18, Responses to Christmas, p151

January 10-16: Week 19, The Fourfold Gospel of Christ, p159

January 17-23: Week 20, The Years of Preparation, p167

January 24-30: Week 21, The Public Ministry, p175

January 31-February 6: Week 22, Teaching in Parables, p183

February 7-13: Week 23, The Sermon on the Mount, p191

February 14-20: Week 24, The Lord's Prayer, p199

February 21-27: Week 25, The Turning Point, p207

February 28-March 6: Week 26, The Controversies of Jesus, p215

March 7-13: Week 27, The Final Week, p223

March 14-20: Week 28, The Upper Room, p231

March 21-27: Week 29, The Ordeal Begins, p239

March 28-April 3: Week 30, The End, p247

April 4-10: Week 31, The Seven Words From the Cross, p255

April 11-17: Week 32, The Meaning of the Cross, p263

April 18-24: Week 33, The Resurrection Appearances, p271

April 25-May1: Week 34, The Significance of the Resurrection, p279

May 2-8: Week 35, Preparing for Pentecost, p289

May 9-15: Week 36, The First Christian Sermon, p297

May 16-22: Week 37, The Church in Jerusalem, p305

May 23-29: Week 38, Satanic Counterattack, p313

May 30-June 5: Week 39, Foundations for World Mission, p321

June 6-12: Week 40, Paul's Missionary Journeys, p329

June 13-19: Week 41, The Long Journey to Rome, p337

June 20-26: Week 42, Letters to Galatians & Thessalonians, p345

June 27-July 3: Week 43, Letters to the Romans, p353

July 4-10: Week 44, Two Letters to Corinth, p361

July 11-17: Week 45, Three Prison Letters, p369

July 18-24: Week 46, The Pastoral Letters, p377

July 25-31: Week 47, The Letter to the Hebrews, p385

August 1-7: Week 48, The General Letters, p393

August 8-14: Week 49, The Seven Churches, p401

August 15-21: Week 50, The Heavenly Throne Room, p409

August 22-28: Week 51, Righteous Judgement of God, p417

August 29-September 4: Week 52, New Heaven & New Earth, p425