I've Been Thinking About This... » BiaD http://steve.gwilt.org/blog Random Brain Coruscations Fri, 09 Jul 2010 17:51:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc Bible in a Day – Thomaston http://steve.gwilt.org/blog/2008/09/08/bible-in-a-day-thomaston/ http://steve.gwilt.org/blog/2008/09/08/bible-in-a-day-thomaston/#comments Tue, 09 Sep 2008 01:55:42 +0000 Steve http://steve.gwilt.org/blog/?p=64 The Bible in a Day has now been booked into Thomaston Congregational Church for October 4, and I’m printing their books at the same time as the ones for Center Church, which makes it handy. Thomaston, at least at this point, is a private session – although if I hear otherwise I’ll post it here and Twitter it; add a comment if you’d like to get on the announcements list for future sessions, BTW.

Abraham's Family Tree

The key in BiaD is twofold: (1) to provide a very high-level overview that moves smoothly from Genesis to Malachi, while at the same time (2) to maintain sufficient connection to the text to provide an anchor for what could otherwise become mere philosophical theology ramblings (if not outright pedantry – which, come to think of it, using that word could be). It need lots of pictures to hold interest; enough of the ‘obvious’ to maintain agreement; enough insight to provide the excitement of discovery; enough structure to provide a sense of pacing & direction and enough drama and humor to keep people awake across an entire day.

I’m slowly moving toward merging the New Testament in, but it’s a huge task. Compressing a library of 39 books into 6 hours of me yakking – let alone all 66 books – is definitely a non-trivial task.

Worth it, though.

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]]> http://steve.gwilt.org/blog/2008/09/08/bible-in-a-day-thomaston/feed/ 0 “Bible in a Day” at Center Church http://steve.gwilt.org/blog/2008/08/27/bible-in-a-day-at-center-church/ http://steve.gwilt.org/blog/2008/08/27/bible-in-a-day-at-center-church/#comments Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:31:07 +0000 Steve http://steve.gwilt.org/blog/?p=56 I’ll be presenting the Bible in a Day (OT) again on Saturday September 13th at Center Church in Torrington, CT. This is a fairly intense 6-hour lecture – pray for my voice! – that I’ve put together over the past few years; I’m presenting it at churches to people that are interested in deepening their understanding of the Old Testament and how it fits together. A sort of high-level perspective on God’s Word.Bible in a Day This is not a course on apologetics, or any sort of intellectualized ‘justification’; the basis for this is that the Bible is God’s word and Christians ought to know it.

If anyone’s interested in attending, the church has opened it up to people outside the congregation: to register, call the church office at (860) 489-8301, or email the secretary at CenterChurch@snet.net … but be aware that the deadline is this weekend, so you don’t have much time to act!

I got a call this morning from a church in Thomaston that has asked for it too, so looks like there will be another later on in the Fall. That session may not be open to non-congregants, however.

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