How to
Use
Each day, take a few moments to find a quiet place to read the assigned passages. You can click on the passages to read them.
Don't read for completion, read for a deeper understanding.
Take notes, google, phone a friend, whatever it takes.
As you read, reflect on these questions:
What caught your attention?
What does it say about who God is?
What does it say about our relationship to others?
What does it say about who you are?
How does what you read impact your life?
Could you see your self in the story?
Quick Facts:
Audience: Greek-Speaking Jews
Written probably between 60 & 70 AD
Theme: Jesus is the long-awaited Messiah
Week 1
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Picture: Jesus calls His first disciples (4:18-22)
Week 2
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Picture: Jesus blesses the children (19:13-15)
Quick Facts:
Audience: Christian Gentiles in Rome
Written probably between 55 & 65 AD
Theme: Short, fast-paced, action-oriented
Week 3
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Picture: Jesus calms the storm (4:35-41)
Quick Facts:
Audience: Theophilus and non-jewish
Written probably about 60 AD
Theme: carefully documented biography of Jesus,
relationships with all people
Week 4
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Picture: The Parable of the Good Samaritan (10:25-37)
Week 5
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Picture: The widow's offering (21:1-4)
Quick Facts:
Audience: Greek speaking non-jewish
Written probably between 85 and 90 AD
Theme: Jesus is the heaven-sent Son of God
Week 6
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Picture: Nicodemus visits with Jesus (3:1-21)
Holy Week
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Picture: Jesus and Thomas (20:24-29)
