Bible Verse of the Day for Saturday

“Now the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.”

– James 3:18

Books of the New Testament

Four hundred years after the close of the Old Testament, the New Testament completes the cosmic story of God’s plan to bring salvation upon the earth.  The word testament is best translated as “covenant.” The New Testament embodies the new covenant of which Jesus was mediator.  This new covenant was sealed with the atoning death of Jesus Christ.

The New Testament opens with five narrative books – four Gospels and the Acts of the Apostles.  The Gospels cover the ministry, death, and resurrection of Jesus.  The Book of Acts continues the story of the development of the early church over the next thirty years.

Matthew
Mark
Luke
John
Acts of the Apostles
Romans
First Corinthians
Second Corinthians
Galatians
Ephesians
Philippians
Colossians
First Thessalonians
Second Thessalonians
First Timothy
Second Timothy
Titus
Philemon
Hebrews
James
First Peter
Second Peter
First John
Second John
Third John
Jude
Revelation

Bible Verse of the Day for Friday

“Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me.”

– Revelation 3:20

Books of the Old Testament

The Old Testament begins with God’s creation of the universe and continues by describing the mighty acts of God in and through His people.  The 39 books of the Old Testament were written over a period of several centuries.

The first five books of the Old Testament are referred to as the Books of the Law or the Pentateuch, a Greek word meaning “five volumed.”  The Hebrew term for this collection is Torah, meaning “instruction, teaching, or doctrine.”

Genesis
Exodus
Leviticus
Numbers
Deuteronomy
Joshua
Judges
Ruth
First Samuel
Second Samuel
First Kings
Second Kings
First Chronicles
Second Chronicles
Ezra
Nehemiah
Esther
Job
Psalms
Proverbs
Ecclesiastes
Song of Songs
Isaiah
Jeremiah
Lamentations
Ezekiel
Daniel
Hosea
Joel
Amos
Obadiah
Jonah
Micah
Nahum
Habakkuk
Zephaniah
Haggai
Zechariah
Malachi

Bible Verse of the Day for Thursday

“The steps of a man are from the Lord, and he establishes him in whose way he delights; though he fall, he shall not be cast headlong, for the Lord is the stay of his hand.”

– Psalm 37:23-24

The Bible Through History

The Bible in its original form was recorded in Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek.  It is generally accepted that the very first complete English translation of the Bible was created toward the end of the 14th century and is credited to John Wycliffe, an eminent and influential Oxford theologian and popular preacher.  Wycliffe strongly advocated the English translation of the scriptures so that poor people would have access to God’s Word.

The evolution of the English version of the Bible:

YEAR	VERSION
1380	Wycliffe
1525	Tyndale
1535	Coverdale
1537	Matthew
1539	Cranmer
1560	Geneva Bible
1568	Bishops’ Bible
1582	Rheims’ NT
1611	Authorized Version
1750	Challoner
1881	Revised Version
1901	American Standard Version
1913-1914	Moffatt
1928	Westminster
1945	Knox
1946	RSV
1949	Basic English
1961	New English Bible
1971	The Living Bible
1971	New American Standard Bible
1976	Good News Bible Version
1978	New International Version
1979	New King James Bible

 

Bible Verse of the Day – Wednesday

“For one believes with the heart and is so justified, and one confesses with the mouth and is so saved.”

– Romans 10:10

What is the Bible?

I am going to publish this article on a frequent basis – we’re getting new readers and subscribers all of the time here on the website as well as from the Kindle blog subscriptions. 

The Bible is the written record of “the Word of God.”  This record came to prophets, apostles, and other spokesmen and “became flesh” in Jesus Christ.  Christians believe Jesus Christ was the Word of God in a unique sense.  Through Jesus, God communicated the perfect revelation of himself to humankind.

Before written forms of the Bible came into existence, the Word of God most likely circulated in spoken form.  Narratives of the life and ministry of Christ were probably repeated orally for two or more decades before they were given literary form.  But the Bible owes its preservation to the fact all of these oral narratives were eventually written.

The original biblical documents – referred to by scholars as the “original autographs – have not survived the ravages of time.  No remnants of the authentic biblical authors remain.  However, before the original documents disappeared, they were copied.  It is on these reproductions of the original writings that modern day biblical translations are based.

Bible Verse of the Day – Tuesday

“Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sites in the seat of scoffers; but his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted by streams of water, that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers.”

– Psalm 1:1-3

Bible Verse of the Day – Monday

“Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in the time of need.”

– Hebrews 4:16