Books of the Bible

This might be very basic, but I think church leaders take for granted that church-goers know this stuff even though it's really only ever taught to kids who go to Sunday School. So if you weren't raised in Sunday School, you may not know it. Cuz really, how can you know something if no one ever told you? 

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I'll start with books of the Bible. First, they are not organized in chronological order (i.e. they are not in the order in which the events they record actually happened or when they were written). Rather, they are grouped by theme. 

OLD TESTAMENT

THE LAW (written by Moses)
Genesis 
Exodus 
Leviticus
Numbers
Deuteronomy 

HISTORY
Joshua
Judges
Ruth
1 & 2 Samuel (pronounced "first" and "second" as are all books with a "1" or "2" before it)
1 & 2 Kings
1 & 2 Chronicles
Ezra
Nehemiah
Esther

WRITINGS (poetry/songs)
Job
Psalms
Proverbs
Ecclesiastes
Song of Solomon

PROPHETS
Isaiah
Jeremiah
Lamentations
Ezekiel
Daniel
Hosea
Joel
Amos
Obadiah
Jonah
Micah
Nahum
Habakkuk
Zephaniah
Haggai
Zechariah
Malachi

NEW TESTAMENT

GOSPELS (Life of Jesus)
Mathew
Mark
Luke
John

CHURCH HISTORY
Acts

LETTERS WRITTEN BY PAUL
Romans
1 Corinthians (pronounced "first" and "second" as are all books with a "1" or "2" before it)
2 Corinthians
Galatians
Ephesians
Philippians
Colossians
1Thessalonians
2 Thessalonians
1 Timothy
2 Timothy
Titus
Philemon 

LETTERS WRITTEN BY OTHERS
Hebrews
James
1 Peter
2 Peter
1 John
2 John
3 John
Jude

APOCALYPTIC LITERATURE
Revelation

So those are the themes/categories that makeup how Protestant Bibles are organized. Jewish Bibles are slightly different (they end with The Chronicles), and Catholic Bibles have some additional Jewish books in the Old Testament that cover the period between the Testaments. More on that in an upcoming post. 

In the next two posts, we'll look at how the books of the Bible line up chronologically, which in my opinion is a much more fascinating way to read them (as well as more understandable) because reading the Bible chronologically allows you to really see His story . . . which is the whole point, right? 

I'm Forbidden to Buy Bibles

No, I don't live in a restricted nation. It's a self-imposed rule because I own nearly every one there is. They are expensive. And I'm running out of room.

 

But publishers keep putting out new ones . . . 

And. I. Can't. Help. Myself.

I'm addicted.

"Hello, my name is JC and I'm a Biblioholic."

So if you've been thinking of buying one of the following, feel free to ask me anything about:

The Illustrated NLT Study Bible (my favorite!)

The Jesus Bible (NIV)

The Complete Jewish Study Bible

The Cultural Background Bible (NRSV)

The Inductive Study Bible (NASB)

The NLT Journaling Bible

The NRSV Journaling Bible

The First Century Bible (NIV)

The Life Application Bible (NLT)

The Archeology Bible (ESV)

The NLT Chronological Bible

The Daily Bible (NLT)

The NLT Wide Margin Notes Bible

Wow, that's a much shorter list than I thought it would be. Surely, it couldn't hurt to buy another one. I've had my eye on this one with the church father's commentary in it for a while. And I don't have a CSB. That's enough justification, right? 

Fresh Starts

This has been my blog address for nearly 15 years. From way back when I first started researching The Chronicles of Time. Every so often, after going MIA for years at a time, I come back, unpublish everything, redo the theme, and start all over. 

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I have no idea if I have veteran subscribers who have stuck with me through all of that. If you have, you are amazing. And I thank you. And really, I am not schizophrenic, just ADHD.

This is my last and final attempt at blogging. Not saying I won't go MIA, but at least I have come out (i.e. confessed that this is a tendency, that it will likely happen again, and that I am sorry I can't be the extroverted social butterfly all the publishing marketers insist I must be if I truly want to build an audience). 

And in so doing, now I don't have to attempt to reinvent myself and try all over again to present myself as an adult professional whose blogging regularity is a promise to readers that I can adult write a book. If I go MIA, I will just come back, pick up where I left off, and hope I still have an audience who cares, lol.

But hopefully that won't happen because . . . drum roll, please . . . I now understand what my brand is, thus, I know what to blog about and how to stay on brand. My brand is all about telling His story in such a way that your worldview is transformed and you understand how to equip yourself with the army necessary to survive the war and still be standing when the smoke clears. So I am actually really excited to start blogging (unlike past attempts in which the very thought filled my introvert self with dread because I had no idea what I was suppose to blog about). 

So stay tuned, and if you've been here since the beginning, thanks for sticking by me and hopefully it will have been worth it!