God's Word & Me: Growing in the Bible

his study is all about the Bible itself. The primary purposes of the class are a) to understand and grow in love with God’s Word and b) to learn to use God’s Word that I may grow in faith. We will look at the following issues: Choosing a translation, How is the Bible organized, using an exhaustive concordance, Bibles in devotional life, smart phone/tablet apps, How did we get from the original document to the Bible in our hands, how books were chosen to be in the Bible, the nature of the Bible, and how can I use it to grow in my faith? The only required textbook for the class will be a Bible, but many tools and reference works will be explored. We hope every church member and visitor will go through this study as we consider this class to be part of the basic Discipleship of our church. It has been taught before and people may take it again if they like.