Sprinting Through the Bible

This class was an introduction to the Bible. The goal of the Class was to show the Bible as:

1. A coherent message of God’s dealings with humanity

2. The revelation of God’s love for us

3. God’s consistent redemptive plan for fallen man

More important, the objective is to interest everyone in the Bible as literature, poetry, history, travel, and drama. The class program is outlined below. Each study was a "stand alone" session/ The class "hand-outs" are available on the links below. If you have any questions or thoughts on how we can make the course better for a future class please contact me at ghplummer@gmail.com.

Week	Lesson Goal	Handout Download Link
1	Introduction. Introduction to the Bible including “what Bible?” Different translations, the overall Biblical timeline, reliability of the text and the Dead Sea Scrolls, comparisons of different versions	Click Here
2	Pre-Israel The Fall, early peoples, Noah and the Flood, Abraham and his sons	Click Here
3	Israel – Egypt and the Exodus Israel and Esau, Joseph, the Captivity, Moses and the Exodus, Joshua and the Promised Land	"Ike" spoilt the class but click Here for the handout
4	Greatness and Fall – the Division of the Kingdom Judges and Kings, the rise of David and Solomon, The warning of the Prophets, division of the Kingdom	Click Here
5	Captivity in Babylon, and Restoration The story of Daniel. The history in Ezra and Nehemiah. The fulfillment of prophecy and the time between the testaments	Click Here
6	The life and time of Jesus The Gospels. Jesus as fulfillment of OT prophesy. Jesus as completion of God’s plan	Click Here
7	Church Expansion The history chronicled in Acts. The messages in the epistles of Paul, Peter and John.	Click Here
8	Until Jesus returns Revelation, the Church today. Fellowship restored!	Click Here