Category: Bible Reading

New Summer Youth Group Launch, June 24

New Summer Youth Group: The youth (ages 12+) of Holy Trinity will be meeting in the Tower Room beginning on Sunday, June 24th from 10am – 10:30am for some new and exciting curriculum framed around the Anglican Church of Canada’s 5 Marks of Mission and will focus on Social...

1&2 Samuel, 1&2 Kings (1&2 Chronicles)

1&2 Samuel, 1&2 Kings (1&2 Chronicles) By Adrian Peetoom I have put the books 1&2 Chronicles in brackets, suggesting they could be skipped for now. Given my invitation to read through the Old Testament for the purpose of capturing the “grand narrative” of it, these two books do not...

Bible Reading Project – Part 3

Joshua, Judges and Ruth By Adrian Peetoom Here is how the New Jerusalem Bible introduces this next section (and beyond). “The books of Joshua, Judges, Samuel and Kings form one great history, telling the story of Israel from the settlement in Palestine until the Babylonian exile. The materials on...

Bible Reading: Exodus through Deuteronomy

THE REST OF THE PENTATEUCH: Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy By Adrian Peetoom   Reminder: it is likely that this part of the Bible was put together during and after the Exile by scribes (sometimes called redactors). They combined various oral traditions and written accounts (see “Book of Wars...