The Bible Timeline is a 24 week program with a great deal of reading of Scripture to accompany it. It is a challenge just to get through the recommended readings, let alone every book in the Bible.I’ll be looking at the other course called Agape that someone linked because that looks like maybe it is more for me and my needs as a longtime Catholic.
So which bible study was this (we are obviously talking about 2 different studies)? Was it from Ascension press?Deuteronomy and Isaiah are part of the required reading - whoever said they weren’t is wrong. Also, he does use more than Luke. He uses Matthew, Mark, John, Acts, Romans, I Corinthians, Galatians, Hebrews, I Peter, Revelation, I Timothy, Philippians, I Thessalonians, James, Colossians. I participated in a Bible Study at my Parish, we had workbooks and weekly dvd, 2 hours per week. We didn’t do anything via email. I loved it.
Um, I think you may be talking about something totally different from what I’m discussing. If you look at the Reading Plan link I posted in my very first post, which is the Reading Plan straight from Ascension Press, it omits Deuteronomy, Isaiah, and a number of other books.Deuteronomy and Isaiah are part of the required reading - whoever said they weren’t is wrong.
No, it isn’t “totally different.” The reading plan you are referencing isn’t a stand alone plan, it is the plan of readings (an outline really) of the Scripture readings that attend the Great Adventure Bible Timeline.Um, I think you may be talking about something totally different from what I’m discussing. If you look at the Reading Plan link I posted in my very first post, which is the Reading Plan straight from Ascension Press, it omits Deuteronomy, Isaiah, and a number of other books.
That is what we’re discussing.
It’s beginning to sound like you took some different or greatly expanded course.
Ascension Press offers the reading plan for free. It was promoted as getting an e-mail every three days to help you think while you read. (As I mentioned above, most of the e-mails just never arrived, not even in spam). Nothing was said about downloading.It lists downloadable resources for the Great Adventure Bible Timeline, hence my post is very much on target since you assumed the reading plan was meant as a stand alone one. It wasn’t.
I know this because I’ve lead the program about three times.
I’ve not seen the promotion you describe above, but if the reading plan was described as a standalone, then there is a communications gap with whoever is promoting the material.Ascension Press offers the reading plan for free. It was promoted as getting an e-mail every three days to help you think while you read. (As I mentioned above, most of the e-mails just never arrived, not even in spam). Nothing was said about downloading.
I don’t see a particular reason to be as confused as you seem to be. @Joe_5859 provided a good overview video of the program in post #6. If you look at the section headers in the reading plan these name the periods of salvation history. The readings under each depict a brief sample or characterization of that period from Scripture. So the reading plan gives the timeline of salvation history (the overall narrative of the Bible) which you can use to see the context within which each passage or book it was taken from was written.If the reading plan is actually significantly different from what they teach in the course, this is a communications gap with the marketing coming from Ascension Press. At this point, between the abbreviated reading plan and your and the other person’s description, I’m now completely confused as to what this course is all about, what it covers, etc.
Fair enough. The reason that the program is expensive is the time and resources that have gone into developing it. Whether those were worth the cost of the program to a user can only be determined by those who have gone through it.My communications with Ascension Press over this whole thing have not been great. I’m ready to move on to Agape which is both free of charge and also seems to be much easier to understand and work with for those of us who cannot attend a weekly class.
So to answer your specific question: No there is no such message in the “formal Bible study course” that the book of Deuteronomy is not important. The actual significance of the book (and Mosaic Law) needs to be seen within the context of the entire narrative, which is the main focus of the formal program.Does the formal Bible Study course discuss this book of the Bible separately? The timeline reading plan seems to be sending a message that Deuteronomy is not important. Surely that can’t be the case since Jesus quoted it so much.
Thanks for the offer of listing the lecture topics. I don’t want to put you to extra trouble; also, it’s possible that those materials may be copyrighted, so we need to be careful about reposting stuff from them.LOL - I took the class and this back and forth is confusing me, I could imagine how confusing it is for others.
The course focuses on the 14 books of the Bible listed on the reading plan. The lectures are laid out the same way though the exercises in the workbook and the lectures sometimes cross into other parts of the Bible. If you want I can pull out my workbook and list the 24 lecture topics from each session.
I think you mean the 24 lecture topics that comprise the entire program. There aren’t 24 lecture topics in EACH session, unless by “session” you mean the entire program. The program is made up of 24 sessions.If you want I can pull out my workbook and list the 24 lecture topics from each session.
I agree 100% - this approach should be incorporated into Catholic high school education in my opinion.I found the course incredibly beneficial and outstanding. Tried to read the bible on my own first and gave up.