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So you want to know the Bible?
Here's your chance!

Kerygma: the Bible in Depth
Adult Bible study
Thursday evenings, 6:30 - 8:00 pm
Thirty-four sessions, beginning September 16, 2010 and ending June 2, 2011

Kerygma: the Bible in Depth is the single best Bible study for adults I have encountered in my 25+ years in ministry. It is not a commentary ON the Bible. It provides a guided reading OF the Bible, identifying the unifying themes that weave the Bible's diverse materials, written and edited and collected over a period of more than a thousand years, into a single coherent and still unfolding story of God's relationship with his people. It will provide you an appreciation of the Bible AS A WHOLE and of the essential interconnectedness of Old and New Testaments, of Jewish believers and followers of Jesus.

Ten years ago, close to fifty of our members completed this study. Here are a few of their comments:

• The experience of focusing on the Bible with a group of believers has been extraordinarily satisfying, even exciting.
• Kerygma has been a grand enriching experience ... Questions have been answered, a clearer understanding, appreciation and wonderment of God's interaction with his people throughout history is a significant result.
• With the perspective of September 11 and our desire to understand other religious faiths and our connection to them, I am grateful for this study. I can say with confidence that our God is a God of love, life, and hope.
• That the new testament is so fully a sequel of the old is a new insight. I loved the sharing!
• Kerygma has allowed me to focus on the themes behind the stories rather than just the isolated, but memorable events.
• This journey has helped me to feel more comfortable with and less intimidated by the Bible.

Join us for this exciting and upbuilding exploration of the book that shapes our faith. This is the year to do it ... or to do it again! Official sign-up will begin mid-August, but block out those Thursday evenings now!

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Updated: July 21, 2010