BIBLE ROADMAPS (archived)

I've become a big fan of the unconventional bible reading plans. They make me focus a lot more on areas that I'd previously become familiar with. "Reading Genesis 50 Times" is almost the opposite to the 30 Day Bible Shred . If the Shred is a sprint to review the whole tree of the bible, this is a slow stroll inspecting the roots of the tree. To understand why someone would want to read Genesis 50 times, it's worth finding out the background of this concept. On 2nd July 2018 the BibleProject hosts Tim Mackie and Jon Collins released the 22nd episode of their "How to Read the Bible" series with a biblical poetry question and response session. One of the questions came from Jackson asking if there were any resources that summarised the metaphors, patterns and repetition found in the Psalms (at the 21:55 point): "I wonder if you guys could provide maybe a short list of other commonly used metaphor schemes throughout the scriptures? You know, sort o...

January 2021 was the 4th year I've completed the 30 Day Bible Shred. As always, it was a challenge that required sacrificing some usual things and discipline to finish off on time, but highly beneficial to my own personal bible study. 2020 was incredibly significant for me as I was put in a place where I was able to reinvigorate a passion for studying the bible. I was introduced to all sorts of themes and theologians that shifted how I read the bible. As a result, doing the 30 day bible shred was very different as I was now traversing the bible down different roads - highways that I never knew existed! There were two sources that taught me the most in 2020 that created new routes for my bible roadmap. Firstly was the BibleProject Podcast series. Like many people, I've watched a lot of their videos and listened to some of their content. But I committed to listening to every podcast from when they first started. One thing that I never really grasped from their videos was the c...