Ebook
Study the whole Bible in a year with J. Ellsworth Kalas.
The Grand Sweep is designed for personal use. The added component of a Leader Guide enables congregations and study groups to share the experience. It provides an overview of how to use the book as a study, along with specific content for weekly, monthly, or occasional group meetings.
The Grand Sweep guides readers through the Bible in a year by having them read three - four chapters daily. The Psalms and Proverbs are scattered throughout the readings as devotional elements. Because the reading plan moves through the Bible in biblical sequence, readers grasp the grand sweep of the Scriptures—something missed in most Bible studies. Daily readings are manageable allowing someone just beginning a serious devotional life to have the positive experience of developing a new spiritual discipline. Individuals can start reading at any time of the year. When the year of reading ends, they will have a grasp of the biblical story from beginning to end and a stronger devotional life. Kalas also provides a faithful daily summary of readings, but with a devotional quality to encourage warmth of spirit as well as knowledge of mind. Includes selected quotations from Kalas’s 35 books.
Read Scripture daily. Respond to Scripture daily. Pray daily.
A year s worth of readings and Bible Study
Written to be used in small groups or as an individual study
Each daily commentary sheds light on the meaning of the Scripture
Each commentary points out the value is passages that may seem uninteresting or hard to read
Readers will read through the Bible in one year
They will understand the meaning of the Scripture and see the value in passages that are uninteresting or hard to read.