March 16, 2024
by Josh Mathews
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GBC Bible Reading Plan
Week 12, March 1723: Luke 1424, Deut 17; Ps 3136
Sun 3/17: Luke 1416
Mon 3/18: Luke 1719, Psalm 31
Tue 3/19: Luke 2021, Psalm 32
Wed 3/20: Luke 2224, Psalm 33
Thu 3/21: Deut 12, Psalm 34
Fri 3/22: Deut 35, Psalm 35
Sat 3/23: Deut 67, Psalm 36
We read Luke 9 a few days ago. There, in verse 51, it said, "Jesus set his face to go to Jerusalem." The rest of Luke's...
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March 9, 2024
by Josh Mathews
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GBC Bible Reading Plan
| Tags: Psalms, Bible, read thru, reading plan, Numbers, Luke, Pentateuch, Torah
Week 11, March 1016: Num 3036, Luke 113; Ps 2530
Sun 3/10: Num 3032
Mon 3/11: Num 3336, Psalm 25
Tue 3/12: Luke 12, Psalm 26
Wed 3/13: Luke 34, Psalm 27
Thu 3/14: Luke 57, Psalm 28
Fri 3/15: Luke 810, Psalm 29
Sat 3/16: Luke 1113, Psalm 30
This next set of readings has us finishing Numbers and jumping again to the NT to start Luke's Gospel. We also continue wit...
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March 8, 2024
by Josh Mathews
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GBC Bible Reading Plan
| Tags: read thru, Psalms, reading plan, Numbers, 1 Timothy
Week 10, March 39: 1 Tim 46, Num 1329, Ps 1924
Sun 3/3: 1 Tim 46
Mon 3/4: Num 1315, Psalm 19
Tue 3/5: Num 1618, Psalm 20
Wed 3/6: Num 1921, Psalm 21
Thu 3/7: Num 2224, Psalm 22
Fri 3/8: Num 2526, Psalm 23
Sat 3/9: Num 2729, Psalm 24
We begin the week by reading the second half of 1 Timothy. This way we can have the broad themes of Paul's letter to Timothy fresh...
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February 22, 2024
by Josh Mathews
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GBC Bible Reading Plan
Week 9, February 25-March 2: Mark 10-16, Num 1-2, 1 Tim 1-3, Ps 13-18
SunFeb 25: Mark 10-12
MonFeb 26: Mark 13-16, Psalm 13
TueFeb 27: Num 1-4, Psalm 14
WedFeb 28: Num 5-7, Psalm 15
ThuFeb 29: Num 8-10, Psalm 16
FriMar 1: Num 11-12, Psalm 17
SatMar 2: 1 Tim 1-3, Psalm 18
Mark's Gospel ends in basically the same place all four Gospels end, with Jesus risen from ...
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February 16, 2024
by Josh Mathews
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GBC Bible Reading Plan
Week 7, February 18-24: Lev 18-27; Mark 1-9; Ps 7-12
SunFeb 18: Lev 1820
MonFeb 19: Lev 2122; Ps 7
TueFeb 20: Lev 2325; Ps 8
WedFeb 21: Lev 2627; Ps 9
ThuFeb 22: Mark 13; Ps 10
FriFeb 23: Mark 46; Ps 11
SatFeb 24: Mark 79; Ps 12
This weekly reading set includes parts of three different biblical books. We will finish Leviticus then move back to the NT and start ...
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February 8, 2024
by Josh Mathews
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GBC Bible Reading Plan
Week 6, February 4-10: Matthew 7-26
SunFeb 11: Matt 27-28
MonFeb 12: Lev 1-3; Ps 1
TueFeb 13: Lev 4-5; Ps 2
WedFeb 14: Lev 6-8; Ps 3
ThuFeb 15: Lev 9-11; Ps 4
FriFeb 16: Lev 12-14; Ps 5
SatFeb 17: Lev 15-17; Ps 6
Matthew ends with Jesus' parting words to his disciples, the Great Commission:
And Jesus came and said to them, "All authority in heaven and on earth...
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January 31, 2024
by Josh Mathews
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GBC Bible Reading Plan
Week 6, February 4-10: Matthew 7-26
SunFeb 4: Matt 7-9
MonFeb 5: Matt 10-12
TueFeb 6: Matt 13-14
WedFeb 7: Matt 15-17
ThuFeb 8: Matt 18-20
FriFeb 9: Matt 21-23
SatFeb 10: Matt 24-26
Matthew's Gospel gives one of four biblical versions of Jesus' life and ministry. The Gospels all recount the most wonderful story there is, of the God of the universe coming in the...
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January 25, 2024
by Josh Mathews
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GBC Bible Reading Plan
Week 5, January 28-February 3: Exodus 27-40; Matthew 1-6
SunJan 28: Exod 27-28
MonJan 29: Exod 29-31
TueJan 30: Exod 32-34
WedJan 31: Exod 35-37
ThuFeb 1: Exod 38-40
FriFeb 2: Matt 1-3
SatFeb 3: Matt 4-6
This reading plan generally follows the sequence of the biblical books as we find them in our Bibles. However, we do mix things up a bit and move back and fort...
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January 18, 2024
by Josh Mathews
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GBC Bible Reading Plan
Week 4, January 2127: Exodus 7-26
SunJan 21: Exod 7-9
MonJan 22: Exod 10-12
TueJan 23: Exod 13-14
WedJan 24: Exod 15-17
ThuJan 25: Exod 18-20
FriJan 26: Exod 21-23
SatJan 27: Exod 24-26
Exodus contains some of the most familiar and famous stories in all the BibleMoses and the burning bush, the plagues in Egypt, Israel's exodus out from Egypt, the Red Sea, the T...
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January 11, 2024
by Josh Mathews
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GBC Bible Reading Plan
Week 3, January 14-20: Genesis 37-50, Exodus 1-6...
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January 4, 2024
by Josh Mathews
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GBC Bible Reading Plan
Week 2, January 7–13: Genesis 17–36...
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January 3, 2024
by Josh Mathews
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GBC Bible Reading Plan
We are glad you have decided to read through the Bible this year. Whether you are reading it for the first time, or you have read it for years, you will benefit greatly from cultivating a lifelong habit of spending time daily in his word. You will be growing in your familiarity with the story of Scripture, and you will be accepting God’s invitation to meet with him and h...
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March 2, 2021
by Josh Mathews
This week we are fasting and praying together as a church. This is a way that, together, we can abstain from food (or something else) as an expression of our need for God and a reminder that he lovingly sustains and provides for us.
We've also started a GBC podcast called "Life Together." In the first episode, which went live yesterday, pastors Josh and Mike discuss praye...
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December 31, 2020
by Josh Mathews
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Inform/Instruct
An after-Christmas post about Simeon's hopeful expectation and ours...
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December 11, 2020
by Josh Mathews
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Recommended
Christmas and Advent Worship
One of the most wonderful things about this time of year is the music. We sing in joyful praise of Jesus' birth, and in the hope of his second coming. There is something irreplaceable about gathering together with others to sing Christmas hymns and carols, and it is a merciful provision from God that we can do that in limited ways now, even th...
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December 10, 2020
by Josh Mathews
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Recommended
| Tags: Recommendations, recommendation, politics, voting
Here we recommend David Platt's new book about Christians and elections, and a related podcast episode in which Platt discusses the book....
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December 10, 2020
by Josh Mathews
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Recommended
| Tags: Recommendations, Prayer, election, president
Here we’ve compiled a list of a few articles and posts that offer some perspective related to the election and what lies ahead. With all the information there is to consume out there, hopefully this can be a helpful selection of resources to guide your thinking. Most of these are current, published in the past few days, but a couple are from previous election seasons...
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September 9, 2020
by Josh Mathews
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Inform/Instruct
The topic of racial injustice comes up a lot these days. This issue and the tension surrounding it are not new in our country or in the world, but things have intensified again in the past several weeks since George Floyd was killed. We are all experiencing and processing these things differently, but what unites us as Christians is our identity in Jesus and our calling to...
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September 9, 2020
by Josh Mathews
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Uncategorized
We are bombarded with information, and it is challenging to sort through and know what we should be digesting. For a couple of months, we have been talking about how best we can lead and shepherd one another to share the mind of Christ, the heart of Christ, and display the actions of Christ. We’ve decided that one way to help us grow as disciples and as a church is by re...
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