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GBC Bible Reading Plan Mar 17–23

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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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GBC Bible Reading Plan Mar 10–16

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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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GBC Bible Reading Plan Mar 3–9

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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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GBC Bible Reading Plan Feb 25-Mar 2

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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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GBC Bible Reading Plan Feb 18-24

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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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GBC Bible Reading Plan February 11-17

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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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GBC Bible Reading Plan February 4-10

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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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GBC Bible Reading Plan Jan 28-Feb 3

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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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GBC Bible Reading Plan Jan 21-27

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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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GBC Bible Reading Plan Jan 14-20

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Week 3, January 14-20: Genesis 37-50, Exodus 1-6...

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GBC Bible Reading Plan Jan 7-13

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Week 2, January 7–13: Genesis 17–36...

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GBC Bible Reading Plan Jan 1-6

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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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Prayer and Fasting

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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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Simeon's Hope

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An after-Christmas post about Simeon's hopeful expectation and ours...

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Recommendations - December 11, 2020

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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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Recommendation - September 30, 2020

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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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Recommendations - November 6, 2020

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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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The Gospel and Racial Injustice

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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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Introduction to the GBC Blog

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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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