Day 29 - 90 Day Challenge +

Still going? I know it has been a couple of weeks since I've written anything on the 90 day challenge, but things are still progressing along. The pace has finally begun to take its toll on some in our reading group. Most everyone hung tough for the first two weeks, then last week we saw more than a few people throw in the towel. I'm guessing that this week will see a few more bow out.

I think we are in one the toughest stretches right now. Moving through Kings and Chronicles can be draining on you if you're not sure of the "relevance to Jesus" and your faith as a Christian. The prophets will equally cause people to look around the room and wonder why they're reading some of this. For those who make it to the New Testament, the pace will be overshadowed by their excitement for having made it that far and being into material that is both familiar and "relevant." All of this goes to show how far from the mark most are when it comes to biblical theology and the story of redemption.

I don't want to be heard as another guy who waves the biblical theology flag vs. systematic theology flag all the time. However, I do believe that generations of schools and seminaries who have made systematic theology their focus, along with the advent of study bibles (i.e. Scoffield, Ryrie, etc.), have produced pastors and churches that systematically have a hard time with the big picture of the Bible. This is very clear when reading through the Bible in 90 days within the context of Christian community and recognizing how little knowledge they have of the Old Testament.

Maybe if we read our Bibles, cover-to-cover, more often in community, as we are currently doing, than we would not only discover our deficiencies, but correct them as well.

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