{"id":1425,"date":"2022-08-03T15:16:09","date_gmt":"2022-08-03T19:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lexingtonlutheran.org\/htlc\/?page_id=1425"},"modified":"2022-08-25T07:36:32","modified_gmt":"2022-08-25T11:36:32","slug":"get-started-reading-the-bible","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.lexingtonlutheran.org\/htlc\/get-started-reading-the-bible\/","title":{"rendered":"Get Started Reading the Bible"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>If you have very little experience or familiarity with reading the Scriptures and piecing together the whole history and story of the Bible, here are some resources to help you get started.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Helpful Videos from The Bible Project<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Watch: <a href=\"https:\/\/bibleproject.com\/explore\/video\/the-story-of-the-bible\/\">The Story of the Bible<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Watch: <a href=\"https:\/\/bibleproject.com\/explore\/video\/literary-styles-bible\/\">Literary Styles<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Watch: <a href=\"https:\/\/bibleproject.com\/explore\/video\/messiah\/\">The Messiah<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><em>More videos available at \u201cThe Bible Project\u201d: <a href=\"https:\/\/bibleproject.com\/\">bibleproject.org<\/a> \u2013&nbsp;Videos also available at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCVfwlh9XpX2Y_tQfjeln9QA\">Youtube: Bible Project<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Helpful Apps for Getting Started with Scripture:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.readscripture.org\/\">Reading Scripture App<\/a> &#8211; Takes you through Scripture chronologically and devotionally, with introductory videos for each book of the Bible, includes Daily Scripture readings<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bibleproject.com\/app\/\">The Bible Project App<\/a> &#8211; Animated Videos on big picture themes and introductions to the Bible, Includes Bible, and for deeper study: exercises for understanding how to read Scripture<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youversion.com\/the-bible-app\/\">YouVersion Bible App<\/a> &#8211; For looking up passages and reading Scripture<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=genesis+1&amp;version=NKJV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">BibleGateway.com<\/a> &#8211; Website for reading the Bible. Try out listening to Audio Bibles by clicking on the audio button.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Resources to Read About Reading the Bible<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\"><em><a href=\"http:\/\/lexingtonlutheran.org\/Bible_Class\/ReadingTheBible_Peterson.pdf(opens in a new tab)\">Reading the<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/lexingtonlutheran.org\/Bible_Class\/ReadingTheBible_Peterson.pdf(opens in a new tab)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> <\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/lexingtonlutheran.org\/Bible_Class\/ReadingTheBible_Peterson.pdf(opens in a new tab)\">Bible<\/a><\/em> by Eugene Peterson<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\">Bible Table of Contents: <a href=\"http:\/\/lexingtonlutheran.org\/Bible_Class\/OT_Books.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Old Testament<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\">Bible Table of Contents: New Testament<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lexingtonlutheran.org\/Bible_Class\/BibleHistory_OToverview.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Old Testament Visual Overview<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lexingtonlutheran.org\/Bible_Class\/BibleHistory_NToverview.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">New Testament Visual Overview<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you have very little experience or familiarity with reading the Scriptures and piecing together the whole history and story of the Bible, here are some resources to help you &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1425","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lexingtonlutheran.org\/htlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1425","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lexingtonlutheran.org\/htlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lexingtonlutheran.org\/htlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lexingtonlutheran.org\/htlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lexingtonlutheran.org\/htlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1425"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.lexingtonlutheran.org\/htlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1425\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1538,"href":"https:\/\/www.lexingtonlutheran.org\/htlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1425\/revisions\/1538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lexingtonlutheran.org\/htlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}