Year Through The Bible

Speaking of the Bible, St. Augustine once said: “My God, the wondrous depth! It causes a shudder to peer into it—a shudder of awe, and a tremor of love.” In 2009, Myers Park shared a Year Through The Bible. From Genesis to Revelation, the life of our congregation helped us look deeper at the words of Scripture—enabling us to come to know them and love them.

The Bible is, of course, more than one single book. It’s actually like a library—with sixty-six books ranging from law and history to poetry and prophecy, Gospels and letters. Our year together was divided into segments as we engaged each section with exciting events, study groups, and learning opportunities. Details: Rev. George Ragsdale at 704-295-4840 or george@mpumc.org.  

Resources

Watch YouTube video lessons featuring Dr. Howell introducing questions and topics related to the Gospels, as well lessons from our Summer of Prophets series.

You can listen to sermons and Weekly Bible Studies from the year.  (These links direct you to January's sermons and studies.  Additional months can be selected from the navigation bar on the right side of the page).

View Dr. Howell's eSeries, eYearThroughTheBible. 

See what happened in our Year Through The Bible

Resources

A Reading Guide was prepared for those who want to read through the Bible on their own.

See Dr. Howell's brief introduction to each book of the Bible.

Family Devotional Guides offer Scripture, activities and prayers for families to share together.  Details: Sarah Sumner at sarah@mpumc.org.

Our Prayer Room, next to Jubilee Hall, was designed to engage all our senses through prayer, exploring the themes we discover in the words of Scripture.  Details: Jennifer Martin, jennifer@mpumc.org.

If you'd like to purchase a Bible, see this list of recommendations prepared by our staff.  Many of these titles are available in the Goodness Gracious! gift shop.

Also, view online versions of Bibles to read where you are.

Many Sunday School classes structured study around Year Through The Bible. You can view, download and print weekly lessons.

A Prayer for Reading Scripture

Lord, inspire us to read your Scriptures and meditate upon them day and night. We beg you to give us real understanding of what we need, that we in turn may put its precepts into practice. Yet we know that understanding and good intentions are worthless, unless rooted in your graceful love. So we ask that the words of Scriptures may also be not just signs on a page, but channels of grace into our hearts. Amen.
Origen  c. 185-254