• 1. (Start Here) 4God Bible Plans & Online Faithlife Bible Connecting to the 2020 Bible Reading Plan on Faithlife and using the online Faithlife Bible. If you do not yet have a Faithlife account watch this video 1st: "Create Faithlife Account & Connect to 4God Groups" https://youtu.be/6yYkYzNGMLY Additional supporting documents and help files can be found in the "4God - Bible Plans" Newsletters section. https://faithlife.com/4god-bible-plans/newsletters
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    1. (Start Here) 4God Bible Plans & Online Faithlife Bible
    Connecting to the 2020 Bible Reading Plan on Faithlife and using the online Faithlife Bible. If you do not yet have a Faithlife account watch this video 1st:...
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    Community Bible Reading Plans

    You Don't Need to Go It Alone

    This Bible community reading plan is designed for individuals who have never read a single passage in the Bible to the advanced scholar.


    Getting Started With Faithlife Videos

    Create Faithlife Account & Connect to 4God Groups

    Faithlife Community For Churches App



    Getting Started Bible Plans Videos

    The full playlist to help get you started with Bible plan can be found at

    4God 2020 Bible Plans



    God's Blessings

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    Subscribe to Bible plan calendar (Google Calendar)

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    Subscribe to Bible plan calendar (Outlook)

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    1. Copy this link to use in step 4 https://calendar.google.com/calendar/ical/h5j9ivbnh6eevi50p4b7juf5rg%40group.calendar.google.com/public/basic.ics
    2. In Outlook, click File > Account Settings > Account Settings.
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    When you start Outlook, it checks Google Calendar for updates and downloads any changes. If you keep Outlook open, it also periodically checks for and downloads updates. (Google Calendar tells Outlook how often to check for updates.)


    Download iCal file

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    1. Google Sheet Bible Reading Plan

      ** There are no intentions to continue supporting or enhancing the Google Sheet **


      Self-study, non-community Google Sheet with automatically generated URLs for Bible Gateway, Blue Letter Bible, and Biblia.


      The original concept of the Google Sheet was to work in conjunction with Faithlife and Logos.


      After spending a vast amount of time working on this design idea, it became apparent that maintenance and upkeep would affect my personal Bible study time. Instead of discarding the entire work, it is available for you to download and use.


      It contains some real nice features. You can create your own set of organized readings into four different categories, e.g. Old Testament, New Testament, Psalms, Proverbs, etc.

       

      Adding to or changing the readings will automatically create the URLs for Bible Gateway, Blue Letter Bible, and Biblia. The daily readings are displayed on one page on Bible Gateway with options for selecting translation and side-by-side translation comparison.


      Blue Letter Bible, and Biblia are used to provide a deeper study of the bible with commentaries and Strong's Exhaustive Concordance.


      A video overview of Google Sheet Bible Reading Plan


      Download Google Sheet Here

      1. MW-BT: Mark 7:1-23
        This stuff is in scripture for a reason folks. The issues Jesus had with the Pharisees are the same issues we deal with today. This is how the Pharisees used tradition as a way of missing out on the heart of God and neglecting to obey scripture. There's some really interesting parallels between the Pharisees and Catholicism. The Pharisees had the "Oral Torah" and Catholicism has "Sacred Tradition". This is a verse by verse Bible study through the whole gospel of Mark. https://youtu.be/WCKrLlH-v4A
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        Mark 7:1The Lexham English Bible
        And the Pharisees and some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem gathered to him.
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        1. MW-BT: Mark 6:45-56
          One of the most important things in the Gospel of Mark is the identity of Jesus. But many people don't realize that Mark is telling who Jesus is through the stories about what Jesus did. When we look at the text carefully we can see one amazing revelation after another revealing the "high Christology" of the gospel of Mark. In other words, the skeptics who sometimes claim Mark has a low view of the person of Christ are completely mistaken. In the passage we are in today (6:45-56) we will see that Jesus' walking on water has an interesting connection to the book of Job and, once again, is best explained by connecting the person of Christ to God Himself. I'll also tackle some challenges to the accuracy of the Gospel of Mark when he talks about the journey's of the disciples across the Sea of Galilee. https://youtu.be/UANIZNi3i1E
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          Mark 6:45The Lexham English Bible
          And immediately he made his disciples get into the boat and go on ahead to the other side, to Bethsaida, while he himself dismissed the crowd.
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          1. MW-BT: Mark 6:30-44
            When Jesus fed the 5,000 it was meant to teach them something really significant about who Jesus is. This meaning was largely lost on the people at the time and people in our time have much the same problem. In this passage we see Jesus as The Prophet like Moses. We also will get a taste of some "undesigned coincidences" which help confirm that the gospels are accurate accounts of actual history rather than the radically evolved oral traditions that some scholars suggest they are. There's also a wonderful lesson for those who are overworked in ministry and seeking to figure out how to balance their own needs and the needs of serving others. I hope the balance in this passage helps you balance your own life and to know how to take care of yourself, take appropriate breaks and remain unselfish while doing so. The miracle of the feeding of the 5,000 is pretty amazing and there's a lot we have to learn from it, but nothing is so wonderful as the light it sheds on the identity of Jesus. https://youtu.be/VMrh08EG0Kg
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            Mark 6:30The Lexham English Bible
            And the apostles regathered to Jesus and reported to him everything that they had done and that they had taught.
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            1. MW-BT: Mark 6:14-29
              A study on the tragic end of John the Baptist. This is the only passage in Mark that isn't directly about Jesus and it records the sad reality of how pride, corruption and lust lead to the murder of John the Baptist. In addition to the discussion on what lead to John's murder under the orders of Herod we will also get into some apologetics issues surrounding the death of John that skeptics bring up, which actually give us more reason to trust what Mark says. https://youtu.be/F0EBgGFZdhA
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              Mark 6:14The Lexham English Bible
              And King Herod heard it, because his name had become known. And they were saying, “John, the one who baptizes, has been raised from the dead, and because of this these miraculous powers are at work in him.”
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              1. MW-BT: Mark 6:7-13
                In an attempt to help you learn how to better analyze and apply commands to the 12 apostles we look at when Jesus sent the Twelve out two by two, telling them to take no money and no extra supplies. We'll see that this command does not apply directly to us but we'll also see that there is still a simply and biblical way to apply it into our lives, a way that I think the Holy Spirit intended for us to find. In this study we'll also look at the use of oil in healing. I hope this helps equip you to better evaluate and apply passages of Scripture which may not directly be about you but are indirectly teaching you truths about following Jesus. https://youtu.be/egVxTllIjZk
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                Mark 6:7The Lexham English Bible
                And he summoned the twelve and began to send them out two by two, and gave them authority over the unclean spirits.
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                1. MW-BT: Mark 6:1-6
                  Was Nazareth fake? Was Mary a perpetual virgin? And what can we learn from Jesus being rejected in His hometown of Nazareth? I admit that today's study may seem a bit random but I think you will find it interesting and have some insights that will bless you. Rene Salm wrote a book suggesting that Nazareth was a myth and even though it has been debunked it still shows up on popular atheist web sties today. We'll also deal with the Roman Catholic claim that Mary remained a virgin her whole life and never had children after Jesus. This claim is made even stronger when we realize that the Roman Catholic Church says anyone who says Mary did have other children has committed a mortal sin and will be condemned. Scripture, on the other hand, says that Jesus had brothers and sisters. All of this is in context of our continued series through the gospel of Mark. We will continue this study weekly until I've taught through the whole book verse by verse, tackling issues of theology and apologetics. https://youtu.be/okrkXfrJrNA
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                  Mark 6:1The Lexham English Bible
                  And he went out from there and came to his hometown, and his disciples followed him.
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