S02E04 - The Bible 03. In this episode, Jon, Chance, and Chris discuss why we have so many translations of the Bible. Maybe you've been overwhelmed standing in your Christian Bookstore with all of the options available to you. Hopefully this episode gives you some insight into why there may be a need for so many as well as some guidelines to choosing a good translation.

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S02E03 - The Bible 02. In this episode, Jon, Chance, and Chris discuss the process of how we got the Bible we have today. Skeptics of the Bible like to propose that the Bible was corrupted in its canonization, but a look at history shows that that isn’t the case.

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S02E02 - The Bible 01. In this episode, Jon, Chance, and Chris begin with the basics of the Bible. Sometimes we take it for granted that the Bible is the Word of God. But not everyone believes this, so what makes it different from the writings of Aristotle or other philosophers with good ideas?

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Since this is a new year we are counting this as the first episode of our second season! As we kicked things off we wanted to take some time and discuss why we named our podcast "Coming to the Table".

We are exciting to see where this new season takes us! For our first series we will be tackling different questions regarding the Bible.

We've made it to the last episode of our 30 Day Reading Challenge series! In this episode, Jon, Chance, and Chris give an overview of the Revelation of John. Often avoided, we hope our discussion provides guidance while reading this book. The final readings are as follows:

December 29: Revelation 1-11

December 30: Revelation 12-22

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We are in the home stretch of our reading challenge! In this episode, Jon, Chance, and Chris give an overview of the general epistles. While they are written by different authors, they have a lot in common! The reading to begin this week is as follows:

December 25: 2 Timothy 3 - Hebrews 4

December 26: Hebrews 5 - James 1

December 27: James 2 - 2 Peter 1

December 28: 2 Peter 2 - Jude

December 29: Revelation 1-11

December 30: Revelation 12-22

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In this episode, Jon, Chance, and Chris discusses further what writing an ancient letter would have been like, focusing on the rest of Paul's letters. The reading to begin this week is as follows:

December 22: Ephesians, Philippians

December 23: Colossians - 2 Thessalonians 1

December 24: 2 Thessalonians 2 - 2 Timothy 2

December 25: 2 Timothy 3 - Hebrew 4

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We have finished the narratives of the New Testament and are now moving into the epistles, or letters. In this episode, Jon, Chance and Chris discuss the basic structure of an ancient letter that Paul typically follows. We also discuss the letter to the Romans, a letter that warrants much more air time than the space we have right now. In episode 4 we discussed the unexpected benefits we have experienced from the 30 Day Challenge. We'd love to hear how the challenge has benefited you and your family by making an audio recording of about 30-60 seconds and sending it to [email protected]. The reading to begin this week is as follows:

December 19: 1 Corinthians 9-2 Corinthians 1

December 20: 2 Corinthians 2-10

December 21: 2 Corinthians 11 - Galatians

December 22: Ephesians, Philippians

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By this point, you have probably missed a day (at least) in the challenge. It's easy to get overwhelmed and to just give up. In this episode Jon, Chance, and Chris offer encouragement to keep going. We're halfway there! In the second portion, we discuss the book of Acts, the last of the historical narratives of the New Testament. In our last episode we discussed the unexpected benefits we have experienced from the 30 Day Challenge. We'd love to hear how the challenge has benefited you and your family by making an audio recording of about 30-60 seconds and sending it to [email protected]. The reading to begin this week is as follows:

December 15: Acts 17-25

December 16: Acts 26-Romans 6

December 17: Romans 7-15

December 18: Romans 16-1 Corinthians 8

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Jon, Chance, and Chris continue the discussion surrounding our 30 Day Challenge to read through the New Testament. If you are reading with us you are finishing up Luke and about to read John. In our last episode we discussed the unexpected benefits we have experienced from the 30 Day Challenge. We'd love to hear how the challenge has benefited you and your family by making an audio recording of about 30-60 seconds and sending it to [email protected]. The reading to begin this week is as follows:

December 11: John 6-13

December 12: John 14-21

December 13: Acts 1-8

December 14: Acts 9-16

December 15: Acts 17-25

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