Surrounded by books, Bibles and recording paraphernalia, coming to you from the Lifespring! Media library/study in Riverside California, this is episode S12E1 of the Lifespring Family Audio Bible. Actually, it should be number 0.5, but most podcast apps won’t allow a decimal point episode number.

This is an episode designed to let you know what to expect in the upcoming season. I was going to do this in the actual first episode with a Bible reading, but once I got to thinking about it, I decided this was a better approach.

I’m really glad you’re with me today, and please, if you like what you hear, tell your friends. Humanity is facing many challenges today, and I believe that there is no better way to bring healing than helping people to know God better. Romans 10:17 says, “So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.” The Lifespring Family Audio Bible is all about sharing the Word of God. People need a relationship with Jesus of Nazareth. The entire Bible points to that truth. If you’re doubtful, then I encourage you to stick with me and see if you don’t come to believe it as we read together over the next year. What have you got to lose? If you do believe it, then I think your faith will be strengthened as we read together. Whichever group you’re in, please share this podcast with your friends.

If you have been with me on previous journeys through God’s Word, welcome back! If this is your first time, it’s great to have you join me! So who am I? My name is Steve Webb, as you know. The award winning OG Godcaster, podcasting since November 2004, author of Webb's Easy Bible Names Pronunciation Guide, grandpa of two beautiful granddaughters and two incredible grandsons at last count, dad to 3 terrific sons, father in law to three beautiful and incredibly talented daughters in law, and grateful husband of the the Lovely Lady LeeAnn. I’m not boasting when I tell you these things. I share all of that with you as a way to count my blessings. I don’t deserve any of them, but God in His infinite love and unfailing grace overlooked my oh-so-many faults and blessed me anyway. And He wants to bless you. Keep listening and I’ll talk more about that.

One of the most common things I’ve heard over the more than 50 years that I have been a follower of Jesus, is some version of, “I have never read the Bible all the way through.” Or , “I wish I had the discipline to read the entire Bible. I’ve started it, but never stuck with it.” If that sounds like you, you’re in the right place. This is the podcast that where I read through the entire Bible in one year, so if you stick with me, in a year’s time, you’ll have made it all the way through.

On this episode I’m going to tell you how the show works. There are several moving parts, and I want you to know how they work before we get started. Even if you’ve been around these parts for awhile, you might not want to fast forward to the reading. There’s some new stuff we’re going to do this season.

So let’s take a look at how the show is laid out.

The primary reason we’re here is for the reading of God’s Word. My approach to the reading will probably be new to you if you weren’t here last season. As you may know, the Bible can be divided into sections. The way we divide it, and will thus read it, is this. On Sundays, we will read from the Epistles. On Mondays, we’ll read from the Law. Tuesdays will be History, Wednesday will be Psalms, Thursday - Poetry, Friday - Prophecy, Saturday - Gospels. I like this schedule because every week we will have an opportunity to hear from each section of the Bible without getting bogged down in some of the, shall we say, drier parts. When you read, say, from the front of the Bible to the back (Genesis to Revelation),