I have read through the Bible every year for the past 18 years. I have used the NIV Quest Study Bible which has footnotes and some more detailed explanations of important passages. Karen has used the NIV Study Bible, which is the same translation as mine, but has more detailed footnotes, explanations and diagrams than mine. I enjoy reading the extra stuff in hers.
Last year the Passion Play Gift Shop had a Complete Jewish Study Bible written by a Messianic Jew, and it looked like a way for me to learn more about the Old Testament and also the Jewish roots of the New Testament. I thought it would help me with a deeper understanding of my own Jewish upbringing, my faith in Jesus and be something I could use in my Holy Land Tabernacle and "Moses" presentations. I started 2018 using the CJSB along with the two NIV Study Bibles and two daily devotionals (instead of four). It sounds like a lot of reading, but it is really not, and I have enjoyed the different approach to my Scripture time and early morning quiet time with The Lord. I have learned some things I didn't know before.
There are also many internet sources for information, and while some may be "questionable" there is much to explore, much to test and plenty of areas to go deeper in my Bible study and spiritual walk. Since I have been involved with church drama, Passion Plays and various fellowship groups and Sunday School classes over the years, I have always tried to delve deeper into the characters in the Bible, their personal story and place in the fabric of our faith and how we may not be a whole lot different from some of them and what they experienced.
In a while we will be back at The Great Passion Play for our fifth season and while I don't know what duties I will be given in the Holy Land or the Play itself, I'm trying to grow in my Bible knowledge, ability to incorporate my religious upbringing and my new life in Jesus into a more complete "package" which can help others grow in their faith, want to know more and be the committed servants we are all called to be for His Kingdom. Study On, everyone.
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