Via Emmaus: A Christ-Centered Walk Through the Bible

Yesterday, The Gospel Coalition ran an article on how to teach through the whole counsel of Scripture in a year. It was something that I wrote based on the things I learned when our church walked through the Bible together in 2010. For those who are interested in what those lessons looked like, here are the lessons I shared with our people each week.

Introduction: An Overview of the Bible

Pentateuch

Genesis 1-11: The Beginning of It All

Genesis 12-50: Four Families Under the Faithfulness of God

Exodus 1-15: Salvation Through Substitution & Conquest

Exodus 16-40: Moving Into the Presence of God

Leviticus: Sinners in the Presence of a Holy God

Numbers: In the Wilderness

Deuteronomy: God’s Royal Covenant with Israel

History

Joshua: Into the Land

Judges: A People in Need of a King

Ruth: A Painful & Pleasant Providence

1 Samuel: The Good, The Bad, and the Ruddy

2 Samuel: The Rise and Fall of King David

1 Kings: Redemptive History is a Royal Mess–Part 1

2 Kings: Redemptive History is a Royal Mess–Part 2

Ezra: Return, Rebuild, Renew, Repent

Nehemiah: Rebuilding God’s City and Reforming God’s People

Esther: Seed Warfare

Wisdom

Job: Knowing God In The Crucible Of Satanic Suffering

Psalms: Redemption in the Key of D(avid)

Proverbs: Wisdom is the Way to the Obedient Son

Ecclesiastes: To Work Wisely is Futile, To Fear Faithfully is Wise

Song of Songs: More Than Just an Old Fashioned Love Song

Prophets

The Prophets (1): Hearing the Spirit of Christ in the Days of Elijah

The Prophets (2): Putting the Prophets in their Place: Before the Exile

The Prophets (3): Putting the Prophets in their Place: During and After the Exile

Isaiah: The Servant-King Will Lead His People Into a New Creation

Jeremiah: A New Heart For An Idolatrous People

Ezekiel: That You Might Know the Lord

Daniel: Keep the Faith! The Sovereign LORD Reigns In History

The Twelve: Judgment and Salvation is a Major Theme in the Minor Prophets

Gospels-Acts

Matthew: The King and His Kingdom

Mark: Seeing the Christ of the Cross

Luke: The Messiah Must Go To Mount Zion

Acts: Taking the Gospel From Zion to Zimbabwe

John: Jesus, The Son of God, The Messiah of Israel, and The Savior of the World

The Letters and Revelation

Paul (1): The Apostle to the Gentiles

Paul (2): The Prison Epistles and Philemon

Hebrews: Believe and Draw Near, For Jesus Christ is Greater Still

General Epistles: James, 1-2 Peter, 1-3 John, and Jude

Revelation: The Revelation of Jesus Christ