Goals

- My first goal is not to procrastinate. I will do this by staying on task.


- My next goal is to do my chores on time. I will do this by setting an alarm on my phone.


- My last goal is to get better grades. I will do this by studying more.










Yee haw. Whip-dippity-do-da-ah-rooh-rah.

Comparing the Synoptics

The gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke are known as the Synoptic Gospels.

Matthew gives a great overview of all of Christ’s life – from His birth to His final words of the Great Commission. He starts with a genealogy and works his way through Jesus’s ministry, preparations to His death, the crucifixion, and the resurrection.

Mark on the other hand does not include any of Christ’s early years. Instead, he jumps right in and focuses more on His ministry – especially in Galilee. Although Mark is the shortest of the Synoptic Gospels, it still incudes the main points of the crucifixion and resurrection.

Luke is the densest of all the Synoptics. It includes all of Christ’s parables and sermons. However, it has the shortest ending of all the books. The resurrection is very concise, but Jesus’s ascension is still mentioned.

Story of Creation

Creation is the amazing story of how God made our gigantic universe in only six days. He made everything from the plants and animals to his best creation - us. Everything was perfect in the eyes of God. Everything was for His glory and sin was nonexistent because it had not yet entered the world. Everything praised God, and He came down from Heaven to dwell with the sinless world He had made. Can you imagine what it would have been like to walk side by side with the Creator in a perfect world with no troubles, pain, or sins?! 

God's Story and My Life

Imagine this – a multimillion dollar Hollywood movie production. Famous actors are hired such as Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise, and of course the main star – you. You walk over to the set and the director yells action. All the other actors begin their work. Some are good actors, others are bad actors. But you have no clue what to do. You haven’t even read the script, so how are you to do your job? The director thinks you’re crazy, but gives you another chance.

This silly story is very similar to our life with Christ. We are the clueless actor on the stage. The world is looking at us and our director, God, is waiting for us to do our part. We have to know what to do. This is where God’s story comes in. In our lives, we need to know how the story works. Otherwise we can’t do our job.

The Great Commision

“Therefore, go and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Teach these new disciples to obey all the commands I have given you. And be sure of this: I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” These are the words of Matthew 28:19-20 (NLT), also known as the Great Commission. This is by far one of my favorite parts of the Bible. The context of this passage is right before Jesus ascends into Heaven. He leaves the disciples with one small nugget of wisdom. These are the last words of Jesus ever recorded until the day He will come back! Jesus commands his disciples to go and spread the word of his death and resurrection. This passage initiates Act 5 of the Story, according to what we read today in class. In the book of Acts, we see how the disciples respond to Jesus’s words – they create the first church. Now that God has completed the Redemption part of His plan, the disciples pretty much become the first Christians (converting from Old Testament Judaism). They do their job given by the Messiah, and the message of Salvation spreads to the world! As churches spring up all over, ranging from Rome to Corinth, Paul continues his work by sending letters of encouragement to the churches. These letters now make up a large portion of the New Testament, and as Christians we can study them to learn from the first churches’ successes and mistakes. The cool thing is, that by learning from these churches, we can now fulfill our part of the Great Commission and reach out to tell others about the Good News of Salvation. I've included a brief video that is amzingly powerful! Check it out real quick and share your feedback in the comments below!

The Story of Creation as the Story of the Bible?

In today's Bible class, Mr. Coats led us through the first chapter of Genesis. As we read the verses and dissected them, I thought to myself how the story of Creation (the first part in the story of the Bible) was a very similar story to that of our story. As we are born, we are sinful creatures that are dead in our sins. Just like this, the world was formless and void - full of darkness, not with light. The more you think about it, the more the story of Creation is just a smaller scale of the story of the Bible. As God continues, the world becomes full of life - similar to when we accept Christ and He prospers in our lives!

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