Essential Bible Guide
The Essential 100 Challenge™ is an effective Bible reading program built around 100 carefully selected short Bible passages—50 from the Old Testament and 50 from the New Testament. The Book, The Essential Bible Guide by Whitney T. Kuniholm, guides us through the Bible reading program. It enables us to get the big picture of God's Word and in the process develop a daily Bible reading habit.
We held a church-wide program in 2010, with participants reading passages five days a week for a total of 100 days. We invite those who missed our event to follow this Bible study program on their own. Please contact Lew for information and to obtain your copy of the book.
Keep on Reading!
For those who started the 100 Bible readings but were unable to follow through with the church's time schedule, we urge you to continue your daily conversations with God on your own. For those of you who wish to run through the readings again, we recommend that you read seven selections a week instead of the five we recommended the first time through.
We conducted a survey of participants. On a scale of one to ten, with ten being the highest evaluation, we received an average rating of 8.0. There were a few reservations about the questions being asked. Several respondents wished there had been some form of communication among the participants, e.g., meetings or a web page where comments and/or questions could be shared. We’ll address these issues in the event a similar program is conducted in the future. Representative comments we received were: “of great help”, “provided great insight”, "it is unclear what the specific purpose/objective in each chapter is”, “has great value”, “this one on one time with God has been very fruitful for me”.
Whichever course you choose, we strongly urge you to engage in daily prayer and reading of the Bible.