The Biblical Path of Life

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  • Why Understand the Bible?

    Growing up in a Christian home is no guarantee that one understands the Bible or how to live a Christian life. Being saved as a young child, I learned many Bible stories but it wasn’t until later that I began to understand how all of these stories fit together.  My parents had a book called The New “Panorama” Bible Study Course by Alfred Thompson Eade (it can be found online at www.oakknollpublishing.com). It is a book of pictures revealing a timeline throughout Bible history.  It helped me begin to see that Jesus was planned from the beginning of time to redeem mankind because of their sin. It also helped me begin to understand how all of those “stories” were connected together.

    According to most statistics, young people are growing up and leaving the church and faith in God by the droves.  The main reason can be found in the lack of knowledge and understanding of what one believes about God and why. There is a mighty gulf between the level of spiritual training in children, youth and even adults and the level one needs to live in today’s world.  Many people don’t really understand that the Bible is not just a compilation of popular Bible stories or favorite Bible passages.  Children , as well as adults, need to learn the importance of how all of the events in the Bible connect with a purpose – to reveal Jesus. And what better way to learn than to have a study simple enough for children to understand yet comprehensive enough to challenge adults. The Biblical Path of Life is meant to be that kind of a study. One thing our church did to help people as we studied the Bible using The Biblical Path of Life was to post the pictures from The New Panorama Bible Study Course Book 1 on our walls as a timeline to refer to as we traveled through the pages of Bible history.

    All, especially children, are capable of learning so much more. The Biblical Path of Life is a study meant to simplify the understanding making the Bible relevant to a Christian’s life – young or old.

  • Why another Bible Study?

    After attending a children’s Sunday School Leaders conference with my pastor (who is also my dad) many years ago, we were both very disappointed and discouraged by the substance of the materials that would be available to teach our children in Sunday school. We saw that the importance was no longer on learning the Bible but playing games and having fun activities.  The most important thing about Sunday School should be to learn the basics of the Bible and what it should mean to our lives.  Because of this, we decided it would be better to write our own Sunday School literature for our children.

    A Sunday School program needed to be more than a compilation of stories, but a simple study revealing that each of these events all fit together as part of a bigger picture – much like pieces of a puzzle. Not only do the stories interlock, but they have a purpose: to reveal Jesus and why He came.  Although it began as a study for children, it quickly became a viable study for adults as well. This study was incorporated in my local church as a Bible Study program for Sunday School.  We used it in our children’s Sunday School time, but soon the adults requested the study in their classes.  It not only provided the opportunity for them to know what their children were learning, but they could discuss the same Bible lesson that they had learned in their individual classes. Most were encouraged by the understanding of the history. Some marveled at the Lord who fulfills His Word with complete precision and who knows our future and works all things together for the good of those who love Him and are the called to His purpose.

    Because of the encouragement of many who have been through this Bible study more than once, it is now available in print. Year One is available through Westbow Press. Years Two and Three are available through Amazon,  making it accessible to any who could use this Bible study to understand the simplicity of the Gospel message. 

  • Welcome to my blog

    Welcome. My name is M. J. Ross, author of The Biblical Path of Life. I’m so happy to have you as a visitor to my blog about The Biblical Path of Life. This project is very special to me, and I hope to share some of that excitement with you here.

    I’ll be using this blog to interact with you about The Biblical Path of Life, expanding on some of the topics in it and posting on some of the ideas related to my book. This is a great place for you to get to know me, and I’m looking forward to getting to know you, too. What did you think of The Biblical Path of Life? What questions do you have for me? How do you relate to my book?

    I’ll be returning here frequently with new posts and responses to feedback from you. Until next time, tell me a little bit about yourself.