Publisher's Synopsis
Most Christians want to read the Bible. And most Christians want to believe that the Bible has something to say to them. But most Christians who have ever started at Genesis 1 have faded out somewhere near Leviticus. What do all these weird stories about all of these weird persons in all of these weird places have to do with OUR faith, thousands of years later? What does the law have to do with grace? How does the census get us any closer to the Cross? Sometimes, when we're trying to get to know our Bible, it seems like our Bible doesn't know us at all.
This can create a huge disconnect between who we want to be as Christians - a people who know and love the Word - and who we really sometimes are - a people just as lost in the Bible as Israel felt in the wilderness, wandering from one place to another and never quite understanding how the bigger story is unfolding. That's where "Simple, Messy Faith" comes in. This devotional will help you do what you've always wanted to do - read the Bible. Starting in Genesis 1 and ending in Revelation 22, you'll read every word of God's story in just a year's time. And it will help you love the Bible. Every single day, there will be something to help you ground your faith. Something to challenge you to engage the Word - and the world - differently. Something to help you not only know the Word, but live it. Something that speaks to your real-life faith all the way from the very streets where Jesus walked. If you're ready to discover what the Bible has to say to you - yes, you - all you have to is turn the page.
