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The church is a community of God’s redeemed living together and shaped by God’s revelation through the Bible. The Scriptures are not the only thing that God uses to form us, but they are one of the primary means of God’s transformative work in and through us. With that in mind, we are continuing to lean into the theme (We are) People of the Book for 2024.
This resource page is filled with recommendations for your continued growth as People of the Book.
Bibles
What is the bible?
How do we study it?
What is the Bible and How Do We Understand It?
by Dennis R. Edwards
Light of the World: How Knowing the History of the Bible Illuminates Our Faith by Susan C. Lim
Reading While Black: African American Biblical Interpretation as an Exercise in Hope by Esau McCaulley
The Blue Parakeet: Rethinking How You Read the Bible by Scot McKnight
Easy-to-use Commentaries
True to Our Native Land: An African American New Testament Commentary by Brian K. Blount et al.
The IVP Women’s Bible Commentary by Catherine Clark Kroeger and Mary J. Evans
The Story of God Bible Commentary series
1 Peter: The Story of God Bible Commentary by Dennis R. Edwards
Bibles Studies
Immerse Bible Study - A Bible Reading Experience from the Evangelical Covenant Church
Unleashed: Being Conformed to the Image of Christ by Eric Mason
Going Deeper:
Books & bible topics
Do Black Lives Matter?: How Christian Scriptures Speak to Black Empowerment edited by Dennis R. Edwards et al.
Sisters in the Wilderness: The Challenge of Womanist God-Talk by Delores S. Williams
The Epic of Eden: A Christian Entry into the Old Testament by Sandra Richter
The Mission of God’s People: A Biblical Theology of the Church’s Mission by Christopher Wright
The Jesus Creed: Loving God, Loving Others by Scot McKnight
Devotionals
Bread for the Resistance: Forty Devotions for Justice People by Donna Barber
Soul Care in African American Practice by Barbara L. Peacock
Spiritual Disciplines Handbook - Practices that Transform Us by Adele Ahlberg Calhoun
This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us by Cole Arthur Riley
Living the Christian Year: Time to Inhabit the Story of God by Bobby Gross
Historical narratives/
intercultural readings
Children of Fire: A History of African Americans by Thomas C. Holt
Mexicanos: A History of Mexicans in the United States by Manuel G. Gonzales
Strangers from A Different Shore: A History of Asian Americans by Ronald Takaki
Apps, podcasts & online resources