Up and running

The new website has been up and running for just over a month now.  So far so good.  We reached 200 user accounts last night (here's to you, "enpassant"!).  Now that we've got a little bit of use under our belt and we're looking at different ways to improve the site, it's time to turn out attention to the blog.

As with a previous post, we want to spend some time on the blog looking at Scripture.  If you spend any time at Glenwood, you realize very quickly that the Bible is our foundation for all we do.  Even in an online space, we want  to dedicate time and energy to understanding it well.

If we look at the Old Testament together, I'm thinking we start with Deuteronomy.  The fifth book of the Bible is often overlooked simply because it contains a lot of rules/regulations, and it covers material already discussed in books two, three and four of the Bible (Exodus, Leviticus and Numbers).  But Deuteronomy is so much more than a bunch of statutes and a retelling of Israel's early history.

Deuteronomy is Moses' last chance before Israel goes into the Promised Land to remind them of God's love and care for them; God's faithfulness is paramount through the whole book.  Especially in the various 'rule' sections of Deuteronomy, the righteousness of God and His concern for the weak come to the forefront.  [Plus, for the sake of full disclosure, I've done some study in Deuteronomy so I would have some material to bring to the table, rather than starting from scratch :-) ].

Conversely, if we were to look at a New Testament book together, which would interest you?  I'm thinking a shorter NT book since I want to test the waters and not overcommit (I haven't studied the below NT books in depth before).

Go ahead and vote below.  We're going to use the blog for more than online study and reflection (some ideas we've had is to highlight various ministries and stories from those ministries; to talk about song lyrics and the truths we are singing about on Sunday mornings; to highlight the work done by various local and global ministry workers; etc.), but for now, what would interest you most?  Vote and leave some comments below!