Submitted by Andy McIlvain.
The Old Testament:
• Genesis (Creation, the Fall, Noah, Babel, God’s covenants, Abraham & Patriarchs)• Exodus (Israel’s liberation/ formation as a nation, 10 Commandments, The Tabernacle)
• Leviticus (Priestly sacrificial system, purity laws, Atonement, moral laws, Holiness code)
• Numbers (Census, wandering for 40 years )
• Deuteronomy (Pentateuch completed, Laws repeated, Moses dies, Promised Land is at Hand, 12 tribes formed)
• Joshua (Military conquest of the Promised Land)
• Judges (Tribe to monarchy, 12 times Israel is disciplined for their sin)
• Ruth (The Sovereignty of God, personal redemption story)
• 1 Samuel (Prophet Samuel, King Saul and David, United Kingdom)
• 2 Samuel (King David’s reign)
• 1 Kings (Solomon and the kingdom divided)
• 2 Kings (The fall of Israel)
• 1st & 2nd Chronicles (History people of God, Covenant with God by Law of Moses.)
• Ezra (Israelites’ return from exile)
• Nehemiah (Restoration of Jerusalem)
• Esther (Gods providence in everyday life)
• Job (Problem of Evil & Suffering)
• Psalms and Proverbs (Wisdom/Moral Truth)
• Ecclesiastes (Wisdom/the meaning of Life)
• Song of Solomon (Sex, love & marriage or allegory )
• Isaiah (Judgement & Comfort for Israel, coming of Servant of God)
• Jeremiah (Prophet warns of Babylonian captivity)
• Lamentations (Fall of Jerusalem lamented, Gods faithfulness)
• Ezekiel (Foretells destruction of Temple, judgement, Gods hope for his people.)
• Daniel (Stories & visions, God will prevail over violent world)
• Amos (Injustice of Northern Kingdom)
• Hosea (A picture of God’s relationship with Israel)
• Joel (God judges Israel)
• Amos (Shepherd Amos/Injustice of Northern Kingdom)
• Obadiah (Warns neighboring Edom they will be judged)
• Jonah (The runaway Prophet)
• Micah (Israel/Judah’s injustice & the coming of the Lord)
• Nahum (Foretells God’s judgement on Nineveh)
• Habakkuk (Prayers to stop Injustice in Judah/God uses Babylon)
• Zephaniah (God warns judgement/the restoration)
• Haggai (Temple restoration abandoned, Haggai admonishes)
• Zechariah (Calls for a return to God, prophetic visions)
• Malachi (Israel still unfaithful, Malachi warns of discipline)
The New Testament:
• Matthew, Mark, Luke, John (Life of Jesus, Crucifixion, Resurrection, Ascension & Exaltation)
• Acts (Early church/day of Pentecost/Paul’s trials)
• Romans (Paul’s theology/defines the Gospel)
• 1 & 2 Corinthians (Paul’s letters to the church in Corinth)
• Galatians (Letter to Galatian churches, false teachers disputed)
• Ephesians (Paul’s letter to Ephesus, Mystery of God and the Church)
• Philippians (Letter to churches at Philippi about joy in Christ)
• Colossians (Paul responds to heretical teachings, affirms Christ is the image of Living God)
• 1 & 2 Thessalonians (Paul’s letter addresses 2nd coming, discusses death of loved ones)
• 1 & 2 Timothy (Paul tells Timothy how to lead church)
• Titus (Paul tells Titus how to lead churches on Crete)
• Philemon (Paul strongly recommends Philemon accept his runaway slave as a brother, not a slave)
• Hebrews (Letter states cling to Christ despite persecution)
• James (Letter about faith in action)
• 1 & 2 Peter (Persecuted Christians/truth of Jesus/false teachers)
• 1, 2, & 3 John (Truth, love obedience, fellowship)
• Jude (Contentment in faith)
• Revelation (John’s visions of things that have been, things that are, and things that are yet to come)