Years of Bible studies at my home church taught me an interesting fact—at least about our particular group of women: you can throw a Bible study in December, but it doesn't mean anyone is going to show up.

December is a wonderful, crazy, hectic month filled with vacations, relatives, shopping and more as we celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. The wonderful, crazy and hectic, though, tirelessly battles against all that is routine. Because of this, Bible study at our church goes on break until the calendar turns the page to January. The same is true in many churches. It's an understandable but sad truth that many who use Bible study as a discipline to help them pursue God lose that tool during the month our focus should be on Christ more than ever!

That's the reason I've chosen to kick off the Ignite! flexible online Bible study on Thanksgiving Day and run it through December.

Ignite! will give you the opportunity to keep up with a regular, but flexible, Bible study routine that works for all kinds of life-styles . . . even in December!

Here's how it works:

1. Download your PDF lesson.
2. Sign-up to receive e-mail notification when new lessons are uploaded (optional).
3. View a short video wrap-up of the weekly lesson anytime 24/7.
4. Interact in online blog discussions by posting any time 24/7.

New lessons will be posted every week starting Thankgsgiving Day.

Click here to visit the Ignite site today!

In some ways, the Bible is more like a library than a single book since it contains 66 separate books written by 40 authors over about 1,600 years. These videos will help you get a grip on the storyline of the Bible in a way that will help you remember and use it as you read the Bible for yourself.

Episode 1: Resources, 3 Dates, Geography (on your hand!) Episode 2: Creation, Flood Episode 3: Abraham, Isaac, Jacob Episode 4: Joseph, Moses, Joshua Episode 5: Judges, Kings, Prophets Episode 6: New Testament (video coming soon)

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