Favorite Book of the Bible

It's probably what most people would say, but, for me it would have to be one of the four gospels. The New testament is much easier to understand than old (not to say the old doesn't have it's moments). In addition for me nothing in the Bible speaks with as much power and love as Jesus' words and actions.
 
The Book of Luke. :) Why? Written by a doctor!

Also, I love Isaiah! That books rocks! Also Proverbs... 3 books! My fav three from the Bible!
 
I hate the "...and why?" It reminds me of high school...where I hated it even more...

Why?

Matthew because of the Story of Jesus; Revelation because it hasn't happened yet, and because it is the book that made me realize that I need to get my butt in gear...
 
O boy... this is a hard one....

i have a top.... 5... ish.... *cough* possibly seven*cough*

Romans : love the theology... such a great book... with most books i can usually sit and read threw 4-7 chapters before i get bored or just... "overwhelmed" yet with romance... once i read one-three chapters... i'm REALLY overwhelmed... it is like the really good food that you can just take small bites and it gives you flavor ALL day.

1st + 2nd Timothy: I can't fully explain the "why" here... it is just... i think timothy has some really good stuff in it. Every time i read it, i get something GREAT out of those books, no matter how many times i read them. It is like your favorite food... there is no why... it is just the food that tastes best to you.

Hebrews: Every time i read hebrews it sounds like i'm listening to a message being preached... and seriously... you could right out the book of Hebrews from start to finish... put it in modern tongue... and it is written like a message at church... a long message... but a message indeed. i think that also may be the reason i really like it... great theology in there as well.

Ecclesiastes: when one reads Ecclesiastes it forces one to re-evaluate everything in one's life to what really counts... not just the temporary joys... such a great book.

1st + 2nd Samuel: I love reading about King David, Josiah, and a couple of the others... i would name them... yet i don't think i would hit them all... and once i start... i would HAVE to get them right... I love them for one... war... because i'm a guy... and i love the adrenaline of fighting. and two just the lesson that can be learned from these holy men of God.

that is my long list of my favorite books of the Bible...

the Bible is just to well written to only choose single books within it. The Bible is all one book... with different parts.


EDIT: oops... i forgot probably one of my favorite books.... Psalms... i just can't get over of how amazing that book is. I have read and re-read chapters in that book (i kid you not) probably hundreds of times (the really popular ones... not all of them). while in its entirety i've read the book 3-5 times... and every time i read it... i just can't get over how... ummm... much it puts into words my feelings for God. I can read it when i'm mad... and it has a place... i can read it when i'm joyful... and it has a place... i can read when i am discouraged and it has a place... etc. etc.
 
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Okay... Ecclesiastes, and why:

I consider it the first book that a person should read in the Bible, and one of the most important. Most of the book is written about the chief philosophical problem that we all face: the problem of personal meaning (read Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl or really any of Kierkegaard's works for some other discussions on this excellent topic). Ecclesiastes opens with a discussion of these pre-theological problems, and, with the final verse, sets up the chief theme of the Bible as a whole: "Fear God and keep His commandments, for this is the entire duty of man."

From here, the reader should move through the Torah so that they can understand just how far one has to go to "keep His commandments." It's an impossible task.

So, in short, Ecclesiastes sets up, logically and completely, the entire theme of the non-historical portions of the Old Testament, so that the New Testament's message of hope and deliverance is properly understood.

Jesus is the answer, and Ecclesiastes is the question.
 
Bibles are so fragile, the pages can easily be teared...

Genesis is my favorite too, the creation of everything.
 
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Corpfox said:
Bibles are so fragile, the pages can easily be teared...

Genesis is my favorite too, the creation of everything.
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The physical book may be fragile but the Word of God is most assuredly not fragile. The book is for man's benefit not God's.
 
Revelations is my favorite...I love the end times and watching the fulfillment of God's prophecies..step by step.
 
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