March 17, 2011

Today is St. Patrick's Day, the patron saint of Ireland. Although born in Scotland of Roman parents living in Britain and in charge of the colonies, he was captured and taken to Ireland as a slave shepherd for six years. He escaped and returned to his family and was ordained for the priesthood and later bishop, when he was sent to Ireland. There Patrick converted tribal chieftain among thousands of others and built churches all over the country in the span of forty years. He is reputed as using the shamrock as an explanation of the Trinity. He died at Saul, which was where he had built the first church in Ireland. 

Welcome to Listing Your Way Through the Bible, our unique bible study based on making lists as we work through daily readings.

March 17, 2011: The readings for today are Deuteronomy 29 and 30 and Mark 16. Here are some lists for the reader to contemplate while reading.

Deuteronomy 29:

• Write out verse 9.

• Write out verse 19.

• Write out verse 29.

Deuteronomy 30:

• Write out verse 6.

• Write out verse 10.

• Write out verse 15.

• Write out verse 20a.

Mark 16:

• List the women who went to the tomb to put burial spices on Jesus' body.

• List the others to whom Jesus appeared.

• Draw a vertical line down the center of the page. Label the left column "Believers" and the right column "Nonbelievers."

• From today's reading, list the information about believers and nonbelievers in the appropriate column.