Pastor’s Post

“The Bible for Blockheads”

The first step in changing or fixing anything is to admit you have a problem, correct? “My name is Josh, and I am a blockhead”.

   As the pastor of “Heritage Church” in Odessa WA, I am given the opportunity to write an article in the monthly newsletter. Sometimes I may write something specific to a holiday, a current event, or even something related to how God is working in my own life. From time to time, I plan to recommend a book to the reader of this column as I am doing today. 

    I know that reading through the entire Bible can be a daunting task and remembering and understanding it by the time you are done reading it, can be even tougher. There are so many names, places, and traditions or commands foreign to today’s world, it’s easy to assume there is no relevance to our lives today.

   The Bible starts out interesting enough at the start with the books Genesis and Exodus but can easily become so wearisome that by the time someone reaches the book of Leviticus (and that’s only the 3^rd book), they are ready to skip ahead or stop their reading plan all together.

  There are a lot of information in the “The Bible for Blockheads” that helps to curb this. It is described as “A User-Friendly Look at the Good Book” which I think that is an adequate way to describe it. Some people might feel like a “blockhead” would have to purchase and read this book, but the idea is to take what is overwhelming to some, and present it in an easy-to-understand way.

   Throughout the chapters in this book, you will find an overview of each book of the Bible (all 66), as well has how each who the main characters are, who wrote the book, and why. This is one of the fasted ways to gain a good overview of the Bible without getting a Bible degree or trying to sit down and read it all at once. Of course, Douglas Connely, (the author, and also a pastor) rightly encourages the reader of his book to read the stories in the pages of the Bible.

    Douglas Connely has also included some charts, shows the divisions in the Bible of both the Old and New Testaments, a few Bible study techniques and aids along the way, and how to get started with the book. It’s an easy read. I believe Jr. High and up can easily get as much out of this book as they want to.

    I love to give out this book. I have a used book or two on my shelf if you want a free copy. If you aren’t willing to admit you are a “blockhead” like I am, (My name is Josh and I am a blockhead, and yes, I read my own copy) you can typically find a cheap used copy on thriftbooks.com, or a brand new one at christianbook.com.

                                                                                                Blessings to my fellow Blockheads,

                                                                                                            Pastor Josh