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Balance Your Spiritual Diet
05.16.2005 by Tim Reed
There’s quite a bit of scripture out there, and its all good for you. Here are some categories of scripture that are often ignored by Christians and a few reasons why they can be beneficial. I’ll probably expound on each of these categories in longer posts later, but for now here are general categories, coupled with which books fall into each category and an extremely non-comprehensive list of reasons of why each is beneficial to read.
The Law
-Leviticus and Deuteronomy
-Displays the character of the law giver.
-Shows the relationship between God and His people.
Wisdom
-Job, Ecclesiastes, and Proverbs.
-How to act so life will go easily for you.
The Prophets
-Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel, Daniel, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi.
-Where the Law hits real life. The prophets came along after the Law had been given and interacted with God and His people on a daily basis. This is where theory meets reality.
History
-Genesis, Exodus, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1st and 2nd Samuel, 1st and 2nd Kings, 1st and 2nd Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther, and Acts.
-Tells the story of God’s interaction with His people.