The New Testament Challenge Bundle

The New Testament Challenge: An Eight-Week Journey Through the Story of Jesus, His Church, and His Return

The New Testament Challenge is a simple but revolutionary idea. What if we gave people a New Testament with the books arranged in a disruptive yet insightful sequence, and invited them to read it all the way through in eight weeks? Is your group ready to take the challenge? Read through the entire New Testament in a way you have never experienced before, and encounter God in a fresh, new way.

The New Testament Challenge Study Journal provides the 40-day reading plan and journaling pages to record your questions, responses, and insights as you read through a special edition of the New Testament called The Books of the Bible, New Testament. By reading this Bible, which arranges the books with each of the four gospels at the beginning of a group of related books, you gain insights and make connections between books in a way that is both revealing and fascinating. The real power of this experience takes place as you gather in community, sharing in a book club-style discussion what you wrote about in your Study Journal as you read during the week.  

Take the challenge! Read through the entire New Testament in a way you have never experienced before, and encounter God in a fresh new way.  

Sessions include:   

1. Luke–Acts   
2. Luke–Acts, 1–2 Thessalonians   
3. 1–2 Corinthians, Galatians, Romans   
4. Romans, Colossians, Ephesians, Philemon, Philippians, 1 Timothy, Titus, 2 Timothy   
5. Matthew   
6. Hebrews, James, Mark   
7. 1–2 Peter, Jude, John   
8. 1–3 John, Revelation   

The Books of the Bible is a fresh yet ancient presentation of Scripture. As many distractions as possible have been eliminated so readers can experience each book the way its authors intended. No more chapter and verse numbers. No more study notes. No more cross references or footnotes. No more red letters. Natural section breaks have been adjusted to reveal the inherent structure, showing the contours of each book in a way that traditional chapter-and-verse Bibles do not.

The books of the Bible are arranged in an order that helps you see the unfolding drama more easily and book introductions are included to prepare you for a more in-depth reading experience. These “invitations” tell the story behind the story, unlocking the context of the book you’re about to read. The Books of the Bible uses Scripture from the New International Version (NIV), an accurate, readable and clear translation with the goal of delivering the same Bible reading experience today that the first recipients of Scripture would have had in their native languages.

In The Books of the Bible, New Testament readers will enter the story of Jesus, his church, and his return. 

The Bible books included are:

• Luke-Acts
• The letters of Paul
• Matthew
• Hebrews
• James
• Mark
• 1-2 Peter
• Jude
• John
• 1-3 John
• Revelation

Features:

• Single-column format for a clean, simple, elegant reading experience
• Book introductions
• 10.3-point type size

This bundle contains one each of:

• NIV, The Books of the Bible: New Testament: Enter the Story of Jesus’ Church and His Return (9780310448020)
• The New Testament Challenge Study Journal: An Eight-Week Journey Through the Story of Jesus, His Church, and His Return (9780310125037)