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The Teaching Shelf
For classes and small groups: a book read in sittings, promises and their keeping, and Scripture in its own speakers' words.
The Whole Story — a book in sittings
Ruth 1Ruth · chapter one — Naomi and Ruth — 3 minutes · The Whole StoryThe whole first chapter, read straight through — famine, loss, and whither thou goest, I will go.Ruth 2Ruth · chapter two — the field of Boaz — 4 minutes · The Whole StoryThe whole second chapter — Ruth gleaning in the field, and the kinsman who took knowledge of her.
Promise Kept — prophecy and fulfillment
BethlehemMicah 5:2 · Matthew 2:1–6 — 1 minute · Promise KeptThe prophecy of the little town, and the wise men asking where the King is born — the promise, and the promise kept.Behold, Thy KingZechariah 9:9 · Matthew 21:1–9 — 1 minute · Promise KeptRejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion — the King foretold, riding into Jerusalem, and the King arriving, lowly, on a donkey.
In Their Own Words — first-person Scripture
MagnificatMary · Luke 1:46–55 — 1 minute · In Their Own WordsMy soul doth magnify the Lord — Mary's own words, in the first person, as she spoke them.Psalm 51David · Psalm 51:1–12 — 2 minutes · In Their Own WordsHave mercy upon me, O God — David's confession in his own words, after Nathan came to him.