How to Access & Navigate the Online Bible Blog
Access the blog via the church website (resources / Online Bible Blog) or by clicking the following link:  http://nowthenalliance.org/Online_Bible_Blog/.  The current blog will be displayed and can be read immediately.  Discussion questions and a "kNOw, DO, BE section are found at the end of each blog.  To Navigate and view other blogs or comments click on a recent blog (upper list on the left side) or click on a month link (lower list on left side) of the blog page.  Once a month is clicked, all of the blogs (and related comments) are displayed for that month.  To add a comment to a blog entry, scroll to the bottom of the blog entry and click the link comments.  After entering your comments, complete the contact information, the security graphical text, and then click "post your comments".  For integrity of the church website, all blog comments must be read and approved prior to being posted on the website.  You are encouraged to post comments!

Why an Online Blog format? 
It seems to me that we (Christians) get in the habit of viewing church, and Sunday school specifically, as a once a week endeavor that is done at the church building.  We, myself included, run the risk of too much separation between our concepts of church (building) and Church (body of Christ).  By using a blog format, it is my hope that it will become more natural for all of us to study God's Word, and develop relationships, outside of the church building.  At the same time my concern is that this format will make it easier for us to hide - alone with our computers.  Therefore I will encourage users to maintain necessary relationships by:  praying daily, discussing the passage with a friend or relative, and by doing God's word in addition to knowing what the Bible says.

Rough Schedule of Topics/Books:
Dec 2009:  Acts chapters 1-5
Jan 2010:  Acts chapters 6-12
Feb 2010:  Acts chapters 13-20
March 2010: Acts chapters 21-28
April 2010: John chapters 1-4
May 2010: John chapters 5-9
June 2010: John chapters 10-14
July 2010: John chapters 15-19
August 2010: John chapters 20-21 (plus a brief introduction to Genesis 1-2)
September 2010:  Romans 1-4
October 2010:  Romans 5-8
November 2010:  Romans 9-12
Early December 2010:  Romans 13-16  (plus a look at the star of Bethlehem)
Later in December 2010:  James 1 and Proverbs 1-4
January 2011:  James 2-3 and Proverbs 5-13
February 2011:  James 4-5 and Proverbs 14-20
March 2011:  Pentateuch (survey of Genesis)
April 2011: Pentateuch (survey of Exodus)
May 2011:  Pentateuch (survey of Lev. and Deut.)
June 2011:  A look at the miracles of Jesus (Matthew & Mark)
July 2011:  A look at the miracles of Jesus (Matthew & Mark)
August 2011:  A look at the miracles of Jesus (Matthew & Mark)
September 2011:  I Corinthians 1-5
October 2011:  I Corinthians 6-10
December 2011:  I Corinthians 11-16
January 2012:  II Corinthians
February 2012:  II Corinthians
March 2012:  Galatians
April 2012:  Ephesians
Summer 2012:  The parables of Jesus