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Core 52 Student Edition: A Fifteen-Minute Daily Guide to Build Your Bible IQ in a Year Paperback – Student Edition, April 6, 2021
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“Mark has found the balance between digging deep into God’s Word and finding its relevance for today.”—Mary Shannon Hoffpauir, Bible teacher, speaker, and author of Lose Control: The Way to Find Your Soul
You know that the Bible is important. So why is it so hard to get into it or get something out of it? The problem isn’t you or the Bible. The problem is the strategy. Rather than diving in yourself, what if you had a coach to lead you through a simple process that would build your confidence?
Core 52 Student Edition is like having a personal trainer for what matters most. Just as you’d prepare for an important test or big game by focusing on what’s core, this guide streamlines your time by focusing on the big ideas of the Bible. In just fifteen minutes a day, five days a week for a year, strengthen your spiritual IQ on the most relevant issues for young adults like you, including:
• Why Am I Here? (Genesis 1:1)
• How Can I Find Happiness? (Psalm 1:1–3)
• How Should I Pray? (Matthew 6:9–13)
• What Is Real Love? (John 3:16)
• How Can I Reduce My Anxiety? (Philippians 4:6)
Knowing the Bible better will make you better at life. Start your Core 52 training today so you’ll be ready for all God has for you!
- Print length272 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherWaterBrook
- Publication dateApril 6, 2021
- Dimensions6 x 0.8 x 9 inches
- ISBN-100593193555
- ISBN-13978-0593193556
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This simple approach allows you to become familiar with the big ideas of the Bible in less time and with less effort than other reading plans. | In just a year, children aged 6 to 12 from biblically curious to spiritually confident and competent. Best of all, it’s a journey you’ll take with them! | This quest will enhance your understanding of Jesus and will forever change how you make choices, engage with others, interpret today’s big issues, and even view yourself! | The student edition to understand Jesus in ways that will forever change how you make choices, engage with others, interpret today’s big issues, and even view yourself! |
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“Mark Moore channels his inner Bible professor with Core 52 Student Edition. Quick hitting, action packed, biblically accurate, and super relevant.”—Brian Beltramo, multiarea director of Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Phoenix, Arizona
“Core 52 Student Edition is the recipe that youth culture needs right now! A balanced Bible diet from Mark’s book is just the nutrition every Gen Z and millennial should consider for youth-group series, small-group curriculum, and intentional Bible study plans and student leadership development.”—Johnny Scott, senior pastor of Generations Christian Church, Tampa, Florida
“The challenges and distractions young people face related to spiritual growth are significant. Core 52 Student Edition keeps what is most important—learning, memorizing, and applying truth—easy to engage with, relevant, and meaningful.”—Ally Evans, NextGen pastor of Life.Church and creator and host of the LC Parents Podcast
“As a father of six, I can say there’s nothing more important for my kids than deep roots in God’s Word. As president of Ozark Christian College where Dr. Moore taught for twenty-two years, I can say there’s no one more saturated in Scripture than he. As a student conference speaker for twenty-five years (often with Mark), I can say there’s no better biblical communicator to young people than Mark Moore. As his friend, I can say there’s no one who’s genuinely seeking to live for the God of the Word more than Mark.”—Matt Proctor, president of Ozark Christian College, Joplin, Missouri
“Somehow, God packed a deep theologian, a passionate and powerful disciple maker, and one of the most articulate communicators I’ve ever met into one man: Mark Moore.”—Matt Reagan, associate pastor of Southeast Christian Church, Louisville, Kentucky
“Mark Moore has written a discipleship resource for students that truly respects their desire to go beyond the surface. The search for identity is so critical, and Core 52 Student Edition wastes no time digging into topics such as who am I, who Jesus is, and what difference knowing his mission will have for my life.”—Kevin Greer, professor of student ministries at Ozark Christian College, Joplin, Missouri
“If you have teenagers in your ministry or living under your roof who want to read the Bible on their own but have never quite gotten in the habit, put this book in their hands!”—Kurt Johnston, NextGen pastor of Saddleback Church, Lake Forest, California
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Why Am I Here?
In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.—Genesis 1:1
You and I are hurtling through an immense universe on a little blue ball called planet Earth. It’s only natural to wonder, Why am I here?
You might think I’d have this figured out by now. I’m a father of two, a grandfather of eight, a pastor, and a professor with decades of life experience. Yet there are still days when I wrestle with the question. Maybe you can relate.
All I can tell you is that the best answer I’ve ever found is at the beginning of the Bible. And it starts not with Why but with Who.
Who Created This World?
We learn from the opening sentences of the Bible what our Creator is like (Genesis 1:1–3). All artists leave fingerprints. Their creations reveal their character. The same is true for God.
God the Father is the architect. Not only did he create the earth, but he also made matter itself. And that matters. You see, every other ancient religion thought matter was eternal and the gods merely shaped it into the world we know. It’s basically the same idea as Darwinian evolution—matter has always somehow existed. The Bible says something different. It credits the one true God for both the shape of the world and the stuff it’s made from.
The Holy Spirit is the engineer. As we read in verse 2, “The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.” The Hebrew word for “hovering” describes a vibration. The Spirit “quaked” to bring order out of chaos. It’s kind of like your mother thirty minutes before dinner guests arrive.
More than that, the Spirit breathed life into Adam (2:7) just as he does for you. With every breath you take, the Spirit is coursing through you. (This is also true of animals, according to Psalm 104:30.) The Spirit is relentlessly, intimately, and perpetually involved in the fabric of our world.
When people ignore the Spirit’s role in creation, the environment becomes a resource to be exploited rather than a gift to be nurtured. We miss the Spirit in the wind, the bloom of a flower, and the majesty of the mountains. Consequently, Christians often limit worship to a building on Sunday, rather than worshipping daily in the expanse of the universe. God the Father created; God the Spirit creates.
Jesus is the builder. He did the heavy lifting during the Creation. This fact is seen in Genesis 1:3: “God said, ‘Let there be light,’ and there was light.” Fast-forward to John 1:1–3: “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made.” This Word is none other than Jesus (verse 14). Before Jesus came to earth, he created the earth. When God gave the command, Jesus—the Word—turned the command into creation.
The apostle Paul described it this way:
He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him. (Colossians 1:15–16)
When we ignore the role of Jesus in creation, we focus on getting to heaven rather than bringing heaven to earth through social justice: care for people and their environment. Jesus cares about what happens on the earth he created!
So, there you have it: God is the architect, the Holy Spirit is the engineer, and Jesus is the builder. If we ignore any of these truths, we’ll misunderstand not only the nature of creation but also our own nature and God’s purpose for us here on earth.
Which gets us to Why.
Why Did God Create This World?
Psalm 102:18 provides the answer: “Let this be recorded for a generation to come, so that a people yet to be created may praise the Lord.” God created so his creation would bring him glory. We do the same thing. We dress to impress. We flaunt our swag. We perform on stage and on the field to please others and receive praise. God creates with the same impulse. He wants us to recognize and enjoy what he made for us.
Why not? What he made is praiseworthy, and it starts with our own bodies. Our fingerprints, the structure of our eyes, the electrical synapses of our brains—our bodies are works of art. From Olympic spectacles to ballet, from the NBA to National Geographic, we’re stunned by God’s handiwork. David expressed it well: “You formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother’s womb” (139:13). God’s fingerprints are all over us!
And God made us to manage his creation: “We are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them” (Ephesians 2:10). We partner with God to carry on creation. God created the heavens and the earth—he leaves it up to us to make a world that’s wonderful.
In many ways, we have. Think about human achievements in art, science, literature, music, athletics. In other ways, we’ve failed miserably! All around, we see the consequences of human brokenness. Yet the last chapter of human history has yet to be written, although the end, of course, has begun in the story of Jesus: “If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come” (2 Corinthians 5:17). There’s not a quick fix or an easy solution. But someday we will see the beautiful restoration of Eden, and you can be part of that:
The creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of God. . . . We know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until now. (Romans 8:19, 22)
Key Points
•The Father, Son, and Spirit each play a vital role in creation.
•God created for the same reasons we do: for others’ pleasure and our own praise.
•Just as God created the earth, we’re to continue to re-create a world reflecting his love.
This Week
ο Day 1: Read the essay. Then note in the margins something you learned about yourself.
ο Day 2: Memorize Genesis 1:1.
ο Day 3: Read Genesis 1–2. What does the record of our beginnings reveal about your life’s purpose?
ο Day 4: Write down the question “Why am I here?” Then see what answers you find in John 1:1–3, Ephesians 2:10, and Colossians 1:15–16.
ο Day 5: In what ways are you creative or talented? Art, music, poetry, encouragement, food, something else? Create something to give to someone, joining God in making a beautiful world.
Product details
- Publisher : WaterBrook; Student edition (April 6, 2021)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 272 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0593193555
- ISBN-13 : 978-0593193556
- Item Weight : 10 ounces
- Dimensions : 6 x 0.8 x 9 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #72,054 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #126 in Children & Teens Christian Education
- #496 in Christian Bible Study Guides (Books)
- #2,186 in Christian Spiritual Growth (Books)
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About the author
Mark Moore joined the staff at Christ’s Church of the Valley (CCV) in Peoria, Arizona in July 2012 as a teaching pastor. As of July 2015, CCV has six locations and over 23,000 in weekly attendance. Prior to joining the CCV team, Mark was a Professor at Ozark Christian College in Joplin, Missouri, an Adjunct Professor at Hope International University in Fullerton, California and Haus Edelweiss, Vienna, Austria. He is also the author and co-author of many books. His PhD on the Politics of Jesus was earned through the University of Wales. His life passion is to make Jesus famous.
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