Year 1 begins with the gospel of John. Wait- we don’t start with Genesis? Don’t worry...Genesis is the next
book. John is an excellent starting place because it is an evangelistic book- John wrote this book to
persuade people to come to a saving belief in Jesus. I have personally done in-depth Bible studies of John
several times and have seen and learned something new every time.
Romans is Paul’s longest letter, written around AD 57. There is no question of authorship, as Paul identifies
himself as the writer in his greeting (Romans. 1:1-7). Paul had a secretary named Tertius who did the
actually writing (Rom. 16:22 I Tertius, who wrote this letter, greet you in the Lord.), which was customary in
a time when writing was done with scarce resources. We think nothing of writing something and re-writing it
as we edit, because we don’t have to write on pap
