About Brothers Of The Book

Brothers Of The Book is a blog dedicated to getting Christian men into the Word of God on a daily basis.  It is only through a daily discipline of spending time with our creator in His Word and in prayer that we have any hope of growing into the men God created us to be.  (Of course this statement presupposes you have already accepted Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior.)

You want to be a “good man”?   Get in the Word.  You want to be a “good husband”?  Get in the Word.  You want to be a “good father”? Get in the Word.  It all starts with our relationship with God and we can’t have a relationship with someone we never or rarely spend time with.

Every day, starting on January 1, 2010, you will find a post on this blog containing a passage of the Bible to read for that day along with thoughts the passage generated in the author.  These thoughts are not intended to be “authoritative” but rather conversation starters.  Respond to these “thoughts”.  Agree, disagree, add your own thoughts and join in the conversation. This is intended to be a group of men holding each other accountable, in a virtual way, to reading the Bible and to think and talk about it through out the day using any number of social networking outlets.

This year we will be going through the Bible from beginning to end and, if you keep up with the readings, will have read the entire Bible by EOD 12/31/10.  Every scripture reference on this blog contains a link to the ESV translation of that scripture.  If you click on one of these links you will be taken to that specific scripture at /www.gnpcb.org/esv.

Additionally, there will be a new scripture memorization verse every week.  Start writing God’s Word on your heart.  If you are a family man, challenge your family to memorize these verses along with you.  Make them them part of your family conversation on the things of God.  One idea is to place a small dry erase board on the refrigerator and put the weekly verse on that.  Another idea is to make a little card for your self, and/or your individual family members, with that weeks verse on it and keep it with you and read it as you go about your day.

You can sign up to be notified of every daily post via e-mail.  The e-mail will contain in the subject line the day and Bible passage.  The e-mail itself will contain a link to the post.  To sign up for this feature just enter your e-mail address in the white box above the “Subscribe” button in the right hand column and click “Subscribe”.  This is a “double opt-in” system so you will be sent a confirmation e-mail to which you will need to respond for your subscription to be activated.  Every morning before 5:00 AM an e-mail will go out announcing the daily reading.

You can also follow us on Twitter.  Just click on the “Follow Us On Twitter” button in the right hand column.  You’ll be taken to the “BookBrothers” Twitter page.  There you can log in to your own Twitter account or sign up for a new account and start receiving Tweets.  You will have to enable your mobile devise to receive Tweets if you are wanting to receive “real-time” notifications of updates on the Brothers Of The Book blog.  A Tweet will be sent out from BookBrothers every time a new post is published on Brothers Of The Book.

An RSS feed is available as well.  Just click on the “Subscribe to my RSS” link in the right hand column and get it set up.

Please feel free to tell others about this blog and individual posts by clicking on, or hovering over, the “ShareThis” link and/or its green symbol in the right hand column or at the end of individual posts.  A window will open giving you the option of e-mailing a post.  This window will also offer pages of other social networking options like Facebook, LinkedIn, MySpace, Blogger, and on and on.  Click the arrows at the bottom of this window to see even more options.

Please share any reading recommendations you might have to offer.  There is a recommended reading page available for your consideration.  It is an Amazon.com store front and this blog does receive a “commission” on anything bought through that link.

The readings for each day are already determined and can be seen on the “Reading Schedule” page.  This might be helpful if you get behind.  Another page labeled “Memory Verse Schedule” contains the list of scripture verses we will be memorizing by date.

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About the Publisher

My name is Bill Hood and I am a sinner saved by grace.  I have little to recommend myself as the publisher of this blog other than my desire to become the man God created me to be and to call other men to join me on that journey.  I accepted Christ as my Savior at the age of 13 but have struggled, as we all do, to realize the potential of the new creature God made me at that moment.  Now, at the tender age of 47 God has yet again challenged me to lay my foundation as a man on a daily relationship with Him.

Beyond that, I have, in the not too distant past, taught an adult Sunday School class, led a Men’s Ministry, and worked with a boys organization within our church.  Professionally, I am employed by a financial services company as a sales and marketing consultant to our client financial institutions.  As part of that position I am responsible for writing, editing, and publishing a number of different client communications as well as hosting on-line seminars designed to educate our clients on the features and functions of our products as well as effective sales and marketing strategies and tactics.