Hi, friends. I'm Annie F. Downs. Let's read the Gospels. The Gospels are the first four

books of the New Testament in the Bible, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. These are the stories

of Jesus Christ's life on earth, the friendships, the parables, the sacrifices, the meals, the

miracles. Here at the beginning of the month, I want to say welcome if you're new with

us in October. We're so glad you're here. If you're jumping in because it's Monday

morning, just don't forget to go back. Listen yesterday. Here the first three chapters

we're reading this month. And then keep going with us today. Each month, we actually

read all four books. It's about three chapters a day, about 20 minutes. So make sure you're

subscribed so you don't miss any of it. We're just making a 30 day commitment to this rhythm

for this month. And I just can't wait to see how we are different by the time November

rolls around. Just a reminder that we've got two resources available for you. Besides

this daily podcast, once the October reading plan, it'll tell you what we're reading every

day. And the other is the Let's Read the Gospels guidebook. It includes that October reading

plan, but then has a lot of fun extras to journal prompts and questions and and some

notes for me, something fun. And it takes the experience a little bit deeper. And we release

new pages every month. So when you purchase the October guidebook today, you'll actually

get a PDF of January to October. And you'll get all the pages for the rest of the year

as they're released as well. You can find that at anyfdowns.com slash Gospels. And just

in case this is your first day, you're jumping in this month. I want to tell you about the

version we are reading. We are reading the new revised standard version Catholic edition.

I've just really loved over the last couple of years. And you've seen this on that sounds

fun. Finding all the ways my faith as a Protestant overlaps with the faith of my Catholic friends.

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