I've finished the Gospels and Acts!

Romans comes next - one of the books that I've been most apprehensive about taking on. (Genesis, Proverbs, Luke and Revelation are the others, if you're interested.)

For a start there's the brilliance and complexity of Paul's thought in this letter. That's enough of a challenge, to be honest! But Romans is also regarded by many as the heart of Christian doctrine. A lot of people have a lot of opinions about this letter.

Summarising always means leaving out important material, but no one notices what gets missed from, say, Jeremiah 22 or Ezekiel 46. I have a sneaking suspicion that that won't be the case when it comes to Romans.

As always, I'll be trying to be as true to the chapters as possible. But I guess I'll discover some of my own bias in what I end up emphasising and what I miss out.

An interesting couple of weeks ahead...

It's an amazing journey reading through the Bible a chapter a day. Unsurprisingly, I'm not the only one to attempt it.

Here are a couple of shout-outs to fellow pilgrims:

Firstly, congratulations to @janariess on completing her Twible! She's summarised a chapter a day on Twitter in a rather sassier style than Bible Summary. (Her hermeneutic is "What would the Onion say?")

The guys at @140bible are not far off the end either. Currently in Hebrews.

I've also just been in contact with Zak Schmoll, who's blogging through the Bible at A Chapter A Day. He's currently in 1 Kings.

Kings and Chronicles were definitely the low point for me, so pay him a visit and encourage him!

Do any of you know of others?

I've just had word from Twitter that Bible Summary has been approved for Twitter Cards.

"What's a Twitter Card?" I hear you very reasonably ask. It's a preview box that automatically appears on Twitter when you post a link to certain types of content. (For example, when you post a link to a YouTube video on Twitter, the video appears underneath the tweet.)

Starting today, if you post a link to a Bible Summary chapter on Twitter - e.g. www.biblesummary.info/psalms/121 - the summary will automatically appear under your tweet.

Try it!

So if you're tweeting about a chapter of the Scripture, why not link to a summary for context? Just find the chapter at the Bible Summary website and copy the URL into your tweet.