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Core 52

A Fifteen-Minute Daily Guide to Build Your Bible IQ in a Year

Mark E. Moore

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About Core 52

ECPA BESTSELLER • FINALIST FOR THE CHRISTIAN BOOK AWARD® • Build your Bible IQ and Christian worldview in just fifteen minutes a day! Over the course of a year, Core 52 will help you master the 52 most important passages in the Bible. 
 
“You will gain the tools you need for living the life God has called you to.”—Kyle Idleman, pastor and author of Not a Fan 
 
“For physical training is of some value, but godliness has value for all things, holding promise for both the present life and the life to come.”—1 Timothy 4:8 
 
Most of us want to know the Bible better, but few reach our goal, often because we’re too busy or we don’t know where to start. Core 52 removes both barriers, offering a common-sense solution that fits into our busy lives. Respected Bible professor and teaching pastor Mark E. Moore developed this proven process from thirty-five years of helping people grow deeper in God’s Word.
 
Each week features a brief essay, memory verse, Bible story, trajectory verses, and practical ways to put what you’ve learned into practice. An optional “Overachiever Challenge” offers the chance to memorize the top 100 Bible verses by year’s end. 
 
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 one year, you can master the core of the Bible—focusing on topics from God’s will to worry, happiness to holiness, and leadership to love. These fifty-two core passages are lenses through which you can read the rest of the Bible with clarity and confidence.

Praise

“Core 52 is simply one of the best daily guides in print to strengthen your faith. Mark is not only brilliant, but he’s also a brilliant communicator of ideas.”—Jud Wilhite, author of Pursued and senior pastor of Central Church

“Whether you are someone who reads the Bible on a regular basis, has never read it, or has started and stopped reading it multiple times, Core 52 is the resource for you!”—Jon Weece, lead follower at Southland Christian Church and author of Jesus Prom

“Mark has provided not only a clear on-ramp to understanding the Bible better but also a guide to applying it to your life.”—Ashley Wooldridge, senior pastor of Christ’s Church of the Valley

“If you want to speak confidently on biblical topics while helping to lead others on their faith journey, this resource is for you!”—Kirk Cousins, pro quarterback

“In Core 52, you will gain the tools you need for living the life God has called you to. Innovative ideas and colorful illustrations will grab your attention and motivate your will to know Christ and make him known.”—Kyle Idleman, senior pastor of Southeast Christian Church and author of Not a Fan and Don’t Give Up

“As a women’s Bible study leader, my heart is to help women know God’s Word better so they can learn to connect their everyday frantic lives with their faith in Jesus. Core 52 is a godsend and a perfect tool to help them do just that.”—Lisa Laizure, Bible study teacher at Women's Bible Study

“Mark has taught me more about the Bible than any other author. His clear teaching and sly wit always make me read more pages than I plan to. Core 52 is his best yet.”—Phil Smith, co-author of Created to Flourish and creator of Eyewitness Bible Series videos

“With a pastor’s heart, a scholar’s mind, and a sage’s pen, Mark Moore has given us a gift in Core 52 to help us understand God’s words, be changed by them, and live them out!”—Caleb Kaltenbach, author of Messy Grace and God of Tomorrow

“This book will help you raise your Bible IQ faster than anything I know.”—Haydn Shaw, author of Generational IQ

“This is seminary in a bottle.”—Dr. Darryl DelHousaye, president/chancellor of Phoenix Seminary

“Core 52 provides a platform for me to have more spiritually meaningful conversations that will help others take their next step toward faith.”—LaMonica Garrett, film and television actor known for Designated Survivor, Sons of Anarchy, and The Last Ship

“Mark’s background as a professor, preacher, and teacher is very evident in the strategy behind his book.”—Doug Crozier, CEO of the Solomon Foundation, Parker, CO

“With his book Core 52, Mark has created a clear path to greater biblical literacy that, with a little time and effort, anyone can follow.”—Carey Nieuwhof, founding pastor of Connexus Church and author of Didn’t See It Coming

About Mark E. Moore

Mark E. Moore loves helping others discover the richness of the Bible for themselves, which makes him your ideal tour guide for learning more about Jesus as you grow in biblical knowledge. He’s a New Testament teaching pastor at Christ’s Church of the Valley, one of America’s fastest-growing churches. His books are the perfect blend of serious study and practical application. His passion is to make Jesus famous. Mark and his wife, Barbara, live in Phoenix, Arizona.

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384 pages | Published by WaterBrook

On Sale Date: Jul 16, 2019

Trim Size: 6 x 9

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Sneak Peek

Read Chapter 26 of Core 52. Build your Bible IQ and Christian worldview in just fifteen minutes a day! Over the course of a year, Core 52 will help you master the 52 most important passages in the Bible.    “You will gain the tools you need for living the life God has called you to.”—Kyle Idleman, pastor and author of Not a Fan  “For physical training is of some value, but godliness has value for all things, holding promise for both the present life and the life to come.”—1 Timothy 4:8  Most of us want to know the Bible better, but few reach our goal, often because we’re too busy or we don’t know where to start. Core 52 removes both barriers, offering a common-sense solution that fits into our busy lives. Respected Bible professor and teaching pastor Mark E. Moore developed this proven process from thirty-five years of helping people grow deeper in God’s Word. Each week features a brief essay, memory verse, Bible story, trajectory verses, and practical ways to put what you’ve learned into practice. An optional “Overachiever Challenge” offers the chance to memorize the top 100 Bible verses by year’s end. 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 one year, you can master the core of the Bible—focusing on topics from God’s will to worry, happiness to holiness, and leadership to love. These fifty-two core passages are lenses through which you can read the rest of the Bible with clarity and confidence.

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Sneak Peek: CORE 52 by Mark Moore – “God’s Solution to Racism”

June 11, 2020

Read chapter 40 from Core 52. 

ABOUT CORE 52

ECPA BESTSELLER
Build your Bible IQ and Christian worldview in just fifteen minutes a day! Over the course of a year, Core 52 will help you master the 52 most important passages in the Bible. 
 
“You will gain the tools you need for living the life God has called you to.”—Kyle Idleman, pastor and author of Not a Fan 

“For physical training is of some value, but godliness has value for all things, holding promise for both the present life and the life to come.”—1 Timothy 4:8 

Most of us want to know the Bible better, but few reach our goal, often because we’re too busy or we don’t know where to start. Core 52 removes both barriers, [ … ]

The Real Pandemic is Worry…Here is How to Shed This Toxic Enemy

March 18, 2020

Few behaviors sabotage our effectiveness more than worry.

But this pandemic is treatable. After all, worry is internal. No one forces you to do it, no one but you can fix it, and no one but you is fully aware of the extent of it. Our worry is precisely that: ours.

It’s triggered by circumstances but not caused by them. For example, worry isn’t isolated to a specific economic group we call “poor.” In fact, the economic poor often worry less about money than the economically advantaged. Our greatest worry is often caused by comparison, not need. On paper this makes no sense.

Worry is seldom reserved for the most likely immediate possibilities. In fact, most of our worries are about terrorists, tumors, kidnappings, and such. Our imaginations run amok.

Why do [ … ]

Core 52: Is the Bible the Only Book You Should Be Reading?

January 24, 2020

Mark Moore, author of the book CORE 52: A Fifteen-Minute Daily Guide to Build Your Bible IQ in a Year, answers the question, “Should we only read the Bible?”

I want to address a specific question that has come up a number of times on the website. The question is this, why would I study another book and not just read the Bible?

It’s a fair question.

The Bible is God’s Word. In fact, the whole purpose of Core 52 is to get you in to the Bible, not to replace the Bible. Buy to answer to the question, we read other books for the same reason we might listen to a [ … ]

Words Create Your World – Mark Moore

October 24, 2019

Hey, I’m Mark Moore, teaching pastor at Christ Church of the Valley in Phoenix, Arizona, and the author of Core 52. I want to share a thought with you today, because I broker in words—that’s how I make my living, whether it’s writing or speaking or editing. And my guess is that, that’s probably a pretty strong part of your day as well: brokering in words. Words matter, because words create your world. So what I want to do is just share three simple passages with you—the most famous passages about the Bible in the Bible—and then draw a simple conclusion of why it matters so much what you do with words.

Here are the three scriptures (you can probably guess them). Second Timothy, [ … ]

Core 52 Free Resources

August 28, 2019

The Core 52 book identifies the fifty-two most influential verses in the Bible, providing a brief essay for each verse, tracing its theme through the entire Bible.

Did you know that Mark Moore has created a plethora of free resources for Core 52 including…

The Core52.org website will offer further resources for group discussion questions to encourages, coach, and track progress. This will also be a repository for churches to share sermon notes, group curriculum, and student/children’s programs for Core52.

CORE 52 – Bible Memory Cards

April 11, 2019

Core 52 takes you deep into God’s Word. As part of the reading plan, author Mark Moore challenges you to memorize 52 key passages in Scripture over 52 weeks. We’ve created some printable Bible Memory Cards to help you as you work to memorize these verses. Simply print out the sheets on any printer and then cut them out. If you’re looking for these cards to stand the test of time, you may consider printing them on card stock or even laminating them.

Download the Bible Memory Cards for Core 52

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CORE 52 THE FAST PASS TO UNDERSTANDING THE BIBLE’S BIGGEST CONCEPTS

“Core 52 is simply one of the best daily guides in print to strengthen your faith. Mark Moore condenses decades of learning into a succinct and powerful book. Mark is not only brilliant, but he’s also a brilliant communicator of ideas. Core 52 will transform both your Bible IQ and your life.” —Jud Wilhite, author of Pursued and senior pastor of Central Church
 
Eighty percent of people in the church want to know the Bible better. There is a reason for this. It is because we know the Bible makes us better.
 
Research shows that Bible engagement improves self-esteem, family structure, and social interactions. It’s the “single most powerful predictor of spiritual growth,” according to the Center for Bible Engagement.
 
Why do so many want to know the Bible and so few actually succeed?
1) We’re too busy.
2) We don’t know where to start.
 
For those who want a “fast pass” to Bible literacy, Pastor Mark E. Moore developed CORE 52: A FIFTEEN-MINUTE DAILY GUIDE TO BUILD YOUR BIBLE IQ IN A YEAR (July 16, 2019, WaterBrook). A former New Testament professor at Ozark Christian College and now teaching pastor at megachurch Christ’s Church of the Valley in Phoenix, Moore takes the reader through the 52 most powerful passages in the Bible.


Here’s the promise: “If you can carve out 15 minutes a day, 5 days a week for 1 year, you’ll know the vast majority of what every preacher preaches.”
“Think of me as your personal trainer for spiritual growth,” writes Moore. “I’ve chosen specific passages with the highest ROI (‘return on investment’) and the greatest potential for practical application. With this core, you can go further faster, moving from curiosity to confidence.”
 
Moore originally developed CORE 52 as a tool to train new staff members of the church who came on board without Biblical studies training. They quickly discovered its benefits extend to anyone who wants to understand and apply the scriptures better.
 
This unique program helps readers to:
·        achieve Bible competence in one year
·        remove the barriers to Bible engagement
·        effectively implement biblical principles in daily life  
·        move from Bible curiosity to confidence
·        strengthen one’s Christian worldview for conversations and decisions
 
Each week features a brief essay, memory verse, Bible story, trajectory verse, and practical ways to put learning into practice. Core 52 tackles topics from creation to the cross, ethics to election, racism to resurrection, grace to grit, leadership, happiness, and heaven.
 
Core 52 is ideal for personal devotions but just as effective as a tool for group study or a church-wide campaign. It provides the opportunity for the busiest people to master the key concepts of the Bible in 52 weeks, allowing God’s truth to have a transformative power for individuals, families and churches.
 
For more information, visit www.core52.org or www.waterbrookmultnomah.com.

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