Genesis 32–35: Tragedy & Promise

February 28, 2011.Reading time 2 minutes.

Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 9: Monday God also said to him, “I am God Almighty; Be fruitful and multiply; A nation and a company of nations shall come from you, And kings shall come forth from you. The land which I gave to Abraham and Isaac, I will give it to you, […]

1 Corinthians 1–2: The Gospel & God’s Power

February 27, 2011.Reading time 7 minutes.

Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 9: Sunday “Paul, called as an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother, To the church of God which is at Corinth, to those who have been sanctified in Christ Jesus, saints by calling, with all who in every place call on […]

Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 9

February 27, 2011.Reading time 6 minutes.

Week 9 of Read the Bible in 2011 begins today. As I read through the Bible,I’m writing down some of my thoughts, not to give you comprehensive commentary, but to give you some background or application that will help encourage you to read the Bible. In John 17:17, as Jesus was praying the night before […]

Matthew 20–22: Being Great & Being First

February 26, 2011.Reading time 5 minutes.

Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 8: Saturday “Say to the daughter of Zion, ‘Behold your King is coming to you, Gentle and mounted on a donkey, Even on a colt, the foal of a beast of burden.’ ” Matthew 21:5 In today’s Bible reading of Matthew 20–22, Jesus foretells His crucifixion and resurrection […]

Isaiah 40–44: Comfort & Compassion

February 25, 2011.Reading time 4 minutes.

Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 8: Friday “Comfort, O comfort My people,” says your God.” Isaiah 40:1 Today’s Bible reading of Isaiah 40–44, begins a new section in the book of Isaiah. While it’s beyond the scope of the purpose of these posts to go into a full background on various theories by […]

Job 15–16: Scoffers & Struggle

February 24, 2011.Reading time 10 minutes.

Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 8: Thursday “My friends are my scoffers; My eye weeps to God.” Job 16:20 Today’s Bible reading is Job 15–16. These chapters begin the second round of replies and rejoinders between Job and his three “comforters.” Eliphaz leads off in Job 15, with these words that set the […]

Psalms 21–23: The Good Shepherd & His Suffering

February 23, 2011.Reading time 4 minutes.

Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 8: Wednesday “Posterity will serve Him; It will be told of the Lord to the coming generation. They will come and will declare His righteousness To a people who will be born, that He has performed it.” Psalm 22:30–31 Today’s Bible reading is Psalms 21–23. Psalm 21 is […]

Psalm 23: The Psalm of the Good Shepherd

February 23, 2011.Reading time 1 minute.

Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 8: Wednesday “The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not want. ” Psalm 23:1 Psalm 23 is probably the most familiar of all the psalms as well as one of the most loved because of its reassuring words of God’s comfort and care. Its has been the subject […]

Judges 12–16: Samson & Delilah

February 22, 2011.Reading time 4 minutes.

Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 8: Tuesday “For behold, you shall conceive and give birth to a son, and no razor shall come upon his head, for the boy shall be a Nazirite1 to God from the womb; and he shall begin to deliver Israel from the hands of the Philistines.” Judges 13:5 […]