Truth For The Heart
Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 6: Monday “Abraham called the name of that place The LORD Will Provide, as it is said to this day, “In the mount of the LORD it will be provided.”” Genesis 22:14 In today’s Bible reading, Genesis 20–23, Abraham sees the fulfillment of God’s promise in the birth […]
Read More“And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.”
Read MoreWeek 6 of Read the Bible in 2011 begins today. I’m writing down some of my thoughts and reflections as I read through the Bible to encourage you in your own Bible reading. I am giving a small amount of background material, but for the most part I’m trying to keep my focus on broad […]
Read MoreRead the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 5: Saturday Today’s Bible reading is Matthew 11–13, the third section of this Gospel. Matthew 11:1a states, “When Jesus had finished giving instructions…” You’ll find similar phrases in 7:28, 13:53, 19:1 and 26:1, that mark the end of a teaching discourse by Jesus. R. E. Nixon writes that […]
Read MoreRead the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 5: Friday Today’s Bible reading of Isaiah 23–28, encompasses several sections of the book. Chapter 23 is the oracle concerning Tyre. It finishes the prophecies of God’s judgment of nations that began in chapter 13.1 The next four chapters, 24–27, are “often loosely known as the ‘Isaiah Apocalypse’,” […]
Read MoreRead the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 5: Thursday Today’s Bible reading is Job 9–10. These chapters contain Job’s rejoinder to Bildad. Rejoinder is the word used by Gleason Archer to describe Job’s speeches to his friends.1 One of Dr. Archer’s many degrees was in law, and it’s not surprising that he would use a […]
Read MoreRead the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 5: Wednesday “Because of the devastation of the afflicted, because of the groaning of the needy, Now I will arise,” says the LORD; “I will set him in the safety for which he longs.” Psalm 12:5 Today’s Bible reading is Psalms 12–14. All three are psalms written by […]
Read MoreRead the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 5: Tuesday “…but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.” Joshua 24:15b Today’s Bible reading of Joshua 21–24 finishes the book of Joshua. The Levites receive their cities in chapter 21, the tribes from east of the Jordan return to their lands in 22 […]
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Kindling for Candles 