Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 29: Saturday “Simon, Simon, behold, Satan has demanded permission to sift you like wheat; but I have prayed for you, that your faith may not fail; and you, when once you have turned again, strengthen your brothers.” Luke 22:31–32 Saturday’s Bible reading is Luke 21–22. In these chapters […]
Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 29: Friday Then the word of the LORD came to me saying, “Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel. Prophesy and say to those shepherds, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD, “Woe, shepherds of Israel who have been feeding themselves! Should not the shepherds feed the flock? […]
Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 29: Thursday “A good man will obtain favor from the LORD, But He will condemn a man who devises evil.” Proverbs 12:2 Thursday’s Bible reading is Proverbs 11–12. These chapters are a collection of individual proverbs with underlying themes of character, actions and reactions, and consequences. In Proverbs […]
Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 29: Wednesday “For a day in Your courts is better than a thousand outside. I would rather stand at the threshold of the house of my God Than dwell in the tents of wickedness.” Psalm 84:10 Wednesday’s Bible reading is Psalms 84–86. The variety of these three psalms […]
Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 29: Tuesday “Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived fifteen years after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel. Now the rest of the acts of Amaziah, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? They […]
Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 29: Monday “This shall be a permanent statute for you: in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall humble your souls and not do any work, whether the native, or the alien who sojourns among you; for it is on this day that […]
Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 29: Sunday “Therefore if you have been raised up with Christ, keep seeking the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your mind on the things above, not on the things that are on earth. For you have died and your life […]
Week 29 of Read the Bible in 2011 begins today. As the weeks roll by and the numbers get higher, if you didn’t start to read the Bible on January 1, that’s not my point. I’m posting the weeks so that you can see where I am and where I have been in these posts. […]
During that turbulent year of campus riots in 1970, on July 16, I became a Christian. Just over a month later I went to a camp with other college students from the Southeast for three weeks (in case you’re wondering, this wasn’t one of the many cults of that day), and for the first time […]