Truth For The Heart
Week 33 of Read the Bible in 2011 begins today. I put up a variation of this post every week for those who may not know what I’m doing when they find posts on different books of the Bible on different days of the week. On Sunday any posts on a Bible reading will be […]
Read MoreIn the last two chapters of his gospel, Luke writes of the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Luke tells of Jesus’ journey on the road to Emmaus with two of His followers, and Jesus’ charge to those gathered with the eleven remaining apostles. “Then He opened their minds to understand the Scriptures, and […]
Read MoreRead the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 32: Saturday “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life. “For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world might be saved […]
Read MoreRead the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 32: Friday “When he had come near the den to Daniel, he cried out with a troubled voice. The king spoke and said to Daniel, “Daniel, servant of the living God, has your God, whom you constantly serve, been able to deliver you from the lions?” Daniel 6:20 […]
Read MoreI’ve been moving a few things around the past couple of days. The post that is “sticky” is Anchor of Hope; a post I wrote during the first month of the blog that’s the second most read post of all that I’ve written. I did some needed revision because it continues to be read, and […]
Read MoreRead the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 32: Thursday “Pride goes before destruction, And a haughty spirit before stumbling. It is better to be humble in spirit with the lowly Than to divide the spoil with the proud.” Proverbs 16:18–19 Thursday’s Bible reading is Proverbs 16. This chapter is in the third section of Proverbs: […]
Read MoreWhen J. K. Rowling gave the commencement address at Harvard in 2008, she said something very astute: adversity tests you and your relationships. Christians frequently speak of our testing as individuals by the suffering we endure, but rarely do we discuss how adversity tests and reveals relationships within the church. That’s odd, because Jesus said […]
Read MoreRead the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 32: Tuesday “Abraham became the father of Isaac. The sons of Isaac were Esau and Israel [Jacob]….These are the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad and Asher.” 1 Chronicles 1:34, 2:1–2 Tuesday’s Bible reading is 1 Chronicles 1–4. 1 Chronicles […]
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Kindling for Candles 