Truth For The Heart
Read 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 […]
Read MoreRead the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 32: Monday “You shall thus consecrate the fiftieth year and proclaim a release through the land to all its inhabitants. It shall be a jubilee for you, and each of you shall return to his own property, and each of you shall return to his family.” Leviticus 25:10 […]
Read MoreWeek 32 of Read the Bible in 2011 begins today. You can read the complete explanation of what I’m doing here. Right now I want to share with you some thoughts I found this past week from Dan Phillips at Pyromaniacs. He has an incisive post, I disagree with Jesus. Read all of it—he has […]
Read MoreRead the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 31: Saturday “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being. In Him […]
Read MoreRead the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 31: Friday “…and the name of the city from that day shall be, ‘The LORD is there.’” Ezekiel 48:35b Friday’s Bible reading is Ezekiel 43–48. In contrast to Ezekiel’s earlier vision of the glory of the Lord leaving the temple and Jerusalem, in this final vision Ezekiel has of […]
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Kindling for Candles 