Truth For The Heart
Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 6: Friday “Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help And rely on horses, And trust in chariots because they are many And in horsemen because they are very strong, But they do not look to the Holy One of Israel, nor seek the LORD! ” […]
Read MoreRead the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 6: Thursday “He who is at ease holds calamity in contempt, As prepared for those whose feet slip.” Job 12:5 Job summarizes the attitude of his friends: they are at ease and not beset with devastation, and so they look down on calamity as something that cannot touch […]
Read MoreRead the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 6: Tuesday But the LORD said to him, “Peace! Do not be afraid. You are not going to die.” Judges 6:23 – In The God Who Is There, Francis Schaeffer issued a call to arms for my generation with this quote: “If I profess with the loudest voice […]
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 4: Thursday “Why have You set me as Your target, So that I am a burden to myself?” Job 7:20b In today’s Bible reading of Job 7–8, Job finishes his rejoinder to Eliphaz in chapter 7, and Bildad lectures Job in chapter 8. Chapter 7 opens with Job’s […]
Read MoreRead the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 4: Wednesday “If the foundations are destroyed, What can the righteous do?” Psalm 11:3 Today’s Bible reading is Psalm 9–11, and these psalms echo the recurring themes of righteousness and wickedness, prayers of praise and cries for help, and affirmation of God’s character and care. What do these […]
Read MoreWhen the lion comes and the bear attacks, Sheep tremble in fear and distress, With none to guard and with none to guide, They scatter and flee from known paths. And their cries resound, Shepherds… where are you? When ground gives way and crumbles beneath, Sheep stumble and fall, breaking limbs, With none to lift […]
Read MoreRead the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 3: Saturday Today’s Bible reading is Matthew 5–7. These three chapters record the teaching of Jesus known as The Sermon on the Mount because of the location mentioned in 5:1. The word radical can mean going to the root or source1, and it aptly describes Jesus’ words as […]
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Kindling for Candles 