When I was writing about the daily Bible readings of Read the Bible in 2011, I didn’t post on the two readings in Paul’s letter to the Philippians. I had already put up a number of posts on the letter during December of 2010, but I recently decided to also fill in those gaps for […]
In planning a beautiful garden, plants and flowers can be carefully chosen and planted in an arrangement designed to highlight the features and colors of each one by using differences in appearance and scent to complement and contrast their loveliness. In the a similar fashion, words carefully chosen and arranged provide added beauty to thoughts […]
The unfolding of Your words gives light; It gives understanding to the simple. Psalm 119:130 Visualizing the Bible® Chris Harrison Light is such a wonderful description of the effect of the Bible on the human heart. I know, because on the evening I read and discussed Romans 5, I became a Christian. Through His Word, […]
All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness; so that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work. 2 Timothy 3:16–17 These two verses are frequently quoted on God’s Word and its work in our lives, but have you ever looked […]
Why do we study the Bible? What is our motivation? What is our purpose? In the first eleven chapters of his letter to the church at Rome, Paul proclaims the mercies of God in His Son Jesus. At the end of chapter 11, those mercies impel Paul to wonder and awe and praise. To understand […]
In the chapter “Study Love,” from Love or Die: Christ’s Wake-Up Call to the Church Revelation 2:4. Alexander Strauch writes: “If you want to pursue love, you must read and study what God says about love in his written Word. You will then grow in the knowledge of love and in the knowledge of God […]
In the chapter “Study Love,” from Love or Die: Christ’s Wake-Up Call to the Church Revelation 2:4. Alexander Strauch writes: “If you want to pursue love, you must read and study what God says about love in his written Word. You will then grow in the knowledge of love and in the knowledge of God […]
I don’t have any news posts this week for the Read the Bible in 2011 pages, but on Sunday I will be posting more Bible texts on love. May God’s mercy and peace and love be multiplied to you in 2012. __________ Boom, Wilfredor: GNU Free Documentation License Version 1.2 or any later version, Creative […]
Last week in “Love or Die” I introduced you to Alexander Strauch’s book, Love or Die: Christ’s Wake-Up Call to the Church Revelation 2:4. In the chapter “Study Love,” he writes: “If you want to pursue love, you must read and study what God says about love in his written Word. You will then grow […]