Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 7: Wednesday “Some boast in chariots and some in horses, But we will boast in the name of the LORD, our God. They have bowed down and fallen, But we have risen and stood upright. Save, O LORD; May the King answer us in the day we call.” […]
Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 7: Tuesday “Then it came about, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the sons of Israel again played the harlot with the Baals, and made Baal-berith their god. Thus the sons of Israel did not remember the LORD their God, who had delivered them from the hands […]
Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 7: Monday “Sojourn in this land and I will be with you and bless you, for to you and to your descendants I will give all these lands, and I will establish the oath which I swore to your father Abraham. I will multiply your descendants as the […]
Week 7 of Read the Bible in 2011 begins today. I’m writing down some of my thoughts and reflections as I read through the Bible to encourage you in your own Bible reading. I’m giving a small amount of background material, but for the most part I’m trying to keep my focus on broad outlines […]
Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 6: Saturday “And by this you invalidated the word of God for the sake of your tradition. You hypocrites, rightly did Isaiah prophesy of you: ‘THIS PEOPLE HONORS ME WITH THEIR LIPS, BUT THEIR HEART IS FAR AWAY FROM ME. BUT IN VAIN DO THEY WORSHIP ME, TEACHING […]
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 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 […]