Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 5: Tuesday “…but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.” Joshua 24:15b Today’s Bible reading of Joshua 21–24 finishes the book of Joshua. The Levites receive their cities in chapter 21, the tribes from east of the Jordan return to their lands in 22 […]
Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 5: Monday “For I have chosen him, so that he may command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing righteousness and justice, so that the LORD may bring upon Abraham what He has spoken about him..” Genesis 18:19 Monday’s […]
Week 5 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 am giving a small amount of background material, but I’m trying to keep my focus on broad topics and applications of […]
Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 4: Saturday Today’s Bible reading is Matthew 8–10. Matthew 8 begins the second section of this Gospel. Matthew 7: 28a states, “When Jesus had finished these words…” You’ll find similar phrases in 11:1, 13:53, 19:1 and 26:1, that mark the end of a teaching discourse by Jesus. R. […]
Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 4: Friday Today’s Bible reading, Isaiah 18–22, continues with prophecies of God’s judgment of nations that began in chapter 13 and finishes in chapter 23.1 Chapters 18–22 contain judgments on Cush (Ethiopia/Sudan), Egypt, Babylon, Edom, Arabia and Jerusalem. Last week I quoted Derek Kidner as saying: “…these chapters […]
Read 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 […]