1 John 4–5: Truth

Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 49: Sunday Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world. By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the […]

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Messiah!

When I was growing up we attended a church with a large music program, and I first sang in a choir as a young child. Our minister of music frequently had us sing the “Hallelujah” chorus from Handel’s Messiah during December. The adult choir was at the front of the church behind the ministers, while […]

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1 John 4–5: Love

Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 49: Sunday Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. We have come to know and have believed the love which God has for us. God is love, and the one who abides in love abides in God, and […]

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Psalms 137–139: Grief & Praise

Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 48: Wednesday “By the rivers of Babylon, There we sat down and wept, When we remembered Zion. Upon the willows in the midst of it We hung our harps. For there our captors demanded of us songs, And our tormentors mirth, saying, “Sing us one of the songs […]

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1 John 1–3: We Have Seen & Testify & Proclaim

Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 48: Sunday What was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we have looked at and touched with our hands, concerning the Word of Life— and the life was manifested, and we have seen and testify and proclaim to you […]

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Acts 17–18: The Bereans & Apollos

Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 47: Saturday “These men who have upset the world have come here also; and Jason has welcomed them, and they all act contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, Jesus.” Acts 17:6b–7 Saturday’s Bible reading is Acts 17–18. After leaving Philippi, Paul, Silas […]

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2 Peter: God’s Precious & Magnificent Promises

Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 47: Sunday “Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord; seeing that His divine power has granted to us everything pertaining to life and godliness, through the true knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and […]

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Acts 15–16: The Gospel & The Gentiles

Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 46: Saturday Some men came down from Judea and began teaching the brethren, “Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.” Acts 15:1 The apostles and the elders came together to look into this matter. After there had been much debate, Peter stood […]

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Deuteronomy 4–6: Teach & Talk

Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 43: Monday “Only give heed to yourself and keep your soul diligently, so that you do not forget the things which your eyes have seen and they do not depart from your heart all the days of your life; but make them known to your sons and your […]

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