Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 13: Tuesday “Samuel said, “Has the LORD as much delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, As in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, And to heed than the fat of rams. For rebellion is as the sin of divination, And insubordination […]
Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 11: Wednesday “Blessed be the LORD, For He has made marvelous His lovingkindness to me in a besieged city.” Psalm 31:21 Wednesday’s Bible reading of Psalms 30–32, speaks of God as our shelter and safety and of the blessings of being forgiven by Him and of His lovingkindness. […]
Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 10: Monday “Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his sons, because he was the son of his old age; and he made him a varicolored tunic. His brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers; and so they hated him and could not […]
Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 9: Saturday Then Jesus spoke to the crowds and to His disciples, saying: “The scribes and the Pharisees have seated themselves in the chair of Moses; therefore all that they tell you, do and observe, but do not do according to their deeds; for they say things and […]
Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 9: Tuesday “In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes.” Judges 21:35 This last sentence in Judges aptly summarizes the book. The events in Tuesday’s Bible reading of Judges 17–21, recount idolatry, wanton lasciviousness and homosexuality, gang rape, […]
“Since 1983, Americans have observed Sanctity of Human Life Sunday (SOHLS) as a day to celebrate the intrinsic value of all human life…. Sanctity of Human Life Sunday is held on the Sunday in January that falls closest to the day on which the Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton decisions were handed down […]
“On the 38th anniversary of the tragic Roe v. Wade decision, we hold heavy in our hearts the 52 million lives lost and the countless mothers hurt by the horror of abortion,” said Dannenfelser. “But with this great sadness comes great optimism. Americans have shown in poll after poll, and especially in the last election, […]
Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 3: Thursday “You see a terror and are afraid.” Job 6:21b Last week I read Job’s lament of anguish in chapter 3 and began Eliphaz’ reply in chapter 4. Today’s Bible reading is Job 5–6. Eliphaz finishes his reply in chapter 5, and Job begins his rejoinder in […]
Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 3: Monday Monday’s Bible reading is Genesis 8–11. Chapters 8 and 9 tell the events of Noah’s life as the Flood ends and his family begins life again on land. In 10 and 11, his three sons and their descendants are traced as they separate by families, languages, […]