Matthew 3–4: Promises & Light

Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 2: Saturday Matthew 3–4 tells the events of the beginning of Jesus’ ministry.  As he writes, Matthew continues with his authentication of the identity of Christ.  Chapter 1 began with the genealogy of Christ to prove Jesus was descended from David.  Within chapter 1 and 2 Matthew cites […]

Read More

Job 3–4: A Lament & A Lecture

Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 2: Thursday Job 3 contains Job’s absolutely gut-wrenching lament.  Losses and suffering have piled upon him until his heart splits and sorrow and anguish flow out from him in words of despair.  This is a difficult chapter to read as Job finally opens his mouth to give voice […]

Read More

Who Are These Guys?

You may be wondering why I quote men who lived a century of more before us.  It’s certainly not to bore you stiff!  There are numerous reasons I could give you about why it’s worth the effort to read authors who use a different language style and unfamiliar words.  I could say it’s because I […]

Read More

Genesis 4–7: Death & Evil

Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 2: Monday Today’s Bible reading, Genesis 4–7, spans people and events from the aftermath of the Fall (Genesis 3) to Noah and the Flood. These chapters reveal the stark contrast between those who continually choose to do evil, and the much smaller number who call upon God. The […]

Read More

Isaiah 1–6: Pride & Judgment

Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 1: Friday “The proud look of man will be abased And the loftiness of man will be humbled, And the LORD alone will be exalted in that day….” “The pride of man will be humbled And the loftiness of men will be abased; And the LORD alone will […]

Read More

Job 1–2: Suffering & Support

Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 1: Thursday Today’s reading is in the book of Job, chapters 1 and 2.  When you read Job without having experienced lengthy suffering, you may read as if you’re looking through a window into someone else’s world.  But when you read it in the midst of extensive and […]

Read More

Lights

So then, my beloved, just as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your salvation with fear and trembling; for it is God who is at work in you, both to will and to work for His good pleasure. Do all things without […]

Read More

Coventry Carol

“Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem, saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him. When Herod the […]

Read More

Sustaining Faith

There are many reasons why I respect and, yes, love the Apostle Paul. His words near the close of his final letter in the New Testament, 2 Timothy, reveal the stalwart character of the man who loved his fellow believers, and the man who loved the Lord Jesus.

Read More