Proverbs 5–6: Honey & Wormwood

Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 25: Thursday “For the lips of an adulteress drip honey And smoother than oil is her speech; But in the end she is bitter as wormwood, Sharp as a two-edged sword. Her feet go down to death, Her steps take hold of Sheol. She does not ponder the […]

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Proverbs 4: Pay Attention & Acquire Wisdom

Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 24: Thursday “Hear, O sons, the instruction of a father, And give attention that you may gain understanding, For I give you sound teaching; Do not abandon my instruction.” Proverbs 4:1–2 Thursday’s Bible reading is Proverbs 4. Throughout this chapter the father continually urges his sons to pay […]

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Proverbs 2–3: Wisdom & Life

Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 23: Thursday “For the LORD gives wisdom; From His mouth come knowledge and understanding.” Proverbs 2:6 Thursday’s Bible reading is Proverbs 2–3. Notice that both chapters begin with the phrase, My son. Chapter 2 urges and exhorts the reader to seek wisdom. Look for the if statements that […]

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Proverbs 1: Wisdom & Children

Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 22: Thursday “Hear, my son, your father’s instruction And do not forsake your mother’s teaching; Indeed, they are a graceful wreath to your head And ornaments about your neck.” Proverbs 1:8–9 Thursday’s Bible reading is Proverbs 1. Last November I did a post on Proverbs and parenting titled […]

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Happy Mother’s Day!

Happy Mother’s Day to those of you who are mothers! May God comfort those of you who have lost children. May He strengthen those of you who have children in turmoil. May those of you without children be blessed by those you have mothered in their time of need. And for those of you who […]

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1 Samuel 1–5: An Old Priest & A Young Prophet

Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 11: Tuesday “Thus Samuel grew and the LORD was with him and let none of his words fail. All Israel from Dan even to Beersheba knew that Samuel was confirmed as a prophet of the LORD.” 1 Samuel 3:19–20 Tuesday’s Bible reading of 1 Samuel 1–5, begins with […]

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Ruth: Love & Redemption

Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 10: Tuesday “All that you have done for your mother-in-law after the the death of your husband has been fully reported to me, and how you left your father and your mother and the land of your birth, and came to a people that you did not previously […]

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Genesis 36–39: Cloaks & Lies

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 […]

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Judges 17–21: Idolatry & Degeneracy

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, […]

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