Acts 7–8

Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 42: Saturday “And on that day a great persecution began against the church in Jerusalem, and they were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles. Some devout men buried Stephen, and made loud lamentation over him. But Saul began ravaging the church, entering […]

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Nahum

Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 42: Friday “The oracle of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite. “A jealous and avenging God is the LORD; The LORD is avenging and wrathful. The LORD takes vengeance on His adversaries, And He reserves wrath for His enemies. The LORD is slow to […]

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Proverbs 31: Open Your Mouth & Defend The Unfortunate

Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 42: Thursday Open your mouth for the mute, For the rights of all the unfortunate. Open your mouth, judge righteously, And defend the rights of the afflicted and needy. Proverbs 31:8–9 Thursday’s Bible reading is Proverbs 31. Derek Kidner divides this last chapter of Proverbs into two sections: […]

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Psalms 120–121: I Cried & He Answered

Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 42: Wednesday “I will lift up my eyes to the mountains; From where shall my help come? My help comes from the LORD, Who made heaven and earth.” Psalm 121:1–2 Wednesday’s Bible reading is Psalms 120–121. These two psalms are in Book V of the Psalms, and are […]

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Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 42: Truth & The Heart

Week 42 of Read the Bible in 2011 begins today. I put up a variation of this post every week for those who may not know what I’m doing when they find posts on different books of the Bible on different days of the week. This is the general schedule from Michael Coley’s reading plan […]

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Acts 5–6: Truth & The Innermost Being

Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 41: Saturday “When they had brought them, they stood them before the Council. The high priest questioned them, saying, “We gave you strict orders not to continue teaching in this name, and yet, you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and intend to bring this man’s blood upon […]

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Micah

Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 41: Friday “With what shall I come to the LORD And bow myself before the God on high? “Shall I come to Him with burnt offerings, With yearling calves? “Does the LORD take delight in thousands of rams, In ten thousand rivers of oil? “Shall I present my […]

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Proverbs 29–30: Truth & Consequences

Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 41: Thursday “When the righteous increase, the people rejoice, But when a wicked man rules, people groan.” Proverbs 29:2 Thursday’s Bible reading of Proverbs 29–30 finishes the “Further Proverbs of Solomon (Hezekiah’s Collection)” found in Proverbs 25–29, and it contains the “Words of Agur” in Proverbs 30.1 I […]

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