Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 21

Week 21 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 during the week. As I read through the Bible this year, I’m writing down some of […]

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Luke 3–4: The Herald & The Messiah

Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 20: Saturday And the book of the prophet Isaiah was handed to Him. And He opened the book and found the place where it was written, “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, Because He anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor. He has sent […]

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Jeremiah 37–41: Denial & Destruction

Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 20: Friday “Now when Jerusalem was captured in the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, Nebuchad-nezzar king of Babylon and all his army came to Jerusalem and laid siege to it; in the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, in the […]

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Job 39–40

Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 20: Thursday “Is it by your understanding that the hawk soars, Stretching his wings toward the south? Is it at your command that the eagle mounts up And makes his nest on high?” Job 39:26–27 Thursday’s Bible reading is Job 39–40. May God bless you as you read […]

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Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 20

Week 20 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 during the week. As I read through the Bible this year, I’m writing down some of […]

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Luke 1–2: Mercy & Joy

Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 19: Saturday “Inasmuch as many have undertaken to compile an account of the things accomplished among us, just as they were handed down to us by those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and servants of the word, it seemed fitting for me as well, having investigated everything […]

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Jeremiah 32–36: Disaster & Restoration

Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 19: Friday “For thus says the LORD, ‘Just as I brought all this great disaster on this people, so I am going to bring on them all the good that I am promising them. Fields will be bought in this land of which you say, “It is a […]

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Psalms 54–56

Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 19: Wednesday Wednesday’s Bible reading is Psalms 54–56. _________ Isaiah 42 Photograph: ChristianPhotos.net – Free High Resolution Photos for Christian Publications Original content: Copyright ©2011 Iwana Carpenter

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Looking Back—Looking Forward

Early this morning I realized yesterday marked the first anniversary of Kindling for Candles. In Welcome! I wrote that I chose the name for this blog from Isaiah 42 and Matthew 12 and the themes within those passages of justice, confrontation of evil, compassion, comfort and hope. On the About page in the heading, you […]

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