Truth For The Heart
Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 5: Friday Today’s Bible reading of Isaiah 23–28, encompasses several sections of the book. Chapter 23 is the oracle concerning Tyre. It finishes the prophecies of God’s judgment of nations that began in chapter 13.1 The next four chapters, 24–27, are “often loosely known as the ‘Isaiah Apocalypse’,” […]
Read MoreRead the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 5: Monday “For I have chosen him, so that he may command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing righteousness and justice, so that the LORD may bring upon Abraham what He has spoken about him..” Genesis 18:19 Monday’s […]
Read MoreRead the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 4: Friday Today’s Bible reading, Isaiah 18–22, continues with prophecies of God’s judgment of nations that began in chapter 13 and finishes in chapter 23.1 Chapters 18–22 contain judgments on Cush (Ethiopia/Sudan), Egypt, Babylon, Edom, Arabia and Jerusalem. Last week I quoted Derek Kidner as saying: “…these chapters […]
Read MoreRead the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 4: Sunday – But now we have been released from the Law, having died to that by which we were bound, so that we serve in newness of the Spirit and not in oldness of the letter. Romans 7:6 – Today’s Bible reading is Romans 7–8. If you’re […]
Read More“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 […]
Read MoreRead the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 3: Saturday Today’s Bible reading is Matthew 5–7. These three chapters record the teaching of Jesus known as The Sermon on the Mount because of the location mentioned in 5:1. The word radical can mean going to the root or source1, and it aptly describes Jesus’ words as […]
Read MoreRead the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 3: Friday “For the LORD of hosts has planned, and who can frustrate it? And as for His stretched-out hand, who can turn it back?” Isaiah 14:27 Today’s Bible reading is Isaiah 12–17. Chapter 12 is a song of praise of the remnant. If you look back to […]
Read MoreRead the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 3: Wednesday Lovingkindness… Righteous… Majestic… In today’s Bible reading of Psalm 6–8, each one written by David, we see both the depth and breadth of his knowledge of God. The depth of his knowledge of God is seen in David’s trust as he pours out his dismay and […]
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Kindling for Candles 