Psalms 21–23: The Good Shepherd & His Suffering

Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 8: Wednesday “Posterity will serve Him; It will be told of the Lord to the coming generation. They will come and will declare His righteousness To a people who will be born, that He has performed it.” Psalm 22:30–31 Today’s Bible reading is Psalms 21–23. Psalm 21 is […]

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Isaiah 29–33: Rogues & Rest

Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 6: Friday “Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help And rely on horses, And trust in chariots because they are many And in horsemen because they are very strong, But they do not look to the Holy One of Israel, nor seek the LORD! ” […]

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Isaiah 23–28: Judgments & Wisdom

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’,” […]

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Genesis 16–19: Covenant & Judgment

Read 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 […]

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Isaiah 18–22: Justice & Mercy

Read 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 […]

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Romans 7–8: Law & Grace

Read 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 […]

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Coventry Carol: A Song For Our Time

“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 […]

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Matthew 5–7: Façade & Reality

Read 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 […]

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Isaiah 12–17: Burdens & Refuge

Read 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 […]

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