Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 19

Week 19 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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“My servant Job”

In the heading at the top,  “My servant Job”, is a page containing my posts on Job. I’ll be adding to it as I write more on the book. There’s a subheading under it titled, Help & Comfort, in which I’ve gathered a list of posts on adversity and suffering in the hope of offering […]

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2 Corinthians 4–5: Affliction & Glory

Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 18: Sunday “For all things are for your sakes, so that the grace which is spreading to more and more people may cause the giving of thanks to abound to the glory of God. Therefore we do not lose heart, but though our outer man is decaying, yet […]

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Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 18

Week 18 of Read the Bible in 2011 begins today. As I read through the Bible this year, I’m writing down some of my thoughts to encourage you to read the Bible. And if you didn’t start on January 1, that’s not important—you can begin right now. As Jesus was praying the night before He […]

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2 Corinthians 1–3: Love & Ministry

Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 17: Sunday “You are our letter, written in our hearts, known and read by all men; being manifested that you are a letter of Christ, cared for by us, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on […]

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Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 17

Week 17 of Read the Bible in 2011 begins today. As I read through the Bible this year, I’m writing down some of my thoughts to encourage you to read the Bible. And if you didn’t start on January 1, that’s not important—you can begin right now. Easter Sunday is a wonderful day to begin […]

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Jeremiah 17–21: Discouragement & Faithfulness

Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 16: Friday The heart is more deceitful than all else And is desperately sick; Who can understand it? Jeremiah 17:9 Friday’s Bible reading is Jeremiah 17–21. Last September, in Fruit, I contrasted Jeremiah 17:5–8 with Psalm 1. These chapters contain many other well-known passages from this prophet, including […]

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Psalms 45–47: A King & A Refuge

Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 16: Wednesday “God is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth should change, And though the mountains slip into the heart of the sea; Though its waters roar and foam, Though the mountains quake at its swelling […]

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Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 16

Week 16 of Read the Bible in 2011 begins today. As I read through the Bible this year, I’m writing down some of my thoughts to encourage you to read the Bible. In John 17:17, as Jesus was praying the night before He died, He asked God the Father to: “Sanctify them in the truth; […]

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