Jeremiah 47–52: Judgment & Exile

Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 22: Friday “For neither Israel nor Judah has been forsaken By his God, the LORD of hosts, Although their land is full of guilt Before the Holy One of Israel.” Jeremiah 51:5 Friday’s Bible reading of Jeremiah 47–52, finishes the book. Cawley and Millard title chapters 46–51 as […]

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Proverbs 1: Wisdom & Children

Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 22: Thursday “Hear, my son, your father’s instruction And do not forsake your mother’s teaching; Indeed, they are a graceful wreath to your head And ornaments about your neck.” Proverbs 1:8–9 Thursday’s Bible reading is Proverbs 1. Last November I did a post on Proverbs and parenting titled […]

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Psalms 63–65

Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 22: Wednesday “O You who hear prayer, To You all men come.” Psalm 65:2 Wednesday’s Bible reading is Psalms 63–65. _________ Isaiah 42 Photograph: ChristianPhotos.net – Free High Resolution Photos for Christian Publications Original content: Copyright ©2011 Iwana Carpenter

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1 Kings 1–4: A New King & Wisdom

Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 22: Tuesday Then Solomon said, “You have shown great lovingkindness to Your servant David my father, according as he walked before You in truth and righteousness and uprightness of heart toward You; and You have reserved for him this great lovingkindness, that You have given him a son […]

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Exodus 33–36

Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 22: Monday Then he said to Him, “If Your presence does not go with us, do not lead us up from here. For how then can it be known that I have found favor in Your sight, I and Your people? Is it not by Your going with […]

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Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 22

Week 22 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 5–6

Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 21: Saturday “It was at this time that He went off to the mountain to pray, and He spent the whole night in prayer to God. And when day came, He called His disciples to Him and chose twelve of them, whom He also named as apostles: Simon, […]

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Jeremiah 42–46: Deception & Defiance

Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 21: Friday Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, “If you really set your mind to enter Egypt and go in to reside there, then the sword, which you are afraid of, will overtake you there in the land of Egypt; and the famine, about […]

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The God *who loves you* is in control

A cliché often heard by Christians who are in the midst of tragedy is God is in control. This platitude sounds spiritual because, of course, it is true, but what Christian doesn’t believe God is in control? As I have been friends with Christian women over the years, listened to them, wept with them and […]

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