Acts 23–24

Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 50: Saturday “But on the night immediately following, the Lord stood at his side and said, “Take courage; for as you have solemnly witnessed to My cause at Jerusalem, so you must witness at Rome also.” Acts 23:11 Saturday’s Bible reading is Acts 23–24. May the Lord be […]

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Revelation 7–11: The Kingdom of Our Lord & of His Christ

Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 50: Friday Then the seventh angel sounded; and there were loud voices in heaven, saying, “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ; and He will reign forever and ever.” And the twenty-four elders, who sit on their thrones before […]

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Song of Solomon 3–4

Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 50: Thursday “Go forth, O daughters of Zion, And gaze on King Solomon with the crown With which his mother has crowned him On the day of his wedding, And on the day of his gladness of heart.” Song of Solomon 3:11 Thursday’s Bible reading is Song of […]

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“Oh Come, Oh Come, Emmanuel!”

“Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.” Isaiah 7:14 (KJV) The roots of the music of Oh Come, Oh Come, Emmanuel! go back to the 15th century.1 The Messianic titles in the lyrics, called the O Antiphons, are […]

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Nehemiah 10–13

Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 50: Tuesday “Remember me for this, O my God, and do not blot out my loyal deeds which I have performed for the house of my God and its services.” Nehemiah 13:14 Tuesday’s Bible reading is Nehemiah 10–13. May the Lord bless you through the reading of His […]

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Deuteronomy 26–28

Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 50: Monday “This day the LORD your God commands you to do these statutes and ordinances. You shall therefore be careful to do them with all your heart and with all your soul. You have today declared the LORD to be your God, and that you would walk […]

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2 John: Walk & Watch

Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 50: Sunday I was very glad to find some of your children walking in truth, just as we have received commandment to do from the Father. Now I ask you, lady, not as though I were writing to you a new commandment, but the one which we have […]

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“Joy to the World!”

“Joy to the World” with its exuberant music and words of celebration is one of my favorite Christmas carols. The words are based on Psalm 98, and it is one of the more than 600 hymns written by Isaac Watts (1674-1748).1 He wrote the hymn, however, not of the First Advent of Christ, but of […]

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Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 50

Week 50 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 on different days of the week. This is the general schedule from Michael Coley’s reading plan […]

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Acts 21–22

Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 49: Saturday “Then Paul answered, “What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound, but even to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.” Acts 21:13 Saturday’s Bible reading is Acts 21–22. May the Lord be […]

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Revelation 1–6: Jesus & the Seven Churches

Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 49: Friday “The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show to His bond-servants, the things which must soon take place; and He sent and communicated it by His angel to His bond-servant John, who testified to the word of God and to the testimony of […]

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