Good morning! Text: Jeremiah 19-21; Isaiah 17 Jeremiah 21 brings a conundrum. The prophet is speaking to the king, Zedekiah, saying that the Lord is turning …
10/2/24
Good morning! Text: Jeremiah 16-18; Isaiah 16 Jeremiah 17:9 is important, and explains an awful lot about our human nature: …
10/1/24
Good morning! Text: Jeremiah 13-15; Isaiah 15 Both of these Old Testament prophets are writing into a culture that has, …
4/30/24
Good morning! Today is a reflection day. Consider the words of Jeremiah 4:3… Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among …
9/29/24
Good morning! Today is a reflection day. In the opening of Jeremiah, the prophet hears God speak to him; “Before I formed you in the womb I …
9/28/24
Good morning! Text: Jeremiah 10-12; Isaiah 14 Again I am reminded how just reading the Bible brings me into contact with the Living God, …
9/27/24
Good morning! Text: Jeremiah 7-9; Isaiah 13 In the midst of words to the people of Judah of judgment and images of their desolation, …
9/26/24
Good morning! Text: Jeremiah 4-6; Isaiah 12 A great fallacy of our day is that old things are obsolete and …
9/25/24
Good morning! Text: Jeremiah 1-3; Isaiah 11 After a blistering indictment of Israel, Jeremiah’s prophecy turns to the topic of reconciliation between God …
9/24/24
Good morning! Text: Titus; Isaiah 10. Titus is a tight little letter from Paul to a pastor. It is filled …
9/23/24
Good morning! Text: Job 40-42; Isaiah 9 Today is a Scripture bonanza! Job’s story is resolved, and Jesus is prophesied in Isaiah …
9/22/24
Good morning! Text: Job 37-39; Isaiah 8. Our reading of Job thus far has taken us through the ruminations of …
9/21/24
Good morning! Today is a reflection day. The Word at the end of Job 36 into chapter 37 speaks of severe weather phenomena. God’s Word in Job …
9/20/24
Good morning! Text: Job 34-36; Isaiah 7 Isaiah is remarkable. It is beautiful poetry, but also very rich in prophecy about Jesus. …
9/19/24
Good morning! Text: Job 31-33; Isaiah 6 Isaiah 6 brings us a magnificent view of God’s throne room. Isaiah’s vision is a …
9/18/24
Good morning! Text: Job 28-30; Isaiah 5 In Isaiah 5, we read more words of indictment against God’s people – the inhabitants of …
9/17/24
Good morning! Text: Job 25-27; Isaiah 4 Job’s three friends have all brought Job the same answer to the question, “Why suffering?” They all …
9/16/24
Good morning! Text: Job 22-24; Isaiah 3 In these passages of Job, his friend Eliphaz is working to persuade Job that the explanation …
9/15/24
Good morning! Text: Job 19-21; Isaiah 2 The events in Job are from around the time of Abraham, and the book is believed by some scholars to …
9/14/24
Good morning! Today is a reflection day. Every day our lives are filled with choices – what to do, how …
9/13/24
Good morning! Text: Job 16-18; Isaiah 1 Isaiah opens with a volley of indictment against Judah for their rebellion and …
9/12/24
Good morning! Text: Job 13-15; Psalm 122 As Job responds to his friends’ remarks, he struggles with the great mysteries of life, …
9/11/24
Good morning! Text: Job 10-12; Psalm 121 As Job wrestles with his grave troubles, he receives “advice” from his friends …
9/10/24
Good morning! Text: Job 7-9; Psalm 120 As Job wrestles to understand his plight and to respond to his three …
9/9/24
Good morning! Text: Job 4-6; Psalm 119:161-176 I wrote earlier that some consider Job the most intellectually challenging book in the Bible. As we get …
9/8/24
Good morning! Text: Job 1-3; Psalm 119:145-160 Job is characterized as the most intellectually challenging books of the Bible. Many scholars also believe it …
9/7/24
Good morning! Today is a reflection day. Good morning! Text: Esther 4-7; Psalm 119:97-112 Psalm 119:105 is one of my favorite …
9/6/24
Good morning! Text: 2 Timothy; Psalm 119:129-144 This second letter to Timothy is so rich that I find almost all …
9/5/24
Good morning! Text: Esther 8-10; Psalm 119:113-128 The Book of Esther is unique in the Bible in that God is never mentioned – not even once. …
9/4/24
Good morning! Text: Esther 4-7; Psalm 119:97-112 When the beautiful Jewess Esther becomes queen of Persia, she ends up with a dangerous assignment. The evil …
9/3/24
Good morning! Text: Esther 1-3; Psalm 119:81-96 Even reading a familiar story in the Bible can bring us new truth. In today’s reading from Esther, …
9/2/24
Good morning! Text: 1 Timothy 4-6; Psalm 119:65-80 Throughout the Bible we find words of praise for God, reminders that our highest …
9/1/24
Good morning! Text: 1 Timothy 1-3; Psalm 119:49-64. 1 Timothy is known as a “pastoral epistle”, a letter giving instructions to a church leader …
8/31/24
Good morning! Today is a reflection day. The scene following the rebuilding of the wall of Jerusalem, where Ezra reads the Word of God to the people really stands out. …
8/30/24
Good morning! Today is a reflection day. Psalm 116:15 brings us words that have always made me think: Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of …
8/29/24
Good morning! Today is a reflection day. A verse that caught my eye on this read-through was Nehemiah 7:2: “I …
8/28/24
Good morning! Text: Nehemiah 11-13; Psalm 119:33-48 We live in a time and culture that is saturated with images to look at. …
8/27/24
Good morning! Text: Nehemiah 8-10; Psalm 119:17-32 When the Book of the Law is read aloud in the presence of the assembly of all Israel, it has a profound …
8/26/24
Good morning! Text: Nehemiah 4-7; Psalm 119:1-16 I love the story of Nehemiah leading the people as they rebuild the walls of Jerusalem, and have studied …
8/25/24
Good morning! Text: Nehemiah 1-3; Psalm 118:15-29 The book of Nehemiah chronicles the rebuilding of the city wall of Jerusalem. Nehemiah is the leader of the effort. When he …
8/24/24
Good morning! Text: Ezra 8-10; Psalm 118:1-14. Ezra comes to a challenging ending, as Ezra confronts the people for having broken God’s …
8/23/24
Good morning! Text: Ezra 5-7; Psalm 117. Yesterday in Ezra we saw how the adversary was able to get work rebuilding the temple stopped. As we …
8/22/24
Good morning! Text: Ezra 1-4; Psalm 116 Ezra brings the account of the rebuilding of the temple after the exile in Babylon. Just as prophesied by Isaiah, and in accordance with timing in the Word of …
8/21/24
Good morning! Today is a reflection day. We spend a lot of effort working to correct, avoid, deny or cover …
8/20/24
Good morning! Text: 2 Corinthians 10-13; Psalm 115 As Christians, we are in a spiritual battle – as attested in 2 Corinthians 10. We …
8/19/24
Good morning! Text: 2 Corinthians 7-9; Psalm 114 What do we grieve over? When I hear that word, “grieve”, I think …
8/18/24
Good morning! Text: 2 Corinthians 4-6; Psalm 113 Some people think that becoming a Christian is a step into perfection. …
8/17/24
Good morning! Text: 2 Corinthians 1-3; Psalm 112 There is a lot in these passages! A powerful supernatural reality for us all …
8/16/24
Good morning! Text: Obadiah; Psalm 111 Obadiah is an unusual book of prophecy as it speaks out against Edom, a …
8/15/24
Good morning! Text: 2 Chronicles 34-36; Psalm 110 Today we finish our time in 2 Chronicles as the Babylonians execute God’s judgment on the sinful nation …