Pastor’s Bible Reading Schedule: Psalm 66-68 Praise offered to God must be expressed heartily. Worship is never to be offered with apathy. It should be energetic and fervent in its adoration of God. Psalm 66 demonstrates such dynamic praise. It is a psalm of thanksgiving in which the psalmist, probably the king of Israel,…
Pastor’s Bible Reading Schedule: 1 Kings 5-9 1 Kings 6-7 contain a great amount of details, many of them confusing. It is impossible to reconstruct the temple, except in broad outline. The author of 1 Kings wants to help us form in our minds an impression of the glory and splendor of this building…
Pastor’s Bible Reading Schedule: Exodus 37-40 Once Bezaleel and Aholiab had completed their tasks, God commanded Moses to set up the tabernacle on the first day of the new year. He was to place the Ark of the Covenant behind the curtain in the most holy place, then place the table of shewbread, lampstand,…
Pastor’s Bible Reading Schedule: Galatians 1-3 Paul is the author of the Book of Galatians. God called him to be an apostle and sent him on the special mission of evangelizing the Gentiles. The opening of Galatians is unusual for Paul. In most of his letters, he begins with a thanksgiving for the recipients,…
Pastor’s Bible Reading Schedule: Jeremiah 47-52 The Philistines never played a major role in world history, but they were a “thorn in the side” of the Israelites. These “great uncircumcised enemies of Israel” made their first appearance in biblical history during the days of Abraham. They then settled in southwest Canaan. In the early…
Pastor’s Bible Reading Schedule: 1 Kings 1-4 Israel may have been God’s special people, but God’s calling does not change the depravity factor that works in all of us. As the Book of 1 Kings begins, we are at a critical moment in the history of the Israel monarchy. David is the nation’s second…
Pastor’s Bible Reading Schedule: Exodus 33-36 What follows here may be hard to understand, but it becomes quite plain when we see the whole picture. At first God seemed simply to renew His covenant with the Israelites and promised to take them successfully into the land. He would even send an angel to go…
