Sin’s Proper Punishment

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…

The Road to Success

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…

The Presence of God

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…

Discipline in Love

Pastor’s Bible Reading Schedule: 2 Corinthians 11-13   The apostle began the last chapter by reminding them again that this would be his third visit. From the information we have in the New Testament, Paul gave more attention to the Corinthian church than to any other. He stayed there one and a half years; he…

Look Up and See God

Pastor’s Bible Reading Schedule: Job 41-42 Saturday:Jeremiah 42-46 Sunday:Luke 5-6   Throughout the course of his painful interrogation, Job had been greatly humbled by God. His heart has been emptied of pride before God. Yet it had been in this lowering process that Job’s faith had been turned upward to God with a new attitude.…

A God of Details

Pastor’s Bible Reading Schedule: Exodus 29-32   The Lord commanded, in chapter 30, that incense would burn before Him continually; therefore, He commands Moses to build an altar made of the usual acacia wood. The altar would measure one foot long, one foot wide, and two cubits high. The entire top and sides were to…

Generous Giving

Pastor’s Bible Reading Schedule: 2 Corinthians 9-10   The apostle begins verse 6 with what was a common agricultural proverb which taught that sowing sparingly results in a poor harvest and that generous sowing results in a plentiful harvest. This analogy encouraged generous giving. Just as farmers should not expect a large harvest unless they…

Our Amazing Creator

Pastor’s Bible Reading Schedule: Job 39-40 Saturday:Jeremiah 37-41 Sunday:Luke 3-4   In Job 39, the Lord takes us on a tour of questions that He asked Job about the animal kingdom. The purpose of this exam of the animal kingdom was to impress on Job the greatness of God, His majesty as sovereign Creator, and…