The Emptiness of Idolatry

Pastor’s Bible Reading Schedule:  Jeremiah 10-13 Title:  “The Emptiness of Idolatry!”   Devotional Thought:   This chapter has been called the final charge of the Temple discourse.  The section begins with people entering the temple gates “to worship the Lord” with the vain repetition of the false prophets ringing in their ears, “The temple of…

The Transcendence of God

Suggested Bible Reading:  Proverbs 25-26   Devotional Thought: Title:  “The Transcendence of God.”   In chapter 25 the Proverbs of Solomon continue, but with the added comment that the men of Hezekiah copied them.  Perhaps two centuries after Solomon, Hezekiah is studying and profiting from the proverbs of Solomon.  He apparently instructed some of his…

The Treatment of Others

Suggested Bible Reading: Proverbs 19-21   Devotional Thought: Title:  “The Treatment of Others.”   Proverbs 19 does not lend itself to one single theme but does contain a variety of themes, which are interwoven together.  How we treat others reveals our true value system.  This is simply one of the themes of this chapter, but…

The Instruction to Leaders

Suggested Bible Reading: Proverbs 16-18   Devotional Thought: Title:  “The Instruction to Leaders.”   From kings to kinfolks, the clever to the clowns, the godly and the gossipers, the lofty and the lowly, these all flood the pages of Proverbs and from them we can learn the important lessons of conduct and consequences.  However, above…

A Harvest Hymn

Suggested Bible Reading: Psalm 65-67; 69-70   Devotional Thought: Title:  “A Harvest Hymn”   My dad loves to farm and there is no secret that the reward and climax of farming is harvest time.  Harvest is the time when all the hard work is displayed and rewarded.  In Psalm 65 we find a psalm or…

A God of Grace and Mercy

Suggested Bible Reading:  2 Samuel 10; 1 Chronicles 19; Psalm 20   Devotional Thought: Title:  “A God of Grace and Mercy”   2 Samuel 9 relates the kindness shown to the displaced, disinherited and disabled son of Jonathan; and chapter 10 speaks of showing kindness, this time to a son of Nahash.  Both chapters are…