Pastor’s Bible Reading Schedule: Esther 1-5 Haman was an “Agagite,” a descendant from Agag, king of the Amalekites. Knowing the history of the Amalekites animosity toward Israel, we can understand why Haman hated the Jews. God had declared war on the Amalekites and wanted their name and memory blotted off the face of the…
Pastor’s Bible Reading Schedule: Deuteronomy 26-29 Most of us are familiar with the conversion story of Charles Spurgeon. Few people would have predicted that anything important would have happened on that frigid Sunday morning in January of 1850 when the “Prince of Preachers,” then fifteen years of age, ducked into a church to get…
Pastor’s Bible Reading Schedule: 1 John 5 Everything in creation, except man, obeys the will of God. “Fire and hail, snow, and vapor, stormy wind fulfilling His Word” (Psalm 148:8). We remember the Book of Jonah, where we see the winds and waves, and even the fish, obeying God’s commands; however, Jonah persisted in…
Pastor’s Bible Reading Schedule: Psalm 143-145 The very first of Luther’s 95 theses reads, “When our Lord and Master, Jesus Christ, said ‘repent,’ He meant that the entire life of believers should be one of repentance.” Luther declared that Scripture taught that repentance is an absolute necessity for all people and that it involves…
Pastor’s Bible Reading Schedule: Nehemiah 10-13 With Nehemiah’s name heading up the list, eighty-four people put their seal on the covenant that they made with the Lord. This list included priests, Levites, and the leaders of the people. Many other citizens agreed to the covenant who didn’t “sign their names” individually, including wives and…
Pastor’s Bible Reading Schedule: Deuteronomy 22-25 The opposite of love is not hatred but selfishness which is often expressed with indifference. The Israelite who saw a neighbor’s ox or sheep straying was not to ignore it. He was to go through the trouble to take it back to him. The fact that the person…
Pastor’s Bible Reading Schedule: 1 John 3-4 There is a special group of people whose job it is to track down counterfeiters. Naturally, these people need to know a counterfeit bill when they see it. How do they learn to identify fake bills? Oddly enough, they are not trained by spending hours examining…
Pastor’s Bible Reading Schedule: Song of Solomon 1-2 Saturday: Revelation 1-6 Sunday: Acts 21-22 This book of the Bible has certainly experienced its share of confusion and suspicion. However, it is clearly a book about the love of God for His bride and a wonderful illustration of love between a husband and his wife.…
Pastor’s Bible Reading Schedule: Psalm 140-142 It is impossible to articulate the importance of prayer. Anyone who has ever really been mightily used by God has had a consistent and powerful prayer life. The ministry of intercession is a powerful weapon available to all believers. We are encouraged to intercede for government leaders and…
Pastor’s Bible Reading Schedule: Ecclesiastes 11-12 Saturday: Malachi 1-4 Sunday: Acts 19-20 The final two chapters of Ecclesiastes are often combined because the traditional chapter break tends to interrupt the flow of Solomon’s argument. I find that this is the case with many of the chapter breaks. It is important for us to remember,…