Pastor’s Bible Reading Schedule: 1 Chronicles 25-29 Music was crucial in David’s life. While a young shepherd, he was known as “a brave man and a warrior,” but he first came to the court of King Saul because of his ability to play the harp. Although there is no record of David taking time…
Pastor’s Bible Reading Schedule: Numbers 13-15 The journeys of Israel took on a more targeted approach to the promised inheritance. The Lord sought to bolster the confidence of the troops by having them see, observe, and even taste of the attractive land ahead. Moses selected some men to explore the land and bring back…
Pastor’s Bible Reading Schedule: 2 Timothy 3-4 1 Timothy 3:10 begins a passage that teaches that our lives exhibit the reality of our inner character. The manner in which we live, the decisions we make, the circumstances with which we must contend, all reveal the beliefs we hold and the priorities we maintain. Paul…
Pastor’s Bible Reading Schedule: Joel 1-3 Saturday: John 13-15 Sunday: 2 Timothy 3-4 The good things in this life come from humility toward God, which leads to the fear of the Lord.Wednesday evening, we looked at the importance of fearing the Lord. A person who fears God cannot be full of selfish pride at…
Pastor’s Bible Reading Schedule: Psalm 105-107 William S. Plumer once wrote, “Blessed is he who sees God in history and in nature, as well as in revelation.” Surely the person who studies the Scripture is enlightened to see the invisible hand of God, presiding over the affairs of human history, directing it toward its…
Pastor’s Bible Reading Schedule: 1 Chronicles 20-24 Satan does not come up very often in the Bible as a whole, and very little in the Old Testament. Here in chapter 21, in one of his few appearances, we see him causing trouble for Israel by inciting David to take a census. The parallel passage…
Pastor’s Bible Reading Schedule: Numbers 10-12 How could Moses endure the incessant complaints of so large a throng? Here Moses indulged in a bit of self-pity. Did Moses forget the horrid conditions in Egypt? Did he not recall his own deliverance so many decades ago when he fled to Midian after killing an Egyptian?…
Pastor’s Bible Reading Schedule: Psalm 102-104 Even in the midst of their darkest hours, believers always have a steadfast hope in God. Theirs is a positive confidence that is unshakable and irrefutable. No matter how black the night, no matter how raging the storm, one’s hope in the Lord should remain strong. Whenever the…
Pastor’s Bible Reading Schedule: 1 Chronicles 15-19 David had learned his lesson. Three months after the first attempt to move the ark, he had read the instructions and figured out why things had gone wrong. The problem was that the Levites had not carried the ark as God had commanded. David admitted that he…
Pastor’s Bible Reading Schedule: Numbers 7-9 The Lord had already consecrated the priests who would serve in the tabernacle. Therefore, in chapter 8, He sets apart their assistants, the Levites, for their service. The first step was to sprinkle on them the water of cleansing,water probably taken from the laver in the courtyard. Then…