Pastor’s Bible Reading Schedule: 2 Samuel 15-19 In 2 Samuel 17, Absalom consults Ahithophel and Hushai for advice on how to defeat David. Absalom rejects Ahithophel’s plan in favor of Hushai’s. Hushai then secretly passes word along to David, telling him how to avoid being defeated by Absalom. Now that Absalom had taken…
Pastor’s Bible Reading Schedule: Exodus 25-28 In his book Faith, Hope, and Hilarity, Dick Van Dyke told about a Sunday school teacher who asked her students to talk about how they felt about their church. The students responded in the usual ways: some said something silly to get the rest of the class to…
Pastor’s Bible Reading Schedule: 2 Corinthians 6-8 In 2 Corinthians 6, Paul and his company appealed to the Corinthians as God’s fellow workers. Because they spoke the true gospel as God ambassadors, the Corinthians should have received and honored them, especially in light of their petition to the Corinthians to be reconciled to God.…
Pastor’s Bible Reading Schedule: Job 37-38 Saturday:Jeremiah 32-36 Sunday:Luke 1-2 Ronald Reagan, the fortieth president of the United States, was shot by John Hinckley Jr. in an attempted assassination in 1981. I was in 6th grade and can remember my teacher allowing us to watch the television as the events unfolded. In the confusion…
Pastor’s Bible Reading Schedule: Psalm 54-56 Life’s trials strip away any vestiges of self-confidence and anchors the soul to a deeper confidence in God. In such a humbling dependence, the believer calls on the name of God and finds strength in the midst of his weaknesses. Again and again in life, this is precisely…
Pastor’s Bible Reading Schedule: 2 Samuel 10-14 After the prophet Nathan explained God’s judgment against David, the divine curse began its deadly work in David’s household. Amnon, David’s son, fell in love with his beautiful half-sister Tamar.Since the law forbade sexual relations between a man and his half-sister, Amnon had a choice to make.…
Pastor’s Bible Reading Schedule: Exodus 21-24 In the city of Philadelphia, a group of fifty-five men met in May of 1787 to discuss the creation of a new system of government. Each of these men were representatives of the colonies that had won a war to establish their independence from Great Britain. The Articles…
Pastor’s Bible Reading Schedule: 2 Corinthians 4-5 I am thankful for the chance to attend our son’s graduation last week in Watertown. T-Mobile does not have service there and the home where we stayed did not have Wi-Fi. I spent two days without internet access or a phone… what a blessing! I think it…
Pastor’s Bible Reading Schedule: Psalm 51-53 David began Psalm 52 with a question of accusation, Why do you boast of evil? Criticizing his enemy Doeg, the leader of Saul’s men, he lamented, Why do you boast all day long? His foe, mighty in doing evil, bragged about his constant rebellion against truth and right.…
Pastor’s Bible Reading Schedule: Exodus 17-20 In Exodus 18, Jethro told Moses that his procedure, or lack of one, in hearing the people was not good. Moses would soon wear himself out with the countless demands upon his time. Jethro advised him to think differently about things. Jethro told him that he could actually…