Pastor’s Bible Reading Schedule: 1 Kings 10-13 For five years George Stephanopoulos served as a senior adviser for President Clinton, first in his campaign and then in the White House. He left after Mr. Clinton’s reelection in 1996 and, two years later, set out to write his memoirs about the man who had dominated…
Pastor’s Bible Reading Schedule: Leviticus 1-3 How do you measure progress? Every generation has its own distinct way of measuring growth and progress. February 6 has been a date infamous for proving this truth in the area of technology and national security. On this day in 1959, the United States successfully test-fired the first…
Pastor’s Bible Reading Schedule: Galatians 4-6 Paul states that Christian freedom is the right and privilege of every believer. In chapter 5, Paul points out six negative consequences of falling back into slavery. Starting in verse 13, he warns them not to use this freedom as a license to sin. Rather than liberty being…
Pastor’s Bible Reading Schedule: Psalm 66-68 Praise offered to God must be expressed heartily. Worship is never to be offered with apathy. It should be energetic and fervent in its adoration of God. Psalm 66 demonstrates such dynamic praise. It is a psalm of thanksgiving in which the psalmist, probably the king of Israel,…
Pastor’s Bible Reading Schedule: 1 Kings 5-9 1 Kings 6-7 contain a great amount of details, many of them confusing. It is impossible to reconstruct the temple, except in broad outline. The author of 1 Kings wants to help us form in our minds an impression of the glory and splendor of this building…
Pastor’s Bible Reading Schedule: Exodus 37-40 Once Bezaleel and Aholiab had completed their tasks, God commanded Moses to set up the tabernacle on the first day of the new year. He was to place the Ark of the Covenant behind the curtain in the most holy place, then place the table of shewbread, lampstand,…
Pastor’s Bible Reading Schedule: Galatians 1-3 Paul is the author of the Book of Galatians. God called him to be an apostle and sent him on the special mission of evangelizing the Gentiles. The opening of Galatians is unusual for Paul. In most of his letters, he begins with a thanksgiving for the recipients,…
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…
