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09/24/2024 – Day 093 – Exodus 1 – 4 / Michael Knowles interview of Dennis Prager on the book of Exodus – 30 mins.

Here I go again, I mentioned this in last cycle but I am coming it from a different angle. Also in a previous dated 09/01/2020, we started with Exodus …

09/23/2024 – Day 092 – Mark Chapters 7 & 8 / Section: “The Way of the Cross” 8:34 – 8:38

Our posts in previous cycles for this reading: 1). 05/31/2022 – a zeroing in on Mark 8:38 , the horrific result of being “ashamed of the love of Christ”. …

09/22/2024 – Day 091 – 1 Corinthians – Chapters 9 & 10 // 10:13: Trust God ; He will provide! / There is no valley so dark but He can find the way through it!

Previous one year cycle posts on this Day 091 were on : 05/29/2022 (9: 16 – 18 ; 10: 1 – 13 – “Danger of Falling” & 08/23/2020 …

09/21/2024 – Day 090 – Jeremiah – Chapters 1 – 6 – Part 1 of ? / An Introduction to the 10 week Saturday study and fellowship through this book.

In our ten week Saturday study of Jeremiah, we have had seven previous posts in our two previous Semikkah7 read through the Bible in a year cycles, with the following …

09/18/2024 – Day 088 – Psalm – Chapters 36 – 38 / Comment: David, the quintessential superstar hero figure in his youth, then a terrible fall with Bathsheba. He repented and continually grew in his personal relationship with the Lord from there, a mess but a redeemed mess by His grace!

This is going to be different personally for awhile: I kept up on the daily readings while we were on our two week vacation, but I’m glad I pushed …

09/15/2024 – Day 085 – Mark – Chapters 5 & 6 / “Then Jesus said to them, ‘A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown, among his relatives, and in his household… And he was amazed at their unbelief.” Mark 6: verses 4 & 6

Indeed. I am going to bring in an excerpt from Barclay’s commentary, Mark 6: 1 – 6:

“… Sometimes when familiarity should breed a growing respect it breeds an increasing …

08/25/2024 – Day 084 – 1 Corinthians – Chapters 7 – 8a / 8:6: “In a remarkable affirmation, Paul called Jesus Christ the ‘one Lord’…, a mere 20 years after Jesus’ crucifixion, indicating a high view of Jesus very early on in the church.”

Last cycle, a post dated 05/22/2022, a will call it a tribute to “the shakers”. Still in this chapter on marriage, I dug into a very interesting verse, …

08/24/2024 – Day 083 – Isaiah – Chapters 62 – 66

We have two prior posts for today’s reading: 08/15/2020 & 05/21/2022. The former includes an introduction to the book of Isaiah. The later is a sermon from …

08/19/2024 – Day 078 – Mark – Chapters 3 – 4 / 4: 10 – 12 – “… one of the most difficult passages in all of the gospels.” William Barclay’s commentary – “The Gospel of John”

Two cycles ago this day, there is a post on the unpardonable sin, verses 3: 29 – 30.

For 4: 10 – 12 today, “… The Authorized Version speaks of the …