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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 …

08/17/2024 – Day 076 – Isaiah – Chapters 56 – 61 / Whoa, look at the breadth of coverage here in the chapter summaries!

So, the chapter summaries are in the post dated 08/09/2020. And then, there is also a posting on 05/14/22 on the subsequent cycle from J.A. Motyer’s “Isaiah” entitled: …

08/15/2024 – Day 073 – Psalm – Chapters 30 – 32 / Note – Chapter 32 commentary: List of other penitential Psalms.

Two reading cycles past, there is a post for this drawing dated 08/06/2020 that covers commentary on: 30: 11-12; 31:19; and 32:9.

For today, I would like to share the …

08/13/2024 – Day 072 – Genesis – Chapters 40 – 43 – “Joseph foreshadows the Savior.”

Previous cycle posts for this Day 072: 1) 08/04/20 – 41:12 – Re: Joseph’s gift of dream interpretation; and 2) 05/10/2022 – 40: 18 – 19 Re: …