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01/19/2021 – Day 248 – 1 Chronicles 20 – 24

“Is it well to number converts! [David] got into trouble by trying to number Israel. It is best to let the Lord keep the record. It makes …

01/18/2021 – Day 247 – Exodus 13 – 16 // “Biblical faith does not call people to crucify their intellect or take irrational leaps of faith in the darkness with the hope that Christ will catch us. Rather we are called to leap out of the darkness and into the light…True faith involves trusting in the evidence that God has amply provided in and through His Word.” Quote by R.C. Sproul. (he is missed but he is home!)

And how much evidence did the covenant people in the desert witness but still refused to obey? Moses intercedes for the people in chapter 14, actually “changing God’s mind” …

01/17/2020 – Day 246 – John 13 – 15 //14:6: “I am the way; the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”

No one means no one!

Chapter 13 – No matter how many times I read, reflect, and pray on it, the story of Jesus Washing the Disciples feet is sublime. …

01/16/2021 – Day 245 – 2 Timothy 1-2 // Paul’s Final Word – His Dying Shout of Triumph

Today would have been my Dad’s 100th birthday. He was a navy veteran in WW2 in the South Pacific. It’s funny, I was at work today, and as …

01/16/2021 – Day 244 – Hosea 8 – 14 // “There must be plowing before there is sowing if there is to be reaping after the sowing.” quote by Charles Spurgeon./ post 1 of ?

After a year to date dive into the prophets and the Wednesday Jewish history book night, I could write a book just on this day’s reading. But nobody would …

01/15/2021 – Day 243 – Proverbs 20 – 21 – 20:27: “Humility is daily clothing of the Christian.”

Proverbs is chock full of non-rhyming couplets of words of wisdom. It occurs to me to ask: Are there one or two that you can single out in …

01/14/2020 – Day 242 – Psalms 102 – 104 – “God couldn’t forgive my sin.”

Psalm 103:17: “But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting On those who fear Him And His righteousness to children’s children,”

My questions & objections section on …

01/13/2021 – Day 241 – 1 Chronicles 15 – 19 // Ch 16:36 – “Blessed be the Lord God of Israel From everlasting to everlasting!”

16: 31:

“Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad; And let them say among the nations, “The Lord reigns.” Let the sea roar , and …

01/12/2021 – Day 240 – Numbers 9 – 12 // Numbers 11:23: “And the Lord said to Moses, ‘Has the Lord’s arm been shortened?’

And indeed, the Lord sends quail to feed the “six hundred thousand men on foot” that Moses referred to in 11:21. Let’s try to get a visual picture of …

01/03/2021 – Day 231 – 2 Timothy 1 – 3 / Post 2 of ? – “The Great Mystery” section.

Yes, here I am posting this nine days later. But I wanted to share this with you:

2 Timothy 3:16: “And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness:

God …