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3/30/2021 – Day 317 – Deuteronomy 13 – 15 – Punishment of Apostates; Tithing Principles; Debts Cancelled Every Seven Years; Generosity to the Poor.

Punishment of Apostates: As Matthew Henry comments on the beginning of Chapter 13: “A very strange supposition, v, 1, 2. 1. It is strange that there …

03/28/2021 – Day 315 – Peter 1 – 3 / To A Persecuted Church –

From Halley’s Bible Handbook:

“Nero’s Persecution of Christians, A.D. 64 – 67, was very severe and around Rome, but not general over the Empire. However the example of …

03/26/2021 – Day 313 – Ecclesiastes 5 – 6 //A good start: Stand in the Awe of God…

The Opening “Stand in Awe of God” section through the first seven verses are really packed with God’s truth. The first verse: “… and draw near to hear rather …

03/25/2021 – Day 312 – Psalms 128 – 130 / 130:8: “And he shall redeem Israel From all his iniquities.”

From Matthew Henry’s commentary: “Jesus Christ saves his people from their sins (Matthew 1:21), redeems them from all iniquity (Titus 2:14) and turns away ungodliness from Jacob (Romans 11:26). …

03/24/2021 – Day 311 – 2 Chronicles 33 – 36 – Ending with the fall of Jerusalem and The Proclamation of Cyrus.

33:17 notes: “that the people still sacrificed on the high places, but only to the Lord their God.” We’ve seen reference to “high places” but let’s look at it …

03/23/2021 – Day 310 – Deuteronomy – 10 -12// Is the covenant of circumcision everlasting?

My footnote to 10:16 notes: “Skeptics argue that the Bible’s statement that the covenant is to be everlasting (Genesis 17:7, 10-11) contradicts verses saying that the circumcision is of …

03/22/2021 – Day 309 – Acts 13 – 14 // 2 of 2 – Ch 14

14:4 – Let’s look at this for this is us today. Just a generation ago, we had our butts in the pew on Sunday. But we were lukewarm. …

03/22/2021 – Day 309 – Acts 13 – 14 / 1 of 2 – Chapter 13-

I don’t pray nearly as much as I should before these posts but on a relative scale, this reading was up there. I don’t know how this is …