Saturday, October 1, 2016  Why Being Good is not Good Enough Reading: Matthew 5:21-7:23 My selection: “Not everyone who says to me,...

Today’s reading: Haggai 1:1-Zechariah 3:10 My Selection: For behold, on the stone that I have set before Joshua, on a single stone with...

Today we begin our reading of the seventeen books of the prophets (Isaiah 1:1-4:6).   It is not a pretty picture they paint of the...

“Mercy triumphs over judgment” wrote the Apostle James in chapter two verse 13b of his letter.  God’s mercy in Christ, triumphs over the...

In today’s reading (Job 42:1-Psalm 7:17) we finish Job and enter the Psalms.  Psalm 1 introduces the Psalter (the hymnal of the Old...

A common view of God sees Him as all love, mercy, and forgiveness.  Is this overly simplistic?  Is He also a God of judgment and...

Today’s reading: Joshua 10:1-12:24 How much time have you wasted lamenting your sin and past mistakes? In today’s reading, we have an...

Today’s reading: Deuteronomy 22:13-25:19 “Marriage is for adults… A good marriage is not achieved in days, weeks, months, or years, but...

Today’s reading: Numbers 27:1-29:40 Old Testament sacrifices, repeated as they were every day, pointed to the need for a better...

Today’s reading: Leviticus 15:1-17:16 As you read about the Day of Atonement today, consider how that annual holy day in Ancient Israel...

Today’s reading: Genesis 9:18-12:9 Now we come to the incident of Noah’s drunkenness and his sons’ reactions to it.  Here is a poignant...

Today’s reading: Genesis 4-5 The history of Cain and Abel causes me pause. It is the first recorded case of murder, it occurred within a...