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TODAY’S READING FROM THE ONE YEAR BIBLE MAY 10 – 1 Samuel 8-9:27; John 6:22-42; Psalm 106:32-48; Proverbs 14:34-35
Samuel’s sons were appointed as judges over Israel, but they proved themselves to be greedy for money. They accepted bribes and perverted justice. The Israelites confronted Samuel with their disappointment in the quality of the behavior of his sons. They were...
TODAY’S READING FROM THE ONE YEAR BIBLE MAY 9- 1 SAMUEL 5:1-7:17; JOHN 6:1-21; PSALM 106:13-31; PROV 14:32-33
The failure of the people of God to respect all that the Ark of the covenant represented rather than the material object itself, led to their presumptuous idea that they would be victorious over their enemies, the Philistines, merely by having the Ark with them in the...
READING FROM THE ONE YEAR BIBLE MAY 8 – 1 SAMUEL 2:22-4:22; John 5:24-47; PSALM 106:1-12; PROVERBS 14:30-31
OLD TESTAMENT READING- 1 Samuel 2:22-4:22 Samuel had the benefit of a godly mother. Hannah was a worshiper. Both Hannah and her husband modeled their devotion to God with regular participation in worship. Together they would go up to Shiloh to worship (1 Sam 1:3,9)....
TODAY’S READING FROM THE ONE YEAR BIBLE MAY 7 – 1 Samuel 1-2:21; John 5:1-23; Psalm 105:37-45; Proverbs 14:28-29
The two books of Samuel tell us of the transition of Israel from a theocracy to a monarchy. Together with the two Books of Kings, the four books form what is titled in the Greek Septuagint and Latin Vulgate translations, “The Book of Kingdoms”. In these books we see a...
MAY 6 – TODAY’S READING IN THE ONE YEAR BIBLE Ruth 2-4:22; John 4:43-54; Psalm 105:16-36; Proverbs 14:26-27
LOVE COMES TO HARVEST- (THE BOOK OF RUTH CONTINUED) “The Book of Ruth” (Megillat Ruth) is read by the Jews every year on the Feast of Shavuot, (the Festival of Weeks, Pentecost). It is also called “the Festival of Reaping”. “The Book of Ruth” is about a childless...
TODAY’S READING IN THE ONE YEAR BIBLE: MAY 5 Judges 21:1-25; Ruth 1:1-22; John 4:4-42; Psalm 105:1-15; Proverbs 14:25
A BRIGHT LIGHT IN THE MIDST OF A DARK NIGHT The last chapters of the Book of Judges remind us of some of the worst aspects of the human nature and the unthinkable crimes against humanity that take place every day. Israel had broken its covenant relationship with God....
TODAY’S READING IN THE ONE YEAR BIBLE- MAY 4 -Judges 19-20:48; John 3:22-4:3; Psalm 104:24-35; Proverbs 14:22-24
THE MORAL DEGENERACY OF GOD’S PEOPLE GONE GODLESS; You will notice that the author of the Book of Judges has prefaced what is written in Chapters 18 and 19 with the comment, “Now it came about in those days that there was no king in Israel”. He reminds us where...
TODAY’S READING FROM THE ONE YEAR BIBLE: MAY 3 Judges 17-18:31; John 3:1-21; Psalm 104:1-23; Proverbs 14:20-21
THE PROSPERITY CULT AND OTHER IDOLATRIES IN THE OLD TESTAMENT. MORAL RELATIVISM IN THE PERIOD OF THE JUDGES. THE NICODEMUS INTERVIEW: THE NEW BIRTH “In those days there was no king in Israel; every man did what was right in his own eyes.” (Judges 17:6; 21:25)...
TODAY’S READING IN THE ONE YEAR BIBLE: A SURPRISING DELIVERANCE YET TO COME MAY 2- Judges 15-16:31; John 2:1-25; Psalm 103:1-22; Proverbs 14:17-19
READING FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT: The tragic story of Samson, the twelfth judge of Israel, is a demonstration of repeated unfaithfulness. Samson’s history of unfaithfulness is similar to that which was found in the nation of Israel as a whole. God was faithful to His...
THE SEVENTH CYCLE OF DELIVERANCE- SAMSON, ONLY A BEGINNING Chapter 13 begins with the seventh and final repetition of what is now a familiar phrase in the Book of Judges: “Now the sons of Israel again did evil in the sight of the Lord, so that the Lord gave them into...