Today is the anniversary of one of America’s greatest tragedies, the 9/11/01 terrorist attacks, which took the lives of nearly 3,000 people and caused the physical, mental and emotional suffering of thousands more. And even the rest of us who did not personally know someone who died in the attacks or witnessed it personally …
Read-Through-The-Bible [09.10.19]
Today’s read was Job 8-10. Bildad gives his first “speech” to Job. He doesn’t beat around the bush with what he thinks. When Job’s trials began, one of the first things that happened was the death of all ten of his children. Satan caused a windstorm that collapsed the house where they were gathered, and …
Read-Through-The-Bible [09.09.19]
The book of Job is laid out in “conversations.” Job has three friends come visit: Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar. They hear about his suffering and come to comfort him. When they get there, Job is in such bad shape they hardly recognize him! This strong, healthy, bold, outgoing man has been changed into a depressed …
Read-Through-The-Bible [09.08.19]
Today we began the book of Job. There are 42 chapters in this book, and it will take us 10 days to read it. The events of this book occurred before or around the time of the patriarchs like Abraham, but the publishers of this chronological Bible place it here because of when they believe …
Read-Through-The-Bible [09.07.19]
Today’s read of Daniel 4 contains the story of Nebuchadnezzar’s humbling. This king of Babylon has come face to face with the power of the Most High God several times as he dealt with these Jewish exiles. He knows Daniel and his friends have a connection to “a” god, but he has not yet acknowledged …
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