Ryan Corcoran on May 15th, 2010

Basically, 1 Kings 7, 2 Chron. 7-8, 1 Kings 9, 1 Kings 4, 1 Kings 10, Psalm 72
Ryan: What gripped me the most in today’s reading was the description of Solomon’s throne room. From one perspective, we read this passage (1 Kings 10:14-21, et al.) and think about how magnificent the throne room was and [...]

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Ryan Corcoran on May 14th, 2010

1 Kings 8, 2 Chron. 5:2-14, 2 Chron. 6, 2 Chron. 7:1-10
Ryan: Today, I was struck by 2 Chronicles 6:32-33 where Solomon prays for the foreigners. In my own words, Solomon prays that as the foreigners pray to a god they do not believe in (the God of Israel), to grant them their prayers so [...]

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Continue reading about Day 134: Consecration of the Temple

Ryan Corcoran on May 13th, 2010

Basically, 1 Kings 5–7 & 2 Chron. 2-4, 2 Chron 8:12-16 (1 Kings 9:25)
Ryan: Thanks to all “those miserable psalms,” it’s been a while since I’ve gotten to do a nice solid math post. Having gotten to read about Solomon’s building of the Temple of the Name of the Lord, we got another day of [...]

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Continue reading about Day 133: King Solomon’s Temple

Ryan Corcoran on May 7th, 2010

Psalm 42, Psalm 53, Psalm 58, Psalm 81, Psalm 101
Ryan: The imagery presented in Psalm 42 is so very powerful: “As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, O God.” Whether you believe in Jehovah God or not, it’s hard to deny that humans are hard-wired to have a [...]

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Continue reading about Day 127: As The Deer

Ryan Corcoran on May 6th, 2010

Psalm 4, Psalm 12, Psalm 20, Psalm 25, Psalm 32, Psalm 38
Ryan: The heading in the chronological Bible for Psalm 12 is “Misuse of the gift of speech.” This brought to mind a tweet I saw on Twitter.com the other day: “‘God gave me two ears and one mouth, and I try to respect the [...]

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Continue reading about Day 126: Remember not the sins of my youth

Ryan Corcoran on May 5th, 2010

Psalm 139, Psalm 145, Psalm 148, Psalm 150
Ryan: What beautiful music we read in our daily Bible reading today! Between the hymn that Samantha is writing about (below), the instrumental praise band in Psalm 150, and the countless contemporary Christian songs that use Psalm 139 as source material, we have enough music to bring glory [...]

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Continue reading about Day 125: Let them praises give Jehovah

Ryan Corcoran on May 3rd, 2010

Psalm 119
Ryan: How cool is it that the longest chapter in the entire Bible is all about how wonderful is the word of God? If you search Psalm 119 in the King James Version for “Thy Word,” you’ll learn that the phrase occurs 39 times, or in approximately 22% of all the 176 verses in [...]

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Continue reading about Day 123: “Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet”