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1 Chron. 16:37-43, 2 Sam. 6:20-23, 2 Sam. 8:15-18 (1 Chron. 18:14-17), 2 Sam. 9:1-13, 1 Chron. 17:1-2 (2 Sam. 7:1-3), 2 Sam. 7:4-29 (1 Chron. 17:3-27) Ryan: The story of David bringing Mephibosheth into his house and having him sit at his table every night, and restoring all of Saul’s land to him and [...]
Continue reading about Day 99: Mephibosheth–say that three times fast.
1 Samuel 18, 1 Sam. 19:1-18, Psalm 59, 1 Sam. 19:19-24, 1 Sam. 20, 1 Sam. 21:1 Ryan: My comments today are more reflective of the Daily Bible itself, rather than today’s content. In the middle of today’s reading, the editor of this chronological study Bible inserted the entirety of Psalm 59, in which “David [...]
Continue reading about Day 91: “Saul is looking to kill you”
1 Samuel 16-17 Ryan: Who doesn’t know the story of David and Goliath? And what could I possibly write about that hasn’t already been written before? Even people who have next to no Bible knowledge whatsoever are very familiar with David and Goliath. So what makes this one story so great that it crosses into [...]
Continue reading about Day 90: “the LORD looks at the heart”
1 Samuel 8-12 Ryan: Now that we’ve seen it happen several times now, I am amazed at how often the sons of the spiritual leaders of Israel go astray. We saw it happen in today’s reading with Samuel (1 Samuel 8:3), just yesterday with Eli and his two sons, and we also witnessed two of [...]
1 Samuel 3-7 Ryan: Today’s five chapters of reading provides enough material to spend at least a week’s worth of blog posts discussing. I’d like to look briefly at 1 Samuel 4:3-5. The Israelites, following a devastating defeat at the hand of the Philistines, have an “Aha!” moment and realize that the reason they were [...]
Continue reading about Day 86: “Speak, LORD, for your servant is listening.”
Judges 6, Judges 7, Judges 8:1-3 Ryan: Gideon is one of the great Bible characters that are easier to relate to–he’s just a God-fearing believer in a pagan world who struggles with his own faith. Three times in Judges 6 Gideon asked for a sign from God. All three times, God obliged with a response. [...]
Continue reading about Day 78: “You’ve GOT to be kidding me.”
Judges 4:1-10, Judg. 4:12-17, Judg. 4:11, Judg. 4:18-24, Judg. 5 Ryan: While the Israelite community was very patriarchal in nature, the matriarchs of the household were also pivotal in all spiritual matters, not just in the home. Women were certainly excluded from almost all business dealings, but when it came to God and home, mothers [...]
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