Salvation

Ryan Corcoran on May 11th, 2010

1 Kings 1, 2 Samuel 23:1-7, 1 Kings 2:1-10, 1 Chron. 29:28-30, 1 Chron. 29:23-25 (1 Kings 2:12, 2 Chron. 1:1) Ryan: Tomorrow, May 12, is my father’s birthday. (And, now that Mother’s Day has passed, we’re approaching the season for Father’s Day, too.) It’s hard for a son not to think about his father [...]

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Continue reading about Day 131: Solomon rises to the throne

Ryan Corcoran on May 2nd, 2010

Psalm 103-104, Psalm 113-114, Psalm 117 Ryan: Today marks an important event in the year-long daily Bible blogging experiment: the first YouTube video from the movie Godspell. If you were living under a rock in the 1970′s (or weren’t born yet) and have not yet heard/watched Godspell, you owe it to yourself and to your children and [...]

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Continue reading about Day 122: Bless the LORD, O my soul!

Ryan Corcoran on April 9th, 2010

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 [...]

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Continue reading about Day 99: Mephibosheth–say that three times fast.

Ryan Corcoran on March 26th, 2010

1 Samuel 1-2 Ryan: “If a man sins against another man, God may mediate for him; but if a man sins against the LORD, who will intercede for him?” (1 Samuel 2:25). Who indeed? Through all the many laws and decrees that we spent weeks poring through in Deuteronomy, Leviticus and Numbers, there were all [...]

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Continue reading about Day 85: The birth of Samuel

Ryan Corcoran on February 22nd, 2010

Leviticus 3, 7:11-21 (19:5-8), 7:28-36, 17:1-7, Lev. 4 (Num. 15:22-28), 5:1-13, 6:24-30, Num. 15:29-31 Ryan: I guess it has been building up inside me for several days, but what just hit me today is the sheer volume of blood involved in the worship of God. I think if we had a time machine and were [...]

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Continue reading about Day 53: Peace & Sin Offerings

Ryan Corcoran on February 21st, 2010

Leviticus 1, 6:8-13, Num. 28:1-8, Lev. 17:8-9, Lev. 2, 6:14-23, Num. 15:1-21 Ryan: It is often very difficult for us to relate to the myriad offerings made by the Israelites day in and day out. They are almost beyond most modern Christians’ comprehension. My NIV Study Bible has a nice little chart in it that breaks [...]

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Continue reading about Day 52: Offerings

Ryan Corcoran on February 17th, 2010

Deuteronomy 9-11 Ryan: I love the opportunity to point out examples of grace and love in the Old Testament. So many people think the Old Testament is all about laws, rules, fire and brimstone, judgment, etc. But near the beginning of chapter 9 of Deuteronomy, we see a perfect example of grace. In verse 4, [...]

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Continue reading about Day 48: Grace and love