Sin
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Continue reading about Day 126: Remember not the sins of my youth
Psalm 8-9, Psalm 16, Psalm 19, Psalm 21, Psalm 24 Ryan: The atheist humanist movement that is quickly grabbing the industrialized societies by the throat is very appealing on the outside. The theory goes, as long as you’re nice to people, and you’re generally a “good person,” then that’s all that really matters. As long [...]
Psalm 5-7, Psalm 10-11 Ryan: In reading the psalms in which David prays for deliverance from enemies and deliverance from oppression, I couldn’t help but draw comparisons to some of Martin Luther King Jr.’s speeches. In particular, from Psalm 6:3-4, “How long, O LORD, how long? Turn, O LORD, and deliver me.” A deep study [...]
2 Sam. 21:1-14, 1 Chron. 21 (2 Sam. 24), 1 Chron. 22, Psa. 30, Ryan: As I read through today’s reading, I ran across the name “Satan” in 1 Chronicles 21:1. I thought to myself, “Well, there’s a name I haven’t heard in a while.” So, I went to the handy biblegateway.com and searched for [...]
2 Sam. 19:5-43, 2 Sam 20 Ryan: So here’s a weird-but-true coincidence in a modern day connection to today’s daily Bible reading: in today’s Wichita Eagle there was an article reporting that an Olathe man who had cursed a police officer with expletives and giving him “the finger” had won a lawsuit to repeal a disorderly conduct [...]
Recent Comments