Bible Readings for May 28th Deuteronomy 1 | Psalms 81–82 | Isaiah 29 | 3 John 1 Although Deuteronomy is one of the longer books in the Old Testament, with thirty-four chapters, it does not represent the passage of much time. In Deuteronomy, we do not read new...
Bible Readings for June 28th Deuteronomy 33–34 | Psalm 119:145–176 | Isaiah 60 | Matthew 8 The shadow of Moses’s impending death hangs over the entire book of Deuteronomy. But, as the people move on into the Promised Land after the death of Moses (which we finally...
Bible Readings for June 27th Deuteronomy 32 | Psalm 119:121–144 | Isaiah 59 | Matthew 7 Moses has given the entire law to the people of Israel, but in Deuteronomy 32, he takes a different approach to impress upon his people the necessity of obeying Yahweh: he sings to...
Bible Readings for June 26th Deuteronomy 31 | Psalm 119:97–120 | Isaiah 58 | Matthew 6 There is an engraved marble memorial at Westminster Abbey in London dedicated to John and Charles Wesley, the great leaders of the Methodist movement in the eighteenth century. At...
Bible Readings for June 25th Deuteronomy 30 | Psalm 119:73–96 | Isaiah 57 | Matthew 5 Back in Deuteronomy 10:16, Moses had commanded the people of Israel to circumcise the foreskin of their hearts, and here in Deuteronomy 30, heart circumcision appears again as the...
Bible Readings for June 24th Deuteronomy 29 | Psalm 119:49–72 | Isaiah 56 | Matthew 4 In Deuteronomy 29–30, Moses renews Israel’s covenant with Yahweh one final time before his death. First, just as he had done at the beginning of Deuteronomy, Moses recounts the...