Bible Readings for November 24th 1 Chronicles 19–20 | 1 Peter 1 | Jonah 3 | Luke 8 As we have seen in our reading from 1 Chronicles, sometimes the significant factor of a story is not so much in the included details as in the excluded ones. In 1 Chronicles 17, we saw...
Bible Readings for September 29th 1 Kings 1 | Galatians 5 | Ezekiel 32 | Psalm 80 As we come to the end of David’s life, the stories we read not only prepare us for the transferring of the kingdom to David’s son Solomon, but they also give us deeper insight into...
Bible Readings for September 22nd 2 Samuel 18 | 2 Corinthians 11 | Ezekiel 25 | Psalm 73 There is a tragic irony to the way Absalom dies in 2 Samuel 18. Certainly, one of the core components to Absalom’s winsomeness as he stole the hearts of Israel (2 Sam. 15:6) was...
Bible Readings for September 21st 2 Samuel 17 | 2 Corinthians 10 | Ezekiel 24 | Psalm 72 Back in 2 Samuel 15, David’s friend Hushai wanted to flee Jerusalem with David. Instead, David instructed Hushai to stay and pretend to join Absalom. In this way, Hushai could...
Bible Readings for September 20th 2 Samuel 16 | 2 Corinthians 9 | Ezekiel 23 | Psalms 70–71 If we began to see the suffering of David at the hand of Absalom in 2 Samuel 15, each of the three scenes in 2 Samuel 16 ratchets up David’s suffering even further, one misery...
