Bible Readings for October 3rd 1 Kings 6 | Ephesians 3 | Ezekiel 36 | Psalm 86 In the beginning, God dwelt with his people in the temple of his creation—that is, in the perfection of the Garden of Eden. There, Yahweh walked among his people, who dwelt with their God...
Bible Readings for June 21st Deuteronomy 26 | Psalms 117–118 | Isaiah 53 | Matthew 1 For the people of God, giving is never meant to be a burdensome task. Deuteronomy 26 teaches us why we ought to give, using two events that were to happen when Israel took possession...
Bible Readings for June 11th Deuteronomy 16 | Psalm 103 | Isaiah 43 | Revelation 13 In Deuteronomy 16, Moses names the three festivals that all Israelite males were expected to attend: Passover, the Feast of Weeks (Pentecost), and the Feast of Booths. As we saw in our...
Bible Readings for June 10th Deuteronomy 15 | Psalm 102 | Isaiah 42 | Revelation 12 Toward the end of yesterday’s meditation on Deuteronomy 14, we talked about how the tithes of Israel were meant to take care of the needy as well as the Levites, who did not have their...
Bible Readings for June 9th Deuteronomy 13–14 | Psalms 99, 100, & 101 | Isaiah 41 | Revelation 11 Deuteronomy 14 changes the way that we see our offerings to God. Sadly, we can too easily come to look at the act of bringing our offerings to God as a kind of a tax,...