Last Thursday, we launched a nine-week blog title “Jeremiah and America” to correspond with our reading each week through Thursday. In the first six chapters, the Lord has called Jeremiah to show Israel it’s departure from the covenant that the Lord had made....
We are in our twelfth week of reading together in the scriptures. Grace to everyone, freedom to begin again, no debts to be paid in makeup readings, and always the New Testament first. If things bog down, read the New Testament, one gospel chapter, one letter. The...
As we enter our eleventh week, we are in John’s gospel, Thessalonians, Timothy, Exodus, Psalms, Isaiah, and we begin Jeremiah. While Moses is receiving instructions for the tabernacle, Paul is giving instructions for the church of God. John takes us further into the...
For the word of God is living and powerful and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. Hebrews 4:12 Bible reading brings our temporal...
The bible is a book of life. Jesus lived in it, declared it, and was submitted to it. He knew the word written must be fulfilled. He was fearless in the face of a storm, a crowd who sought His life, and lack of resource to feed five thousand. God’s word must be...
This week, we are in the Epistles. It will be a coupling of grace through faith. The word of God read and listened to, mixed with faith (our accepting what we are reading as truth) moves us into obedience (attentively hearing under) as we enter into His rest. Rest is...