One Year Bible

TODAY’S BIBLE READING CHALLENGE:   Ezekiel 14:12-16:41   Hebrews 7:18-28   Psalm 106:1-12   Proverbs 27:4-6 Ezekiel 14:14 — God would spare Sodom and Gomorrah for 10 righteous people (Genesis 18:32). Yet, now God says that …

TODAY’S BIBLE READING CHALLENGE:  Ezekiel 12:1-14:11  Hebrews 7:1-17  Psalm 105:37-45  Proverbs 27:3 Ezekiel 12:28 — Interesting to compare this to Peter’s words in 2 Peter 3:4. Ezekiel 13:6 — The sin of presumption to …

TODAY’S BIBLE READING CHALLENGE:  Ezekiel 10:1-11:25  Hebrews 6:1-20  Psalm 105:16-36  Proverbs 27:1-2 Ezekiel 10 includes references to several gems, and because I’m not used to thinking in terms of the …

TODAY’S BIBLE READING CHALLENGE:   Ezekiel 7:1-9:11   Hebrews 5:1-14   Psalm 105:1-15   Proverbs 26:28 Ezekiel 7:19 — ”Their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the …

TODAY’S BIBLE READING CHALLENGE:  Ezekiel 3:16-6:14  Hebrews 4:1-16  Psalm 104:24-35  Proverbs 26:27 Ezekiel 3:18 — The scariest words in the Old Testament: “… his blood will I require at thine hand.” God …

TODAY’S BIBLE READING CHALLENGE:   Ezekiel 1:1-3:15   Hebrews 3:1-19   Psalm 104:1-23   Proverbs 26:24-26 We’re just two months from the end of the year! Hang in there! Ezekiel 1:1-3 — Ezekiel is an Exilic …

TODAY’S BIBLE READING CHALLENGE:  Lamentations 4:1-5:22  Hebrews 2:1-18  Psalm 103:1-22  Proverbs 26:23 Lamentations 4:13 — God judges a nation’s religious leaders first. Look how they are described in Lamentations 4:14-15. Lamentations 5:21 — Jeremiah …

TODAY’S BIBLE READING CHALLENGE:  Lamentations 3:1-66  Hebrews 1:1-14  Psalm 102:1-28  Proverbs 26:21-22 Hebrew Alphabet Lamentations 3:1 — A little bit of “technical analysis” is in order. Lamentations 1, 2, and 4 are …

TODAY’S BIBLE READING CHALLENGE:  Lamentations 1:1-2:22  Philemon 1:1-25  Psalm 101:1-8  Proverbs 26:20 Lamentations 1:1 — From Through the Bible (TTB): Dr. Alexander Whyte, one of the great expositors of the Word of …

TODAY’S BIBLE READING CHALLENGE:  Jeremiah 51:54-52:34  Titus 3:1-15  Psalm 100:1-5  Proverbs 26:18-19 Jeremiah 51:58 — From Ancient History Encyclopedia: Nebuchadnezzar II (634-562 BCE) built three walls around Babylon at heights of forty …

TODAY’S BIBLE READING CHALLENGE:   Jeremiah 51:1-53   Titus 2:1-15   Psalm 99:1-9   Proverbs 26:17 Jeremiah 51:5 — Why is God judging Babylon? Because God isn’t done with Israel! Jeremiah 51:8 — The declaration that Babylon is …

TODAY’S BIBLE READING CHALLENGE:  Jeremiah 49:23-50:46  Titus 1:1-16  Psalm 97:1-98:9  Proverbs 26:13-16 Jeremiah 49:23 — Hamath is an interesting city that nobody has heard of. It’s mentioned 39 times in the Old …

October 25 TODAY’S BIBLE READING CHALLENGE:  Jeremiah 48:1-49:22  2 Timothy 4:1-22  Psalm 95:1-96:13  Proverbs 26:9-12 Jeremiah 48:1 — This chapter may seem to be irrelevant to 21st century Americans, but what if …

TODAY’S BIBLE READING CHALLENGE:  Jeremiah 44:24-47:7  2 Timothy 2:22-3:17  Psalm 94:1-23  Proverbs 26:6-8 Statue of a goddess from University of Haifa Jeremiah 44:27 — As we read in Isaiah 42:8, the LORD …

TODAY’S BIBLE READING CHALLENGE:  Jeremiah 42:1-44:23  2 Timothy 2:1-21  Psalm 92:1-93:5  Proverbs 26:3-5 Jeremiah 42:2-3 — It’s about time! Jerusalem has fallen, the military governor was assassinated, the assassin’s coup was scattered, …

TODAY’S BIBLE READING CHALLENGE:  Jeremiah 39:1-41:18  2 Timothy 1:1-18  Psalm 90:1-91:16  Proverbs 26:1-2 Jeremiah 39:2 — Now the real action begins! Prophecies and imprisonment lead up to this pivotal point, the ninth …

TODAY’S BIBLE READING CHALLENGE:   Jeremiah 37:1-38:28   1 Timothy 6:1-21   Psalm 89:38-52   Proverbs 25:28 Jeremiah 37:7 — Jeremiah wasn’t a popular guy. He prophesied defeat in the midst of apparent victory. He said …

TODAY’S BIBLE READING CHALLENGE:   Jeremiah 35:1-36:32   1 Timothy 5:1-25   Psalm 89:14-37   Proverbs 25:25-27 Jeremiah 35:6 — Jonadab the teetotaler! He’s not the first who took a pledge of total abstinence. The Bible …

TODAY’S BIBLE READING CHALLENGE:  Jeremiah 33:1-34:22  1 Timothy 4:1-16  Psalm 89:1-13  Proverbs 25:23-24 Jeremiah 33:1 — In prison? Jeremiah? He joins a good group of biblical prisoners: Joseph (Genesis 39:20) Samson (Judges …

TODAY’S BIBLE READING CHALLENGE:  Jeremiah 31:27-32:44  1 Timothy 3:1-16  Psalm 88:1-18  Proverbs 25:20-22 Jeremiah 31:31-34 — This is the longest quoted passage from the Old Testament in the New Testament (Hebrews 8:8-11), …