Posts Tagged ‘Bible Reading’
What Will Sustain You in the Hour of Trial?
I’m doing some preaching/teaching in our church about “thinking about Scripture,” or Christian meditation. In our day and age, you might get a little nervous about the word “meditation.” In the non-Christian sense, meditation has the idea of “emptying the mind.” In the Christian sense, meditation has the idea of filling the mind with Bible…
Read MoreMany Modern Jews Are Reading the Bible Today
Yesterday we published a piece by Dr. Layton Talbert about how Orthodox Judaism treats Isaiah 53. While corresponding with me about his article, Dr. Talbert mentioned an interesting project going on among Jews in Israel (and, indeed, all over the world). Despite the tradition of misinterpreting and ignoring Isaiah 53, many Jews are today busy…
Read MoreBibles are not talismans. It’s about the words.
There’s a very striking story about a man who never learned to read but who had a well-worn Bible. Someone asked him why the pages were so worn and his answer was that since he couldn’t read it, over the years he thought he might as well count the words. It’s a fantastic sermon illustration…
Read MoreIt’s Septuagint Day! Should I Care?
Happy International Septuagint Day! If you’re scratching your head over what the Septuagint is, for the sake of simplicity, it’s the Koiné Greek translation of the Old Testament. It’s the Hebrew Old Testament translated into the Greek of the New Testament. International Septuagint Day is designated to raise awareness of this resource’s value. There’s a…
Read MoreBible Reading Schedules – 2019
It’s that time of year again. Time to select a Bible reading plan and get started once again. Here are some links to Bible reading plans we like: Three from the Discipleship Journal at the Navigators site: The 5x5x5: a plan for reading the New Testament in one year – if you aren’t in the…
Read MoreReading Your Bible
And it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life: that he may learn to fear the LORD his god, to keep all the words of this law and these statues to do them. Deuteronomy 17:191 There is not a command in Scripture to read the Bible every…
Read MoreChristians Need Larger Doses of Scripture
When Nehemiah returned to Jerusalem, he led an incredible building project. The walls of the city of Jerusalem, which had been destroyed years before, were restored and reconstructed, being completed in 52 days (Neh. 6:15). However, the physical rebuilding of the walls was not where Nehemiah’s burden ended. He was also concerned with the spiritual…
Read MoreESV Reader’s Bible: a review
English Standard Version Reader’s Bible. Wheaton, IL: Crossway Books, 2018. Reviewed by Don Johnson Just about a year ago I spotted Crossway’s ESV Reader’s Bible on sale at about 33% of its list price. Who can pass up a sale? Besides, since Crossway published the ESV in this format, I’ve been curious. What would it…
Read MoreBible Reading Schedules
Don Johnson Last week we ran an article called, “Reading the Bible Through in One Year.” I promised to provide links to Bible reading schedules today. You can probably find more by searching on the topic. Our church people use one or another of these schedules and are happy with them.
Read MoreP&D Best Of: Reading the Bible Through in One Year
Warren N. Stuber FrontLine ● November/December 2001 First publication on P&D: January 1, 2014. On January 1 this year, we will publish a list of Bible Reading schedules you can download from various sites on the Internet. On December 31, I completed my yearly reading through the Bible. The next day I began again for…
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