Gone Too Far
Today’s Reading: Amos 1-4 Amos 1:3 through 2:3 focuses on judgment of the sins of Israel’s neighbours—Aram, Philistia, Phoenicia, Edom, Ammon, and Moab (four of those nations were distant relatives
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Today’s Reading: 2 Kings 14:17,21; 15:1-2,3; 2 Chronicles 25:26-28; 26:1-15; Hosea 10-14 What an illustration of failed leadership! Uzziah, as king, did what was right in God’s eyes, yet the
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Today’s Reading: Hosea 4-9 “Your love is like the morning mist, like the early dew that disappears” (Hosea 6:4b), is the Lord’s response to Israel’s words of repentance. It was
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Today’s Reading: 2 Kings 10:32-36; 12:4-21; 13:1-4,7-11,14-20; 2 Chronicles 24:3-27 I grew up hearing that drinking beer was sinful. I remember seeing some Christian friends drinking beer one time. They
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Today’s Reading: Joel From this point onward, we will encounter more and more prophetic literature. Some of it will be hard trekking, but you can do it! (Keep reading! You’re
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Today’s Reading: 2 Kings 10:18-31; 11:13-16; 12:2-3; 2 Chronicles 22:10-12; 23:1-11, 16-21 Imagine being the foster (better, the adoptive) parents of a king. That is precisely what Jehoiada and Jehosheba
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Today’s Reading: 2 Kings 8:7-15,23-26,28-29; 9:1-27,29-37;10:1-17; 2 Chronicles 21:19-20; 22:1-4,7-9 One attack against the authority and authenticity of the Bible by Muslims is that the Bible is full of stories
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Today’s Reading: 2 Kings 3:6-27; 8:16-17; 2 Chronicles 20:34; 21:1-4,6-17,20 Perhaps the accounts of the Kings of Israel and Judah were written to highlight, yet again, the faithfulness of God
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Today’s Reading: 2 Kings 2:1-25; 4:1-44; 6:1-7; 8:1-2 One common thread that strings today’s stories together is Elisha’s concern for the welfare of others. The miracles he does by God’s
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Today’s Reading: 1 Kings 22:29-40,48-49,52-53; 2 Kings 1:2-18; 3:1-5; 2 Chronicles 19:1-11; 20:1-30,35-37 Jehoshaphat’s prayer in light of the enemy forces invading the land is one of my favourite stories
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