I finished reading through the Bible this morning, completing my RttBiaY program. I know I haven’t been posting a lot about my reading lately – not that I’ve been posting a lot lately, period! (Perhaps I’ll have some time to finish a few of the 10 or so unfinished posts which I started and [...]
Thoughts on some verses from Job
I started reading through Job last week in my RttBiaY program. Job can be tough – mixed in with the often dubious wisdom and advice of his three friends and Job’s own self righteousness, there is real wisdom and truth. Figuring out which is which isn’t always straightforward.
Here are a couple of verses [...]
Sacrifice
It’s been a while since my last post! Busy, busy, busy…
I just finished 2 Samuel today in my RttBiaY program, and here are some thoughts on the last chapter:
2 Samuel 23-24 begins the record of the close of David’s life. In chapter 24 we see God giving David three options – three choices [...]
Thoughts on Numbers 22-24
I encountered another tricky passage in my RttBiaY reading last week, when I wrote most of this post…
Numbers 22-24 contains the story of Balaam, a spiritual man, of sorts, but one who also loved the world. Balaam was called by Balak, king of Moab, to curse the people of Israel because they had moved next [...]
Thoughts on Ex 23:4-5 – Grace in the Old Testament
I came across the following verses this morning as I was doing my RttBiaY reading:
Ex 23:4(D) “If you meet your enemy’s ox or his donkey going astray, you shall bring it back to him.
5 If you see the donkey of one who hates you lying down under its [...]
Exodus 4:24-26 – a difficult passage
I was doing my “read through the Bible in a year” reading in the Dr’s office earlier today (turns out I have bronchitis and not the flu). I ended up reading two days’ worth of chapters, which included God calling Moses going to great lengths to persuade Moses that He would enable him to [...]
Hooked
I don’t recall reading this before:
Genesis 19:11 And they struck the men who were at the doorway of the house with blindness, both small and great, so that they became weary trying to find the door. (NKJV)
You know the story up until that point: the men of Sodom were after Lot’s angelic visitors; [...]
Sarah laughed…
… after Abraham also laughed (Gen. 17:17) when God again told him he would have the son (and eventual innumerable descendants) God promised him. Then Sarah, who was listening from the tent to Abraham talking with his angelic/theophonic guests, and
12 Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, “After I have grown old, shall I [...]
