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Guidance from Overlooked Men and Women of the Bible

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The Lord Preserves Those…

February 27, 2021 / / 0 Comments

…who are true to him. (Psalm 31:23)

How do we stay true to the Lord? By following the leading of the Holy Spirit, and by understanding and applying the teachings of the Holy Scriptures.

One of the primary benefits of reading the Bible cover to cover, reading broadly across great swaths of scripture, is that it helps me attempt to stay true to the Lord – and I need all the help I can get.

Books about scripture are educational. I own hundreds. Talks from Bible teachers are insightful. I’ve listened to thousands. But nothing substitutes for the daily discipline of cracking open my Bible and reading it for myself.

Keep at it.

Week eight of reading the Bible cover to cover

Better Promises

February 26, 2021 / / 2 Comments

This week I’ve read various sections of the law given to Moses, juxtaposed with passages from Hebrews explaining how Jesus is the final culmination of the sacrificial system – Jesus the ultimate sacrifice, Jesus the ultimate high priest – Jesus the ultimate.

The writer sums up one line of thought with this: the new covenant is established on better promises. (Hebrews 8:6).

In a world of hollow promises, it’s good to know better ones exist.

Week eight of reading the Bible cover to cover

The Gleaners by Jean-François Millet, 1857

Remember the Gleaners

February 25, 2021 / / 0 Comments

One of the many and varied instructions found in Leviticus involves how farmers should harvest their fields, or more specifically, how farmers should not harvest their fields.

Farmers were to leave the edges of their fields unharvested. The crops then waited for the poor and the immigrant to glean them for their own use. This method of providing for the poor emerged as a legal right in various countries, based on this ancient biblical practice.

A simple act to care for overlooked and undervalued people. I often forget them, but the Lord remembers.

Leviticus 23:22 in week eight of reading the Bible cover to cover

A Few Apostates

February 24, 2021 / / 0 Comments

I know some apostates, and a few remain friends. Apostates once committed to and followed the Lord, but now renounce their faith for one reason or another.

Hebrews 6:1-4 serves up a challenging and debated section of the New Testament. Might God drop one of those he holds in his hand? Can a person lose their salvation?

I’m not sure this passage tells us that, but rather serves as a warning to the apostate. The person who once tasted the Lord’s intimacy and goodness, yet now rejects God and campaigns against him, stands condemned.

Really though, the apostate doesn’t care. He’s outgrown God. The apostate ridicules and mocks the faithful. He knows more than the rest of us. Social media erupts with apostates, like the 4th of July. Apostasy is quite popular today.

To be blessed by God, yet bear thorns and thistles, is to burn in the end. I hope to avoid such a fate, to remain faithful to the certainty of God’s promise.

Week eight of reading the Bible cover to cover

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