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For this week’s blog, we are going to be interacting with three different couples about the challenges and blessings of doing Year in the Bible.  These people are Jeff and Robyn Holcomb, Julie (with Rick) Kasner, and Ed and Hedy Knight.  I asked each couple the same two questions: 1. What challenges are you facingContinue reading “Challenges and Blessings with Year in the Bible”

Let’s consider some unique characteristics of Luke’s gospel… Good News for All Humanity “It’s been said that a minister sees people at their best; a lawyer sees people at their worst; and a doctor sees people as they are.  Luke saw people and loved them all” (Barlcay).  Luke was a physician (Colossians 4:14), and asContinue reading “The Gospel According to Luke – The Good News for All Humanity”

The book of Deuteronomy is the capstone to the Pentateuch and provides readers with a transition to the rest of the Bible.  Let us explore what Deuteronomy is all about.  In short, this book revolves around covenant renewal.  God is seeking to bring renewal to God’s covenant people.  There are two key words here –Continue reading “Deuteronomy”

For Year in the Bible, we are in the book of Psalms for seven months.  There is a lot that you can say about this book, which is a collection of 150 individual psalms.  I would like to take a bit of time to reflect on what John Calvin said about the Psalms.  According toContinue reading “Psalms, Part 3 – “An Anatomy of All Parts of the Soul””

With the book of Numbers, we encounter one of the more difficult books of the Pentateuch, the first five books of Moses.  What makes the book harder to read?  Well, there’s a lot of variety going on in it.  It is a bit easier to read than Leviticus, because the book resumes the storyline ofContinue reading “Numbers”

I’m so glad that you’re doing the Year in the Bible with us and that you’re reading through all of God’s word this year in 2020.  I have found it an enormous blessing already.  So cool to see how God is speaking to me through his word and I’m finding connections that I’ve never seenContinue reading “The Threefold Work of God’s Word”

Below is a transcript from Fuller Theological Seminary’s Fuller Studio and can be found at the link below: Mark with Ahmi Lee Hi! My name is Dr. Ahmi Lee. I’m professor of preaching in the School of Theology at Fuller Seminary. In our brief time together, I would like for us to think about theContinue reading “Mark with Ahmi Lee”

As we journey deeper into the Psalms, we arrive at Psalm 33, which for me, is one of the most important chapters in the life of a worshipper. It’s in chapter 33 that we’re reminded of how and why we worship. WHY do we worship the Lord? Psalm 33:1 explains that “it is fitting forContinue reading “Psalms, Part 2”

In February, we are making our way through Exodus and Leviticus (among other books).  We will consider them together here.  As we arrive at the second book of the Bible, we encounter patterns that will be important for the rest of the Old Testament and even the New Testament.  These patterns include redemption, covenant, andContinue reading “Exodus and Leviticus”

By Peter Little The familiar saying is true –  “You are what you eat.”  I once knew a woman who ate so many carrots her skin turned orange! In Matthew 4:4, Jesus says “Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.”  Jesus is quoting fromContinue reading “Special Topic: “Eat this book.””