GN-Day365 Malachi 4; Isaiah 66; Revelation 22 from 2022-12-31T00:30

As I finish this podcast series, I am really thankful for this year-long experience. If you are one of the faithful ones who have listened through a year’s worth ...

GN-Day364 Malachi 3; Isaiah 66; Revelation 21 from 2022-12-30T00:30

MALACHI 3:
In chapters 1-2 yesterday, we heard how skeptical and sassy the Israelites had become. Th...

GN-Day363 Malachi 1-2; Isaiah 65; Revelation 20 from 2022-12-29T00:30

MALACHI 1-2:
We heard a very difficult conclusion to Zechariah yesterday. Chapter 14 started out wit...

GN-Day362 Zechariah 14; Isaiah 65; Revelation 19 from 2022-12-28T00:30

ZECHARIAH 14:
Unfortunately, we have not yet seen the fulfillment of this prophecy from the end of ...

GN-Day361 Zechariah 12-13; Isaiah 64; Revelation 18 from 2022-12-27T00:30

ZECHARIAH 12-13:
Several times I have noted Zechariah and other prophets who use the figure of shep...

GN-Day360 Zechariah 10-11; Isaiah 63; Revelation 17 from 2022-12-26T00:30

ZECHARIAH 10-11:
As we have seen before, the Lord loves names and delights to give new names. In Zec...

GN-Day359 Zechariah 8-9; Isaiah 62; Revelation 16 from 2022-12-25T00:30

ZECHARIAH 8-9:
I hope that you have noticed [Joshua//Jeshua] the high priest. He was the one that Satan was not allowed to accuse. He was g...

GN-Day358 Zechariah 6-7; Isaiah 61; Revelation 15 from 2022-12-24T00:30

ZECHARIAH 6-7:
There were so many correspondences to Revelation in the three chapters we read yeste...

GN-Day357 Zechariah 3-5; Isaiah 60; Revelation 14 from 2022-12-23T00:30

ZECHARIAH 3-5:
In Zechariah 1-2 we heard how Zechariah’s dreams often included angels talking with h...

GN-Day356 Zechariah 1-2; Isaiah 59; Revelation 13 from 2022-12-22T00:30

ZECHARIAH 1-2:
Yesterday we read both chapters of the little book of Haggai, and heard how Haggai m...

GN-Day355 Haggai 1-2; Isaiah 58; Revelation 12 from 2022-12-21T00:30

HAGGAI 1-2:
I hope you saw correlations to Revelation in the 3rd chapter of Zephaniah yesterday— in ...

GN-Day354 Zephaniah 3; Isaiah 57; Revelation 11 from 2022-12-20T00:30

ZEPHANIAH 3:
Today we read the last chapter of Zephaniah. In chapter 2, we heard words that were mu...

GN-Day353 Zephaniah 1-2; Isaiah 56; Revelation 10 from 2022-12-19T00:30

ZEPHANIAH 1-2:
The concluding words of Habakkuk are the most often quoted and memorized, because th...

GN-Day352 Habakkuk 3; Isaiah 55; Revelation 9 from 2022-12-18T00:30

HABAKKUK 3:
Yesterday in this book we heard Habakkuk bring his complaints to God about God’s justic...

GN-Day351 Habakkuk 1-2; Isaiah 55; Revelation 8 from 2022-12-17T00:30

HABAKKUK 1-2:
The book of Nahum ended with these words about Nineveh:

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GN-Day350 Nahum 3; Isaiah 54; Revelation 7 from 2022-12-16T00:30

NAHUM 3:
Yesterday we heard just how Nineveh’s defenses would be breached. The description was deta...

GN-Day349 Nahum 1-2; Isaiah 52:13-53:12; Revelation 6 from 2022-12-15T00:30

NAHUM 1-2:
Micah certainly poured out his heart in chapter 7. Micah 7:7-9 matches the verse I highl...

GN-Day348 Micah 7; Isaiah 52:13-53:12; Revelation 5 from 2022-12-14T00:30

MICAH 7:
The complete quote about the Messiah’s birthplace (Micah 5:2-5) quoted to Herod in Matthew...

GN-Day347 Micah 5-6; Isaiah 52; Revelation 4 from 2022-12-13T00:30

MICAH 5-6:
Remember that Isaiah and Micah were contemporaries. Yesterday we read very familiar soun...

GN-Day346 Micah 3-4; Isaiah 51; Revelation 3:7-22 from 2022-12-12T00:30

MICAH 3-4:
In Micah 1 yesterday we heard one of the sections of Hebrew poetry which is virtually imp...

GN-Day345 Micah 1-2; Isaiah 50; Revelation 3:1-13 from 2022-12-11T00:30

MICAH 1-2:
The name “Micah” is a shortened form of “Micaiah,” which means, “Who is like Yahweh?” A different Micaiah, the ...

GN-Day344 Obadiah 1; Isaiah 49:12-26; Revelation 2:12-29 from 2022-12-10T00:30

OBADIAH:
At the end of Amos, the clouds of judgment broke and there were wonderful promises about the restoration of Israel. God would shak...

GN-Day343 Amos 9; Isaiah 49:1-13; Revelation 2:1-11 from 2022-12-09T00:30

AMOS 9:
In Amos 7 we heard of how the priest of Israel’s pagan shrine, Amaziah, told Amos to go away...

GN-Day342 Amos 7-8; Isaiah 48; Revelation 1 from 2022-12-08T00:30

AMOS 7-8:
Our reading in chapter 5 of Amos included these words quoted in Stephen’s speech in Acts ...

GN-Day341 Amos 5-6; Isaiah 47; 3 John 1 from 2022-12-07T00:30

AMOS 5-6:
One device that Amos used in yesterday’s reading was rhetorical questions. He asked a whole series of them like ...

GN-Day340 Amos 3-4; Isaiah 45:22-46:13; 2 John 1 from 2022-12-06T00:30

AMOS 3-4:
As I said about Amos yesterday, he was wise in his methods. He condemned Syria, the Philis...

GN-Day339 Amos 1-2; Isaiah 44:24-45:25; 2 Timothy 4 from 2022-12-05T00:30

AMOS 1-2:
If you are new to reading the Bible, I hope that you will remember the events and expressi...

GN-Day338 Joel 2:28-3:21; Isaiah 44:12-28; 2 Timothy 3 from 2022-12-04T00:30

JOEL 2:28-3:
An attack by an army of locusts must be so frightening! What descriptions! And even wor...

GN-Day337 Joel 1-2; Isaiah 44:1-18; 2 Timothy 2 from 2022-12-03T00:30

JOEL 1:
I feel the need to comment about chapter 9 of Esther and how the Jews “got rid” of their enemies. Remember that those Jews were not ...

GN-Day336 Esther 9-10; Isaiah 43; 2 Timothy 1 from 2022-12-02T00:30

ESTHER 9-10:
We have heard how Esther’s request was granted, the king and Haman came to the second banquet, where Esther r...

GN-Day335 Esther 7-8; Isaiah 42; 2 Thessalonians 3 from 2022-12-01T00:30

ESTHER 7-8:
In Esther 5 Haman planned to impale Mordecai on a pole in the NLT, or just hanged in the...

GN-Day_334 Esther 5-6; Isaiah 41:8-29; 2 Thessalonians 2 from 2022-11-30T00:30

ESTHER 5-6:
In Esther 3-4 Haman cast lots (purim) to find out that March 7 was the lucky date to ext...

GN-Day333 Esther 3-4; Isaiah 41:1-20; 2 Thessalonians 1 from 2022-11-29T00:30

ESTHER 3-4:
Yesterday we heard how Esther became the queen, and how she continued to keep her Jewis...

GN-Day332 Esther 1-2; Isaiah 40:15-31; Philemon 1 from 2022-11-28T00:30

ESTHER 1-2:
In the final two chapters of Nehemiah, we heard of the culmination of Nehemiah’s work— the ceremony for the de...

GN-Day331 Nehemiah 12-13; Isaiah 40:1-17; Colossians 4 from 2022-11-27T00:30

NEHEMIAH 12-13
In yesterday’s chapters in Nehemiah, we heard the names of the various religious and ...

GN-Day330 Nehemiah 10-11; Isaiah 39; Colossians 2:13-3:25 from 2022-11-26T00:30

NEHEMIAH 10-11:
The returned exiles showed how sincere they were in following the Lord! They gather...

GN-Day329 Nehemiah 8-9; Isaiah 38; Colossians 2 from 2022-11-25T00:30

NEHEMIAH 8-9:
Nehemiah 7 dealt with listing the various families and temple workers who came back a...

GN-Day328 Nehemiah 7; Isaiah 37; Colossians 1 from 2022-11-24T00:30

NEHEMIAH 7:
Yesterday we read how Nehemiah stood up for all the common people in their financial difficulty. The nobles we...

GN-Day327 Nehemiah 5-6; Isaiah 36; Philippians 4 from 2022-11-23T00:30

NEHEMIAH 5-6:
Yesterday Nehemiah gave a listing of the people who rebuilt the wall. This included S...

GN-Day326 Nehemiah 3-4; Isaiah 35; Philippians 3 from 2022-11-22T00:30

NEHEMIAH 3-4:
After Nehemiah’s wonderful prayer for Jerusalem, more than three months went by before the king noticed him looking sad. He s...

GN-Day325 Nehemiah 1-2; Isaiah 34; Philippians 2 from 2022-11-21T00:30

NEHEMIAH 1:
Yesterday we heard how the returned exiles responded to Ezra’s shock and demonstration of his sorrow, and his ...

GN-Day324 Ezra 9-10; Isaiah 33; Philippians 1 from 2022-11-20T00:30

EZRA 9-10:
Yesterday we heard how Ezra introduced himself. Note that he spoke of himself in the 3rd...

GN-Day323 Ezra 7-8; Isaiah 32; 2 Corinthians 12:19-13:14 from 2022-11-19T00:30

EZRA 7-8:
Yesterday we read of how King Darius completely sided with the Israelites seeking to rees...

GN-Day322 Ezra 5-6; Isaiah 31; 2 Corinthians 11:30-12:21 from 2022-11-18T00:30

EZRA 5-6:
When the Israelites returned from exile, they were determined to get worship started again, and they made great ...

GN-Day321 Ezra 3-4; Isaiah 30; 2 Corinthians 11 from 2022-11-17T00:30

EZRA 3-4:
Ezra, a scribe and priest, doesn’t start speaking about himself until chapter 7. Ancient copies of the books of ...

GN-Day320 Ezra 1-2; Isaiah 29; 2 Corinthians 10 from 2022-11-16T00:30

EZRA 1:
Before going to Ezra, I want to say that one can do a whole lot of digging deeper in the la...

GN-Day319 Daniel 10:20-12:13; Isaiah 28; 2 Corinthians 9 from 2022-11-15T00:30

DANIEL 10:20—12:
In yesterday’s reading, we heard Daniel’s sincere prayer. Note that he had been see...

GN-Day318 Daniel 9-10; Isaiah 26:20-27:13; 2 Corinthians 8 from 2022-11-14T00:30

DANIEL 9-10:
Yesterday in Daniel, we heard of the vision of four beasts representing four kingdoms....

GN-Day317 Daniel 7-8; Isaiah 26; 2 Corinthians 6:11-7:16 from 2022-11-13T00:30

DANIEL 7-8:
In Daniel yesterday, we heard the famous ‘writing on the wall’ chapter. That is where th...

GN-Day316 Daniel 5-6; Isaiah 25; 2 Corinthians 5:14-6:13 from 2022-11-12T00:30

DANIEL 5-6:
Yesterday we heard two stories: That of Nebuchadnezzar’s statue of gold and the excitin...

GN-Day315 Daniel 3-4; Isaiah 24; 2 Corinthians 4:10-5:15 from 2022-11-11T00:30

DANIEL 3-4:
Matthew Henry describes the parts of the statue in Daniel 2:

1. Listen

GN-Day314 Daniel 2; Isaiah 23; 2 Corinthians 3:12-4:18 from 2022-11-10T00:30

DANIEL 2:
In the first chapter of Daniel, we heard how Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah were f...

GN-Day313 Daniel 1; Isaiah 22; 2 Corinthians 2:14-3:18 from 2022-11-09T00:30

DANIEL 1:
Yesterday in Ezekiel, the land was divided in horizontal bands across the entire width of...

GN-Day312 Ezekiel 48; Isaiah 21; 2 Corinthians 1:23--2:17 from 2022-11-08T00:30

EZEKIEL 48:
In the chapters from Ezekiel yesterday, we heard more rules for the prince’s worship and...

GN-Day311 Ezekiel 46-47; Isaiah 20; 2 Corinthians 1 from 2022-11-07T00:30

EZEKIEL 46-47:
Yesterday we heard regulations for the priests and Levites, about foreigners, and ab...

GN-Day310 Ezekiel 44-45; Isaiah 19; Hebrews 13 from 2022-11-06T00:30

EZEKIEL 44-45:
In the vision of the ideal temple yesterday, we heard of the buildings of rooms for t...

GN-Day309 Ezekiel 42-43; Isaiah 18; Hebrews 12 from 2022-11-05T00:30

EZEKIEL 42-43:
In yesterday’s tour of the ideal temple we viewed the sanctuary and Most Holy Place.<...

GN-Day308 Ezekiel 41; Isaiah 17; Hebrews 11:17-40 from 2022-11-04T00:30

EZEKIEL 41:
Yesterday we started Ezekiel’s account of his long vision about the future and ideal te...

GN-Day307 Ezekiel 40; Isaiah 16; Hebrews 10:35-11:23 from 2022-11-03T00:30

EZEKIEL 40:
In chapter 38-39 we heard of the kingdoms of Gog and Magog, which point to future kingdo...

GN-Day306 Ezekiel 38-39; Isaiah 15; Hebrews 10:12-39 from 2022-11-02T00:30

EZEKIEL 38-39:
Yesterday we heard the famous ‘dry bones’ chapter of Ezekiel. Again the prophecy is ...

GN-Day305 Ezekiel 36-37; Isaiah 14; Hebrews 10:1-22 from 2022-11-01T00:30

EZEKIEL 36-37:
In chapter 34, we heard the passage that many Jews would have thought of when they he...

GN-Day304 Ezekiel 34-35; Isaiah 13; Hebrews 9 from 2022-10-31T00:30

EZEKIEL 34-35:
In Ezekiel yesterday, we heard of how Pharaoh was to be mocked in the world of the de...

GN-Day303 Ezekiel 32-33; Isaiah 12; Hebrews 8 from 2022-10-30T00:30

EZEKIEL 32-33:
Again, as seen in the messages to Tyre and to Egypt, God was not just speaking to one king or about one kin...

GN-Day302 Ezekiel 30-31; Isaiah 11; Hebrews 7 from 2022-10-29T00:30

EZEKIEL 30-31:
As the Lord was pronouncing doom upon the Prince of Tyre in Ezekiel 28, did you notic...

GN-Day301 Ezekiel 28-29; Isaiah 10; Hebrews 6 from 2022-10-28T00:30

EZEKIEL 28-29:
So why were there two whole chapters against the city-state of Tyre in yesterday’s re...

GN-Day 300 Ezekiel 26-27; Isaiah 8:21-9:21; Hebrews 5 from 2022-10-27T00:30

EZEKIEL 26-27:
Yesterday we heard a second word picture of Jerusalem as a cooking pot. This was not...

GN-Day299 Ezekiel 24-25; Isaiah 8; Hebrews 4 from 2022-10-26T00:30

EZEKIEL 24-25:
Yesterday in Ezekiel we heard the shockingly graphic story of the two adulterous sis...

GN-Day298 Ezekiel 23; Isaiah 7; Hebrews 3 from 2022-10-25T00:30

EZEKIEL 23:
In yesterday’s reading, we heard the Lord promise that he would refine Israel as purifyi...

GN-Day297 Ezekiel 22; Isaiah 6; Hebrews 3 from 2022-10-24T00:30

EZEKIEL 22:
Yesterday we heard of the sword of the Lord, which was to come to Jerusalem, actually i...

GN-Day296 Ezekiel 21; Isaiah 5; Hebrews 2 from 2022-10-23T00:30

EZEKIEL 21:
Yesterday we saw that the Lord was quite offended when unrighteous leaders of Israel ca...

GN-Day295 Ezekiel 20; Isaiah 3:24-4:6; Hebrews 1 from 2022-10-22T00:30

EZEKIEL 20:
In yesterday’s reading in Ezekiel, the Lord refuted the saying that the Israelite’s were...

GN-Day294 Ezekiel 18-19; Isaiah 3; Jude 1 from 2022-10-21T00:30

EZEKIEL 18-19:
Yesterday in Ezekiel we read the riddle of the two eagles, portraying Israel’s king ...

GN-Day293 Ezekiel 17; Isaiah 2; Matthew 28 from 2022-10-20T00:30

EZEKIEL 17:
Yesterday’s chapter graphically portrayed how God considers idolatry like the adultery ...

GN-Day292 Ezekiel 16; Isaiah 1; Matthew 27:35-66 from 2022-10-19T00:30

EZEKIEL 16:
This book should make modern day ‘prophets’ reconsider what they do in the Lord’s name. In this book we have h...

292: Reader Take Note: How to understand prophetic books from 2022-10-19T00:15

This seems to me to be a good time to talk with you about how to understand the prophetic books of the Bible. At day number 292 in our reading calendar, we are well into reading the Ba...

GN-Day291 Ezekiel 14-15; Song of Solomon 8; Matthew 27:1-44 from 2022-10-18T00:30

EZEKIEL 14-15:
The title that the Lord calls Ezekiel is ‘son of man’, which the Lord is using in th...

GN-Day290 Ezekiel 12-13; Song of Solomon 7; Matthew 26:31-75 from 2022-10-17T00:30

EZEKIEL 12-13:
In yesterday’s reading, the vision of the glory of the Lord left the temple. Then God disagreed with what t...

GN-Day289 Ezekiel 10-11; Song of Solomon 6; Matthew 26:1-35 from 2022-10-16T00:30

EZEKIEL 10-11:
Yesterday in chapters 8-9 we heard the story of Ezekiel’s being transported to Jerus...

GN-Day288 Ezekiel 8-9; Song of Solomon 5; Matthew 25:14-46 from 2022-10-15T00:30

EZEKIEL 8-9:
Terrible destruction is prophesied against Judah and Jerusalem. The trumpet will sound...

GN-Day287 Ezekiel 6-7; Song of Solomon 4; Matthew 25:1-30 from 2022-10-14T00:30

EZEKIEL 6-7:
In yesterday’s reading Ezekiel portrayed the punishment of Israel and the siege on Jeru...

GN-Day286 Ezekiel 4-5; Song of Solomon 3; Matthew 24:23-51 from 2022-10-13T00:30

EZEKIEL 4-5:
In Ezekiel 2-3 God commissioned Ezekiel to speak for God to the rebellious people of Is...

GN-Day285 Ezekiel 2-3; Song of Solomon 2; Matthew 24:1-31 from 2022-10-12T00:30

EZEKIEL 2-3:
Yesterday Ezekiel described his vision of the four cherubim, and the chapter ended jus...

GN-Day284 Ezekiel 1; Song of Solomon 1; Matthew 23:13-39 from 2022-10-11T00:30

EZEKIEL 1:
Yesterday in the last chapter of 2nd Chronicles, we heard of the quick succession of the...

GN-Day283 2 Chronicles 36; Ecclesiastes 12; Matthew 23:1-28 from 2022-10-10T00:30

2CHRONICLES 36:
Josiah’s Passover celebration showed wonderful ability to get everyone to work toge...

GN-Day282 2 Chronicles 35; Ecclesiastes 11; Matthew 22:23-46 from 2022-10-09T00:30

2CHRONICLES 35:
It is simply amazing that we have books like Deuteronomy, since we see that it (or p...

GN-Day281 2 Chronicles 34; Ecclesiastes 10; Matthew 22:1-22 from 2022-10-08T00:30

2CHRONICLES 34:
We are definitely in the back-and-forth pendulum period of Judah. After one fantasti...

GN-Day280 2 Chronicles 33; Ecclesiastes 9; Matthew 21:23-46d from 2022-10-07T00:30

2CHRONICLES 33:
The account in 2 Chronicles of Hezekiah’s victory through prayer over the vast Assy...

GN-Day279 2 Chronicles 32; Ecclesiastes 8; Matthew 21:1-27 from 2022-10-06T00:30

2CHRONICLES 32:
Following that special Passover, the people went home and destroyed all the pagan s...

GN-Day278 2 Chronicles 31; Ecclesiastes 7; Matthew 20 from 2022-10-05T00:30

2CHRONICLES 31:
A sign of how far Judah and Israel had wandered from the Lord was that even the Pass...

GN-Day277 2 Chronicles 30; Ecclesiastes 6; Matthew 19 from 2022-10-04T00:30

2CHRONICLES 30:
Hezekiah led a wonderful spiritual revival which included the reopening and cleansi...

GN-Day276 2 Chronicles 29; Ecclesiastes 5; Matthew 18:15-35 from 2022-10-03T00:30

2CHRONICLES 29:
Ahaz’s rule was one of the darkest chapters in Judah’s history. The people didn’t e...

GN-Day275 2 Chronicles 28; Ecclesiastes 4; Matthew 18:1-20 from 2022-10-02T00:30

2CHRONICLES 28:
Yesterday we heard of the reign of Uzziah (who suffered a terrible punishment for h...

GN-Day274 2 Chronicles 26-27; Ecclesiastes 3; Matthew 16:24-17:27 from 2022-10-01T00:30

2CHRONICLES 26-27:
King Joash didn’t end so well, did he?! He killed Jehoiadah’s son Zechariah. Whe...

GN-Day273 2 Chronicles 24-25; Ecclesiastes 2:12-26; Matthew 16 from 2022-09-30T00:30

2CHRONICLES 24-25:
Yesterday we heard of Ahaziah’s one year reign, and then his mother Athaliah’s r...

GN-Day272 2 Chronicles 22-23; Ecclesiastes 2:1-17; Matthew 15:21-39 from 2022-09-29T00:30

2CHRONICLES 22-23:
Yesterday we heard of Jehoshaphat’s famous victory, accomplished only by prayer,...

GN-Day271 2 Chronicles 20-21; Ecclesiastes 1; Matthew 15:1-20 from 2022-09-28T00:30

2CHRONICLES 20-21:
Yesterday we heard of Jehoshaphat wisely appointing judges, and he also travelle...

GN-Day270 2 Chronicles 19; Proverbs 31:10-31; Matthew 14 from 2022-09-27T00:30

2CHRONICLES 19:
Yesterday we heard the story of how Jehoshaphat helped Ahab in battle. God had alre...

GN-Day269 2 Chronicles 18; Proverbs 31:1-21; Matthew 13:31-58 from 2022-09-26T00:30

2CHRONICLES 18:
Woops. Asa didn’t end nearly as well as he started. And his son Jehoshaphat starts out well, but makes unf...

GN-Day268 2 Chronicles 16-17; Proverbs 30:15-33; Matthew 13:1-30 from 2022-09-25T00:30

2CHRONICLES 16-17:
Judah’s kingdom was truly blessed by Asa’s wise reign. The Lord rewarded the cou...

GN-Day267 2 Chronicles 14-15; Proverbs 30:1-17; Matthew 12:22-50 from 2022-09-24T00:30

2CHRONICLES 14-15:
Yesterday we heard the conclusion of Rehoboam’s reign, and the writer classed hi...

GN-Day266 2 Chronicles 12-13; Proverbs 29:15-27; Matthew 12:1-21 from 2022-09-23T00:30

2CHRONICLES 12-13:
Yesterday we heard of David’s grandson, Rehoboam, and the unfortunate start to h...

GN-Day265 2 Chronicles 10-11; Proverbs 29:1-14; Matthew 11:16-30 from 2022-09-22T00:30

2CHRONICLES 10-11:
Yesterday we completed the story of Solomon’s achievements.

Listen

GN-Day264 2 Chronicles 9; Proverbs 28:15-28; Matthew 11:1-19 from 2022-09-21T00:30

2CHRONICLES 9:
Yesterday we heard God’s famous response to Solomon, which is so often applied as a ...

GN-Day263 2 Chronicles 7-8; Proverbs 28:1-14; Matthew 10:16-42 from 2022-09-20T00:30

2CHRONICLES 7-8:
Yesterday we heard Solomon’s famous prayer at the dedication of the temple. He und...

GN-Day262 2 Chronicles 6; Proverbs 27:14-27; Matthew 10:1-33 from 2022-09-19T00:30

2CHRONICLES 6:
Yesterday we heard of the various things that Huram-abi made under Solomon’s directi...

GN-Day261 2 Chronicles 4-5; Proverbs 27:1-14; Matthew 9 from 2022-09-18T00:30

2CHRONICLES 4-5:
Yesterday we heard of the preparations for building the temple, and then the dimen...

GN-Day260 2 Chronicles 2-3; Proverbs 26:13-28; Matthew 8 from 2022-09-17T00:30

2CHRONICLES 2-3:
In yesterday’s reading we returned to the books of Chronicles, and picked up the st...

GN-Day259 2 Chronicles 1; Proverbs 26:1-16; Matthew 7:12-29 from 2022-09-16T00:30

2CHRONICLES 1:
Yesterday we heard Hosea’s final and heart-felt warning. At the end of his book, Hos...

GN-Day258 Hosea 13-14; Proverbs 25:15-28; Matthew 7:1-20 from 2022-09-15T00:30

HOSEA 13-14:
Yesterday’s reading had this significant prophecy, prefaced by the words that God woul...

258: Buckling the Belt of Truth Lesson 5: Don't look back from 2022-09-15T00:10

THEME: Buckle up the belt of truth by FOCUSING YOUR GAZE ON CHRIST.

OK, in my last episode I told you about my nightmare. There was a visitor on my porch that night. T...

GN-Day257 Hosea 11-12; Proverbs 25:1-14; Matthew 6:19-34 from 2022-09-14T00:30

HOSEA 11-12:
In yesterday’s reading, as the Lord was pleading with Israel and using agricultural met...

GN-Day256 Hosea 9-10; Proverbs 24:17-34; Matthew 6:1-18 from 2022-09-13T00:30

HOSEA 9-10:
In the first paragraph of chapter 6, Hosea or the Lord quoted the people saying, “Let’s ...

GN-Day255 Hosea 6-7; Proverbs 24:1-18; Matthew 5:27-48 from 2022-09-12T00:30

HOSEA 6-8:
In yesterday’s reading, Hosea bought back his wife from prostitution. And the Lord drew a...

GN-Day254 Hosea 3-5; Proverbs 23:17-35; Matthew 5:1-26 from 2022-09-11T00:30

HOSEA 3-5:
Beautifully interwoven word plays or metaphors were constructed using the names of Hosea...

GN-Day253 Hosea 1-2; Proverbs 23:1-18; Matthew 4 from 2022-09-10T00:30

HOSEA 1-2:
We have already heard that God considers the sin of idolatry to be parallel and just as o...

GN-Day252 1 Chronicles 29; Proverbs 22:14-29; Matthew 3 from 2022-09-09T00:30

1CHRONICLES 29:
Yesterday we heard of the military commanders and officials under David, and the le...

GN-Day251 1 Chronicles 27-28; Proverbs 22:1-15; Matthew 2 from 2022-09-08T00:30

1CHRONICLES 27-28:
Yesterday we heard of the assignments of Levites as musicians, judges, and templ...

GN-Day250 1 Chronicles 25-26; Proverbs 21:15-31; Matthew 1 from 2022-09-07T00:30

1CHRONICLES 25-26:
There was a rather important shift in Israel’s religious life that happened with...

GN-Day249 1 Chronicles 23-24; Proverbs 21:1-16; Titus 3 from 2022-09-06T00:30

1CHRONICLES 23-24:
Yesterday we heard a rather odd story about how “Satan rose up against Israel an...

GN-Day248 1 Chronicles 21-22; Proverbs 20:16-30; Titus 2 from 2022-09-05T00:30

1CHRONICLES 21-22:
Yesterday we heard the part where the writer of Chronicles skated over where Dav...

GN-Day247 1 Chronicles 19-20; Proverbs 20:1-15; Titus 1 from 2022-09-04T00:30

1CHRONICLES 19-20:
Yesterday we heard about one of David’s greatest hours, and I think David would ...

GN-Day246 1 Chronicles 17-18; Proverbs 19:14-29; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-5:28 from 2022-09-03T00:30

1CHRONICLES 17-18:
Yesterday we heard of the careful moving of the Ark, this time successfully. We ...

GN-Day245 1 Chronicles 15-16; Proverbs 19:1-15; 1 Thessalonians 4 from 2022-09-02T00:30

1CHRONICLES 15-16:
Yesterday we heard about the first attempt to move the Ark, more about David’s f...

GN-Day244 1 Chronicles 13-14; Proverbs 18:13-24; 1 Thessalonians 3 from 2022-09-01T00:30

1CHRONICLES 13-14:
Yesterday we heard of mighty men who joined David in war, and the roll call of p...

GN-Day243 1 Chronicles 11-12; Proverbs 18:1-12; 1 Thessalonians 2 from 2022-08-31T00:30

1CHRONICLES 11-12:
In yesterday’s reading, we heard of the people who returned after the exile. Then...

GN-Day242 1 Chronicles 9-10; Proverbs 17:14-28; 1 Thessalonians 1 from 2022-08-30T00:30

1CHRONICLES 9-10:
Today we begin with chapter 9 of 1st Chronicles, which is the last name chapter i...

242: Joysightings 11: The man from Jonesville; Lying Offshore from 2022-08-30T00:20

This is a bonus episode republished from Joysightings.info.

GN-Day241 1 Chronicles 8; Proverbs 17:1-14; Ephesians 6 from 2022-08-29T00:30

1CHRONICLES 8:
Today we read 1st Chronicles 8. Hang on! We’re almost through with the names chapter...

GN-Day240 1 Chronicles 7; Proverbs 16:18-33; Ephesians 6 from 2022-08-28T00:30

1CHRONICLES 7:
Yesterday we heard about Levite and priestly genealogies and their allotment of town...

GN-Day239 1 Chronicles 6; Proverbs 16:1-17; Ephesians 5 from 2022-08-27T00:30

1CHRONICLES 6:
Yesterday we heard details about the leaders of three tribes, Reuben, Gad, and the h...

GN-Day238 1 Chronicles 5; Proverbs 15:16-33; Ephesians 5 from 2022-08-26T00:30

1CHRONICLES 5:
In yesterday’s reading, we heard of important ancestors of the tribes of Judah and Si...

GN-Day237 1 Chronicles 4; Proverbs 15:1-17; Ephesians 4 from 2022-08-25T00:30

1CHRONICLES 4:
In yesterday’s reading we started with David’s sons, then for the descendants of King...

GN-Day236 1 Chronicles 3; Proverbs 14:17-35; Ephesians 4 from 2022-08-24T00:30

1CHRONICLES 3:
So far we have traced Jakob/Israel’s descendants into the time of David, and today’s ...

GN-Day235 1 Chronicles 2; Proverbs 14:1-18; Ephesians 3 from 2022-08-23T00:30

1CHRONICLES 2:
Yesterday we traced from Adam to Noah and the genealogy to Abraham.  Then we heard o...

GN-Day234 1 Chronicles 1; Proverbs 13:12-25; Ephesians 3 from 2022-08-22T00:30

1 CHRONICLES 1:
Jewish and Christian traditions hold that Jeremiah was the author of 1&2 Kings, whi...

GN-Day233 Lamentations 4-5; Proverbs 13:1-13; Ephesians 2 from 2022-08-21T00:30

LAMENTATIONS 4-5:
In yesterday's reading, the sun pierced the dark clouds with this glorious section...

GN-Day232 Lamentations 3; Proverbs 12:13-28; Ephesians 2 from 2022-08-20T00:30

LAMENTATIONS 3:
A warning for the modern times is here in chapter 2:

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GN-Day231 Lamentations 1-2; Proverbs 12:1-15; Ephesians 1 from 2022-08-19T00:30

LAMENTATIONS 1-2:
In the early chapters of his book, Jeremiah spoke several times of his tears.  Lam...

GN-Day230 Jeremiah 52; Proverbs 11:16-31; Ephesians 1 from 2022-08-18T00:30

JEREMIAH 52:
We come to the addendum to Jeremiah— seemingly written by someone else, perhaps Baruch.

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GN-Day229 Jeremiah 51; Proverbs 11:1-16; 1 John 4:15-5:21 from 2022-08-17T00:30

JEREMIAH 51:
Today the Lord continues the long prophecy against Babylon. This chapter foreshadows w...

GN-Day228 Jeremiah 50; Proverbs 10:16-32; 1 John 3:19-4:21 from 2022-08-16T00:30

JEREMIAH 50:
Finally after hearing messages prophesying against so many nations, always telling or ...

GN-Day227 Jeremiah 49; Proverbs 10:1-17; 1 John 2:28-3:24 from 2022-08-15T00:30

JEREMIAH 49:
Having heard bad news about Egypt, Philistia, and Moab, we now hear the bad news for t...

GN-Day226 Jeremiah 48; Proverbs 9; 1 John 2 from 2022-08-14T00:30

GN-Day225 Jeremiah 46-47; Proverbs 8:17-36; 1 John 1 from 2022-08-13T00:30

JEREMIAH 46-47:
After finally being able to give a comforting message (“Stay here in Judah and don'...

GN-Day224 Jeremiah 44-45; Proverbs 8:1-21; 1 Corinthians 16 from 2022-08-12T00:30

JEREMIAH 44-45:
After all Jeremiah's messages of doom, he was able to give a comforting message to ...

GN-Day223 Jeremiah 42-43; Proverbs 7; 1 Corinthians 15:20-58 from 2022-08-11T00:30

Mat. 5:17 “Do not think that I have come to do away with the Law of Moses and the teachings of the prophets. I have not come to do away with them, but to make the...

GN-Day222 Jeremiah 40-41; Proverbs 6; 1 Corinthians 15:1-34 from 2022-08-10T00:30

Mat. 5:11 “Happy are you when people insult you and persecute you and tell all kinds of evil lies against you because you are my followers.

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GN-Day221 Jeremiah 38-39; Proverbs 5; 1 Corinthians 14 from 2022-08-09T00:30

Mat. 5:10 “Happy are those who are persecuted because they do what God requires;
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GN-Day220 Jeremiah 36-37; Proverbs 4:14-27; 1 Corinthians 12:27-13:31 from 2022-08-08T00:30

GN-Day219 Jeremiah 34-35; Proverbs 4:1-14; 1 Corinthians 12 from 2022-08-07T00:30

JEREMIAH 34-35:
In yesterday’s reading, Jeremiah bought a field according to the Lord’s instructions...

219: Buckle the Belt of Truth Lesson 4: Resist Satan from 2022-08-07T00:22

Day 4: THEME: Buckle up the belt of truth about RESISTING SATAN.

All of the Buckling the belt episodes are scattered throughout the Bible reading calendar. This episod...

GN-Day218 Jeremiah 32-33; Proverbs 3:18-35; 1 Corinthians 11 from 2022-08-06T00:30

JEREMIAH 32-33:
In yesterday’s reading we heard some of Jeremiah’s most important words:

GN-Day217 Jeremiah 30-31; Proverbs 3:1-18; 1 Corinthians 10:1-11:1 from 2022-08-05T00:30

JEREMIAH 30-31:
Yesterday we heard more of Jeremiah’s struggle against false prophets. Just like in...

GN-Day216 Jeremiah 28-29; Proverbs 2; 1 Corinthians 9 from 2022-08-04T00:30

JEREMIAH 28-29:
In yesterday's reading we moved from more poetic content to the story of Jeremiah be...

GN-Day215 Jeremiah 26-27; Proverbs 1; 1 Corinthians 8 from 2022-08-03T00:30

JEREMIAH 26-27:
In yesterday’s reading, some important points were revealed: The people the Lord was about to send into ex...

GN-Day214 Jeremiah 24-25; Psalm 150; 1 Corinthians 6:17-7:40 from 2022-08-02T00:30

JEREMIAH 24-25:
A stunning prophecy was given in yesterday's reading:

Jer. 2...

GN-Day213 Jeremiah 23; Psalm 149; 1 Corinthians 6 from 2022-08-01T00:30

JEREMIAH 23:
In yesterday's reading, we heard how king Zedekiah sent two men to Jeremiah to ask him ...

GN-Day212 Jeremiah 21-22; Psalm 148; 1 Corinthians 4:14-5:13 from 2022-07-31T00:30

JEREMIAH 21-22:
These verses from Jeremiah 20 have been often quoted as a reason for memorizing Scripture:

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GN-Day211 Jeremiah 19-20; Psalm 147; 1 Corinthians 3:10-4:21 from 2022-07-30T00:30

JEREMIAH 19-20:
In yesterday’s reading, we again heard some often-quoted verses. These verses come just after verses in ch...

GN-Day210 Jeremiah 17-18; Psalm 146; 1 Corinthians 3 from 2022-07-29T00:30

JEREMIAH 17-18:
One catches so clearly how trapped Jeremiah was in the time of God’s judgment, and ...

GN-Day209 Jeremiah 15-16; Psalm 145; 1 Corinthians 1:18-2:16 from 2022-07-28T00:30

JEREMIAH 15-16:

Yesterday the dialog between the Lord and Jeremiah continued. We heard of the drought. And the Lord forbid Jeremiah to pra...

GN-Day208 Jeremiah 13-14; Psalm 144; 1 Corinthians 1 from 2022-07-27T00:30

JEREMIAH 13-14:
In yesterday’s reading, Jeremiah complained to the Lord,

12:...

GN-Day207 Jeremiah 11-12; Psalm 143; John 21 from 2022-07-26T00:30

JEREMIAH 11-12:
Yesterday we heard important verses in chapter 9:23-24, verses that Paul quotes more than once:

GN-Day206 Jeremiah 9-10; Psalm 142; John 20 from 2022-07-25T00:30

JEREMIAH 9-10:
Being a prophet is not exactly an easy job. In 7:27 God told him,

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GN-Day205 Jeremiah 7-8; Psalm 141; John 19:14-42 from 2022-07-24T00:30

JEREMIAH 7-8:
In this and several other prophetic books, it is important to observe where quotes begin and end, and who is ...

GN-Day204 Jeremiah 5-6; Psalm 140; John 18:28-19:27 from 2022-07-23T00:30

JEREMIAH 5-6:
God, speaking through the prophets, frequently says how he feels about idolatry. He considers it just like th...

GN-Day203 Jeremiah 3-4; Psalm 139; John 18:19-40 from 2022-07-22T00:30

JEREMIAH 3-4:
From yesterday’s reading, I highlight 1:12b, where God says,

1:...

GN-Day202 Jeremiah 1-2; Psalm 138; John 18:1-27 from 2022-07-21T00:30

JEREMIAH 1-2:
The book of Jeremiah was written between 627 and 580 BC. Counting the number of verses, Jeremiah is longer th...

GN-Day201 Jonah 3-4; Psalm 137; John 17 from 2022-07-20T00:30

JONAH 3-4:
Running from God didn’t work for Jonah. When saved from the ocean, Jonah grudgingly obeys God.

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GN-Day200 Jonah 1-2; Psalm 136; John 17 from 2022-07-19T00:30

JONAH 1-2:
For quite a few years when I was just reading the Bible without a set reading plan, I en...

GN-Day199 2 Kings 24-25; Psalm 135; John 16 from 2022-07-18T00:30

2KINGS 24-25:
In yesterday’s reading, we heard of Josiah’s reforms, leading the people to renew the covenant with God. That...

GN-Day198 2 Kings 23; Psalm 134; John 15:18-16:15 from 2022-07-17T00:30

2KINGS 23:
Hilkiah found the book of the Law in the temple while repairs were being carried out as ...

GN-Day197 2 Kings 21-22; Psalm 133; John 15 from 2022-07-16T00:30

2KINGS 21-22:
The Assyrian king mocked the God of Israel at the end of chapter 18. We heard God's answer yesterday in chapt...

GN-Day196 2 Kings 19-20; Psalm 132; John 15 from 2022-07-15T00:30

2KINGS 19-20:
The writer of 1 & 2 Kings was very brief about the sins of the people of Israel (in both kingdoms) u...

GN-Day195 2 Kings 17-18; Psalm 131; John 14:15-31 from 2022-07-14T00:30

2KINGS 17-18:
Yesterday we again heard quite a few names of kings, especially on the Israel/Northern side. And this culmina...

GN-Day194 2 Kings 15-16; Psalm 130; John 14:1-21 from 2022-07-13T00:30

2KINGS 15-16:
Readers and listeners are frequently confused by the names of the kings in yesterday’s reading in 2nd Kings.  Judah’ king, Jo...

GN-Day193 2 Kings 13-14; Psalm 129; John 13:12-38 from 2022-07-12T00:30

2KINGS 13-14:

Yesterday we heard of Athaliah's seven-year reign over Judah, of how Joash was saved from being killed, and of Jehoida's suc...

GN-Day192 2 Kings 11-12; Psalm 128; John 13:1-17 from 2022-07-11T00:30

2KINGS 11-12:

Yesterday's story was of Jehu, anointed on Elisha's orders, and who executed the Lord's vengeance on Ahab and his whole fami...

GN-Day191 2 Kings 9-10; Psalm 127; John 12:20-50 from 2022-07-10T00:30

2KINGS 9-10:
Yesterday we heard one of my favorite Old Testament stories: The one about the three l...

GN-Day190 2 Kings 7-8; Psalm 126; John 12:1-26 from 2022-07-09T00:30

2KINGS 7-8:
Yesterday we heard two more chapters containing fascinating miracles performed by Elish...

GN-Day189 2 Kings 5-6; Psalm 125; John 11:21-57 from 2022-07-08T00:30

2KINGS 5-6:
Yesterday we heard of the many miracles done by Elisha, supplying water for three armie...

Buckling the Belt: Lesson 3 following the Spirit's lead Day 189 from 2022-07-08T00:12

Recorded July 7, 2023 Buckling the Belt of Truth, lesson 3

THEME:  following the SPIRIT’s lead

I will not read all the verse numbers, nor wil...

GN-Day188 2 Kings 3-4; Psalm 124; John 11:1-26 from 2022-07-07T00:30

2KINGS 3-4:
Yesterday we heard of the final amazing prophecies of Elijah, and then how he took leav...

GN-Day187 2 Kings 1-2; Psalm 123; John 10:11-42 from 2022-07-06T00:30

2KINGS 1:
Yesterday we heard stories which show that King Ahab indeed “sold himself to evil,” inclu...

GN-Day186 1 Kings 21-22; Psalm 122; John 10:1-21 from 2022-07-05T00:30

1KINGS 21-22:
What a cruel surprise it must have been for Elijah to bring about such an irrefutable...

GN-Day185 1 Kings 19-20; Psalm 121; John 9 from 2022-07-04T00:30

1KINGS 19-20:
The story we read yesterday in this book is one of the most dramatic in all of Script...

GN-Day184 1 Kings 17-18; Psalm 120; John 9 from 2022-07-03T00:30

1KINGS 17-18:
We've arrived at the narrative of the different kings of Judah (which now includes th...

GN-Day183 1 Kings 15-16; Psalm 119:161-176; John 8:28-59 from 2022-07-02T00:30

1KINGS 15-16:
I think yesterday's story of the ‘man of God from Judah’ and the ‘old prophet from Bethel’ to be one of the m...

GN-Day182 1 Kings 13-14; Psalm 119:145-160; John 8:1-30 from 2022-07-01T00:30

1KINGS 13-14:
Solomon was the wisest of men. So how could he make such stupid choices?! Part of the...

GN-Day181 1 Kings 11-12; Psalm 119:129-144; John 7:25-53 from 2022-06-30T00:30

1KINGS 11-12:
Yesterday we heard interesting glimpses of Solomon's international relations and comm...

GN-Day180 1 Kings 9-10; Psalm 119:113-128; John 7:1-24 from 2022-06-29T00:30

1KINGS 9-10:
The temple was completed! And yesterday we heard Solomon’s very wise prayer asking God...

GN-Day179 1 Kings 8; Psalm 119:97-112; John 6:25-71 from 2022-06-28T00:30

1KINGS 8:
Yesterday we heard lots and lots of details about the building of the temple. A man from ...

GN-Day178 1 Kings 6-7; Psalm 119:81-96; John 6:1-40 from 2022-06-27T00:30

1KINGS 6-7:
Yesterday we heard of the incredible size and wealth of Solomon's dominion. His wisdom ...

GN-Day111 Joshua 1; Psalm 68:1-19; Acts 19:23-41 from 2022-04-21T00:30

JOSHUA 1:
Yesterday we read the conclusion of Deuteronomy with Moses blessing eleven of the twelve ...

GN-Day110 Deuteronomy 33-34; Psalm 67; Acts 19:1-22 from 2022-04-20T00:30

DEUTERONOMY 33-34:
In yesterday's reading, Moses showed Israel that the leadership was given to Josh...

GN-Day109 Deuteronomy 31-32; Psalm 66; Acts 18 from 2022-04-19T00:30

DEUTERONOMY 31-32:

Yesterday in Deuteronomy Moses reviewed the covenant and again stressed that the choice is between life and death, and ...

GN-Day108 Deuteronomy 29-30; Psalm 65; Acts 17 from 2022-04-18T00:30

DEUTERONOMY 29-30:
Yesterday in Deuteronomy Moses ratcheted up the fear index to the red level. And...

GN-Day107 Deuteronomy 28; Psalm 64; Acts 16:19-40 from 2022-04-17T00:30

DEUTERONOMY 28:
Yesterday we read of the ceremony that Moses commanded the people to perform when t...

GN-Day106 Deuteronomy 27; Psalm 63; Acts 16:1-24 from 2022-04-16T00:30

DEUTERONOMY 27:
Yesterday in Deuteronomy, Moses continued with miscellaneous regulations. One repea...

GN-Day105 Deuteronomy 25-26; Psalm 62; Acts 15:19-41 from 2022-04-15T00:30

DEUTERONOMY 25-26:
Yesterday we read some laws for what kind of people could not enter into the con...

GN-Day104 Deuteronomy 23-24; Psalm 61; Acts 15:1-21 from 2022-04-14T00:30

DEUTERONOMY 23-24:
Yesterday we read an odd collection of regulations: Cleansing the land from unso...

GN-Day103 Deuteronomy 21-22; Psalm 60; Acts 14 from 2022-04-13T00:30

DEUTERONOMY 21-22:
Yesterday we heard an explanation of why cities of refuge were needed. And we heard interesting rules concerning ...

GN-Day102 Deuteronomy 19-20; Psalm 59; Acts 13:26-52 from 2022-04-12T00:30

DEUTERONOMY 19-20:
In yesterday’s reading, we heard that the duties of the king included having a co...

GN-Day101 Deuteronomy 17-18; Psalm 58; Acts 13:1-33 from 2022-04-11T00:30

DEUTERONOMY 17-18:
In yesterday's reading, we heard about the release of debts and slaves in the Jub...

GN-Day100 Deuteronomy 15-16; Psalm 57; Acts 12 from 2022-04-10T00:30

DEUTERONOMY 15-16:
Yesterday's reading included Moses' warning about being led astray by anyone, in...

GN-Day099 Deuteronomy 13-14; Psalm 56; Acts 11 from 2022-04-09T00:30

DEUTERONOMY 13-14:
In yesterday's reading Moses continued to stress the need for faithfulness to God...

GN-Day098 Deuteronomy 11-12; Psalm 55; Acts 10:21-48 from 2022-04-08T00:30

DEUTERONOMY 11-12:
In yesterday's reading, Moses continued to hammer on the people not to think that...

GN-Day097 Deuteronomy 9-10; Psalm 54; Acts 10:1-29 from 2022-04-07T00:30

DEUTERONOMY 9-10:
In yesterday’s reading, Moses continued his stern lecture. I note particularly tha...

GN-Day096 Deuteronomy 7-8; Psalm 53; Acts 9:17-43 from 2022-04-06T00:30

DEUTERONOMY 7-8:
Yesterday in Deuteronomy we heard Moses repeating the 10 Commandments and pleading...

GN-Day095 Deuteronomy 5-6; Psalm 52; Acts 9:1-21 from 2022-04-05T00:30

DEUTERONOMY 5-6:
Yesterday we heard Moses expound on the most important command to never worship an...

GN-Day094 Deuteronomy 4; Psalm 51; Acts 8:25-40 from 2022-04-04T00:30

DEUTERONOMY 4:
Yesterday Moses gave his personal account of how God led the people of Israel is not...

GN-Day093 Deuteronomy 2-3; Psalm 50; Acts 8:1-25 from 2022-04-03T00:30

DEUTERONOMY 2-3:
Yesterday we heard Moses preaching and confronting the people of Israel about their bickering and their i...

GN-Day092 Deuteronomy 1; Psalm 49; Acts 7:30-60 from 2022-04-02T00:30

DEUTERONOMY 1:
Yesterday in the conclusion of Numbers, we learned that each clan's allotment of lan...

GN-Day091 Numbers 36; Psalm 48; Acts 7:1-39 from 2022-04-01T00:30

NUMBERS 36:
Yesterday we heard about the boundaries for the nation of Israel, the 12 clan leaders appointed by the Lord, a...

GN-Day090 Numbers 34-35; Psalm 47; Acts 6 from 2022-03-31T00:30

NUMBERS 34-35:
Yesterday we heard the listing of the stages of the nomadic journey of the people of...

GN-Day089 Numbers 33; Psalm 46; Acts 5:17-42 from 2022-03-30T00:30

UMBERS 33:
Yesterday we heard how the tribes of Gad, Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh promise...

GN-Day088 Numbers 32; Psalm 45; Acts 5:1-21 from 2022-03-29T00:30

NUMBERS 32:
Yesterday we heard of the conquest of the Midianite people. That story is an example of...

GN-Day087 Numbers 31; Psalm 44; Acts 4:19-37 from 2022-03-28T00:30

NUMBERS 31:
Yesterday the listing of sacrifices continued with those for the Festival of Trumpets, ...

GN-Day086 Numbers 29-30; Psalm 43; Acts 4:1-22 from 2022-03-27T00:30

NUMBERS 29-30:
Yesterday we heard about the request of the daughters of Zelophehad, and the Lord to...

GN-Day085 Numbers 27-28; Psalm 42; Acts 3 from 2022-03-26T00:30

NUMBERS 27-28:
Yesterday we heard of the second registration of Israel's troops.

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GN-Day084 Numbers 26; Psalm 41; Acts 2:16-47 from 2022-03-25T00:30

NUMBERS 26:
Yesterday we heard Balaam's final prophecies. Even though he was a shaman and a charlat...

JoySightings 52 Defining Faith and The Long Walk from 2022-03-24T00:49:28

After being directly involved in Bible translation since 1983, I have wanted to share with younger generations about the things I have learned from my experiences as a Bible translator— the thin...

GN-Day083 Numbers 24-25; Psalm 40; Acts 2:1-24 from 2022-03-24T00:30

Yesterday we heard how Balak sent for the shaman Balaam to curse Israel, and we heard that God instead moved him to bless Israel two times. And the third sacrific...

GN-Day082 Numbers 22-23; Psalm 39; Acts 1 from 2022-03-23T00:30

NUMBERS 22-23:
In Numbers 21, the Lord gave victory to the Israelites over the Amorites, and then ov...

GN-Day081 Numbers 21; Psalm 38; Luke 24:30-53 from 2022-03-22T00:30

GN-Day080 Numbers 19-20; Psalm 37:20-40; Luke 24:1-34 from 2022-03-21T00:30

NUMBERS 19-20:
In yesterday's portions in Numbers, we heard how God proved again His choice of Aaron...

GN-Day079 Numbers 17-18; Psalm 37:1-20; Luke 23:26-56 from 2022-03-20T00:30

NUMBERS 17-18:
Yesterday in Numbers, we heard another dramatic chapter in Israel's history: The reb...

GN-Day078 Numbers 16; Psalm 36; Luke 23:1-34 from 2022-03-19T00:30

NUMBERS 16:
In Numbers 15, we found out that there were sacrifices that could be made for unintentio...

GN-Day077 Numbers 15; Psalm 35; Luke 22:39-71 from 2022-03-18T00:30

NUMBERS 15:
Yesterday in Numbers 14 we heard this very important and dramatic story: The people of ...

GN-Day076 Numbers 14; Psalm 34; Luke 22:1-38 from 2022-03-17T00:30

NUMBERS 14:
Yesterday in Numbers, we again found out what the Lord thinks when we grumble against h...

GN-Day075 Numbers 12-13; Psalm 33; Luke 21:17-38 from 2022-03-16T00:30

NUMBERS 12-13:
In Numbers 10 yesterday we heard about the signals given to the people using two silv...

GN-Day074 Numbers 10-11; Psalm 32; Luke 21:1-19 from 2022-03-15T00:30

NUMBERS 10-11:
Yesterday in Numbers 9, we heard about the position of the lamps on the lampstand in...

GN-Day073 Numbers 8-9; Psalm 31; Luke 20:20-47 from 2022-03-14T00:30

NUMBERS 8-9:
In Numbers 7, we heard about the gifts given by the leaders of Israel following the ded...

GN-Day072 Numbers 7; Psalm 30; Luke 20:1-26 from 2022-03-13T00:30

NUMBERS 7:
Yesterday in Numbers we heard how the people had to follow through with God’s commands, ...

GN-Day071 Numbers 5-6; Psalm 29; Luke 19:20-48 from 2022-03-12T00:30

NUMBERS 5-6:
Yesterday in Numbers 4 we heard the assignments for the Kohathite, Gershonite, and Mer...

GN-Day070 Numbers 4; Psalm 28; Luke 19:1-27 from 2022-03-11T00:30

NUMBERS 4
Yesterday we learned that the Levite clans were given separate tasks in the care of the sacred tent. The 22,000 Levites became su...

GN-Day069 Numbers 3; Psalm 27; Luke 18:18-43 from 2022-03-10T00:30

Yesterday in the book of Numbers we heard about the organization of Israel's camp, having three tribes on each of the four sides of the tabernacle. This also dete...

GN-Day068 Numbers 2; Psalm 26; Luke 18:1-30 from 2022-03-09T00:30

NUMBERS 2:
Yesterday in Numbers chapter 1, God ordered a census of the men capable as soldiers in w...

GN-Day067 Numbers 1; Psalm 25; Luke 17:20-37 from 2022-03-08T00:30

NUMBERS 1:
Numbers is the 4th of Moses' 5 books. In this book we will see that unbelief hi...

GN-Day066 Leviticus 26-27; Psalm 24; Luke 17:1-21 from 2022-03-07T00:30

LEVITICUS 26-27:
Yesterday in Leviticus, we heard about the Sabbath year and the year of Restoratio...

GN-Day065 Leviticus 25; Psalm 23; Luke 16 from 2022-03-06T00:30

LEVITICUS 25:
Yesterday in Leviticus we heard about the seven important yearly celebrations of the ...

GN-Day064 Leviticus 23-24; Psalm 22; Luke 15 from 2022-03-05T00:30

GN-Day063 Leviticus 21-22; Psalm 21; Luke 14 from 2022-03-04T00:30

LEVITICUS 21-22:
In yesterday’s reading in Leviticus, we heard various laws that are for preserving ...

GN-Day062 Leviticus 19-20; Psalm 20; Luke 13 from 2022-03-03T00:30

LEVITICUS 19-20:
Yesterday in Leviticus we learned about the rule that all sacrifices must be done ...

GN-Day061 Leviticus 17-18; Psalm 19; Luke 12:21-59 from 2022-03-02T00:30

LEVITICUS 17-18:
Yesterday in Leviticus we learned about regulations concerning uncleanness caused ...

GN-Day060 Leviticus 15-16; Psalm 18; Luke 12:1-32 from 2022-03-01T00:30

LEVITICUS 15-16:
Yesterday in Leviticus 14 we heard about sacrifices following the healing of skin ...

GN-Day059 Leviticus 14; Psalm 17; Luke 11:29-54 from 2022-02-28T00:30

LEVITICUS 14:
After hearing about the serious skin diseases in Leviticus 13, today we hear of the regulations if someone is...

GN-Day058 Leviticus 13; Psalm 16; Luke 11:1-28 from 2022-02-27T00:30

LEVITICUS 13:
Yesterday in Lev. 11-12, we learned the animals considered clean and edible, and thos...

GN-Day057 Leviticus 11-12; Psalm 15; Luke 10:23-42 from 2022-02-26T00:30

Yesterday in Leviticus, Aaron and his sons started their work, and the glory of the Lord was revealed. But right after that Nadab and Abihu died because they offe...

GN-Day056 Leviticus 9-10; Psalm 14; Luke 10:1-24 from 2022-02-25T00:30

LEVITICUS 9-10:
Yesterday in Leviticus, we heard more regulations for the priests (mainly), and the...

GN-Day055 Leviticus 7-8; Psalm 13; Luke 9:28-62 from 2022-02-24T00:30

LEVITICUS 7-8:
In yesterday’s reading in Leviticus, we heard about sin and guilt offerings and about...

GN-Day054 Leviticus 5-6; Psalm 12; Luke 9:1-36 from 2022-02-23T00:30

LEVITICUS 5-6:
Yesterday we read Listen

Day 53: Pointers for understanding parables from 2022-02-22T01:11:33

Today I would like to give pointers for understanding Jesus’ parables. I consider the parable to be one of the greatest of all teaching devices, and a legacy of the Greatest Teacher. I will end ...

GN-Day053 Leviticus 3-4; Psalm 11; Luke 8:22-56 from 2022-02-22T00:30

LEVITICUS 3-4:
Yesterday in the beginning chapters of Leviticus, we heard about burnt offerings and...

GN-Day052 Leviticus 1-2; Psalm 10; Luke 8:1-21 from 2022-02-21T00:30

LEVITICUS 1-2:
Yesterday in the final chapter of Exodus, the worship in the completed and the dedic...

GN-Day051 Exodus 40; Psalm 9; Luke 7:20-50 from 2022-02-20T00:30

EXODUS 40:

Yesterday in Exodus we read about Bezalel making the outside articles for worship— like the altar for burnt offerings. There wa...

GN-Day050 Exodus 38-39; Psalm 8; Luke 7:1-30 from 2022-02-19T00:30

EXODUS 38-39:

In the two chapters we heard in Exodus yesterday, we heard of the building of the tabernacle, the Cove...

GN-Day049 Exodus 36-37; Psalm 7; Luke 6:24-49 from 2022-02-18T00:30

EXODUS 36-37:
Yesterday in Exodus we read about how Moses returned to the top of the mountain, taki...

GN-Day048 Exodus 34-35; Psalm 6; Luke 6:1-31 from 2022-02-17T00:30

EXODUS 34-35:
In yesterday’s reading in Exodus, we heard about how God's meeting with Moses was inte...

GN-Day047 Exodus 32-33; Psalm 5; Luke 5 from 2022-02-16T00:30

EXODUS 32-33:
Yesterday in Exodus, we heard about the plans for the incense altar, and about the ma...

GN-Day046 Exodus 30-31; Psalm 4; Luke 4:22-44 from 2022-02-15T00:30

EXODUS 30-31:
In yesterday’s reading in Exodus, we heard the instructions for consecrating the pries...

GN-Day045 Exodus 29; Psalm 3; Luke 4:1-30 from 2022-02-14T00:30

EXODUS 29:
In our reading in Exodus yesterday, we heard about the design of the altar for burnt offe...

GN-Day044 Exodus 27-28; Psalm 2; Luke 3 from 2022-02-13T00:30

EXODUS 27-28:
Yesterday in Exodus, we heard the beginning plans given by God for the Tabernacle (or...

GN-Day043 Exodus 25-26; Psalm 1; Luke 2:25-52 from 2022-02-12T00:30

EXODUS 25-26:
Yesterday we read the commands for the Israelites to be good neighbors and to practic...

GN-Day042 Exodus 23-24; Job 42; Luke 2:1-35 from 2022-02-11T00:30

EXODUS 23-24:
Yesterday in Exodus we heard laws regarding the treatment of slaves, cases of persona...

GN-Day041 Exodus 21-22; Job 41; Luke 1:39-80 from 2022-02-10T00:30

In our reading in Exodus yesterday, we read about the awesome and fearful way the Lord revealed himself at Mount Sinai to the Israelites. (Remember that for when ...

GN-Day040 Exodus 19-20; Job 40; Luke 1:1-45 from 2022-02-09T00:30

EXODUS 19-20:
Yesterday in Exodus, we heard of God satisfying the thirst of the Israelites by comma...

GN-Day039 Exodus 17-18; Job 39; 2 Peter 3 from 2022-02-08T00:30

EXODUS 17-18:
Yesterday in Exodus we heard the wonderful victory song of Moses. Then we heard how t...

GN-Day038 Exodus 15-16; Job 38; 2 Peter 1:19-2:22 from 2022-02-07T00:30

EXODUS 15-16:
Yesterday in our reading in Exodus, we heard that because of the Passover plague whic...

GN-Day037 Exodus 13-14; Job 37; 2 Peter 1 from 2022-02-06T00:30

EXODUS 13-14:
Yesterday In Exodus we heard of the final plague— the death of the firstborn, which h...

GN-Day036 Exodus 11-12; Job 36; James 5 from 2022-02-05T00:30

EXODUS 11-12:
Yesterday we heard of the plague against the livestock, the plague of boils, and the ...

GN-Day035 Exodus 9-10; Job 35; James 4 from 2022-02-04T00:30

EXODUS 9-10:
The two chapters of Exodus we read yesterday included the story of Aaron's staff becom...

GN-Day034 Exodus 7-8; Job 34; James 3 from 2022-02-03T00:30

EXODUS 7-8:
In yesterday’s reading in Exodus, we heard of Moses and Aaron's first disastrous meeting...

GN-Day033 Exodus 5-6; Job 33; James 2 from 2022-02-02T00:30

EXODUS 5-6:
In Exodus so far we have heard that Moses accepted God's call, returned to Egypt with Aa...

GN-Day032 Exodus 3-4; Job 32; James 1 from 2022-02-01T00:30

EXODUS 3-4:
In yesterday's beginning to Exodus, we heard of Moses' birth and his young adulthood in ...

GN-Day031 Exodus 1-2; Job 31; 1 Peter 5 from 2022-01-31T00:30

EXODUS 1:
Yesterday we wrapped up Genesis with Jacob's very prophetic blessings for each of his son...

GN-Day030 Genesis 49-50; Job 30; 1 Peter 3:17-4:19 from 2022-01-30T00:30

GENESIS 49-50:
In yesterday's reading in Genesis, Jacob blessed Pharaoh, Joseph lead powerfully duri...

GN-Day029 Genesis 47-48; Job 29; 1 Peter 3 from 2022-01-29T00:30

Welcome back for Day 29 in our reading plan.

GENESIS 47-48:
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GN-Day028 Genesis 46; Job 28; 1 Peter 1:22-2:25 from 2022-01-28T00:30

GENESIS 46:
In yesterday’s two chapters of Genesis, Joseph's brothers went back to Egypt with Joseph...

GN-Day027 Genesis 44-45; Job 27; 1 Peter 1 from 2022-01-27T00:30

GENESIS 44-45:
Yesterday we heard of Joseph's brothers on their first and second trips to Egypt. Listen

EveryWord 2022 Day 26 from 2022-01-26T01:00

I have prepared this Every Word podcast to discuss the ending of Mark 16, verses 9-20. Those are the verses that are bracketed in most translations made in the last century. The brackets indicat...

GN-Day026 Genesis 42-43; Job 26; Mark 16 from 2022-01-26T00:30

GENESIS 42-43:
Yesterday in Genesis chapter 41, we heard of Pharaoh's dream, and what happened to J...

GN-Day025 Genesis 41; Job 25; Mark 15:33-47 from 2022-01-25T00:30

GENESIS 41:
In yesterday's reading in Genesis 40, Joseph interpreted two dreams. He said something q...

GN-Day024 Genesis 40; Job 24; Mark 15:1-32 from 2022-01-24T00:30

GENESIS 40:
Were you shocked by yesterday’s reading in Genesis?! We heard the less than auspicious ...

GN-Day023 Genesis 38-39; Job 23; Mark 14:43-72 from 2022-01-23T00:30

GENESIS 38-39:
In yesterday's reading in Genesis 37, we heard of Joseph's dreams, his brothers' jeal...

GN-Day022 Genesis 37; Job 22; Mark 14:1-42 from 2022-01-22T00:30

GENESIS 37:
The focus of Genesis 36 was on the descendants of Esau, and the ethnic groups they spaw...

GN-Day021 Genesis 36; Job 21; Mark 13 from 2022-01-21T00:30

GENESIS 36:
In yesterday’s reading in Genesis, Jacob's daughter Dinah was raped, and the perpetrator...

GN-Day020 Genesis 34-35; Job 20; Mark 12:24-44 from 2022-01-20T00:30

GENESIS 34-35:
In Genesis 32 we heard about Jacob wrestling all night with a mysterious heavenly fig...

GN-Day019 Genesis 32-33; Job 19; Mark 12:1-27 from 2022-01-19T00:30

GENESIS 32-33:
Yesterday in Genesis 31, we heard how Jacob and his big family got away from Laban a...

GN-Day018 Genesis 31; Job 18; Mark 11 from 2022-01-18T00:30

Yesterday we heard of the rivalry between Rachel and Leah, and about more sons for Jacob— whose names all have meanings appropriate to what Rachel or Leah were fe...

GN-Day017 Genesis 30; Job 17; Mark 10:28-52 from 2022-01-17T00:30

GENESIS 30:
In yesterday’s reading in Genesis 28-29, Jacob left home, and God appeared to him and pr...

GN-Day016 Genesis 28-29; Job 16; Mark 10:1-31 from 2022-01-16T00:30

GENESIS 28-29:
After what Jacob did to Esau in Genesis 27— with Esau holding a big grudge, it was t...

GN-Day015 Genesis 27; Job 15; Mark 9:30-50 from 2022-01-15T00:30

GENESIS 27:
In yesterday's reading we read the history of Isaac and Rebecca's family before the narr...

GN-Day014 Genesis 25-26; Job 14; Mark 9:1-29 from 2022-01-14T00:30

I encourage you to Dig Deeper in your Bible study this year. I have linked several powerful on-line Bible study tools in the Shovels blog post at http://...

GN-Day013 Genesis 24; Job 13; Mark 8:22-38 from 2022-01-13T00:30

GENESIS 24:
In Genesis 22, Isaac asked,

22:7b GNT “I s...

GN-Day012 Genesis 22-23; Job 12; Mark 8:1-21 from 2022-01-12T00:30

May God richly bless you as we read God’s Word together!

GENESIS 22-23:
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GN-Day011 Genesis 20-21; Job 11; Mark 7 from 2022-01-11T00:30

Greetings as a fellow recipient of God’s Kindness!

GENESIS 20-21:
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GN-Day010 Genesis 19; Job 10; Mark 6:30-56 from 2022-01-10T00:30

GENESIS 19:
In yesterday's reading in Genesis, Abram and Sarai received new names and God confirmed ...

GN-Day009 Genesis 17-18; Job 9; Mark 6:1-29 from 2022-01-09T00:30

Before we read GENESIS 17-18,
remember that in chapter 15 we heard of God's c...

GN-Day008 Genesis 15-16; Job 8; Mark 5:21-43 from 2022-01-08T00:30

Today we’ll start out reading GENESIS 15-16.
Yesterday we heard the stories of Abram and Lot separa...

GN-Day007 Genesis 13-14; Job 7; Mark 5:1-20 from 2022-01-07T00:30

As I hope you have discovered, if you click on a verse in this Bible app, you have six very useful options— including highlighting verses and writing comments. Ha...

GN-Day006 Genesis 11-12; Job 6; Mark 4:21-41 from 2022-01-06T00:30

GENESIS 11-12:
Yesterday in Genesis 9-10, we heard the story of Noah's drunkenness and his curse on...

GN-Day005 Genesis 9-10; Job 5; Mark 4:1-25 from 2022-01-05T00:30

In the YouVersion devotional notes for this episode and at the bottom of these program notes in the listening app, you can read about the difference between liter...

Beginning of the year: Clearing up confusion from 2022-01-04T23:00

Hey there! It seems like we are off to a good start this year in the Daily Bible Reading Podcast.

I have already gotten one email indicating some confusion on the part of one listener, so...

GN-Day004 Genesis 7-8; Job 4; Mark 3 from 2022-01-04T00:30

Most people find out about the DBRP through the YouVersion Bible reading app on their smart device. If you are one who has found out about these podcasts through ...

GN-Day004 Genesis 7-8; Job 4; Mark 3 from 2022-01-04T00:30

Most people find out about the DBRP through the YouVersion Bible reading app on their smart device. If you are one who has found out about these podcasts through ...

GN-Day003 Genesis 5-6; Job 3; Mark 2 from 2022-01-03T00:30

Hey, since you are following the Daily Bible Reading Podcast, I suggest that you connect with others who are following this reading plan. The methods for sharing ...

GN-Day003 Genesis 5-6; Job 3; Mark 2 from 2022-01-03T00:30

Hey, since you are following the Daily Bible Reading Podcast, I suggest that you connect with others who are following this reading plan. The methods for sharing ...

GN-Day002 Genesis 3-4; Job 2; Mark 1:29-45 from 2022-01-02T00:30

For more information about the features of this reading plan, please see the ‘ReadMe’ PDF file linked in the header of Listen

GN-Day001 Genesis 1-2; Job 1; Mark 1:1-28 from 2022-01-01T00:30

Congratulations on starting TODAY on a life-transforming journey! The Digging Deeper Daily plan will help you be successful in your commitment to read the whole B...

GN-Day363 Malachi 1-2; Isaiah 65; Revelation 20 from 2021-12-29T00:30

MALACHI 1-2:
We heard a very difficult conclusion to Zechariah yesterday. Chapter 14 started out wit...

2021 year-end notes from 2021-12-28T19:11:16

Hey, happy New Year to you all! If you happen to be one who started the DBRP at the beginning of 2021, you have surely noticed that our readings have contained one prophetic figure of speech or ...

GN-Day361 Zechariah 12-13; Isaiah 64; Revelation 18 from 2021-12-27T00:30

ZECHARIAH 12-13:
Several times I have noted Zechariah and other prophets who use the figure of shep...

GN-Day360 Zechariah 10-11; Isaiah 63; Revelation 17 from 2021-12-26T00:30

ZECHARIAH 10-11:
As we have seen before, the Lord loves names and delights to give new names. In Zec...

GN-Day359 Zechariah 8-9; Isaiah 62; Revelation 16 from 2021-12-25T00:30

ZECHARIAH 8-9:
I hope that you have noticed [Joshua//Jeshua] the high priest. He was the one that Satan was not allowed to accuse. He was g...

GN-Day358 Zechariah 6-7; Isaiah 61; Revelation 15 from 2021-12-24T00:30

ZECHARIAH 6-7:
There were so many correspondences to Revelation in the three chapters we read yeste...

GN-Day357 Zechariah 3-5; Isaiah 60; Revelation 14 from 2021-12-23T00:30

ZECHARIAH 3-5:
In Zechariah 1-2 we heard how Zechariah’s dreams often included angels talking with h...

GN-Day356 Zechariah 1-2; Isaiah 59; Revelation 13 from 2021-12-22T00:30

ZECHARIAH 1-2:
Yesterday we read both chapters of the little book of Haggai, and heard how Haggai m...

GN-Day355 Haggai 1-2; Isaiah 58; Revelation 12 from 2021-12-21T00:30

HAGGAI 1-2:
I hope you saw correlations to Revelation in the 3rd chapter of Zephaniah yesterday— in ...

GN-Day353 Zephaniah 1-2; Isaiah 56; Revelation 10 from 2021-12-19T00:30

ZEPHANIAH 1-2:
The concluding words of Habakkuk are the most often quoted and memorized, because th...

GN-Day351 Habakkuk 1-2; Isaiah 55; Revelation 8 from 2021-12-17T00:30

HABAKKUK 1-2:
The book of Nahum ended with these words about Nineveh:

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GN-Day349 Nahum 1-2; Isaiah 52:13—53:12; Revelation 6 from 2021-12-15T00:30

NAHUM 1-2:
Micah certainly poured out his heart in chapter 7. Micah 7:7-9 matches the verse I highl...

GN-Day347 Micah 5-6; Isaiah 52; Revelation 4 from 2021-12-13T00:30

MICAH 5-6:
Remember that Isaiah and Micah were contemporaries. Yesterday we read very familiar soun...

GN-Day346 Micah 3-4; Isaiah 51; Revelation 3:7-22 from 2021-12-12T00:30

MICAH 3-4:
In Micah 1 yesterday we heard one of the sections of Hebrew poetry which is virtually imp...

GN-Day345 Micah 1-2; Isaiah 50; Revelation 3:1-13 from 2021-12-11T00:30

MICAH 1-2:
The name “Micah” is a shortened form of “Micaiah,” which means, “Who is like Yahweh?” A different Micaiah, the ...

December 2021 Update from Phil from 2021-12-10T01:00

Hi friend, I’m so glad you’re listening to this update. I will share a very useful tip today.

Before I tell you about that, I want to ask for your help: Are you one who made a New-Year’s ...

GN-Day342 Amos 7-8; Isaiah 48; Revelation 1 from 2021-12-08T00:30

AMOS 7-8:
Our reading in chapter 6 of Amos included these words quoted in Stephen’s speech in Acts ...

GN-Day341 Amos 5-6; Isaiah 47; 3 John 1 from 2021-12-07T00:30

AMOS 5-6:
One device that Amos used in yesterday’s reading was rhetorical questions. He asked a whole series of them like ...

GN-Day340 Amos 3-4; Isaiah 45:22–46:13; 2 John 1 from 2021-12-06T00:30

AMOS 3-4:
As I said about Amos yesterday, he was wise in his methods. He condemned Syria, the Philis...

GN-Day339 Amos 1-2; Isaiah 44:24—45:25; 2 Timothy 4 from 2021-12-05T00:30

AMOS 1-2:
If you are new to reading the Bible, I hope that you will remember the events and expressi...

GN-Day337 Joel 1-2; Isaiah 44:1-18; 2 Timothy 2 from 2021-12-03T00:30

JOEL 1:
I feel the need to comment about chapter 9 of Esther and how the Jews “got rid” of their enemies. Remember that those Jews were not ...

GN-Day336 Esther 9-10; Isaiah 43; 2 Timothy 1 from 2021-12-02T00:30

ESTHER 9-10:
We have heard how Esther’s request was granted, the king and Haman came to the second banquet, where Esther r...

GN-Day335 Esther 7-8; Isaiah 42; 2 Thessalonians 3 from 2021-12-01T00:30

ESTHER 7-8:
In Esther 5 Haman planned to impale Mordecai on a pole in the NLT, or just hanged in the...

GN-Day334: Esther 5-6; Isaiah 41:8-29; 2 Thessalonians 2 from 2021-11-30T00:30

ESTHER 5-6:
In Esther 3-4 Haman cast lots (purim) to find out that March 7 was the lucky date to ext...

GN-Day333 Esther 3-4; Isaiah 41:1-20; 2 Thessalonians 1 from 2021-11-29T00:30

ESTHER 3-4:
Yesterday we heard how Esther became the queen, and how she continued to keep her Jewis...

GN-Day332 Esther 1-2; Isaiah 40:15-31; Philemon 1 from 2021-11-28T00:30

ESTHER 1-2:
In the final two chapters of Nehemiah, we heard of the culmination of Nehemiah’s work— the ceremony for the de...

GN-Day331 Nehemiah 12-13; Isaiah 40:1-17; Colossians 4 from 2021-11-27T00:30

NEHEMIAH 12-13
In yesterday’s chapters in Nehemiah, we heard the names of the various religious and ...

GN-Day330 Nehemiah 10-11; Isaiah 39; Colossians 2:13—3:25 from 2021-11-26T00:30

NEHEMIAH 10-11:
The returned exiles showed how sincere they were in following the Lord! They gather...

GN-Day329 Nehemiah 8-9; Isaiah 38; Colossians 2 from 2021-11-25T00:30

NEHEMIAH 8-9:
Nehemiah 7 dealt with listing the various families and temple workers who came back a...

GN-Day327 Nehemiah 5-6; Isaiah 36; Philippians 4 from 2021-11-23T00:30

NEHEMIAH 5-6:
Yesterday Nehemiah gave a listing of the people who rebuilt the wall. This included S...

GN-Day326 Nehemiah 3-4; Isaiah 35; Philippians 3 from 2021-11-22T00:30

NEHEMIAH 3-4:
After Nehemiah’s wonderful prayer for Jerusalem, more than three months went by before the king noticed him looking sad. He s...

GN-Day325 Nehemiah 1-2; Isaiah 34; Philippians 2 from 2021-11-21T00:30

NEHEMIAH 1:
Yesterday we heard how the returned exiles responded to Ezra’s shock and demonstration of his sorrow, and his ...

GN-Day324 Ezra 9-10; Isaiah 33; Philippians 1 from 2021-11-20T00:30

EZRA 9-10:
Yesterday we heard how Ezra introduced himself. Note that he spoke of himself in the 3rd...

GN-Day323 Ezra 7-8; Isaiah 32; 2 Corinthians 12:19—13:14 from 2021-11-19T00:30

EZRA 7-8:
Yesterday we read of how King Darius completely sided with the Israelites seeking to rees...

GN-Day322 Ezra 5-6; Isaiah 31; 2 Corinthians 11:30—12:21 from 2021-11-18T00:30

EZRA 5-6:
When the Israelites returned from exile, they were determined to get worship started again, and they made great ...

GN-Day321 Ezra 3-4; Isaiah 30; 2 Corinthians 11 from 2021-11-17T00:30

EZRA 3-4:
Ezra, a scribe and priest, doesn’t start speaking about himself until chapter 7. Ancient copies of the books of ...

GN-Day320 Ezra 1-2; Isaiah 29; 2 Corinthians 10 from 2021-11-16T00:30

EZRA 1:
Before going to Ezra, I want to say that one can do a whole lot of digging deeper in the la...

GN-Day318 Daniel 9-10; Isaiah 26:20—27:13; 2 Corinthians 8 from 2021-11-14T00:30

DANIEL 9-10:
Yesterday in Daniel, we heard of the vision of four beasts representing four kingdoms....

GN-Day317 Daniel 7-8; Isaiah 26; 2 Corinthians 6:11—7:16 from 2021-11-13T00:30

DANIEL 7-8:
In Daniel yesterday, we heard the famous ‘writing on the wall’ chapter. That is where th...

GN-Day316 Daniel 5-6; Isaiah 25; 2 Corinthians 5:14–6:13 from 2021-11-12T00:30

DANIEL 5-6:
Yesterday we heard two stories: That of Nebuchadnezzar’s statue of gold and the excitin...

GN-Day315 Daniel 3-4; Isaiah 24; 2 Corinthians 4:10–5:15 from 2021-11-11T00:30

DANIEL 3-4:
Matthew Henry describes the parts of the statue in Daniel 2:

1. Listen

GN-Day313 Daniel 1; Isaiah 22; 2 Corinthians 2:14–3:18 from 2021-11-09T00:30

DANIEL 1:
Yesterday in Ezekiel, the land was divided in horizontal bands across the entire width of...

GN-Day311 Ezekiel 46-47; Isaiah 20; 2 Corinthians 1 from 2021-11-07T00:30

EZEKIEL 46-47:
Yesterday we heard regulations for the priests and Levites, about foreigners, and ab...

GN-Day310 Ezekiel 44-45; Isaiah 19; Hebrews 13 from 2021-11-06T00:30

EZEKIEL 44-45:
In the vision of the ideal temple yesterday, we heard of the buildings of rooms for t...

GN-Day309 Ezekiel 42-43; Isaiah 18; Hebrews 12 from 2021-11-05T00:30

EZEKIEL 42-43:
In yesterday’s tour of the ideal temple we viewed the sanctuary and Most Holy Place.<...

GN-Day306 Ezekiel 38-39; Isaiah 15; Hebrews 10:12-39 from 2021-11-02T00:30

EZEKIEL 38-39:
Yesterday we heard the famous ‘dry bones’ chapter of Ezekiel. Again the prophecy is ...

GN-Day305 Ezekiel 36-37; Isaiah 14; Hebrews 10:1-22 from 2021-11-01T00:30

EZEKIEL 36-37:
In chapter 34, we heard the passage that many Jews would have thought of when they he...

GN-Day304 Ezekiel 34-35; Isaiah 13; Hebrews 9 from 2021-10-31T00:30

EZEKIEL 34-35:
In Ezekiel yesterday, we heard of how Pharaoh was to be mocked in the world of the de...

GN-Day303 Ezekiel 32-33; Isaiah 12; Hebrews 8 from 2021-10-30T00:30

EZEKIEL 32-33:
Again, as seen in the messages to Tyre and to Egypt, God was not just speaking to one king or about one kin...

GN-Day302 Ezekiel 30-31; Isaiah 11; Hebrews 7 from 2021-10-29T00:30

EZEKIEL 30-31:
As the Lord was pronouncing doom upon the Prince of Tyre in Ezekiel 28, did you notic...

GN-Day301 Ezekiel 28-29; Isaiah 10; Hebrews 6 from 2021-10-28T00:30

EZEKIEL 28-29:
So why were there two whole chapters against the city-state of Tyre in yesterday’s re...

GN-Day300 Ezekiel 26-27; Isaiah 8:21--9:21; Hebrews 5 from 2021-10-27T00:30

EZEKIEL 26-27:
Yesterday we heard a second word picture of Jerusalem as a cooking pot. This was not...

GN-Day299 Ezekiel 24-25; Isaiah 8; Hebrews 4 from 2021-10-26T00:30

EZEKIEL 24-25:
Yesterday in Ezekiel we heard the shockingly graphic story of the two adulterous sis...

GN-Day294 Ezekiel 18-19; Isaiah 3; Jude 1 from 2021-10-21T00:30

EZEKIEL 18-19:
Yesterday in Ezekiel we read the riddle of the two eagles, portraying Israel’s king ...

GN-Day291 Ezekiel 14-15; Song of Solomon 8; Matthew 27:1-44 from 2021-10-18T00:30

EZEKIEL 14-15:
The title that the Lord calls Ezekiel is ‘son of man’, which the Lord is using in th...

GN-Day290 Ezekiel 12-13; Song of Solomon 7; Matthew 26:31-75 from 2021-10-17T00:30

EZEKIEL 12-13:
In yesterday’s reading, the vision of the glory of the Lord left the temple. Then God disagreed with what t...

GN-Day288 Ezekiel 8-9; Song of Solomon 5; Matthew 25:14-46 from 2021-10-15T00:30

EZEKIEL 8-9:
Terrible destruction is prophesied against Judah and Jerusalem. The trumpet will sound...

GN-Day287 Ezekiel 6-7; Song of Solomon 4; Matthew 25:1-30 from 2021-10-14T00:30

EZEKIEL 6-7:
In yesterday’s reading Ezekiel portrayed the punishment of Israel and the siege on Jeru...

GN-Day286 Ezekiel 4-5; Song of Solomon 3; Matthew 24:23-51 from 2021-10-13T00:30

EZEKIEL 4-5:
In Ezekiel 2-3 God commissioned Ezekiel to speak for God to the rebellious people of Is...

GN-Day285 Ezekiel 2-3; Song of Solomon 2; Matthew 24:1-31 from 2021-10-12T00:30

EZEKIEL 2-3:
Yesterday Ezekiel described his vision of the four cherubim, and the chapter ended jus...

My favorite Bible verses of 2021 from 2021-10-11T01:00

I hope that it will be interesting to you to share 14 verses that rang a bell for me this year. In collecting these verses, until recently I didn’t plan on sharin...

GN-Day274 2 Chronicles 26-27; Ecclesiastes 3; Matthew 16:24–17:27 from 2021-10-01T00:30

2CHRONICLES 26-27:
King Joash didn’t end so well, did he?! He killed Jehoiadah’s son Zechariah. Whe...

GN-Day273 2 Chronicles 24-25; Ecclesiastes 2:12-26; Matthew 16 from 2021-09-30T00:30

2CHRONICLES 24-25:
Yesterday we heard of Ahaziah’s one year reign, and then his mother Athaliah’s r...

GN-Day272 2 Chronicles 22-23; Ecclesiastes 2:1-17; Matthew 15:21-39 from 2021-09-29T00:30

2CHRONICLES 22-23:
Yesterday we heard of Jehoshaphat’s famous victory, accomplished only by prayer,...

GN-Day271 2 Chronicles 20-21; Ecclesiastes 1; Matthew 15:1-20 from 2021-09-28T00:30

2CHRONICLES 20-21:
Yesterday we heard of Jehoshaphat wisely appointing judges, and he also travelle...

GN-Day268 2 Chronicles 16-17; Proverbs 30:15-33; Matthew 12:17-33 from 2021-09-25T00:30

2CHRONICLES 16-17:
Judah’s kingdom was truly blessed by Asa’s wise reign. The Lord rewarded the cou...

GN-Day267 2 Chronicles 14-15; Proverbs 30:1-17; Matthew 12:22-50 from 2021-09-24T00:30

2CHRONICLES 14-15:
Yesterday we heard the conclusion of Rehoboam’s reign, and the writer classed hi...

GN-Day266 2 Chronicles 12-13; Proverbs 29:15-27; Matthew 12:1-21 from 2021-09-23T00:30

2CHRONICLES 12-13:
Yesterday we heard of David’s grandson, Rehoboam, and the unfortunate start to h...

GN-Day265 2 Chronicles 10-11; Proverbs 29:1-14; Matthew 11:16-30 from 2021-09-22T00:30

2CHRONICLES 10-11:
Yesterday we completed the story of Solomon’s achievements.

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GN-Day263 2 Chronicles 7-8; Proverbs 28:1-14; Matthew 10:16-42 from 2021-09-20T00:30

2CHRONICLES 7-8:
Yesterday we heard Solomon’s famous prayer at the dedication of the temple. He und...

GN-Day261 2 Chronicles 3-4; Proverbs 27:1-14; Matthew 9 from 2021-09-18T00:30

2CHRONICLES 4-5:
Yesterday we heard of the preparations for building the temple, and then the dimen...

GN-Day260 2 Chronicles 2-3; Proverbs 26:13-28; Matthew 8 from 2021-09-17T00:30

2CHRONICLES 2-3:
In yesterday’s reading we returned to the books of Chronicles, and picked up the st...

GN-Day258 Hosea 13-14; Proverbs 25:15-28; Matthew 7:1-20 from 2021-09-15T00:30

HOSEA 13-14:
Yesterday’s reading had this significant prophecy, prefaced by the words that God woul...

GN-Day257 Hosea 11-12; Proverbs 25:1-14; Matthew 6:19-34 from 2021-09-14T00:30

HOSEA 11-12:
In yesterday’s reading, as the Lord was pleading with Israel and using agricultural met...

GN-Day256 Hosea 9-10; Proverbs 24:17-34; Matthew 6:1-18 from 2021-09-13T00:30

HOSEA 9-10:
In the first paragraph of chapter 6, Hosea or the Lord quoted the people saying, “Let’s ...

GN-Day255 Hosea 6-7; Proverbs 24:1-18; Matthew 5:27-48 from 2021-09-12T00:30

HOSEA 6-8:
In yesterday’s reading, Hosea bought back his wife from prostitution. And the Lord drew a...

GN-Day253 Hosea 1-2; Proverbs 23:1-18; Matthew 4 from 2021-09-10T00:30

HOSEA 1-2:
We have already heard that God considers the sin of idolatry to be parallel and just as o...

GN-Day251 1 Chronicles 27-28; Proverbs 22:1-15; Matthew 2 from 2021-09-08T00:30

1CHRONICLES 27-28:
Yesterday we heard of the assignments of Levites as musicians, judges, and templ...

GN-Day250 1 Chronicles 25-26; Proverbs 21:15-31; Matthew 1 from 2021-09-07T00:30

1CHRONICLES 25-26:
There was a rather important shift in Israel’s religious life that happened with...

GN-Day249 1 Chronicles 23-24; Proverbs 21:1-16; Titus 3 from 2021-09-06T00:30

1CHRONICLES 23-24:
Yesterday we heard a rather odd story about how “Satan rose up against Israel an...

GN-Day248 1 Chronicles 21-22; Proverbs 20:16-30; Titus 2 from 2021-09-05T00:30

1CHRONICLES 21-22:
Yesterday we heard the part where the writer of Chronicles skated over where Dav...

GN-Day247 1 Chronicles 19-20; Proverbs 20:1-15; Titus 1 from 2021-09-04T00:30

1CHRONICLES 19-20:
Yesterday we heard about one of David’s greatest hours, and I think David would ...

GN-Day246 1 Chronicles 17-18; Proverbs 19:14-29; 1 Thessalonians 4:13–5:28 from 2021-09-03T00:30

1CHRONICLES 17-18:
Yesterday we heard of the careful moving of the Ark, this time successfully. We ...

GN-Day245 1 Chronicles 15-16; Proverbs 19:1-15; 1 Thessalonians 4 from 2021-09-02T00:30

1CHRONICLES 15-16:
Yesterday we heard about the first attempt to move the Ark, more about David’s f...

GN-Day244 1 Chronicles 13-14; Proverbs 18:13-24; 1 Thessalonians 3 from 2021-09-01T00:30

1CHRONICLES 13-14:
Yesterday we heard of mighty men who joined David in war, and the roll call of p...

GN-Day243 1 Chronicles 11-12; Proverbs 18:1-12; 1 Thessalonians 2 from 2021-08-31T00:30

1CHRONICLES 11-12:
In yesterday’s reading, we heard of the people who returned after the exile. Then...

GN-Day242 1 Chronicles 9-10; Proverbs 17:14-28; 1 Thessalonians 1 from 2021-08-30T00:30

1CHRONICLES 9-10:
Today we begin with chapter 9 of 1st Chronicles, which is the last name chapter i...

GN-Day240 1 Chronicles 7; Proverbs 16:18-33; Ephesians 6 from 2021-08-28T00:30

1CHRONICLES 7:
Yesterday we heard about Levite and priestly genealogies and their allotment of town...

GN-Day233 Lamentations 4-5; Proverbs 13:1-13; Ephesians 2 from 2021-08-21T00:30

LAMENTATIONS 4-5:
In yesterday's reading, the sun pierced the dark clouds with this glorious section...

GN-Day231 Lamentations 1-2; Proverbs 12:1-15; Ephesians 1 from 2021-08-19T00:30

LAMENTATIONS 1-2:
In the early chapters of his book, Jeremiah spoke several times of his tears.  Lam...

GN-Day225 Jeremiah 46-47; Proverbs 8:17-36; 1 John 1 from 2021-08-13T00:30

JEREMIAH 46-47:
After finally being able to give a comforting message (“Stay here in Judah and don'...

GN-Day224 Jeremiah 44-45; Proverbs 8:1-21; 1 Corinthians 16 from 2021-08-12T00:30

JEREMIAH 44-45:
After all Jeremiah's messages of doom, he was able to give a comforting message to ...

GN-Day223 Jeremiah 42-43; Proverbs 7; 1 Corinthians 15:20-58 from 2021-08-11T00:30

Mat. 5:17 “Do not think that I have come to do away with the Law of Moses and the teachings of the prophets. I have not come to do away with them, but to make the...

GN-Day222 Jeremiah 40-41; Proverbs 6; 1 Corinthians 15:1-34 from 2021-08-10T00:30

Mat. 5:11 “Happy are you when people insult you and persecute you and tell all kinds of evil lies against you because you are my followers.

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GN-Day221 Jeremiah 38-39; Proverbs 5; 1 Corinthians 14 from 2021-08-09T00:30

Mat. 5:10 “Happy are those who are persecuted because they do what God requires;
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GN-Day220 Jeremiah 36-37; Proverbs 4:14-27; 1 Corinthians 12:27–13:31 from 2021-08-08T00:30

GN-Day219 Jeremiah 34-35; Proverbs 4:1-14; 1 Corinthians 12 from 2021-08-07T00:30

JEREMIAH 34-35:
In yesterday’s reading, Jeremiah bought a field according to the Lord’s instructions...

GN-Day217 Jeremiah 30-31; Proverbs 3:1-18; 1 Corinthians 10:1–11:1 from 2021-08-05T00:30

JEREMIAH 30-31:
Yesterday we heard more of Jeremiah’s struggle against false prophets. Just like in...

GN-Day216 Jeremiah 28-29; Proverbs 2; 1 Corinthians 9 from 2021-08-04T00:30

JEREMIAH 28-29:
In yesterday's reading we moved from more poetic content to the story of Jeremiah be...

Update, and August 2021 Reader: Take Note from 2021-08-03T02:19:37

I have been back from Indonesia for over a month now, and my life has slowly calmed down to the point where I can make a podcast again. If you listened to my last...

GN-Day215 Jeremiah 26-27; Proverbs 1; 1 Corinthians 8 from 2021-08-03T00:30

JEREMIAH 26-27:
In yesterday’s reading, some important points were revealed: The people the Lord was about to send into ex...

GN-Day214 Jeremiah 24-25; Psalm 150; 1 Corinthians 6:17–7:40 from 2021-08-02T00:30

JEREMIAH 24-25:
A stunning prophecy was given in yesterday's reading:

Jer. 2...

GN-Day212 Jeremiah 21-22; Psalm 148; 1 Corinthians 4:14–5:13 from 2021-07-31T00:30

JEREMIAH 21-22:
These verses from Jeremiah 20 have been often quoted as a reason for memorizing Scripture:

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GN-Day211 Jeremiah 19-20; Psalm 147; 1 Corinthians 3:10–4:21 from 2021-07-30T00:30

JEREMIAH 19-20:
In yesterday’s reading, we again heard some often-quoted verses. These verses come just after verses in ch...

GN-Day209 Jeremiah 15-16; Psalm 145; 1 Corinthians 1:18–2:16 from 2021-07-28T00:30

JEREMIAH 15-16:

Yesterday the dialog between the Lord and Jeremiah continued. We heard of the drought. And the Lord forbid Jeremiah to pra...

GN-Day208 Jeremiah 13-14; Psalm 144; 1 Corinthians 1 from 2021-07-27T00:30

JEREMIAH 13-14:
In yesterday’s reading, Jeremiah complained to the Lord,

12:...

GN-Day207 Jeremiah 11-12; Psalm 143; John 21 from 2021-07-26T00:30

JEREMIAH 11-12:
Yesterday we heard important verses in chapter 9:23-24, verses that Paul quotes more than once:

GN-Day205 Jeremiah 7-8; Psalm 141; John 19:14-42 from 2021-07-24T00:30

JEREMIAH 7-8:
In this and several other prophetic books, it is important to observe where quotes begin and end, and who is ...

GN-Day204 Jeremiah 5-6; Psalm 140; John 18:28–19:27 from 2021-07-23T00:30

JEREMIAH 5-6:
God, speaking through the prophets, frequently says how he feels about idolatry. He considers it just like th...

GN-Day203 Jeremiah 3-4; Psalm 139; John 18:19-40 from 2021-07-22T00:30

JEREMIAH 3-4:
From yesterday’s reading, I highlight 1:12b, where God says,

1:...

GN-Day202 Jeremiah 1-2; Psalm 138; John 18:1-27 from 2021-07-21T00:30

JEREMIAH 1-2:
The book of Jeremiah was written between 627 and 580 BC. Counting the number of verses, Jeremiah is longer th...

GN-Day201 Jonah 3-4; Psalm 137; John 17 from 2021-07-20T00:30

JONAH 3-4:
Running from God didn’t work for Jonah. When saved from the ocean, Jonah grudgingly obeys God.

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GN-Day200 Jonah 1-2; Psalm 136; John 17 from 2021-07-19T00:30

JONAH 1-2:
For quite a few years when I was just reading the Bible without a set reading plan, I en...

GN-Day197 2 Kings 21-22; Psalm 133; John 15 from 2021-07-16T00:30

2KINGS 21-22:
The Assyrian king mocked the God of Israel at the end of chapter 18. We heard God's answer yesterday in chapt...

GN-Day196 2 Kings 19-20; Psalm 132; John 15 from 2021-07-15T00:30

2KINGS 19-20:
The writer of 1 & 2 Kings was very brief about the sins of the people of Israel (in both kingdoms) u...

GN-Day195 2 Kings 17-18; Psalm 131; John 14:15-31 from 2021-07-14T00:30

2KINGS 17-18:
Yesterday we again heard quite a few names of kings, especially on the Israel/Northern side. And this culmina...

GN-Day194 2 Kings 15-16; Psalm 130; John 14:1-21 from 2021-07-13T00:30

2KINGS 15-16:
Readers and listeners are frequently confused by the names of the kings in yesterday’s reading in 2nd Kings.  Judah’ king, Jo...

GN-Day193 2 Kings 13-14; Psalm 129; John 13:12-38 from 2021-07-12T00:30

2KINGS 13-14:

Yesterday we heard of Athaliah's seven-year reign over Judah, of how Joash was saved from being killed, and of Jehoida's suc...

GN-Day192 2 Kings 11-12; Psalm 128; John 13:1-17 from 2021-07-11T00:30

2KINGS 11-12:

Yesterday's story was of Jehu, anointed on Elisha's orders, and who executed the Lord's vengeance on Ahab and his whole fami...

GN-Day191 2 Kings 9-10; Psalm 127; John 12:20-50 from 2021-07-10T00:30

2KINGS 9-10:
Yesterday we heard one of my favorite Old Testament stories: The one about the three l...

GN-Day190 2 Kings 7-8; Psalm 126; John 12:1-26 from 2021-07-09T00:30

2KINGS 7-8:
Yesterday we heard two more chapters containing fascinating miracles performed by Elish...

GN-Day189 2 Kings 5-6; Psalm 125; John 11:21-57 from 2021-07-08T00:30

2KINGS 5-6:
Yesterday we heard of the many miracles done by Elisha, supplying water for three armie...

GN-Day188 2 Kings 3-4; Psalm 124; John 11:1-26 from 2021-07-07T00:30

2KINGS 3-4:
Yesterday we heard of the final amazing prophecies of Elijah, and then how he took leav...

GN-Day187 2 Kings 1-2; Psalm 123; John 10:11-42 from 2021-07-06T00:30

2KINGS 1:
Yesterday we heard stories which show that King Ahab indeed “sold himself to evil,” inclu...

GN-Day186 1 Kings 21-22; Psalm 122; John 10:1-21 from 2021-07-05T00:30

1KINGS 21-22:
What a cruel surprise it must have been for Elijah to bring about such an irrefutable...

GN-Day185 1 Kings 19-20; Psalm 121; John 9 from 2021-07-04T00:30

1KINGS 19-20:
The story we read yesterday in this book is one of the most dramatic in all of Script...

GN-Day184 1 Kings 17-18; Psalm 120; John 9 from 2021-07-03T00:30

1KINGS 17-18:
We've arrived at the narrative of the different kings of Judah (which now includes th...

GN-Day183 1 Kings 15-16; Psalm 119:161-176; John 8:28-59 from 2021-07-02T00:30

1KINGS 15-16:
I think yesterday's story of the ‘man of God from Judah’ and the ‘old prophet from Bethel’ to be one of the m...

GN-Day182 1 Kings 13-14; Psalm 119:145-160; John 8:1-30 from 2021-07-01T00:30

1KINGS 13-14:
Solomon was the wisest of men. So how could he make such stupid choices?! Part of the...

GN-Day181 1 Kings 11-12; Psalm 119:129-144; John 7:25-53 from 2021-06-30T00:30

1KINGS 11-12:
Yesterday we heard interesting glimpses of Solomon's international relations and comm...

GN-Day180 1 Kings 9-10; Psalm 119:113-128; John 7:1-24 from 2021-06-29T00:30

1KINGS 9-10:
The temple was completed! And yesterday we heard Solomon’s very wise prayer asking God...

GN-Day178 1 Kings 6-7; Psalm 119:81-96; John 6:1-40 from 2021-06-27T00:30

1KINGS 6-7:
Yesterday we heard of the incredible size and wealth of Solomon's dominion. His wisdom ...

GN-Day177 1 Kings 4-5; Psalm 119:65-80; John 5:24-47 from 2021-06-26T00:30

1KINGS 4-5:
Yesterday we heard David's final instructions to Solomon. They contained a few messy de...

GN-Day177 1 Kings 4-5; Psalm 119:65-80; John 5:24-47 from 2021-06-26T00:30

1KINGS 4-5:
Yesterday we heard David's final instructions to Solomon. They contained a few messy de...

GN-Day176 1 Kings 2-3; Psalm 119:49-64; John 5:1-30 from 2021-06-25T00:30

1KINGS 2-3:
Yesterday we heard of Adonijah’s almost successful bid to become the next king. The pro...

GN-Day176 1 Kings 2-3; Psalm 119:49-64; John 5:1-30 from 2021-06-25T00:30

1KINGS 2-3:
Yesterday we heard of Adonijah’s almost successful bid to become the next king. The pro...

GN-Day175 1 Kings 1; Psalm 119:33-48; John 4:25-54 from 2021-06-24T00:30

1KINGS 1:
Like 1 & 2 Samuel, 1 & 2 Kings and 1 & 2 Chronicles were originally each one book instead...

GN-Day174 2 Samuel 24; Psalm 119:17-32: John 4:1-26 from 2021-06-23T00:30

2SAMUEL 24:
Yesterday we heard David’s final words and the listing of the 38 mighty warriors who lo...

GN-Day173 2 Samuel 23; Psalm 119:1-16; John 3 from 2021-06-22T00:30

2SAMUEL 23:
Yesterday we read David’s long poem of praise for God giving him victory and deliveranc...

GN-Day172 2 Samuel 22; John 3 from 2021-06-21T00:30

2SAMUEL 22:
We near the end of David’s story. God gave him victory over Sheba and the house of Saul....

GN-Day171 2 Samuel 21; Psalm 118:14-29; John 2 from 2021-06-20T00:30

2SAMUEL 21:
The story of David being welcomed back ended poorly with arguments. Sheba attempted to ...

GN-Day170 2 Samuel 20; Psalm 118:1-16; John 2 from 2021-06-19T00:30

2SAMUEL 20:
Yesterday we heard the story of how David sent out his army under three commanders, Joa...

GN-Day169 2 Samuel 18-19; Psalm 117; John 1:24-51 from 2021-06-18T00:30

2SAMUEL 18-19:
Civil war might have been avoided, but Absalom didn’t choose wisely. And I observe t...

GN-Day169 2 Samuel 18-19; Psalm 117; John 1:24-51 from 2021-06-18T00:30

2SAMUEL 18-19:
Civil war might have been avoided, but Absalom didn’t choose wisely. And I observe t...

GN-Day168 2 Samuel 17; Psalm 116; John 1:1-34 from 2021-06-17T00:30

SAMUEL 17:
Yesterday we heard how Saul's servant, Ziba, showed his loyalty and helped David on his ...

GN-Day167 2 Samuel 16; Psalm 115; Romans 16 from 2021-06-16T00:30

2SAMUEL 16:
Absolom first stole the hearts of all Israel by being a shrewd politician. Then he moun...

GN-Day166 2 Samuel 15; Psalm 114; Romans 15 from 2021-06-15T00:30

2SAMUEL 15:
In our last reading, we heard how Joab creatively arranged to persuade David to bring Ab...

GN-Day165 2 Samuel 14; Psalm 113; Romans 15 from 2021-06-14T00:30

2SAMUEL 14:
There is more than one way in which David did not obey God’s instructions for kings. Th...

GN-Day164 2 Samuel 13; Psalm 112; Romans 14 from 2021-06-13T00:30

2SAMUEL 13:
Yesterday we heard of David's moral failure with Bathsheba. That sin led to the death o...

GN-Day163 2 Samuel 11-12; Psalm 111; Romans 14 from 2021-06-12T00:30

2SAMUEL 11-12:
David showed kindness to Jonathan's only living son. Then we heard the story of how ...

GN-Day163 2 Samuel 11-12; Psalm 111; Romans 14 from 2021-06-12T00:30

2SAMUEL 11-12:
David showed kindness to Jonathan's only living son. Then we heard the story of how ...

GN-Day162 2 Samuel 9-10; Psalm 110; Romans 13 from 2021-06-11T00:30

2SAMUEL 9-10:
David realized the incongruity that he was living in a beautiful cedar palace while G...

GN-Day161 2 Samuel 7-8; Psalm 109:15-31; Romans 13 from 2021-06-10T00:30

2 SAMUEL 7-8:
At last, David became the king of all Israel, then the Lord gave him two great militar...

GN-Day161 2 Samuel 7-8; Psalm 109:15-31; Romans 13 from 2021-06-10T00:30

2 SAMUEL 7-8:
At last, David became the king of all Israel, then the Lord gave him two great militar...

GN-Day160 2 Samuel 5-6; Psalm 109:1-19; Romans 12 from 2021-06-09T00:30

2SAMUEL 5-6:
General Abner defected to David, but it cost him his life on the same day at the hands...

GN-Day160 2 Samuel 5-6; Psalm 109:1-19; Romans 12 from 2021-06-09T00:30

2SAMUEL 5-6:
General Abner defected to David, but it cost him his life on the same day at the hands...

GN-Day159 2 Samuel 3-4; Psalm 108; Romans 12 from 2021-06-08T00:30

GN-Day159 2 Samuel 3-4; Psalm 108; Romans 12 from 2021-06-08T00:30

GN-Day158 2 Samuel 2; Psalm 107:23-43; Romans 11:17-36 from 2021-06-07T00:30

2SAMUEL 2:
David heard of Israel’s terrible defeat and of Saul and Jonathan's deaths, and he exacte...

GN-Day157 2 Samuel 1; Psalm 107:1-22; Romans 11:1-24 from 2021-06-06T00:30

2SAMUEL 1:
David returned from being sent home from the battle with Israel only to find that his to...

GN-Day156 1 Samuel 30-31; Psalm 106:24-48; Romans 10:1–11:2a from 2021-06-05T00:30

1SAMUEL 30-31:
The Philistines mustered their armies for full-scale war with Saul and the Israelite...

GN-Day156 1 Samuel 30-31; Psalm 106:24-48; Romans 10:1–11:2a from 2021-06-05T00:30

1SAMUEL 30-31:
The Philistines mustered their armies for full-scale war with Saul and the Israelite...

GN-Day155 1 Samuel 28-29; Psalm 106:1-27; Romans 10 from 2021-06-04T00:30

1SAMUEL 28-29:
Saul came after David again with 3,000 men, and David showed his integrity again and...

GN-Day155 1 Samuel 28-29; Psalm 106:1-27; Romans 10 from 2021-06-04T00:30

1SAMUEL 28-29:
Saul came after David again with 3,000 men, and David showed his integrity again and...

GN-Day154 1 Samuel 26-27; Psalm 105:23-45; Romans 9:6-33 from 2021-06-03T00:30

1SAMUEL 26-27:
Yesterday we heard the story of the cur Nabal and his intelligent and beautiful wife...

GN-Day154 1 Samuel 26-27; Psalm 105:23-45; Romans 9:6-33 from 2021-06-03T00:30

1SAMUEL 26-27:
Yesterday we heard the story of the cur Nabal and his intelligent and beautiful wife...

GN-Day153 1 Samuel 25; Psalm 105:1-23; Romans 8:28—9:24 from 2021-06-02T00:30

1SAMUEL 25:
God gave protection and victory to David. In a scene that must have caused Saul's men t...

GN-Day153 1 Samuel 25; Psalm 105:1-23; Romans 8:28—9:24 from 2021-06-02T00:30

1SAMUEL 25:
God gave protection and victory to David. In a scene that must have caused Saul's men t...

GN-Day152 1 Samuel 23-24; Psalm 104:19-35; Romans 8:12-39 from 2021-06-01T00:30

1SAMUEL 23-24:
As David fled from Saul, he went for help to Ahimelech the priest. He needed food and...

GN-Day151 1 Samuel 21-22; Psalm 104:1-18; Romans 8:1-30 from 2021-05-31T00:30

1SAMUEL 21-22:
Yesterday we heard the touching story of David and Jonathan's deep friendship, and h...

GN-Day150 1 Samuel 20; Psalm 103; Romans 7:7—8:4 from 2021-05-30T00:30

1SAMUEL 20:
Yesterday we heard the slow escalation of David's problems stemming from Saul's jealous...

GN-Day150 1 Samuel 20; Psalm 103; Romans 7:7—8:4 from 2021-05-30T00:30

1SAMUEL 20:
Yesterday we heard the slow escalation of David's problems stemming from Saul's jealous...

GN-Day149 1 Samuel 18-19; Psalm 102; Romans 6:1—7:17 from 2021-05-29T00:30

1SAMUEL 18-19:
In yesterday's story, David showed that he was more concerned with God's reputation t...

GN-Day149 1 Samuel 18-19; Psalm 102; Romans 6:1—7:17 from 2021-05-29T00:30

1SAMUEL 18-19:
In yesterday's story, David showed that he was more concerned with God's reputation t...

GN-Day148 1 Samuel 17; Psalm 101; Romans 6 from 2021-05-28T00:30

1SAMUEL 17:
God told Samuel to anoint one of Jesse's sons as the next king of Israel. Anointing ano...

GN-Day147 1 Samuel 16; Psalm 100; Romans 6 from 2021-05-27T00:30

1SAMUEL 16:
Yesterday's reading told the story of Saul's incomplete obedience and the rejection of ...

GN-Day146 1 Samuel 15; Psalm 99; Romans 5:1–6:4 from 2021-05-26T00:30

1SAMUEL 15:
Jonathan saved the day! He and his faithful armor bearer kind of took a leaf out of Gid...

GN-Day146 1 Samuel 15; Psalm 99; Romans 5:1–6:4 from 2021-05-26T00:30

1SAMUEL 15:
Jonathan saved the day! He and his faithful armor bearer kind of took a leaf out of Gid...

GN-Day145 1 Samuel 14; Psalm 98; Romans 5 from 2021-05-25T00:30

1SAMUEL 14:
Hostilities with the Philistines heated up to full war, and Israel was badly outnumbere...

GN-Day144 1 Samuel 13; Psalm 97; Romans 4:11-25 from 2021-05-24T00:30

1SAMUEL 13:
In yesterday's story, God's Spirit came powerfully upon the new king Saul, and he succee...

GN-Day143 1 Samuel 11-12; Psalm 96; Romans 4:1-17 from 2021-05-23T00:30

1SAMUEL 11-12:
Yesterday we heard of the way God arranged for Saul to meet Samuel, and how God reve...

GN-Day143 1 Samuel 11-12; Psalm 96; Romans 4:1-17 from 2021-05-23T00:30

1SAMUEL 11-12:
Yesterday we heard of the way God arranged for Saul to meet Samuel, and how God reve...

GN-Day142 1 Samuel 9-10; Psalm 95; Romans 3:9-31 from 2021-05-22T00:30

1SAMUEL 9-10:
In yesterday's reading, Samuel was formally made a judge, and then he led the people o...

GN-Day142 1 Samuel 9-10; Psalm 95; Romans 3:9-31 from 2021-05-22T00:30

1SAMUEL 9-10:
In yesterday's reading, Samuel was formally made a judge, and then he led the people o...

GN-Day141 1 Samuel 7-8; Psalm 94; Romans 2:25–3:20 from 2021-05-21T00:30

1SAMUEL 7-8:
Having won the war with Israel, the Philistines thought their idol Dagon had given the...

GN-Day141 1 Samuel 7-8; Psalm 94; Romans 2:25–3:20 from 2021-05-21T00:30

1SAMUEL 7-8:
Having won the war with Israel, the Philistines thought their idol Dagon had given the...

GN-Day140 1 Samuel 5-6; Psalm 93; Romans 2:13-29 from 2021-05-20T00:30

1SAMUEL 5-6:
Yesterday we saw the touching way that God revealed to Samuel how to listen for God's ...

GN-Day140 1 Samuel 5-6; Psalm 93; Romans 2:13-29 from 2021-05-20T00:30

1SAMUEL 5-6:
Yesterday we saw the touching way that God revealed to Samuel how to listen for God's ...

GN-Day139 1 Samuel 3-4; Psalm 92; Romans 1:28—2:16 from 2021-05-19T00:30

1SAMUEL 3-4:
Yesterday we heard Hannah's poetic and prophetic prayer of praise. R Then we heard of ...

GN-Day138 1 Samuel 2; Psalm 91; Romans 1:16-32 from 2021-05-18T00:30

1SAMUEL 2:
Yesterday we heard of the wonderful answer to Hannah’s prayer and of her determination t...

GN-Day137 1 Samuel 1; Psalm 90; Romans 1:1-17 from 2021-05-17T00:30

1SAMUEL 1:
Yesterday we heard the charming conclusion of the story of Naomi, Ruth and Boaz. The wor...

GN-Day136 Ruth 3-4; Psalm 89:19-52; 1 Timothy 6 from 2021-05-16T00:30

RUTH 3-4:
In yesterday’s start to the book of Ruth, we saw how Naomi was left all alone, and how one...

GN-Day136 Ruth 3-4; Psalm 89:19-52; 1 Timothy 6 from 2021-05-16T00:30

RUTH 3-4:
In yesterday’s start to the book of Ruth, we saw how Naomi was left all alone, and how one...

Update from Phil quarantining in Jakarta from 2021-05-15T03:58:43

Hello! I’m sending this update to you from Jakarta, where I am in my third day of five in quarantine after arriving here. This audio update is for any of you list...

GN-Day135 Ruth 1-2; Psalm 89:1-29; 1 Timothy 5 from 2021-05-15T00:30

RUTH 1-2:
The incident of the Levite and his concubine at Gibeah resulted in the civil war that we ...

GN-Day135 Ruth 1-2; Psalm 89:1-29; 1 Timothy 5 from 2021-05-15T00:30

RUTH 1-2:
The incident of the Levite and his concubine at Gibeah resulted in the civil war that we ...