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Saturday, September 20th, 20081 Samuel 5:1 - 7:1 5:1 After the Philistines had captured the ark of God, they took it from Ebenezer to Ashdod. 2 Then they carried the ark into Dagon’s temple and set it beside Dagon. 3 When the people of Ashdod rose early the next day, there was Dagon, fallen on his face on the [...]
September 19, 2008
Friday, September 19th, 20081 Samuel 4:1-22 And Samuel’s word came to all Israel. Now the Israelites went out to fight against the Philistines. The Israelites camped at Ebenezer, and the Philistines at Aphek. 2 The Philistines deployed their forces to meet Israel, and as the battle spread, Israel was defeated by the Philistines, who killed about four thousand of [...]
How to Read Acts
Friday, September 19th, 2008(Every time we begin a new book, I will post a short aide on How to Read that book that will hopefully help you get the most out of your reading)
Content: Part 2 of Luke’s account of the good news about Jesus; how by the power of the Spirit the good news spread from Jerusalem to Rome.
Author [...]
September 18, 2008
Thursday, September 18th, 20081 Samuel 3:1 - 21 The boy Samuel ministered before the LORD under Eli. In those days the word of the LORD was rare; there were not many visions. 2 One night Eli, whose eyes were becoming so weak that he could barely see, was lying down in his usual place. 3 The lamp of God [...]
September 17, 2008
Wednesday, September 17th, 20081 Samuel 2:12-36 12 Eli’s sons were wicked men; they had no regard for the LORD. 13 Now it was the practice of the priests with the people that whenever anyone offered a sacrifice and while the meat was being boiled, the servant of the priest would come with a three-pronged fork in his hand. 14 [...]
September 16, 2008
Tuesday, September 16th, 20081 Samuel 1:1 - 2:11 There was a certain man from Ramathaim, a Zuphite from the hill country of Ephraim, whose name was Elkanah son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite. 2 He had two wives; one was called Hannah and the other Peninnah. Peninnah [...]
How to read 1 & 2 Samuel
Tuesday, September 16th, 2008(Every time we begin a new book, I will post a short aide on How to Read that book that will hopefully help you get the most out of your reading)
Content: The transition from the last judge, Samuel, to the first king, Saul; the rise and reign of David.
Author & Historical Coverage: Unknown author. Timespan is from the birth [...]
September 15, 2008
Monday, September 15th, 2008Ruth 4:1-22 Meanwhile Boaz went up to the town gate and sat there. When the kinsman-redeemer he had mentioned came along, Boaz said, “Come over here, my friend, and sit down.” So he went over and sat down. 2 Boaz took ten of the elders of the town and said, “Sit here,” and they did so. [...]
September 14, 2008
Sunday, September 14th, 2008Ruth 3:1-18 One day Naomi her mother-in-law said to her, “My daughter, should I not try to find a home for you, where you will be well provided for? 2 Is not Boaz, with whose servant girls you have been, a kinsman of ours? Tonight he will be winnowing barley on the threshing floor. 3 Wash [...]
September 13, 2008
Saturday, September 13th, 2008Ruth 2:1-23 Now Naomi had a relative on her husband’s side, from the clan of Elimelech, a man of standing, whose name was Boaz. 2 And Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, “Let me go to the fields and pick up the leftover grain behind anyone in whose eyes I find favor.” Naomi said to her, [...]
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