Category: Scripture

This week the readings included 1 Samuel (chapters 22-31), 2 Samuel (chapters 1-6), 1 Chronicles (chapters 9-16) and also Psalms 52, 54, 56, 57, and 142. The focus of these Bible passages were on the transfer of the kingship from Saul to David. Saul had rebelled against God and chose to follow his own heart, [...]

This week the readings came from 1 Samuel (chapters 1-21), and also included part of 1 Chronicles 9 and Psalms 34 and 59. The main focus of this week's Bible readings have been on the beginnings of the line of kings of Israel. The key passage to set this up comes in 1 Samuel 8:4-7. [...]

This week the readings completed Judges (chapters 7-21), the entire book of Ruth, 1 Chronicles 2 , 1 Chronicles 4, and the first 8 verses of 1 Samuel. For this blog post I'm going to focus on the events of Judges. Judges is a book that spans three to four hundred years in the history [...]

This week's readings completed Joshua (Chapters 12-24), followed by a related passage in 1 Chronicles 6:54-81, and then began Judges chapters 1-6. The latter part of Joshua details the dividing up and boundaries of the land of Canaan to the twelve tribes of Israel. Two and a half tribes were given land east of the [...]

[Placeholder for video to come later - I'm out of the video production mode right now!] This week our readings completed Deuteronomy (chapters 26-34), then jumped to Psalm 90, and finished with Joshua 1-12. Last week I wrote about how Deuteronomy was Moses' instructions to the new generation of Israelites, whose parents had died in [...]