Happy Thanksgiving Laurie! For a daily Bible reading listing for the year 2012: 1. Go to Grace Notes. 2. Click on Daily Bible Reading 2012 PDF link. You can download the file or read it online. With this arrangement, you read the whole Bible in a year but in the chronological order of events. For [...]

1 Kings 3:16-28 16 Now two women who were harlots [or possibly innkeepers] came to the king, and stood before him. 17 And one woman said, “O my lord, this woman and I dwell in the same house; and I gave birth while she was in the house. 18 Then it happened, the third day [...]

John Calvin Commentary: Ephesians 6:1-4 1. Children, obey. Why does the apostle use the word obey instead of honor, which has a greater extent of meaning? It is because Obedience is the evidence of that honor which children owe to their parents, and is therefore more earnestly enforced. It is likewise more difficult; for the [...]

It’s easier to ask forgiveness than it is to get permission. — a quote generally attributed to U.S. Navy Rear Admiral Grace Hopper Alternate renderings: If it’s a good idea, go ahead and do it. It is much easier to apologize than it is to get permission. Don’t ask for permission when forgiveness is easier. [...]

Jeremiah 23:13-40 13 “I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria: They prophesied by Baal And caused My people Israel to err. 14 Also I have seen a horrible thing in the prophets of Jerusalem: They commit adultery and walk in lies; They also strengthen the hands of evildoers, So that no one turns [...]

Here is my review of the Holman Christian Standard Bible (Nashville: Holman Bible Publishers, 2004). The Sunday School Board of the Southern Baptist Convention originally planned to use what has become the Holman Christian Standard Bible as a replacement for the NIV. They originally chose Arthur Farstad (who edited the New King James Version) as [...]

Hebrews 4:11-13 11 Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest, lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience. 12 For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a [...]

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My church leaders are pushing this “non-resistance” thing pretty hard lately. I’m not sure why. The subject is somewhat new to me — it’s not been something I really thought much about until the recent Sunday sermons. This Sunday the message used John 18 as Jesus’ last teaching on non-resistance. The speaker basically placed anyone [...]

Hi Laurie, I was wondering if you could give me your recommendation for a more focused Bible time in the morning with my kids (ages 10,7, 2). My usual thing is to just read a chapter (Proverbs right now) and perhaps discuss it or ask the kids if they have any questions…but it seems to [...]