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1st Kings 1
You did not make a mistake in your reading. The schedule had 1st Chronicles 28-29 for today but, chronologically, 1st Kings 1 comes first. So I’m going to cover it today and the Chronicles segment on Saturday. 1st Kings 1 opens with an elderly King David whose circulation is not what it once was. Even…
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1st Chronicles 26-27
I realize that this section of scripture is about as exciting as reading the phone book. 🤔 Phone book? What’s a phone book? Oh yeah. I forget. The young whipper snappers don’t know what that is. Way back in the 1900s telephone companies published everyone’s contact info in a printed book. It was usually updated…
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Psalms 144 & 145
PSALM 144 Have you ever seen a “crazy quilt?” It’s a blanket made from a hodgepodge of randomly cut fabric sewn together with no apparent pattern. You might see a piece of grandma’s apron in it and grandpa’s worn out suit coat. There might be a bit of tablecloth or those curtains you remember. When…
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Psalms 131, 138, 139, 143
Today we have 4 psalms of David. The first is one of the Ascent Psalms or “Psalms of Degrees” sung by worshipers as they ascended the Temple Mount to worship. The last one is kinda a sad psalm so if you’d rather not end on a sad note, I suggest scrolling to the segment on…
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1st Chronicles 23-25
Ha! You only thought we were done reading lists of biblical names! 😉 I have again taken the liberty of making a small adjustment from the reading plan so I can group these 3 chapters of 1st Chronicles together and keep tomorrow’s post to just the psalms. This week’s posts have been rather lengthy so…
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Psalms 30, 108, 109, 110
You probably are familiar with the song We Are Standing on Holy Ground by Geron Davis. He wrote that song as a very young man for the dedication of a newly built sanctuary. I happen to know this story because Geron and I had the same piano teacher; although I’d say Geron is the far…
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1st Chronicles 22, Psalm 99
And just like that, we’ve passed beyond the borders of another book, (2nd Samuel), and are journeying through the Chronicles and will soon enter the Kings. We left David yesterday standing on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite at the altar he built. This was no quiet worship experience. David and the elders are…
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2 Samuel 24 & 1 Chron. 21
I decided to do some switching with the reading schedule because 2nd Samuel 24 and 1st Chronicles 21 both record the census of Israel and its aftermath. I will comment on Psalm 99 and 1st Chronicles 22 tomorrow. Be forewarned. This one is long. 😏 Long as in, a 10-minute read? No. Long as in,…
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2 Sam. 23, Ps. 57, 95, 97, 98
This one gets lengthy. 😬 I hope you are either fortified with coffee or comfy in bed (and you don’t fall asleep til after you finish reading). 2nd Samuel 23 begins with David’s “last words.” And then in chapter 24 we get a whole additional story with David and we go into 1st Kings where…
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2nd Samuel 22
Second Samuel 22 IS Psalm 18, which we have covered in a previous post. So I direct you to that prior post if you missed it. The only thing I would remind you of is that the Psalms are Prophecy. Yes, David is expressing his triumph here, but this is every bit as much Christ…
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Psalms 5, 38, 41, 42
A common theme in these 4 psalms is the lying and hateful words of the enemy when the writer (mostly David) is down with both physical and spiritual sickness. Psalm 38 is likely a song written after David’s sin with Bathsheba. It has the feel of someone under the heavy weight of a guilty conscience.…
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2nd Samuel 20 – 21
Another Rebellion… Last time, we left the tribes of Israel and Judah fighting over David. Into this unstable situation arises a guy named Sheba (which means 7), son of Bicri (youthful), of the tribe of Benjamin. He is never mentioned before or after this incident. Sheba blows a ram’s horn and says, “We have no…
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