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Today’s reading: Zechariah 1-7. God’s patience is unlimited, but with the return of the exiles it feels like he hit the fast forward button, sweeping out the old and preparing for the…

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Today’s reading: Haggai 1-2. If any of you Christian people are tempted to put off some service for God which lies upon your heart, I pray you to remember your Lord’s words,…

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Today’s reading: Habakkuk – Zephaniah. Wrestling is at the heart of Habakkuk. The prophet was wrestling with God when he wrote the book. Why were the wicked prospering? What was God up…

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Today’s reading: Nahum 1-3. “Why do those Assyrians keep popping up in the Old Testament?” Assyria dominated the Middle East from the ninth to seventh centuries BC. Its territory stretched from modern-day…

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Today’s reading: Micah 1-7. Each of us has a worldview, an understanding of how things work. For some it’s a crafted philosophy. For others it’s based on assumptions that are never consciously…

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Today’s reading: Obadiah, Jonah. “Jonah and the whale. Isn’t that just a kid’s story?” There’s so much content packed into the short story of Jonah. There’s a broken hero, danger at sea,…

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Today’s reading: Amos 6-9. “Visit many good books, but live in the Bible.” – Charles Spurgeon Nothing kindles a craving like a lack of the thing one desires. Whether it’s food, or sunshine,…

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Today’s reading: Amos 1-5. “What does God really think of the worship in my church?” Too many times we go to church thinking about what we will get out of the service.…

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Today’s reading: Joel 1-3. “When is the Day of the LORD?” It’s a tragic flaw that men and women keep trying to set a date for Jesus’ return. Jesus himself said that…

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Adam Lerner on Flickr. Today’s reading: Hosea 8-14. Like cows eating the grain as they walked over it to thresh it, the people of Israel were used to the easy life. All…