How are we doing? Is it time to renew your commitments, or perhaps make them more reasonable? God is honored by the discipline of regularity in your reading, even if it is not as much as you would like (don’t we always want more of a good thing?). Keep reading!

Category 1 – NT – Gospels

• Day 1 – Matthew 21:1-11
• Day 2 – Matthew 21:12-22
• Day 3 – Matthew 21:23-32
• Day 4 – Matthew 21:33-36
• Day 5 – Matthew 22:1-14
• Day 6 – Matthew 22:15-33

For category 1 readers , your question for possible reflection, application and comment on the blog is this: There are a lot of sections in these chapters drawing contrasts between two groups of people. What is the major message that the writer is trying to get across to the readers?

Category 2 – NT History & Epistles

• Day 1 – Acts 28:1-16
• Day 2 – Acts 28:17-31
• Day 3 – Romans 1:1-17
• Day 4 – Romans 1:18-32
• Day 5 – Romans 2
• Day 6 – Romans 3

For category 2 readers , your question for possible reflection, application and comment on the blog is this: Paul’s description of man’s depravity describes a declining morality whose ultimate expression is homosexuality. How does the Christian balance the biblical description of homosexuality as a degrading passion with the responsibility to testify to the love and forgiveness of God toward those who practice it?

Category 3 – OT Poetry & Wisdom

• Day 1 – Psalm 46
• Day 2 – Psalm 47
• Day 3 – Psalm 48
• Day 4 – Psalm 49
• Day 5 – Psalm 50
• Day 6 – Psalm 51

For category 3 readers, your question for possible reflection, application and comment on the blog is this: List as many marks of genuine repentance as you can find from Psalm 51 (hint: Pastor Craig preached a great series on this psalm, available in the audio section).

Category 4 – OT Historical & Prophetic

• Day 1 – Leviticus 24-25
• Day 2 – Leviticus 26-27
• Day 3 – Numbers 1-2
• Day 4 – Numbers 3-4
• Day 5 – Numbers 5-6
• Day 6 – Numbers 7-8

For category 4 readers, your question for possible reflection, application and comment on the blog is this: What is the theme of the book of Numbers, and how does the narrative of this book relate to God’s plan of salvation.

Sorry this post is late. Thankfully I did have one person ask me where they were. That means there are folks out there keeping up. If you have fallen behind, make it your goal to catch up on a weekend. Get out your Bible, a warm cup of tea/coffee/hot cocoa, and spend an afternoon reading from God’s word. What could be better. If you can’t catch up, consider picking up with these readings (and maybe catching up later) so that you can encourage others with your thoughts, answers and applications from texts that are familiar to all. Most of all, keep reading wherever you are at, and enjoy the grace God gives as you pursue the knowledge of Him through His word.

Category 1 – NT – Gospels

• Day 1 – Matthew 18:1-14
• Day 2 – Matthew 18:18-35
• Day 3 – Matthew 19:1-15
• Day 4 – Matthew 19:16-30
• Day 5 – Matthew 20:1-16
• Day 6 – Matthew 20:17-34

For category 1 readers , your question for possible reflection, application and comment on the blog is this: Consider Jesus’ dealings with the rich young ruler (19:6ff) and His parable about the laborers in the vineyard. What implications do these accounts have for our understanding and proclamation of the gospel to the lost?

Category 2 – NT History & Epistles

• Day 1 – Acts 25:1-12
• Day 2 – Acts 25:13-27
• Day 3 – Acts 26:1-18
• Day 4 – Acts 26:19-32
• Day 5 – Acts 27:1-26
• Day 6 – Acts 27:27-44

For category 2 readers , your question for possible reflection, application and comment on the blog is this: The account regarding Paul’s passage to Rome is full of helpful reminders and indicators of God’s sovereignty. How did Paul express those truths, put his confidence in God’s character, and use the circumstances as an opportunity to proclaim the gospel? Are there circumstances in your life that may provide similar opportunities for preaching the gospel?

Category 3 – OT Poetry & Wisdom

• Day 1 – Psalm 40
• Day 2 – Psalm 41
• Day 3 – Psalm 42
• Day 4 – Psalm 43
• Day 5 – Psalm 44
• Day 6 – Psalm 45

For category 3 readers, your question for possible reflection, application and comment on the blog is this: The psalmist has a habit of “talking to himself” in psalm 42 and 43. How does this habit help him? Why is it appropriate? How do you “speak truth to your own heart” as he does here?

Category 4 – OT Historical & Prophetic

• Day 1 – Leviticus 8-10
• Day 2 – Leviticus 11-13
• Day 3 – Leviticus 14-15
• Day 4 – Leviticus 16-17
• Day 5 – Leviticus 18-20
• Day 6 – Leviticus 21-23

For category 4 readers, your question for possible reflection, application and comment on the blog is this: All of the Law is summed up in the two commands to “love the Lord” and “love your neighbor.” Reflect on the many expressions of love in these chapters (that must be what they are, right?). Consider some of the laws that might seem unusual to you (like the one’s about blemishes), and answer the question “how does keeping this law express love for God or neighbor?”

Week 7. Thank you Beth Costine for your insightful comments.

Category 1 – NT – Gospels

• Day 1 – Matthew 15:1-20
• Day 2 – Matthew 15:21-39
• Day 3 – Matthew 16:1-12
• Day 4 – Matthew 16:13-28
• Day 5 – Matthew 17:1-13
• Day 6 – Matthew 17:14-27

For category 1 readers , your question for possible reflection, application and comment on the blog is this: Matthew 16:13-20 contains Peter’s confession about who Christ is, and Jesus’ response to this confession. The words of Jesus to Peter in verses 17-19 are some of the most difficult to understand. How do you understand them and why?

Category 2 – NT History & Epistles

• Day 1 – Acts 21:1-26
• Day 2 – Acts 21:27-40
• Day 3 – Acts 22
• Day 4 – Acts 23:1-11
• Day 5 – Acts 23:12-35
• Day 6 – Acts 24

For category 2 readers , your question for possible reflection, application and comment on the blog is this: Why do you suppose Paul was still worshipping in the Jewish temple in chapter 21? Was this right or wrong (or neither)? Why do you draw that conclusion?

Category 3 – OT Poetry & Wisdom

• Day 1 – Psalm 35
• Day 2 – Psalm 36
• Day 3 – Psalm 37:1-22
• Day 4 – Psalm 37:23-40
• Day 5 – Psalm 38
• Day 6 – Psalm 39

For category 3 readers, your question for possible reflection, application and comment on the blog is this: Try to identify with the lament of the psalmist in chapter 37. How does he percieve his own life and future, and the life and future of the wicked? How does this give hope to us today?

Category 4 – OT Historical & Prophetic

• Day 1 – Exodus 32-33
• Day 2 – Exodus 34
• Day 3 – Exodus 35-37
• Day 4 – Exodus 38-40
• Day 5 – Leviticus 1-4
• Day 6 – Leviticus 5-7

For category 4 readers, your question for possible reflection, application and comment on the blog is this: God gives Moses and the people a LOT of detail about the construction of the Tabernacle. Why do you think this is the case? What was the significance of the Tabernacle to God’s people, and how can that encourage us today?