MONDAY Reading for Today: Luke 20:1-8 Titus 3:9-15 Proverbs 16:17-33 Esther 5–6 Proverbs 16:17-33 “If you are all wrapped up in yourself, you are overdressed” (Kate Halverson). During the election of 1864, Abraham Lincoln’s first choice for vice president was Civil War General Benjamin F. Butler, but when asked to serve Butler surprisingly refused. He […]

MONDAY Reading for Today: Luke 18:18-30 2 Timothy 4 Proverbs 13:13-25 Nehemiah 11 Luke 18:18-30 What’s your bottom line? What could Jesus ask you to do that would cause you to turn away from him in sorrow? Sometimes in reading this story we mistakenly conclude that riches were the problem. They were not. The young […]

MONDAY Reading for Today: Luke 16:19-31 2 Timothy 1:1-7 Proverbs 10:17-32 Nehemiah 4–5 Nehemiah 4–5 When the three stooges of the Bible—Sanballat, Tobiah, and Geshem—learned that Nehemiah had started rebuilding Jerusalem’s walls, they did their best to discourage him. Critics are never in short supply. Just like when 17-year-old Bob Heft submitted a 50-star American […]

MONDAY Reading for Today: Luke 14:15-24 1 Timothy 3:11-16 Proverbs 5 Ezra 7 Ezra 7 Ezra’s brief genealogy confirmed that he was descended from Aaron thus making him well suited for leading a revival. His four-month journey from Babylon brought him for the first time to the partially restored city of Jerusalem. The temple had […]

MONDAY Reading for Today: Luke 12:49-59 2 Thessalonians 3:14-18 Psalm 150 2 Chronicles 34–36 Psalm 150 When I was a child, my home congregation always stood and sang the Doxology at offering time. My youthfulness caused me to miss the powerful significance of the song. Praise God from whom all blessings flow . . . […]