Developing Bible Intake Habits

NOTE: This post was copied from The Gospel Coalition. You may read the original article here. The Gospel Coalition has a lot of helpful information and application for the Christian life. Atomic Habits and Bible Intake: How Tiny Changes Add UpMarch 13, 2024 | Blake Glosson In his best-selling book Atomic Habits, James Clear tells…

Finishing Well with Sadness

With today’s Bible reading* we complete our readings through Deuteronomy. “Moses was one hundred twenty years old when he died; his eyes were not weak, and his vitality had not left him.” (Deuteronomy 34:7 CSB) Oh, that we would all finish well! But one thing is very troublesome in our reading. The Lord said to…

Have Discernment with Signs and Wonders

Today’s Bible reading* warns God’s people to be discerning about those who present themselves with signs and wonders. If they entice God’s people to leave God to follow anyone/anything else, they are to be stoned to death. (Deuteronomy 13:1-5) This sounds pretty radical, doesn’t it? It sounds judgmental, doesn’t it? Well, the warning isn’t about…

Encouragement for the Walk

Today’s Bible reading* is basically a summary of the forty years the people of Israel wandered in the desert after not believing God’s promises for provision and protection if they would proceed into the Promised Land. But forty years have passed and everyone who escaped their Egyptian slavery has died, except for Caleb and Joshua,…

Israel Breaks the Top Commandments

Do not have other gods besides me. Do not make an idol for yourself, whether in the shape of anything in the heavens above or on the earth below or in the waters under the earth. Do not bow in worship to them, and do not serve them; for I, the Lord your God, am…