Ramblings of a Jesus-follower, husband, father, pastor, adjunct professor, writer, and someone who really needs to exercise more
10 Minute Read + Scripture readings Today’s Bible Reading: Deuteronomy 19Psalms 106Isaiah 46Revelation 16 Today’s Bible Verse(s): Isaiah 46:9–11 (CSB): “Remember what happened long ago, for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and no one is like me. I declare the end from the beginning, and from long ago what […]
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5 Minute Read + Scripture readings Today’s Bible Reading: Deuteronomy 18Psalms 105Isaiah 45Revelation 15 Today’s Bible Verse(s): Isaiah 45:4–6 (CSB): “I call you by your name, for the sake of my servant Jacob and Israel my chosen one. I give a name to you, though you do not know me. I am the Lord, and […]
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4 Minute Read + Scripture readings Today’s Bible Reading: Genesis 25 Matthew 24 Esther 1 Acts 24 Today’s Bible Verse(s): “These events took place during the days of Ahasuerus, who ruled 127 provinces from India to Cush.” Esther 1:1 (CSB) Reflections on Today’s Bible Verse(s): The verse I have chosen for today may seem a […]
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5 Minute Read + Scripture readings Today’s Bible Reading: Genesis 17 Matthew 16 Nehemiah 6 Acts 16 Today’s Bible Verse(s): “From then on Jesus began to point out to his disciples that it was necessary for him to go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders, chief priests, and scribes, be killed, and […]
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7 Minute Read + Scripture readings TODAY’S BIBLE READING: Jonah 1:1–4:11 Revelation 5:1-14 Psalm 133:1-3 Proverbs 29:26-27 TODAY’S BIBLE VERSE(S): Jonah 1:1-3 (CSB): “The word of the LORD came to Jonah son of Amittai: ‘Get up! Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it because their evil has come up before me.’ […]
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6 Minute Read TODAY’S BIBLE READING: 1 Samuel 1:1–2:21 John 5:1-23 Psalm 105:37-45 Proverbs 14:28-29 TODAY’S BIBLE VERSE(S): John 5:19-20 (CSB): “Jesus replied, ‘Truly I tell you, the Son is not able to do anything on his own, but only what he sees the Father doing. For whatever the Father does, the Son likewise does […]
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10 Minute Read TODAY’S BIBLE READING: Numbers 22:21–23:30 Luke 1:57-80 Psalm 58:1-11 Proverbs 11:12-13 TODAY’S BIBLE VERSE(S): Numbers 23:19 (CSB): “God is not a man, that he might lie, or a son of man, that he might change his mind. Does he speak and not act, or promise and not fulfill?” REFLECTIONS ON TODAY’S BIBLE […]
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TODAY’S BIBLE READING: Genesis 28:1–29:35 Matthew 9:18-38 Psalm 11:1-7 Proverbs 3:11-12 TODAY’S BIBLE VERSE(S): Genesis 28:16 (CSB) “When Jacob awoke from his sleep, he said, ‘Surely the LORD is in this place, and I did not know it.’” REFLECTIONS ON TODAY’S BIBLE VERSE(S): The context of our Verse for Today reveals that Jacob had left […]
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TODAY’S BIBLE READING: Genesis 23:1–24:51 Matthew 8:1-17 Psalm 9:13-20 Proverbs 3:1-6 TODAY’S BIBLE VERSE(S): Genesis 24:50 (CSB) “Laban and Bethuel answered, “This is from the LORD; we have no choice in the matter.” REFLECTIONS ON TODAY’S BIBLE VERSE(S): I apologize in advance but I’m going to step up on one of my soap boxes … […]
Read MoreYesterday, I went out door-to-door visiting with Phillip Peeler as we try to do most Sunday afternoons. We enjoy letting folks know that if they don’t currently have a church home that we would love to have them come and visit us at Westside Baptist Church. Well, we knocked on a door yesterday and the […]
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