Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | Calvary Bible Church Read 2 Chronicles 16 and Zechariah 1. This devotional is about Zechariah 1. When Zechariah wrote these words (v. 1) there were still 18 years or so to go in Judah’s 70 year exile. The end was not yet in sight but it was closer than the […]
2 Chronicles 13, Haggai 1
Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | New Arbor Bible Church Read 2 Chronicles 13 and Haggai 1. This devotional is about 2 Chronicles 13. The Northern and Southern Kingdoms battled each other from the very beginning as we saw yesterday in 2 Chronicles 12:15e. The battling continued after Rehoboam’s son Abijah took over as king of […]
2 Chronicles 11-12, Zephaniah 3
Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | Calvary Bible Church Read 2 Chronicles 11 & 12 and Zephaniah 3. This devotional is from 2 Chronicles 11-12. When God chose the tribe of Levi to serve as the priests, he decreed that they would receive no allotment of territory in the promised land. Instead, God wanted the […]
2 Chronicles 4-6:1 and Nahum 3
Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | Calvary Bible Church Read 2 Chronicles 4-6:1 and Nahum 3. This devotional is about Nahum 3. As we’ve read already in Nahum 1-2, God’s judgment on Ninevah was mostly due to their extreme violence. Remember that God’s law–imprinted in our consciences and written in his word–is the standard by […]
Ruth 1, Jeremiah 36 and 45
Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | Calvary Bible Church Read Ruth 1, Jeremiah 36 and Jeremiah 45. This devotional is about Jeremiah 36 & 45. Many years ago, I was writing an academic paper that I was scheduled to present to a conference of scholars on preaching. I was more than 70% finished with the paper […]
Judges 14, Jeremiah 27
Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | Calvary Bible Church Read Judges 14 and Jeremiah 27. This devotional is about Jeremiah 27. God commanded his prophets to do some strange things at times. These strange things had a point, however, which was to deliver God’s truth in vivid, memorable ways. Here in Jeremiah 27, the prophet […]
Judges 2, Jeremiah 15
Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | Calvary Bible Church Read Judges 2 and Jeremiah 15. This devotional is about Jeremiah 15. One of the themes that keeps recurring in Jeremiah is that God’s decree to punish Judah is set. As verse 1 says, “Even if Moses and Samuel were to stand before me, my heart would […]
Judges 1, Jeremiah 14
Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | Calvary Bible Church Read Judges 1 and Jeremiah 14. This devotional is about Judges 1. A repeated theme of Joshua and Judges is Israel taking the land of promise, but not completely. Their territory was larger sometimes and smaller at other times but Israel never occupied everything God promised […]
Joshua 16-17, Jeremiah 8
Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | Calvary Bible Church Read Joshua 16-17 and Jeremiah 8. This devotional is about Jeremiah 8:7e-8: “But my people do not know the requirements of the Lord. “‘How can you say, “We are wise, for we have the law of the Lord,” when actually the lying pen of the scribes […]
Joshua 9, Jeremiah 3
Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | Calvary Bible Church Read Joshua 9 and Jeremiah 3. This devotional is about Jeremiah 3:11 (NIV): “Faithless Israel is more righteous than unfaithful Judah.” In this chapter God compared his people to a wife and their idolatry to adultery. The wife imagery was a better analogy when Israel was […]