Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | Calvary Bible Church Read Genesis 12, Nehemiah 1, and Matthew 9. This devotional is about Nehemiah 1. The last sentence we read in Nehemiah 1 was, “I was cupbearer to the king.” This sentence is a key piece of information for understanding what is happening in this passage of […]
Genesis 9-10, Ezra 9, Matthew 7
Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | Calvary Bible Church Read Genesis 9-10, Ezra 9, and Matthew 7. This devotional is about Matthew 7, particularly verses 24-27. As Jesus concluded his Sermon on the Mount in Matthew 7, he left us with a memorable image. Two homes were built. One was built on a rock foundation, […]
2 Chronicles 18, Zechariah 3
Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | New Arbor Bible Church Read 2 Chronicles 18 and Zechariah 3. This devotional is about 2 Chronicles 18. “Counseling should be encouraging” a man said to me years ago. It was his justification for ending weekly sessions of marriage counseling I’d arranged for him and his wife with a Christian […]
2 Chronicles 16, Zechariah 1
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 6:2-42, Habakkuk 1
Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | Calvary Bible Church Read 2 Chronicles 6:2-42 and Habakkuk 1. This devotional is about Habakkuk 1. Habakkuk, a prophet to the Southern Kingdom of Judah, was very upset with the Lord in the first four verses of this chapter. He saw so much sin and violence (v. 3) among […]
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 […]
Joshua 22, Jeremiah 11
Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | Calvary Bible Church Read Joshua 22 and Jeremiah 11. This devotional is about Jeremiah 11. The first seventeen verses of this chapter continued Jeremiah’s prophecy against Judah but then verses 18-23 interrupted that prophecy abruptly. Some of God’s people were tired of hearing about his anger and coming wrath. Instead […]
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 […]