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Week16: My Bible Journey blog post December 14, 2025 EZRA, NEHEMIAH, ESTHER As we begin this week’s reading, we find ourselves completing the story of Judah’s exile from the land by God’s hand. The 10 tribes of Israel had already been deported years earlier, and we read how Judah is eventually overthrown and taken captive… Read More »

Week15: My Bible Journey blog post December 7, 2025 2 CHRONICLES Congratulations again for reaching the ¼ point of our reading plan as we press onward to read God’s word this year. We are officially one fourth of the way through our plan. It won’t be long, we will leave the historical accounts and move… Read More »

Week14: My Bible Journey blog post November 30, 2025 1 CHRONICLES The Chronicles were a single book at one time. In the Hebrew Bible, it comes last as it is a summary of God’s dealing with Israel and a reminder of God’s covenant with the chosen people if they would only humble themselves and call… Read More »

Promise Made: Promise Kept 2 Kings 22-23 1–2 Kings: Christ Our Covenant Protector Introduction: Have you ever broken a promise before? Perhaps a promise to meet up with someone, a promise to help out with a certain project, or a promise to have a needed conversation. Promises can be broken when we forget or when… Read More »

Week13: My Bible Journey blog post November 23, 2025 2 KINGS The book of 2 Kings spans the end of ministry of Elijah and the beginning of Elisha’s as it continues to trace the lines of the kings for both nations. Israel will never see a king who is faithful to the Lord God. Thankfully,… Read More »

Week11: My Bible Journey blog post November 9, 2025 2 SAMUEL Nearly three months into our reading plan, and we come to the book of 2 Samuel. While this book holds the name of the great prophet Samuel, he clearly has died by chapter 25. Who do you think wrote the balance of the book?… Read More »

Week10: My Bible Journey blog post November 2, 2025 1 SAMUEL By now having read through the book of Judges last week, it should be clear that judges weren’t the answer to Israel’s sinful tendencies. As we move from the period of the judges into the establishment of the nation’s first monarchy, we quickly will… Read More »

Week9: My Bible Journey blog post October 26, 2025 JUDGES & RUTH Judges and Ruth cover a roughly 350 year period from the time the Israelites settle into the Promised Land until the nation determines they will have a king. What a sad testimony the book of Judges is too! We will see seven cycles… Read More »

Week8: My Bible Journey blog post October 20, 2025 JOSHUA Joshua marks a distinct change in the style of literature we have been reading. For many, it will probably be a welcome change. Ha  No more laws and regulations, sacrifices and offering requirements. We now move into “historical narrative” as it is called and the… Read More »

Week7: My Bible Journey blog post October 13, 2025 DEUTERONOMY Moses is 120 years old and standing on the brink of the Promised Land as he gives these last series of messages to the children of Israel. As we finished the book of Numbers, God had told Moses after the nation had overthrown the Midianites,… Read More »