Jan 24, 2021
GENESIS 40:
Were
you shocked by yesterday’s reading in Genesis?! We heard the less
than auspicious beginnings of Judah's line— particularly involving
Tamar, who was more righteous than Judah. Then we heard of Joseph
working for Potiphar and then being thrown in jail. Even in jail,
he rose to the top.
JOB 24:
In
Job 24...
Jan 23, 2021
GENESIS 38-39:
In
yesterday's reading in Genesis 37, we heard of Joseph's dreams, his
brothers' jealousy, and Joseph being sold into slavery in
Egypt.
JOB 23:
Yesterday Eliphaz said:
GNT 4 It is not because you
stand in awe of God
that
he reprimands you and brings you to trial.
5 No, it's because you have sinned so
much;
Jan 22, 2021
GENESIS 37:
The
focus of Genesis 36 was on the descendants of Esau, and the ethnic
groups they spawned.
JOB 22:
Yesterday in Job chapter 21, Job— refuting what
Zophar said, gave a very convincing argument that God does not
always punish wicked people. Today Eliphaz begins the third set of
exchanges between Job and his...
Jan 21, 2021
GENESIS 36:
In
yesterday’s reading in Genesis, Jacob's daughter Dinah was raped,
and the perpetrator Shechem was killed together with all the males
in his town. God then told Jacob to return to Bethel. At the end of
yesterday’s reading, Rachel and Grampa Isaak died.
JOB 21:
In
Zophar's angry speech yesterday in Job...
Jan 20, 2021
GENESIS 34-35:
In
Genesis 32 we heard about Jacob wrestling all night with a
mysterious heavenly figure, and about Jacob's reunion with
Esau.
JOB 20:
Today’s reading in Job is chapter 20— Zophar’s
second response to Job. In chapter 19, Job responded to Bildad's
second speech. Job expressed amazing belief that he...