Jeremy Ewing Sunday, August 9, 2026 Scripture Readings Primary Reading: Joshua 22-23 Key Verse Joshua 22:26 — “Therefore we said, Let us now prepare to build us an altar, not for burnt offering, nor for sacrifice:” Devotional Thought Before you judge a brother, ask what he meant by what he did. That is the lesson of Joshua … Read more
Saturday, August 8, 2026 Scripture Readings Primary Reading: Joshua 19-21 Secondary Reading: Psalms 91 Key Verse Joshua 20:2 — “Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Appoint out for you cities of refuge, whereof I spake unto you by the hand of Moses:” Devotional Thought What if the safest place in the world is not … Read more
Eliadah is a name found in the King James Bible, appearing 1 time in the text. Who This Was Eliadah was the father of Rezon, an adversary whom God stirred up against King Solomon. He is named only once in Scripture, in 1 Kings 11:23, and only in connection with his son: “And God stirred … Read more
Friday, August 7, 2026 Scripture Readings Primary Reading: Joshua 16-18 Key Verse Joshua 18:1 — “And the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled together at Shiloh, and set up the tabernacle of the congregation there. And the land was subdued before them.” Devotional Thought Here in the long summer days of August, when … Read more
Shiza is a name found in the King James Bible, appearing 1 time in the text. Who This Was Shiza appears in Scripture only once, in the genealogical roll of David’s mighty warriors recorded in 1 Chronicles 11:42. He is identified there not by his own deeds but as the father of Adina, a Reubenite … Read more
Thursday, August 6, 2026 Scripture Readings Primary Reading: Joshua 14-15 Key Verse Joshua 15:25 — “And Hazor, Hadattah, and Kerioth, and Hezron, which is Hazor,” Devotional Thought Caleb was eighty-five years old when he came to Joshua at Gilgal, and the thing he asked for was a mountain still occupied by giants. Forty-five years earlier … Read more
Horam is a name found in the King James Bible, appearing 1 time in the text. Who This Was Horam was the king of Gezer, a Canaanite city that stood in the path of Israel’s conquest of the Promised Land. He appears in the book of Joshua during the campaign against the southern coalition of … Read more
Wednesday, August 5, 2026 Scripture Readings Primary Reading: Joshua 11-13 Secondary Reading: Psalms 90 Key Verse Joshua 12:18 — “The king of Aphek, one; the king of Lasharon, one;” Devotional Thought There is a temptation, when the days are long and the work is unfinished, to believe that what we have done for God is … Read more
The Bible has a great deal to say about the afterlife. This study gathers passages from across Scripture and sets them out for reading and reflection. What Scripture Says The Bible treats death not as the end of a person but as a transition into a continuing existence. In the Old Testament, Job longs for … Read more
Ilai is a name found in the King James Bible, appearing 1 time in the text. Who This Was Ilai was one of David’s mighty warriors, listed among the thirty men who served as his elite guard. He is identified in the text as “Ilai the Ahohite,” a designation that links him to the clan … Read more
Tuesday, August 4, 2026 Scripture Readings Primary Reading: Joshua 9-10 Key Verse Joshua 10:9 — “Joshua therefore came unto them suddenly, and went up from Gilgal all night.” Devotional Thought The men of Israel made a covenant over stale bread and worn-out shoes. Five hundred years of hindsight make Joshua 9 look like an obvious … Read more
Hashem is a name found in the King James Bible, appearing 1 time in the text. Who This Was Hashem is named in 1 Chronicles 11:34 as “the Gizonite,” and he appears in the record of David’s mighty warriors—the elite fighting men who gathered to David and helped establish him as king over Israel. The … Read more