Jeremy Ewing Wednesday, October 15, 2025 Scripture Readings Primary Reading: Proverbs 24-25 Secondary Reading: Psalms 119 Key Verse Proverbs 24:32 — “Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, and received instruction.” Devotional Thought Solomon’s proverbs in these chapters read like a father’s parting counsel to a son who is about to enter a … Read more
The Bible has a great deal to say about doubt. This study gathers passages from across Scripture and sets them out for reading and reflection. What Scripture Says Doubt appears in Scripture in two very different forms. Sometimes it is the anxious uncertainty of a person facing terrible circumstances. Jacob, seeing Joseph’s bloodied coat, concludes, … Read more
Hodevah is a name found in the King James Bible, appearing 1 time in the text. Who This Was Hodevah was a Levite whose family is listed among those who returned to Jerusalem after the Babylonian exile. The Book of Nehemiah records him in the register of the people who came back from captivity, a … Read more
Tuesday, October 14, 2025 Scripture Readings Primary Reading: Proverbs 22-23 Key Verse Proverbs 23:4 — “Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.” Devotional Thought Solomon’s collection of proverbs in these chapters reads like a father’s urgent counsel to a son, and its central concern is the heart. The father knows that what … Read more
Ashbea is a name found in the King James Bible, appearing 1 time in the text. Who This Was Ashbea was a descendant of Judah, appearing in the genealogical records of 1 Chronicles. He is named only once in the King James Bible, in 1 Chronicles 4:21, within the account of the sons of Shelah, … Read more
Monday, October 13, 2025 Scripture Readings Primary Reading: Proverbs 21 Key Verse Proverbs 21:16 — “The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.” Devotional Thought Proverbs 21 opens with a picture of surprising comfort: “The king’s heart is in the hand of the LORD, as … Read more
Sunday, October 12, 2025 Scripture Readings Primary Reading: Proverbs 19-20 Secondary Reading: Psalms 118 Key Verse Proverbs 20:1 — “Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.” Devotional Thought Solomon’s proverbs in these chapters are not a random collection of wise sayings but a gallery of portraits—the … Read more
Papyrus 52 and Papyrus 75 — Early New Testament Manuscripts What They Are Papyrus 52 (𝔓52) and Papyrus 75 (𝔓75) are two of the earliest known Greek manuscripts of the New Testament. They are written on papyrus in codex form (the ancestor of the modern book) and contain portions of the Gospels of John and … Read more
Saturday, October 11, 2025 Scripture Readings Primary Reading: Proverbs 17-18 Key Verse Proverbs 17:27 — “He that hath knowledge spareth his words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.” Devotional Thought Solomon, the wisest man who ever lived, here gathers his observations into a treasury of contrasts. He sets a dry crust … Read more
Reumah is a name found in the King James Bible, appearing 1 time in the text. Who This Was Reumah appears only once in the King James Bible, in the closing verse of Genesis 22. The chapter is chiefly remembered for the testing of Abraham on Mount Moriah, but its final verse turns to a … Read more
Friday, October 10, 2025 Scripture Readings Primary Reading: Proverbs 16 Secondary Reading: Psalms 117 Key Verse Proverbs 16:17 — “The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.” Devotional Thought Solomon, the wisest king of Israel, writes Proverbs 16 as a series of contrasts between human … Read more
Magpiash is a name found in the King James Bible, appearing 1 time in the text. Who This Was Magpiash was one of the leaders of Israel who signed the covenant to follow God’s law during the time of Nehemiah. He is mentioned only once in the King James Bible, in Nehemiah 10:20, where he … Read more