Jeremy Ewing Sunday, September 14, 2025 Scripture Readings Primary Reading: 1 Chronicles 3-8 Key Verse 1 Chronicles 6:35 — “The son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai,” Devotional Thought Today we walk through a long hallway of names — hundreds of them, most unfamiliar to us, some nearly unpronounceable. … Read more
Magdala / Migdal Synagogue What It Is Magdala (also Migdal, “Tower”) was a first-century Jewish town on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee, about 5 km north of Tiberias. Excavations begun in 2006 and 2009 uncovered a well-preserved Second Temple-period synagogue and the famous Magdala Stone, carved with a seven-branched menorah. Why It … Read more
Saturday, September 13, 2025 Scripture Readings Primary Reading: 2 Kings 23-25, 1 Chronicles 1-2 Secondary Reading: Psalms 106 Devotional Thought Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and by the time he was a young man he had already begun the work that defines his memory: tearing down the high places, breaking … Read more
Hezrai is a name found in the King James Bible, appearing 1 time in the text. Who This Was Hezrai 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 “the Carmelite,” a designation that likely points to his origin in … Read more
Friday, September 12, 2025 Scripture Readings Primary Reading: 2 Kings 17-22 Key Verse 2 Kings 19:14 — “And Hezekiah received the letter of the hand of the messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up into the house of the LORD, and spread it before the LORD.” Devotional Thought The northern kingdom of Israel had … Read more
Ishuai is a name found in the King James Bible, appearing 1 time in the text. Who This Was Ishuai was a descendant of Asher, one of the twelve sons of Jacob, and he is named in the tribal genealogies recorded in 1 Chronicles. The Chronicler, writing after the Babylonian exile, gathered the family records … Read more
Thursday, September 11, 2025 Scripture Readings Primary Reading: 2 Kings 11-16 Secondary Reading: Psalms 105 Key Verse 2 Kings 14:11 — “But Amaziah would not hear. Therefore Jehoash king of Israel went up; and he and Amaziah king of Judah looked one another in the face at Bethshemesh, which belongeth to Judah.” Devotional Thought Athaliah, … Read more
Poratha is a name found in the King James Bible, appearing 1 time in the text. Who This Was Poratha was one of the sons of Haman, the chief enemy of the Jews in the Persian Empire during the reign of King Ahasuerus. Haman had devised a plot to destroy all the Jews throughout the … Read more
Wednesday, September 10, 2025 Scripture Readings Primary Reading: 2 Kings 6-10 Key Verse 2 Kings 8:25 — “In the twelfth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel did Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah begin to reign.” Devotional Thought The sons of the prophets have outgrown their quarters, so they … Read more
The Bible has a great deal to say about faith. This study gathers passages from across Scripture and sets them out for reading and reflection. What Scripture Says Faith is not a peripheral theme in Scripture but a fundamental posture of the human heart toward God. From the Old Testament onward, God treats faith as … Read more
Boanerges is a name found in the King James Bible, appearing 1 time in the text. Who This Was Boanerges was a name that Jesus gave to two of His apostles, James and John. In the Gospel of Mark, we read that Jesus called James the son of Zebedee and John the brother of James, … Read more
Tuesday, September 9, 2025 Scripture Readings Primary Reading: 1 Kings 22, 2 Kings 1-5 Devotional Thought Ahab sits on Israel’s throne, and the prophets of Baal eat at Jezebel’s table, but the word of the Lord still speaks. Micaiah, the one prophet Ahab hates because he never prophesies good, tells the truth: the king will … Read more