Jeremy Ewing The Bible has a great deal to say about free will. This study gathers passages from across Scripture and sets them out for reading and reflection. What Scripture Says Scripture consistently presents God as the sovereign Creator whose purposes stand, while also addressing human beings as responsible choosers. In Genesis, God sets a choice before … Read more
Huzzab is a name found in the King James Bible, appearing 1 time in the text. Who This Was Huzzab is a figure mentioned only once in the King James Bible, in the Book of Nahum, in a prophecy concerning the downfall of Nineveh. The source note identifies Huzzab as a figure associated with the … Read more
Tuesday, April 29, 2025 Scripture Readings Devotional Thought The reading plan rests today, and so the assigned passage is empty. That emptiness is itself worth noticing, because it places us in good company. Scripture is full of holy pauses. Between the last verse of Deuteronomy and the first of Matthew, four hundred silent years stretch … Read more
Aliah is a name found in the King James Bible, appearing 1 time in the text. Who This Was Aliah was one of the chiefs, or dukes, of Edom. He is named only once in all of Scripture, in the genealogical record of 1 Chronicles 1:51: “Hadad died also. And the dukes of Edom were; … Read more
Monday, April 28, 2025 Scripture Readings Primary Reading: Revelation 21 Key Verse Revelation 21:14 — “And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.” Devotional Thought John, exiled on the island of Patmos, lifts his eyes from the worn parchment of his visions … Read more
Sunday, April 27, 2025 Scripture Readings Primary Reading: Revelation 20 Secondary Reading: Psalms 49 Key Verse Revelation 20:8 — “And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog, and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the … Read more
The Nazareth Inscription Source: Wikipedia URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazareth_Inscription Artifact Summary Artifact: Marble tablet with a Greek imperial edict Date: 1st half of the 1st century C.E. (based on epigraphy; debated) Acquired: 1878 in Nazareth by collector Wilhelm Fröhner Current location: Bibliothèque nationale / Cabinet des Médailles, Louvre, Paris Language: Koine Greek Biblical connection: Tomb disturbance / … Read more
Saturday, April 26, 2025 Scripture Readings Primary Reading: Revelation 19 Key Verse Revelation 19:11 — “And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.” Devotional Thought The nineteenth chapter of Revelation opens not with … Read more
Jose is a name found in the King James Bible, appearing 1 time in the text. Who This Was Jose was a descendant of David who is named only once in the King James Bible, in the genealogy of Jesus recorded in the Gospel of Luke. He appears in the list of ancestors traced through … Read more
Friday, April 25, 2025 Scripture Readings Secondary Reading: Psalms 48 Devotional Thought The sons of Korah, temple singers who knew Jerusalem’s stones as intimately as their own songs, here celebrate a city that has just survived a siege. The kings of the earth assembled against Mount Zion; they looked, they marveled, they were troubled, and … Read more
Othni is a name found in the King James Bible, appearing 1 time in the text. Who This Was Othni was a descendant of Jerahmeel, a branch of the tribe of Judah, and he is named in the genealogies recorded in 1 Chronicles. The Jerahmeelites were one of the clans that made up the larger … Read more
Thursday, April 24, 2025 Scripture Readings Primary Reading: Revelation 18 Key Verse Revelation 18:13 — “And cinnamon, and odours, and ointments, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and slaves, and souls of men.” Devotional Thought In Revelation 18, John watches a single … Read more