Jeremy Ewing Thursday, April 17, 2025 Scripture Readings Devotional Thought The reading plan rests today in the hollow between Holy Week and Easter — a gap the lectionary itself keeps, because the Gospels keep it too. On Thursday evening Jesus washed the disciples’ feet, instituted the Supper, and prayed in Gethsemane until the sweat fell like blood. … Read more
Izri is a name found in the King James Bible, appearing 1 time in the text. Who This Was Izri was a Levite who served as a musician in the temple during the reign of King David. He appears in the lists of those set apart for the ministry of sacred song, a service that … Read more
Wednesday, April 16, 2025 Scripture Readings Primary Reading: Revelation 12 Key Verse Revelation 12:9 — “And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.” Devotional Thought Revelation 12 pulls … Read more
The Bible has a great deal to say about poverty. This study gathers passages from across Scripture and sets them out for reading and reflection. What Scripture Says Poverty appears in Scripture not as a single, simple idea but as a condition with many faces—danger, destitution, spiritual wealth, and even a setting for generosity. In … Read more
Eliseus is a name found in the King James Bible, appearing 1 time in the text. Who This Was Eliseus is the Greek form of the name Elisha, the prophet who succeeded Elijah in the Old Testament. In the King James Bible, the name appears only once, in the New Testament, when Jesus refers to … Read more
Tuesday, April 15, 2025 Scripture Readings Primary Reading: Revelation 11 Secondary Reading: Psalms 44 Key Verse Revelation 11:10 — “And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them, and make merry, and shall send gifts one to another; because these two prophets tormented them that dwelt on the earth.” Devotional Thought The measuring … Read more
Bashan-havoth-jair is a name found in the King James Bible. Who This Was Bashan-havoth-jair is not a person in the strict sense but a name given to a group of villages in the region of Bashan. According to the source note, these villages were named after Jair, a descendant of Manasseh. The name itself preserves … Read more
Monday, April 14, 2025 Scripture Readings Devotional Thought The page is blank. There is no passage appointed for today, no psalm to sing, no narrative to trace, no epistle to weigh. And that very blankness is, perhaps, the most honest thing a reading plan can offer us—because it is an admission that Scripture reading is … Read more
Sunday, April 13, 2025 Scripture Readings Primary Reading: Revelation 10 Secondary Reading: Psalms 43 Key Verse Revelation 10:6 — “And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are … Read more
The Caiaphas Ossuary Source: Wikipedia + Israel Museum + Biblical Archaeology Society URLs: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caiaphas_ossuary https://www.imj.org.il/en/exhibitions/ossuary-caiaphas-high-priest-18-36-ce https://library.biblicalarchaeology.org/article/caiaphas-name-inscribed-on-bone-boxes/ Artifact Summary Artifact: Ossuary (limestone bone box) of Joseph son of Caiaphas Date: 1st century C.E. (Second Temple period) Discovered: December 1990 in a burial cave in south Jerusalem (Peace Forest / North Talpiot area) Current location: Israel Museum, … Read more
Saturday, April 12, 2025 Scripture Readings Primary Reading: Revelation 9 Key Verse Revelation 9:11 — “And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon.” Devotional Thought The trumpets have been sounding, and … Read more
Jabal is a name found in the King James Bible, appearing 1 time in the text. Who This Was Jabal appears in the fourth chapter of Genesis, in the account of the descendants of Cain. He was a son of Lamech and Adah, and a brother of Jubal and half-brother of Tubal-cain and Naamah. His … Read more