Archive for January, 2008

TDAH - Bible Reading - Final Day

Thursday, January 31st, 2008 Posted in Bible Reading | No Comments »

I made it through month 1 of my Test Drive a Habit quest.  The daily bible reading has been very beneficial and is something that I'm planning on continuing.  At first it was a struggle to find time during the week ...

TDAH - Bible Reading - Deuteronomy 14

Tuesday, January 29th, 2008 Posted in Bible Reading | No Comments »

Tithing. Tithing. Tithing.  After an extensive listing of the clean and unclean animals to eat, Moses speaks again of tithing. Be sure to set aside a tenth of all that your fields produce each year.  Deut. 14:22 His call to the Israelites ...

TDAH - Bible Reading - Deuteronomy 12

Monday, January 28th, 2008 Posted in Bible Reading | No Comments »

Moses gives decrees to be followed once the Israelites are in the land promised them.  The decrees in chapter 12 pertain to how to worship, give and eat in the new land. Destroy completely all the places on the high mountains ...

Book Review: Love & Blood

Monday, January 28th, 2008 Posted in Books | 2 Comments »

Love & Blood: At the World Cup with the Footballers, Fans, and Freaks by Jamie Trecker I am a rare American, maybe the rarest.  I'm a die hard passionate soccer fan in the rural Midwest that never played or watched soccer ...

TDAH - Bible Reading - Deuteronomy 11

Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008 Posted in Bible Reading | No Comments »

As a recurring theme in Deuteronomy, chapter 11 talks of loving and obeying God's commands along with a description of the blessings of the promised land. See, I am setting before you today a blessing and a curse - the blessing ...

TDAH - Bible Reading - Three weeks

Monday, January 21st, 2008 Posted in Bible Reading | No Comments »

I've made it through three weeks of reading the Bible everyday.  I'm still meandering my way through Deuteronomy.  I am finding it quite interesting as Moses is giving his warnings of going into the promised land. I've been either reading in ...

TDAH - Bible Reading - Deuteronomy 9

Thursday, January 17th, 2008 Posted in Bible Reading | No Comments »

The warning of Israel's righteousness is show in chapter 9.  A daunting mission is in front of them.  A mission so daunting that there is no way they could accomplish it from their own doing.  Hear, O Israel.  You are now about ...

TDAH - Bible Reading - Deuteronomy 7

Wednesday, January 16th, 2008 Posted in Bible Reading | No Comments »

Moses is giving instruction in Deuteronomy 7 pertaining to driving out the nations and to destroy them completely.  The important verses for myself concern the magnitude of the challenge of overtaking 7 nations larger and stronger than the Israelites.  This ...

TDAH - Bible Reading - Deuteronomy 6

Monday, January 14th, 2008 Posted in Bible Reading | No Comments »

In Deuteronomy 6, God warnings of the trappings of receiving his blessings of allowing the Israelites into the promised land. When the Lord your God brings you into the land he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to ...

TDAH - Bible Reading - Deuteronomy 5

Thursday, January 10th, 2008 Posted in Bible Reading | No Comments »

The Ten Commandments chapter.  Even though I know the commandments, I don't remember every reading through them in Deuteronomy.  That is a slightly embarrassing admission, but I'm sure I'm not alone in my Biblical knowledge is rarely first hand.  Most ...