WEEKLY DEVOTIONALS

Weekly Prompts for Thinking Through Scripture Covering 2 Kings 6:24 – 9:13

Day One Read 2 Kings 6:24 – 31 · V. 25 – We kinda understand inflation; but what’s the word for this? In the history of redemption,...

Weekly Prompts for Thinking Through Scripture Covering 2 Kings 4:38 – 6:23

Day One Read 2 Kings 4:38 -44 · Looking ahead to the end of 2 Kings, we know that this book was written after Judah fell to Babylon,...

Weekly Prompts for Thinking Through Scripture Covering 1 Kings 20:13 – 22:53

Day One Read 1 Kings 20:13 – 22 (a repeated reading) · The prophet bearing the word of God comes to the sinner-king with a word of...

Weekly Prompts for Thinking Through Scripture Covering 1 Kings 18:17 – 20: 22

Day One Read 1 Kings 18:18-29 · V. 17 – “The troubler of Israel” is a great label for someone in your household – human or beast –...

Weekly Prompts for Thinking Through Scripture Covering 1 Kings 15:1 – 18:16

Day One Read 1 Kings 15:1 - 24 · VV. 3-5 – Rehoboam is dead, yet still his influence lingers. But also David’s impact remains. See...

Weekly Prompts for Thinking Through Scripture Covering 1 Kings 13:1 – 14:31

Day One Read 1 Kings 13: 1-10 · Another case against chapter divisions. Chapter 12 flows into 13 and the chapter break disrupts the...

Weekly Prompts for Thinking Through Scripture Covering 1 Kings 11:1 – 12:33

Day One Read 1 Kings 11: 1-8 · V.1 – The beginning of Solomon’s reign was characterized thus in 1 Kings 3:1 – Solomon loved the...

Weekly Prompts for Thinking Through Scripture Covering 1 Kings 8:31 – 10:29

Day One Read 1 Kings 8: 31-53 · Recall that Solomon is praying in front of the elders of the people, dedicating the newly built...

Weekly Prompts for Thinking Through Scripture Covering 1 Kings 4:1 – 8:30

Day One Read 1 Kings 4:1-21 · VV. 1-19 – Hey, no cheating….read through all those tedious names. And enjoy the reminder that good...

Weekly Prompts for Thinking Through Scripture Covering 1 Kings 1:1 – 3:28

Day One Read 1 Kings 1: 1-4 Read an introduction to 1-2 Kings: https://www.esv.org/resources/esv-global-study-bible/introduction-to-1-2-k...

Weekly Prompts for Thinking Through Scripture Covering Acts 28: 11-31

**Because of my mismanagement, or because Luke ended Acts earlier than he should have, this week there are only four days of reading...

Weekly Prompts for Thinking Through Scripture Covering Acts 25-28:10

Day One Read Acts 25: 1-12 · V. 4 – Did Festus pick up on their deathly intentions? Or was this simply a matter of a political...

Weekly Prompts for Thinking Through Scripture Covering Acts 21-24

Day One Read Acts 21: 1-18 · V. 4 – Now this is an interesting verse. It’s one thing to urge people to the wisdom of being open to...

Weekly Prompts for Thinking Through Scripture Covering Acts 19 - 20

Day One Read Acts 19:1-10 · V. 3 – Christian baptism wasn’t the first use of baptism. Back in the day baptism was a common way of...

Weekly Prompts for Thinking Through ScriptureCovering Acts 17 - 18

Day One Read Acts 17:1-9 · V. 1 – Don’t miss this pattern which can be traced throughout Acts. Paul goes into a Gentile city, and...

Weekly Prompts for Thinking Through Scripture Covering…well, not much -Acts 15:30 – 16:40

Day One Read Acts 15: 30-35 · V. 31 – The effect of the Word of God – even as it contains restrictions, “thou shalt nots” – is...

Weekly Prompts for Thinking Through ScriptureCovering Acts 13 – 15:29

Day One Read Acts 13: 1-2 · V. 1 – From these names of the leaders in the Antioch church, you get a sense of the mobility of the...

Weekly Prompts for Thinking Through Scripture: Covering Acts 10-12

Day One Read Acts 10: 1-33 · Like I, if you have a loved one in the armed forces, you’ll read the many “soldier passages” of the NT...

Weekly Prompts for Thinking Through Scripture: Covering Acts 7-9

Day One Read Acts 7: 1-53 · A long passage, but sermons should be absorbed in one reading. · What were the points of this...

Weekly Prompts for Thinking Through ScriptureCovering Acts 4-6

Day One Read Acts 4:1-22 · V. 2 – “Proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection from the dead” – most of the rulers didn’t have a problem...