Tag: discussion

TODAY’S SPECIAL: 2 Chronicles 12:1-14 TO CHEW ON: "Because Rehoboam humbled himself, the Lord’s anger turned from him and he was not totally destroyed. Indeed there was some good in Judah." 2 Chronicles 12:12 We left the story of Rehoboam a while back. He was the son of Solomon who said he would be ...

TODAY’S SPECIAL: 2 Samuel 9:1-12 TO CHEW ON: “'Don’t be afraid,' David said to him, 'for I will surely show you kindness for the sake of your father Jonathan. I will restore to you all the land that belonged to your grandfather Saul, and you will always eat at my table.'” 2 Samuel 9:7 One day after ...

TODAY’S SPECIAL: Nehemiah 4:16-23 TO CHEW ON: "From that day on, half of my men did the work, while the other half were equipped with spears, shields, bows and armor. The officials posted themselves behind all the people of Judah who were building the wall." Nehemiah 4:16 The threats against the wor...

TODAY’S SPECIAL: Isaiah 30:1-5 TO CHEW ON: “'Woe to the obstinate children,' declares the Lord, 'to those who carry out plans that are not mine, forming an alliance, but not by my Spirit, heaping sin upon sin.'” Isaiah 30:1 What does it mean to nag (click on the verb 'nag') someone? Have you ever do...

TODAY'S SPECIAL: Read: Genesis 4: 1-12 Detail from "Cain and Abel Offering Their Sacrifices" by Gustave Doré TO CHEW ON: "Then the Lord said to Cain, 'Why are you angry? Why is your face downcast? If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching...

TODAY’S SPECIAL: 1 Samuel 17:38-50 TO CHEW ON: "All those gathered here will know that it is not by sword or spear that the Lord saves; for the battle is the Lord’s and he will give all of you into our hands." 1 Samuel 17:47 Though Samuel had anointed David as Israel’s next king, Saul continued to r...

TODAY’S SPECIAL:1 Kings 18:16-24 TO CHEW ON: "Elijah went before the people and said, 'How long will you waver between two opinions? If the Lord is God, follow him; but if Baal is God, follow him.' But the people said nothing." 1 Kings 18:21 Obadiah found Ahab and told him that Elijah had turned up....

TODAY'S SPECIAL: Read Genesis 11:1-9 TO CHEW ON: "Then they said, 'Come let us build ourselves a city, with a tower that reaches to the heavens, so that we may make a name for ourselves; otherwise we will be scattered over the face of the whole earth.'” Genesis 11:4 God was displeased with the peop...

TODAY’S SPECIAL: I Corinthians 13:1-13 TO CHEW ON: And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love. I Corinthians 13:13As you can see, we use the word “love” for how we feel about a lot of things. But the love the Bible talks about in I Corinthians 13 goes far bey...

TODAY’S SPECIAL: Exodus 28:1-5 TO CHEW ON: "Make sacred garments for your brother Aaron to give him dignity and honor." Exodus 28:2 What clothes would you choose? Match the activity on the left to the clothes you would choose to wear for it on the right: We dress differently for different activities...

TODAY’S SPECIAL: 2 Kings 2:1-15 TO CHEW ON: "When they had crossed, Elijah said to Elisha, 'Tell me what I can do for you before I am taken from you?''Let me inherit a double portion of your spirit,' Elisha replied." 2 Kings 2:9 One day as Elijah and Elisha were walking down the road, Elijah said, “...

TODAY’S SPECIAL: 1 Chronicles 15:25-16:3 TO CHEW ON: "So all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the Lord with shouts, with the sounding of rams’ horns and trumpets, and of cymbals, and the playing of lyres and harps." 1 Chronicles 15:28 For three months the ark was in the home of Obed-Edom...