60IN60 Day 4 - Thurs Mar 7

It's Day 4 and we're in Acts 8.

Where God Spoke To Me:
- Verse 1 - This persecution at the time must have seemed a horrible thing, yet used it to force the believers to spread out all over the region and share the gospel.

If you want to read the chapter online, here's a link.

If you have a question or comment, email me at butcher@ymail.com.

60IN60 Day 3 - Wed Mar 6

It's Day 3 and we're in Acts 7.

Where God Spoke To Me:
- Verse 54 - The Word doesn't always bring out pleasant responses.  It depends on where your heart is.

Help:
- Verse 60 - "fell asleep" - This is used in different places in the New Testament as a euphamism for death.

If you want to read the chapter online, here's a link.

If you have a question or comment, email me at butcher@ymail.com.

60IN60 Day 2 - Tues Mar 5

It's Day 2 and we're in Acts 6.

Where God Spoke To Me:
- Verse 4 - These two things form the core of what a pastor should spend his time doing.

Help:
- Verse 7 - Sometimes we talk like all the religious leaders rejected the claims of Christ.  That's not true - many became believers.

If you want to read the chapter online, here's a link.

If you have a question or comment, email me at butcher@ymail.com.

60IN60 Day 1 - Mon Mar 4

A SPECIAL NOTE: The new readings start today and are listed below.

The last four days of the last cycle are also the first four of the new cycle. February was a short month and I like to start the new cycle the first Monday of the month, so there's a little overlap.

If you'd like a one-page PDF, just email me at butcher@ymail.comand I'll send it to you.

Here are the readings:

1: Acts 5 (Monday, March 4)
2: Acts 6
3: Acts 7
4: Acts 8
5: Mark 1
6: Mark 2
7: Mark 3

8: Mark 4 (Monday, March 11)
9: Mark 5
10: Mark 6
11: Mark 7
12: Mark 8
13: Joshua 1
14: Joshua 2

15: Joshua 3 (Monday, March 18)
16: Joshua 4
17: Joshua 5
18: Joshua 6
19: 1 Corinthians 1
20: 1 Corinthians 2
21: 1 Corinthians 3

22: 1 Corinthians 4 (Monday, March 25)
23: 1 Corinthians 5
24: 1 Corinthians 6
25: 1 Corinthians 7
26: Job 1
27: Job 2
28: Job 3

29: Job 38 (Monday, April 1)
30: Job 42
31: Mark 9
32: Mark 10
33: Mark 11
34: Mark 12
35: Mark 13

36: Mark 14 (Monday, April 8)
37: Mark 15
38: Mark 16
39: Joshua 7
40: Joshua 8
41: Joshua 9
42: Joshua 10

43: Joshua 11 (Monday, April 15)
44: Titus 1
45: Titus 2
46: Titus 3
47: Hosea 1
48: Hosea 2
49: Hosea 3

50: Hosea 14 (Monday, April 22)
51: Proverbs 21
52: Proverbs 22
53: Psalm 34
54: Psalm 40
55: 1 Corinthians 8
56: 1 Corinthians 9

57: 1 Corinthians 10 (Monday, April 29)
58: 1 Corinthians 11
59: 1 Corinthians 12
60: 1 Corinthians 13

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It's Day 1 and we're in Acts 5.

Where God Spoke To Me:
- Verse 17 - You'd like to think we work from higher motives, but even in the things of God it often comes down to things as petty as jealousy.

Help:
- Verse 5 - This is shocking.  I think it speaks to the purity of the early church and how much God wanted to maintain that.

If you want to read the chapter online, here's a link.

If you have a question or comment, email me at butcher@ymail.com.

Your Thoughts:
- "H.L. Ellison says in his commentary published as part of the Daily Bible Study Series that, 'The force of 'the third and fourth generation' has been very widely missed. In early Israelite society the sons, when they married, settled in the immediate vicinity of the parental home. Given the usual age of marrieage, the aged head of the family would normally have four generations living in close proximity and being influenced by him. This would be bound to be harmful if he had an inadequate concept of God as shown by his use of images...This rendering represents the old rabbanic tradition and is almost certainly correct.'

Going back to Exodus 20:6, God's promise is, '...showing love to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep my commandments.'

So it seems that in today's language this passage would more closely mean that the entire immediate family shall suffer for the sins of a family member. The truth of this is easy to see in terms of families beset with alcohol and drug abuse, but it is no less so for sins of the 'little' things."

60IN60 Day 56 - Sun Mar 3

A SPECIAL NOTE: The new readings start tomorrow and are listed below.

The last four days of the last cycle are also the first four of the new cycle.  February was a short month and I like to start the new cycle the first Monday of the month, so there's a little overlap.  You only have to read them once! ;-)

If you'd like a one-page PDF, just email me at butcher@ymail.com and I'll send it to you.

Here are the readings:

1: Acts 5 (Monday, March 4)
2: Acts 6
3: Acts 7
4: Acts 8
5: Mark 1
6: Mark 2
7: Mark 3

8: Mark 4 (Monday, March 11)
9: Mark 5
10: Mark 6
11: Mark 7
12: Mark 8
13: Joshua 1
14: Joshua 2

15: Joshua 3 (Monday, March 18)
16: Joshua 4
17: Joshua 5
18: Joshua 6
19: 1 Corinthians 1
20: 1 Corinthians 2
21: 1 Corinthians 3

22: 1 Corinthians 4 (Monday, March 25)
23: 1 Corinthians 5
24: 1 Corinthians 6
25: 1 Corinthians 7
26: Job 1
27: Job 2
28: Job 3

29: Job 38 (Monday, April 1)
30: Job 42
31: Mark 9
32: Mark 10
33: Mark 11
34: Mark 12
35: Mark 13

36: Mark 14 (Monday, April 8)
37: Mark 15
38: Mark 16
39: Joshua 7
40: Joshua 8
41: Joshua 9
42: Joshua 10

43: Joshua 11 (Monday, April 15)
44: Titus 1
45: Titus 2
46: Titus 3
47: Hosea 1
48: Hosea 2
49: Hosea 3

50: Hosea 14 (Monday, April 22)
51: Proverbs 21
52: Proverbs 22
53: Psalm 34
54: Psalm 40
55: 1 Corinthians 8
56: 1 Corinthians 9

57: 1 Corinthians 10 (Monday, April 29)
58: 1 Corinthians 11
59: 1 Corinthians 12
60: 1 Corinthians 13


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It's Day 56 and we're in Exodus 34.

Where God Spoke To Me:

- Nothing really jumped out to me today.

 

Help:

- Verse 7 - We talked about this "third and fourth generations" issue back at Exodus 20.  The best explanation I've come up with is that this is a statement of the way life works: when parents are disobedient, their children learn that and the influence can filter down generation after generation.

- Verse 14 - "a jealous God" - Not a petty jealousy, but it means that God expects us to keep our commitment to Him, the same way a wife should expect her husband to keep his marital promises to her.

- Verse 26 - "young goat" - An obscure point, but some of what God shares is for this particular rural nation at this particular time in history.

- Verse 28 - "he did not eat. . . or drink" - That would make this, like Jesus' 40 days, a supernatural event.

 

If you want to read the chapter online, here's a link.

 

If you have a question or comment, email me at butcher@ymail.com.

60IN60 Day 55 - Sat Mar 2

It's Day 55 and we're in Exodus 33.

 

Where God Spoke To Me:

- Verse 13 - Nice phrase: finding "favor in Your sight."

 

If you want to read the chapter online, here's a link.

If you have a question or comment, email me at butcher@ymail.com.

Your Thoughts:
- "T

oday's passage helps me to wrap my mind around a possible reason for the millennial reign of Christ.  Even after 1000 years of perfected bliss 

human-kind will once again show that it is incapable of staying the course God intended for us. And that it is SOLELY the finished work on the cross by our Lord and Savior that has saved us and set us free. To Him be the glory now and forever!"

- "32:2 .... I see the sons wore earrings back in those days also...LOL"
- "32:14 ... I think this is a powerful verse... It makes me want to spend even more time in prayer."

60IN60 Day 54 - Fri Mar 1

A SPECIAL NOTE: I'm going to send the next round's readings a few times over the next few days to make sure everyone gets it.

It's listed below, but if you'd like a one-page PDF, just email me at butcher@ymail.com and I'll send it to you.

Here are the readings:
 

1: Acts 5 (Monday, March 4)

2: Acts 6
3: Acts 7
4: Acts 8
5: Mark 1
6: Mark 2
7: Mark 3

8: Mark 4 (Monday, March 11)

9: Mark 5
10: Mark 6
11: Mark 7
12: Mark 8
13: Joshua 1
14: Joshua 2

15: Joshua 3 (Monday, March 18)

16: Joshua 4
17: Joshua 5
18: Joshua 6
19: 1 Corinthians 1
20: 1 Corinthians 2
21: 1 Corinthians 3

22: 1 Corinthians 4 (Monday, March 25)

23: 1 Corinthians 5
24: 1 Corinthians 6
25: 1 Corinthians 7
26: Job 1
27: Job 2
28: Job 3

29: Job 38 (Monday, April 1)

30: Job 42
31: Mark 9
32: Mark 10
33: Mark 11
34: Mark 12
35: Mark 13

36: Mark 14 (Monday, April 8)

37: Mark 15
38: Mark 16
39: Joshua 7
40: Joshua 8
41: Joshua 9
42: Joshua 10

43: Joshua 11 (Monday, April 15)

44: Titus 1
45: Titus 2
46: Titus 3
47: Hosea 1
48: Hosea 2
49: Hosea 3

50: Hosea 14 (Monday, April 22)

51: Proverbs 21
52: Proverbs 22
53: Psalm 34
54: Psalm 40
55: 1 Corinthians 8
56: 1 Corinthians 9

57: 1 Corinthians 10 (Monday, April 29)

58: 1 Corinthians 11
59: 1 Corinthians 12
60: 1 Corinthians 13

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It's Day 54 and we're in Exodus 32.

We finished at Exodus 20 a while back with the Ten Commandments.  Now we finish up the story with the pathetic actions of Israel in response.

Where God Spoke To Me:
- Verse 6 - It's amazing how quickly they got off track.  Why did that happen so quickly?  Two things are key: 1. Israel, as seen by their whining in previous chapters, didn't have their hearts into following God, so they were eager to turn aside; 2. Aaron was not a mature leader (see verses 22-24).

Help:
- Verses 27-29 - This seems harsh, but apparently that severe a response was necessary to wake the people up to how bad what they were doing was.

If you want to read the chapter online, here's a link.

If you have a question or comment, email me at butcher@ymail.com.