Read: Job 42:1–9 | Bible in a Year: Jeremiah 12–14; 2 Timothy 1 Download MP3 Subscribe to iTunes I am angry with you and your two friends, because you have not spoken the truth about me, as my servant Job has. Job 42:7 “So what you’re saying is, it may not be my fault.” The…
A Purpose in Suffering — Our Daily Bread Ministries Canada
Read: Romans 1:1–6 | Bible in a Year: Jeremiah 9–11; 1 Timothy 6 Download MP3 Subscribe to iTunes Paul was . . . set apart for the gospel of God. Romans 1:1 The three-wheeled taxis of Sri Lanka, known as “tuk tuks,” are a convenient and delightful mode of transport for many. Lorraine, a resident…
Set Apart — Our Daily Bread Ministries Canada
Read: Genesis 22:1–3, 6–12 | Bible in a Year: Jeremiah 6–8; 1 Timothy 5 Download MP3 Subscribe to iTunes Some time later God tested Abraham. Genesis 22:1 The first time I took my sons to hike a Colorado Fourteener—a mountain with an elevation of a least 14,000 feet—they were nervous. Could they make it? Were…
The Testing — Our Daily Bread Ministries Canada
Read: Romans 8:14–21 | Bible in a Year: Jeremiah 3–5; 1 Timothy 4 Download MP3 Subscribe to iTunes The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear. Romans 8:15 “Don’t talk, don’t trust, don’t feel was the law we lived by,” says Frederick Buechner in his powerful memoir Telling…
Talk, Trust, Feel — Our Daily Bread Ministries Canada
Read: Luke 16:1–9 | Bible in a Year: Jeremiah 1–2; 1 Timothy 3 Download MP3 Subscribe to iTunes The people of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their own kind than are the people of the light. Luke 16:8 The coronavirus pandemic resulted in canceled schools around the world. In China, teachers responded…
Wise Christians — Our Daily Bread Ministries Canada
Read: 1 Peter 4:8–11 | Bible in a Year: Isaiah 65–66; 1 Timothy 2 Download MP3 Subscribe to iTunes Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms. 1 Peter 4:10 After ten-year-old Chelsea received an elaborate art set, she discovered…
Live to Serve — Our Daily Bread Ministries Canada
Read: John 5:39–47 | Bible in a Year: Isaiah 62–64; 1 Timothy 1 Download MP3 Subscribe to iTunes [Jesus said], “These are the very Scriptures that testify about me.” John 5:39 J. I. Packer (1926–2020), in his classic work Knowing God, spoke of four well-known believers in Christ whom he called “beavers for the Bible.”…
Studying the Scriptures — Our Daily Bread Ministries Canada
