Reading 1 - Gen 28 "He [Jacob] had a dream in which he saw a stairway [or ladder] resting on the earth, with its top reaching to heaven,...

Reading 1 - Gen 27 "God's purpose succeeds, in spite of human weaknesses. The characters in this narrative are the four members of the...

Reading 1 - Gen 25:11 "After Abraham's death, God blessed his son Isaac, who then lived near Beer Lahai Roi" (Gen 25:11). The Hebrew name...

Reading 1 - Gen 24:63 "He went out to the field one evening to meditate" (Gen 24:63). In the field we have a study richly furnished with...

Reading 1 - Gen 22 "Some time later God tested Abraham" (Gen 22:1). "Tested" is "tempted" in AV, and "try" in RV and Heb 11:8,17. See Jam...

Reading 1 - Gen 21:9,10 "But Sarah saw that the son whom Hagar the Egyptian had borne to Abraham was mocking, and she said to Abraham,...

Reading 1 - Gen 19:26 "But Lot's wife looked back, and she became a pillar of salt" (Gen 19:26). One should remember Lot's wife (Luk...

Reading 1 - Gen 17; 18 "The work of the Elohim in the life of Abram draws him nearer to the great moment of his life: the expression of...

Reading 1 - Gen 15:15 "He took him outside and said, 'Look up at the heavens and count the stars -- if indeed you can count them.' Then...

Reading 1 - Gen 13:8 "So Abram said to Lot, 'Let's not have any quarreling between you and me, or between your herdsmen and mine, for we...

Reading 1 - Gen 11; 12 "These are two chapters which reveal the contrast between darkness (Gen 11) and light (Gen 12); between the power...

Reading 1 - Gen 9:13 " I have set my rainbow in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth" (Gen 9:13)....

Reading 1 - Gen 8:9 "He reached out his hand and took the dove and brought it back to himself in the ark" (Gen 8:9). "The LORD protects...

Reading 1 - Gen 5 Genesis 5 is like a walk through the cemetery, as the record of the gravestones testify to the condemnation because of...

Reading 1 - Gen 3:8,10 "Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the LORD God as he was walking in the garden in the cool of the day,...

Reading 1 - Gen 2:23 "The man said, 'This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called "woman", for she was taken...

Speaker: Matthew McClure As readers often observe, the events of Judges follow a pattern generally summarised as:  sin  suffering ...

Reading 1 - Job 42:3 At the end, when confronted with the awesome majesty of God, Job said, "Surely I spoke of things I did not...

Reading 1 - Job 40:4 "I am unworthy -- how can I reply to you? I put my hand over my mouth" (Job 40:4). But it was only when the sinner...

Reading 1 - Job 39; 40 Job 39; 40: These chapters illustrate a great principle of nature: The innocent (that is, the wild goat, kid)...