Summary: We discussed Acts Chapter 3 during out time of Christian fellowship this week, so I summarize that, as well as comment on the translation of "alms". Our discussion included a lot about Continue Reading
Reading Acts Chapter 3
Summary: The crowd is in awe when Peter and John heal the man who has been lame from birth. The man immediately begins leaping about on strong legs while praising God. As everyone gathers to stare, Continue Reading
Reading 1 Chronicles Chapter 2
Summary: The family trees are complicated by concubines, death, and figuring out what son means in context. Tamar is mentioned again. The line of a Caleb descended from Hezron is extensive. And some Continue Reading
Reading 1 Chronicles Chapter 1
Summary: Several genealogies from Genesis are fused together here to take us from Adam through Abraham's offspring up until the chiefs of Edom. Read from the World English Bible. chart of the Continue Reading
Reading Acts Chapter 2
Summary: The promised Holy Spirit arrives with a sound like the rushing of a mighty wind and they see tongues like fire on each other's heads. They speak in a bunch of different languages, which makes Continue Reading
Reading Acts Chapter 1
Summary: Luke begins his account to Theophilus about what the Apostles did after Jesus ascended back to heaven for an unrevealed amount of time. We hear about two mean in white explaining that Jesus Continue Reading
Reading Hosea Chapter 14
Summary: Here we have a beautiful description of Yahweh forgiving the sins of those of Israel who return to him, and how they will flourish as a result. There is a promise of the branches of Israel Continue Reading
Reading Hosea Chapter 13
Summary: Hosea writes about ridiculousness of the people worshipping idols they themselves have manufactured. He reminds them that it is God who has provided things for them since he brought them out Continue Reading
Reading Hosea Chapter 12
Summary: Yahweh gives a history lesson through Hosea about Israel's humble beginnings as a nation, how they were brought from the most unlikely circumstances and places. Read from the World English Continue Reading
Reading Hosea Chapter 11
Summary: Yahweh describes how he brought Israel out of Egypt and taught him to walk and fed him, but they didn't know it was him. Their plans to make alliances with Egypt will come to nothing, because Continue Reading
