December 2 – December 8: Advent 2019 – Week 1

• Monday, December 2 – Luke: It seems that Jesus liked to keep the…
• Tuesday, December 3 – 1 Thessalonians: It may come as no surprise…
• Wednesday, December 4 – Isaiah: We generally associate Isaiah…
• Thursday, December 5 – Luke: Jesus teaches that Sadducees a very…
• Friday, December 6 – 1 Thessalonians: Much of what Paul talks…
• Saturday, December 7 – Isaiah: Isaiah is drawing for us another…
• Sunday, December 8 – Luke: Jon’s role as the point-man for the…

November 25 – December 1: Proper 29

• Monday, November 25 – Zechariah: This chapter of Zechariah…
• Tuesday, November 26 – Luke: Jesus predicts His suffering, death…
• Wednesday, November 27 – Ephesians: This passage is rife with…
• Thursday, November 28 – Zechariah [Please remember to give…
• Friday, November 29 – Luke: When Roman generals were given a…
• Saturday, November 30 – Philippians: An exhortation to meekness…
• Sunday, December 1 – Isaiah: I guess Isaiah didn’t mince words nor…

November 18 – November 24: Proper 28

• Monday, November 18 – James: Good evangelicals always get in a…
• Tuesday, November 19 – Habakkuk: This is one of those OT prayers…
• Wednesday, November 20 – Luke: Just two days ago we considered…
• Thursday, November 21 – James: A lot of stuff here. What we know…
• Friday, November 22 – Malachi: Both the nativities of John the…
• Saturday, November 23 – Luke: I think we all have had moments of…
• Sunday, November 24 – 1 Peter 3:13-22: This passage opens with a…

November 11 – November 17: Proper 27

• Monday, November 11 – Joel: The imagery of the locusts can be…
• Tuesday, November 12 – Luke: As I write this, Pastor Hall is…
• Wednesday, November 13 – Revelation: A couple of days ago we…
• Thursday, November 14 – Luke: This is the parable of the Prodigal…
• Friday, November 15 – James: I can’t write about this letter of…
• Saturday, November 16 – Joel: In verse 10 we read “Beat your…
• Sunday, November 17 – Matthew: Jesus is addressing the Pharisees…

November 4 – November 10: Proper 26

• Monday, November 4 – Revelation: Do not become entangled into…
• Tuesday, November 5 – Genesis: The Bible is replete with covenants…
• Wednesday, November 6 – Luke: [Healing on the Sabbath, again] As I…
• Thursday, November 7 – Revelation: This passage is the buildup to…
• Friday, November 8 – Genesis: Ham was the father of Canaan. It was…
• Saturday, November 9 – Luke: Jesus went to the house of a…
• Sunday, November 10 – 1 Corinthians: Paul here is describing…

October 28 – November 3: Proper 25

• Monday, October 28 – Luke: Evidently there were false exorcists as…
• Tuesday, October 29 – Revelation: Finally some encouraging news…
• Wednesday, October 30 – Genesis: In Genesis 1 we read of the waters…
• Thursday, October 31 – Luke: “A crowd of many thousands” (v 12:1)…
• Friday, November 1 – Revelation: The “dragon” represents Satan as…
• Saturday, November 2 – Genesis: The floods abate. After  a period…
• Sunday, November 3 – Matthew: This is not a lesson in arithmetic:…

October 21 – October 27: Proper 24

• Monday, October 21 – Revelation: I can’t pretend to know nor follow…
• Tuesday, October 22 – Genesis: This is the age-old story of the…
• Wednesday, October 23 – Luke: When the 70 (or 72 depending which…
• Thursday, October 24 – Revelation: There is a great temptation to…
• Friday, October 25 – Luke: This can be seen as the perennial…
• Saturday, October 26 – Revelation: There are so many images here…
• Sunday, October 27 – Genesis: A lot of “and he died” in these verses…

October 14 – October 20: Proper 23

• Monday, October 14 – Acts: This is yet another rendering of Paul’s…
• Tuesday, October 15 – Jonah: The reading sets the stage for a failed…
• Wednesday, October 16 – Luke: Herod the Tetrarch (or Herod…
• Thursday, October 17 – Acts: Paul seizes leadership in the event of…
• Friday, October 18 – Genesis: Try to imagine total darkness – not…
• Saturday, October 19 – Luke: ”O unbelieving and perverse…
• Sunday, October 20 – 1 Corinthians: Ancient Israel’s 40-year journey…

October 7 – October 13: Proper 22

• Monday, October 7 – Luke: This “Sermon on the Plateau” is strikingly…
• Tuesday, October 8 – Acts: Here we see a conspiracy to kill Paul. The…
• Wednesday, October 9 – Micah: The inheritance of the Promised…
• Thursday, October 10 – Luke: This incident in Jesus’ life tends to lend…
• Friday, October 11 – Acts: Felix came close to faith. Like many…
• Saturday, October 12 – Micah: Verse 2 looks forward to Christ’s first…
• Sunday, October 13 – Matthew: Like both Elijah and Elisha, Jesus…

September 30 – October 6: Proper 21

• Monday, September 30 – Hosea: Hosea is classified as a minor…
• Tuesday, October 1 – Luke: This episode in Jesus’ life hopes to teach…
• Wednesday, October 2 – Acts: This event marks the beginning of the…
• Thursday, October 3 – Hosea: Hosea was a prophet to Israel during…
• Friday, October 4 – Luke: All too often we take so much for granted…
• Saturday, October 5 – Acts: Paul deftly applies the “ace up his sleeve”…
• Sunday October 6 – Hosea: In an anguished voice the LORD beckons…

September 23 – September 29: Proper 20

• Monday, September 23 – Acts: We learn a couple of unimportant…
• Tuesday, September 24 – Esther: Esther’s mission is to foil the evil…
• Wednesday, September 25 – Luke: If I am going to continue to do this…
• Thursday, September 26 – Acts: Paul is in Ephesus (in Turkey) at this…
• Friday, September 27 – Esther: It came about as no surprise that the…
• Saturday, September 28 – Luke: Jesus was better at recognizing his…
• Sunday, September 29 – James: Jesus makes some interesting albeit…

September 16 – September 22: Proper 19

• Monday, September 16 – John: The thing most of us forget about this…
• Tuesday, September 17 – Acts: This reading recounts how the gospel…
• Wednesday, September 18 – Job: As we close our look at Job, this is…
• Thursday, September 19 – John: Jesus’ triumphal entry into…
• Friday, September 20 – Acts: You may have noticed that whenever…
• Saturday, September 21 – Esther: This story has all the hallmarks of a…
• Sunday, September 22 – Matthew: Jesus’ words here, like so many…

September 9 – September 15: Proper 18

• Monday, September 9 – Job: A new voice now joins the chorus of…
• Tuesday, September 10 – John: Jesus and John the Baptist’s lives…
• Wednesday, September 11 – Acts: In an almost matter-of-fact…
• Thursday, September 12 – Job: Here Job’s words have a rather loud…
• Friday, September 13 – John: “Take off the grave clothes and let him…
• Saturday, September 14 – Acts: Very early on there were those who…
• Sunday, September 15 – Job: Finally God gets His say. I am a lover and…

September 2 – September 8: Proper 17

• Monday, September 2 – Acts: The death of Stephen prompted a local…
• Tuesday, September 3 – Job: Job continues to be taunted by his…
• Wednesday, September 4 – John: Happily (or blessedly) verse 46…
• Thursday, September 5 – Act: We see the Holy Spirit at work in…
• Friday, September 6 – Job: Psalm 88 is one of the few Psalms with no…
• Saturday, September 7 – John: This is the parable of the Good…
• Sunday, September 8 – Revelation: Much of Revelation is interpreted…

August 26 – September 1: Proper 16

• Monday, August 26 – John: This passage ranks among the most…
• Tuesday, August 27 – Acts: Peter addresses Aeneas as though he…
• Wednesday, August 28 – Job: There is something refreshingly honest…
• Thursday, August 29 – John: Most of us get hung up in legalism. It…
• Friday, August 30 – Acts: This is another “Us vs. Them” scenario. We…
• Saturday, August 31 – Job: Job continues his harangue against God…
• Sunday, September 1 – Matthew: These are the opening verses of… 

August 19 – August 25: Proper 15

• Monday, August 19 – Judges: This story of Micah (not an uncommon…
• Tuesday, August 20 – John: There is much legal talk in this reading…
• Wednesday, August 21 – Acts: Hurry, hurry, hurry! Apparently Simon…
• Thursday, August 22 – Job: Many, many years ago when I first…
• Friday, August 23 – John: We style ourselves as good evangelicals…
• Saturday, August 24 – Acts: This is fun episode, alas but not for Saul…
• Sunday, August 25 – Job: This is Eliphaz’s first speech. He tried to…

August 12 – August 13: Proper 14

• Monday, August 12 – Acts: Word spread quickly – the Apostles are…
• Tuesday, August 13 – Judges: Chapter 13 opens with “Again the…
• Wednesday, August 14 – John: Jesus was in Judea and in order to…
• Thursday, August 15 – Acts: This represents one of the finest sermons…
• Friday, August 16 – Judges: Revenge is almost raised to an art form as…
• Saturday, August 17 – John: It might be easier for me to focus on…
• Sunday, August 18 – 2 Corinthians: It seems that Paul’s qualifications…

August 5 – August 11: Proper 13

• Monday, August 5 – John: This marks the opening of John’s gospel…
• Tuesday, August 6 – 2 Peter: This is Peter’s rendering of the…
• Wednesday, August 7 – Judges: The names Oreb (pronounced Ó-reb)… 
• Thursday, August 8 – John: Philip makes a strange announcement to…
• Friday, August 9 – Acts: John and Peter are called before the…
• Saturday, August 10 – Judges: Be aware as you read this section that…
• Sunday, August 11 – Mark: I see many parallels in this scene which…

July 29 – August 4: Proper 12

• Monday, July 29 – Joshua: This chapter brings us to the close of…
• Tuesday, July 30 – Matthew: Simon of Cyrene was pressed into…
• Wednesday, July 31 – Acts: What John the Baptist prophesied in…
• Thursday, August 1 – Judges: The book of Judges is not for the faint…
• Friday, August 2 – Matthew: The gospel of Matthew closes with Jesus’…
• Saturday, August 3 – Acts: This is the account of the coming of the…
• Sunday, August 4 – Judges: Many of Gideon’s reactions are akin to…

July 22 – July 28: Proper 11

• Monday, July 22 – Romans: More practical advice: pay your bills on…
• Tuesday, July 23 – Joshua: Joshua is moving from his conquest of…
• Wednesday, July 24 – Matthew: Here Jesus faces judgment before…
• Thursday, July 25 – Romans: Chapter 15 opens with an exhortation…
• Friday, July 26 – Joshua: The Gibeonites proved to be an object…
• Saturday, July 27 – Matthew: What happens next is another object…
• Sunday, July 28 – Acts: At this point Paul is in Rome under house…

July 15 – July 21: Proper 10

• Monday, July 15 – Matthew: This is an interesting parable of the…
• Tuesday, July 16 – Romans: Paul’s heart’s desire is the all Israel will…
• Wednesday, July 17 – Joshua: Unfortunately much of what Moses…
• Thursday, July 18 – Matthew: This scene opens with the declaration… 
• Friday, July 19 – Romans: This section of Romans is far less…
• Saturday, July 20 – Joshua: The title of the Old Negro spiritual…
• Sunday, July 21 – Mark: Have you or some you know ever gone to a…

July 8 – July 14: Proper 9

• Monday, July 8 – Numbers: Because the territory east of the Jordan…
• Tuesday, July 9 – Matthew: Not unlike John the Baptist, here Jesus…
• Wednesday, July 10 – Romans: Romans 9 is one of the key passages in…
• Thursday, July 11 – Deuteronomy: Since Moses was barred from…
• Friday, July 12 – Matthew: Gentle and kind and nice, Jesus is saying…
• Saturday, July 13 – Romans: To say that Israel’s relationship (or…
• Sunday, July 14 – Joshua: Who knows if Joshua was an insecure man…

July 1 – July 7: Proper 8

• Monday, July 1 – Romans: If our Civil War proved anything it was…
• Tuesday, July 2 – Numbers: The term “jackass” tends to be…
• Wednesday, July 3 – Matthew: “But when the tenants saw the son…
• Thursday, July 4 – Romans: The “great exchange” where Jesus takes…
• Friday, July 5 – Numbers: So Balaam had so much difficulty getting…
• Saturday, July 6 – Matthew: Jesus made most unusual friends…
• Sunday, July 7 – Acts: In ancient times magic was a big thing…

June 24 – June 30: Proper 7

• Monday, June 24 – Matthew: “Suffer little children, and forbid…
• Tuesday, June 25 – Romans: My most favorite redundancy in the NT…
• Wednesday, June 26 – Numbers: Rebellion against God usually…
• Thursday, June 27 – Matthew: This will mark the fourth time in… 
• Friday, June 28 – Romans: The upshot of these verses (repeated…
• Saturday, June 29 – Numbers: Edom and Israel are of the same…
• Sunday, June 30 – Luke: The legalist is more concerned that you…

June 17 – June 23: Proper 6

• Monday, June 17 – Numbers: The best way to drive home a point is…
• Tuesday, June 18 – Matthew: “Death comes to us all,” Thomas…
• Wednesday, June 19 – Romans: Paul begins here with a promise…
• Thursday, June 20 – Numbers: Here we see that Moses’ brother…
• Friday, June 21 – Matthew: I have been tormented lately by one…
• Saturday, June 22 – Romans: This section of Romans raises one of…
• Sunday, June 23 – Numbers: In chapter 13 Moses had sent 12 spies…

June 10 – June 16: Proper 5

• Monday, June 10 – Galatians: Galatians might be regarded as a…
• Tuesday, June 11 – Ecclesiastes: If you weren’t depressed when…
• Wednesday, June 12 – Matthew: Jesus talks about a “wicked and…
• Thursday, June 13 – Matthew: This is a section of the Scripture…
• Friday, June 14 – Galatians: All of the qualities enumerated in…
• Saturday, June 15 – Numbers: The entire chapter deals with the…
• Sunday, June 16 – Acts: Abundant with prophets (those who speak…

June 3 – June 9: Seventh Week of the Easter Season

• Monday, June 3 – Matthew: So as to affirm the reading from last…
• Tuesday, June 4 – Ephesians: “Now to Him Who is able to do…
• Wednesday, June 5 – Isaiah: Isaiah is being hopeful and…
• Thursday, June 6 – Matthew: Jesus is in “His own town” which we…
• Friday, June 7 – Ephesians: “For of this you can be sure: No…
• Saturday, June 8 – Ezekiel: Ezekiel’s words echo the sentiments…
• Sunday, June 9 – John: Today is generally considered the “Birthday of…

May 27 – June 2: Sixth Week of the Easter Season

• Monday, May 27 – Leviticus: I know many people think the book…
• Tuesday, May 28 – Matthew: The thing to remember about the…
• Wednesday, May 29 – Ephesians: While the opening of his letter…
• Thursday, May 30 – Daniel: This marks the 40th day after Easter…
• Friday, May 31 – Matthew: These “many” that Jesus refers to in…
• Saturday, June 1 – Ephesians: Much of this chapter tells of why…
• Sunday, June 2 – Exodus: These verses talk of Moses’ call by God to…

May 20 – 26: Fifth Week of the Easter Season

• Monday, May 20 – 1 Thessalonians: Paul, in this passage, uses…
• Tuesday, May 21 – Leviticus: This is the “Day of Atonement”…
• Wednesday, May 22 – Matthew: I remember once telling a friend…
• Thursday, May 23 – 2 Thessalonians: What began in 1 Thessalonians…
• Friday, May 24 – Leviticus: This chapter outlines the feast to be…
• Saturday, May 25 – Matthew: We are still on the “Sermon on the…
• Sunday, May 26 – James: When James says about trials, “count it…

May 13 – 19: Fourth Week of the Easter Season

• Monday, May 13 – Matthew: This chapter opens with arguably the…
• Tuesday, May 14 – 1 Thessalonians: As I write this, Advent Sunday…
• Wednesday, May 15 – Exodus: “I will send an angel before you…”
• Thursday, May 16 – Matthew: You have heard that old expression…
• Friday, May 17 – 1 Thessalonians: Driven out of town (Thessalonica…
• Saturday, May 18 – Exodus: As the book of Exodus closes, Moses…
• Sunday, May 19 – Luke: Early in His ministry, Jesus ventures back…

May 6 – May 12: Third Week of the Easter Season

• Monday, May 6 – Matthew: This is the genealogy of Jesus the Christ…
• Tuesday, May 7 – Colossians: The church at Colossae was established…
• Wednesday, May 8 – Exodus: This is about “Holy Ground.” All the…
• Thursday, May 9 – Matthew: This is Matthew’s account of the tempt…
• Friday, May 10 – Colossians: Sometimes we take ourselves very serio…
• Saturday, May 11 – Exodus: The genesis of “the Ark of the Covenant”…
• Sunday, May 12 – 1 John: Antichrist – so many; so little time. Who is…

April 29 – May 5: Second Week of the Easter Season

• Monday, April 29 – Exodus: The whole point of the Exodus is to bring…
• Tuesday, April 30 – John: Jesus is speaking with His disciples on the…
• Wednesday, May 1 – 1 Peter: I think it is rather clear that the…
• Thursday, May 2 – Exodus: I am glad of this opportunity to revisit…
• Friday, May 3 – John: Keep in mind that John 16 covers events on the…
• Saturday, May 4 – 1 Peter: Back to a Christian’s handbook: consider…
• Sunday, May 5 – Exodus: Here Moses has a rendezvous with his…