Chapter 8 ⁽⁴⁰⁾

Passage Read: 1 Kings 6-9 Meditation Verse: 8:53 Did Solomon understand that the Lord's intent was not simply to single out the Israelites and make them His own people, and exclude all the rest? God made all people and deserves the worship of all His…

Passage Read: Exodus 7-10 Meditation Verse: 8:19 Up until this point, the magicians could replicate God's miracles. God did this on purpose, so that Pharaoh would have confidence to resist the Lord, to harden his heart against fearing the Lord. But now Pharaoh had sufficient…

Passage Read: Genesis 5-8 Meditation Verses: 8:14-16 Noah was on the ark a year and ten days. The Lord commanded him to enter the ark, and as much as Noah did to check and see if it was safe to leave the ark, he waited…

Thanksgiving! Family and feasting and football! But is that all? Is that really what this day is about? We call it "thanksgiving" for a reason, but do we understand that reason? The founding fathers of this country had a far deeper understanding than we do…

Passage Read: Hebrews 7-8 Meditation Verses: 8:9-11 The Old Covenant was given with fire and smoke and earthquake and the sound of a trumpet. Very impressive and frightening, to impress God's Words onto the hearts of the people, to impress His greatness into their hearts.