The first part of Jeremiah, with its predictions of Judah’s exile & return, sometimes seems to ping-pong between the two rather quickly. To be honest, I found the narrative portions somewhat confusing for my western mind...Continue reading
Category: Study Notes
Reflections from my study of the Bible, theology, church history, etc. Each series has an intro & table of contents:
* Series 1: Old Testament Reading Journal
* Series 2: Entering the Most Holy Place: A Study on the Day of Atonement
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O. T. Journal: Isaiah
The form of the book strikes me as an anthology containing “The Collected Works of Isaiah” and vignettes from his life and ministry. Parts were confusing, but other parts contain some of my favorite passages in the entire Bible.Continue reading
O. T. Journal: Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and Song of Songs
I noticed the different sections of Proverbs more clearly than in the past because of listening to whole book at one sitting. I found the book to be positive and very motivating...Continue reading
O. T. Journal: Job and Psalms
I could feel the emotional intensity building throughout the book of Job; the tension builds, and the speeches become increasingly emotional and increasingly angry. And how interesting that Psalm 1 comes immediately after Job!Continue reading
O. T. Journal: I-II Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther
I-II Chronicles has a lot of information about the kings of Judah (especially the righteous ones) that is not in Kings, and I wonder if the author included it to support what I saw as the primary storyline in all five of these books...Continue reading
O. T. Journal: I-II Samuel, I-II Kings
I enjoyed listening to some of my favorite OT stories: David & Goliath, Jonathan & David’s friendship, Elijah at Mt.Carmel, God’s defeat of the Assyrians after Hezekiah’s prayer...Continue reading
O. T. Journal: Joshua, Judges, and Ruth
I listened to the audio of these books and was struck by the repeated contrast between obedience and disobedience and their results. The Israelites must have thought Joshua’s instructions were insane at Jericho, yet they obeyed and experienced victory...Continue reading
O. T. Journal: Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy
I saw God's repeated faithfulness in the face of Israel's repeated rebellion as He continually provided means for their restoration to fellowship with Him...Continue reading
O.T. Journal: Genesis and Exodus
I read large portions aloud in a version new to me (NLT2), which made certain things pop out and caused me to react emotionally in ways I hadn't before. I felt awed by the beautiful, poetic repetition in Genesis 1...Continue reading
New Series: Old Testament Reading Journal
I've been taking seminary classes by dribs and drabs at Indy's extension site for Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. One exercise that I found really valuable was an assignment in three of my Old Testament classes. My professor for those classes wanted us to get a sense of the flow of scripture, so he had us read large portions at one sittingContinue reading