Bible in One Year

JUNE 4 Chapter 21 records Job's reply to Zophar. He looked to the Lord for his help and in these verses shows how the wicked often prosper in this life.…

JUNE 3 At this point in Job's experience of suffering, it would seem that he had faced all he possibly could. But there is more opposition and criticism to come.…

JUNE 2 Chapter 15 begins the second cycle of speeches between Job and his "friends." Eliphaz's second speech is recorded here and the controversy between him and Job becomes more…

JUNE 1 Yesterday's reading contained Zophar's first speech to Job. In it he greatly rebuked Job and exhorted him to repent so that he might be restored and blessed. In…

MAY 31 Job first answers his critics with a picture of despair. He did not know why he was suffering so bitterly. His family was dead. His wealth and influence…

MAY 30 Four other men are involved in this drama--all of them friends of Job. Keep in mind that the events of this book cover several months, and that friends…

MAY 29 In chapter 3 we see Job's perplexity. We must not misunderstand this chapter. Job did not curse God, as Satan predicted, or as Job's wife suggested. It is…

MAY 28 In the remaining chapters of Esther another feast is recorded. This feast could be called the feast of remembering. Once Haman was out of the way, peace reigned…

MAY 27 In chapter 3 we see Satan begin to work. Haman's promotion went to his head and turned him into a murderer. Mordecai, Esther's cousin and a very faithful…

MAY 26 Chapter 13 records Nehemiah's second visit to Jerusalem. He found that the Jewish men had repeated the sin of taking heathen wives. In fact, some of the priests…