Bible in One Year

MARCH 16 Who was to be Israel's deliverer from the Philistines? Even before his birth, God had appointed Samson, a Nazarite, to accomplish this task. God endowed him with superhuman…

MARCH 15 Chapter 10 covers two more judges of Israel--Tola and Jair. No record of achievement is given for Tola, and very little for Jair. Tola judged Israel for 23…

MARCH 14 We see today that Gideon was not the only one who was afraid. Of the 32,000 men who rallied to his side, 22,000 of them were also afraid…

MARCH 13 In chapters 4 and 5 we see that God uses Deborah and Jael to meet a serious crisis. The Canaanites had oppressed Israel for twenty years, so God…

MARCH 12 The Book of Judges continues the story of Israel after the death of Joshua. It is a book of defeat and disgrace. Chapter 2:10- 19 summarizes the entire…

MARCH 11 Joshua is commonly thought of as a great soldier, but our reading today depicts him as a good shepherd who has a loving concern for his sheep. In…

MARCH 10 Chapters 18 and 19 cover the portion of the land given to the other tribes. Seven tribes failed to claim their possession, evidently because of a lack of…

MARCH 9 Caleb was a man of spiritual vision as well as spiritual vitality; and these two qualities led to spiritual victory. Caleb's nephew Othniel helped him in one of…

MARCH 8 In chapter 12 the conquests of Transjordan are reviewed (verses 1-6), as well as the conquests in Canaan, with the roster of the kings who were conquered listed…

MARCH 7 The heathen tribes of Canaan were divided into many little "nations," with key cities as their centers. They usually fought each other, but when God's people arrived the…