Did you know? The Bible Challenge website has a “Going Deeper” section. There are in-depth study guides for each book of the Bible, and accompanying audio lectures that you can listen to at your convenience. These lectures were recorded live from St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Lake Mary, FL as we went through the Bible Challenge in 2013.
I hope you will be blessed as you go deeper in the study of God’s Word.
The Rev. Charlie Holt
Day 43 Exodus 34:1-35:9; Matthew 27:15-31; Psalm 33:12-22; Proverbs 9:1-6 Commandments Written on the Heart Today’s passage from Exodus is rich and full and mysterious, and will pay back all the effort we expend on it. (We don’t need to understand it all today! We will return!) Moses goes up the mountain to commune with…
Day 31 Exodus 12:14-13:16; Matthew 20:29-21:22; Psalm 25:16-22; Proverbs 6:12-15 Passover Perhaps you have had the privilege of sharing in a Passover celebration with a Jewish family, or perhaps your family or church participates in the “Seder Suppers” which have become common during Holy Week in Christian circles. Passover has become familiar to us, so…
Day 181 2 Kings 17:1‐18:12; Acts 20:1‐38; Psalm 148:1‐14; Proverbs 18:6‐7 The Word of His Grace Today’s reading, Acts 20, relates Paul’s journey through Macedonia, Greece, and parts of Asia Minor (modern day Turkey) on his way to Jerusalem, where he expected to encounter “imprisonment and afflictions.” As he meets with believers, he encourages them,…
Day 291 Jeremiah 31:27-32:44; 1 Timothy 3:1-16; Psalm 88:1-18; Proverbs 25:20-22 What Is Too Hard? Lance B. Latham was an incredible man with many talents. One of the gifts he had was the ability to memorize. He was known to be able to recite whole books of the Bible from memory. Another area he excelled…
Day 189 1 Chronicles 5:18‐6:81; Acts 26:1‐32; Psalm 6:1‐10; Proverbs 18:20‐21 Oh, Be Careful Little Tongue What You Say Do you remember that song from VBS? Why was it important? “‘Cause the Father up above is looking down in love, so be careful little tongue what you say.” Mark Twain said, “The difference between the…
Day 258 Isaiah 19:1-21:17; Galatians 2:1-16; Psalm 59:1-17; Proverbs 23:13-14 Little Decisions, Big Consequences Rarely do we know the full consequences of our decisions. We don’t get a reset button that would allow us to play it again and see how things might have been different, like Bill Murray’s character in the movie, “Groundhog Day.”…
