Readings for 15,16 November & comments

The Bible readings for Thursday 15 and Friday 16 are -- 1 Samuel 9:1-10:27; Ps 63:1-5; Pro 14:3; Jn 4:7-26.
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Ps John has a comment on 1 Sam 8-12 about the introduction of the monarchy.
Selwyn Hughes' challenge from Jn 4:14 (& 7:38) about the Holy Spirit.

Readings for 13,14 November & comments

The Bible readings for Tuesday 13 and Wednesday 14 November are -- 1 Sam 6:1-8:22; Ps 62:9-12; Pro 14:1-2; Jn 3:22-4:6.
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Ps John has a comment about the comic saga of the Philistines and the Ark (1 Sam 6-7).

Readings for 5,6 November & comments

The Bible readings for Monday 5 and Tuesday 6 are -- Ruth 1:1-2:23; Ps 60:1-5; Pro 13:16-17; John 1:1-23.
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Ps John has given a brief overview of Ruth (as per sermon on 4.11.07).
Ps John has given a brief overview of John (as per sermon on 25.11.07).

Readings for 20,21 October & comments

The Bible readings for Saturday 20 and Sunday 21 October are -- Jud 8:1-9:21; Ps 56:1-7; Pro 13:1-2; Lk 22:1-23.
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Ps John again invites your assessment of Gideon (Judges 8,9).
Ps John has a comment on David's betrayal (Ps 55) and Jesus' (Lk 22).

Readings for 10,11 October & comments

The Bible readings for Wednesday 10 and Thursday 11 October are -- Josh 24:1-33; Ps 53:1-6; Pr 12:17-18; Lk 19:28-48.
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Ps John has a comment on Joshua 24 about commitment to the Lord.

17,18 Apr -- Diagnosing Heart Disease

The readings for Tues 17 and Wed 18 April are -- Ex 9:1-10:20; Ps 18:13-19; Pro 4:1-2; Mt 21:28-46.

The story of the plagues and Pharaoh's responses to them raises some really difficult issues, doesn't it? Pharaoh seems to be confronted with a series of choices he needs to make. But at the same time God knows (and tells Moses) what Pharaoh is going to decide before he is even given the choice. We're told that the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart (9:12). But we're also told that his heart was hardened (9:7) and that he hardened his own heart (9:34).

Though it is difficult to fully understand, we have been created as moral agents with free will and the capacity to make decisions while still subject to the all-encompassing sovereignty of God. At times the Biblical record emphasises God's sovereignty and sometimes it emphasises our free will. They are two perspectives. Both are true.