Author: Brad

  • Spiritual Goals

    Dec. 31, 2020 Bible Reading: Philippians 3 Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and reaching forward to what is ahead, I pursue as my goal the prize promised by God’s heavenly call in Christ Jesus. Philippians 3:13-14 As…

  • Matthew 28

    Journey Through The Bible     Old Testament Reading: Malachi 1-4     New Testament Reading: Matthew 28 Jesus came near and said to them, “All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth. Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of…

  • Matthew 27

    Journey Through The Bible     Old Testament Reading: Zechariah 12-14     New Testament Reading: Matthew 27 While he was sitting on the judge’s bench, his wife sent word to him, “Have nothing to do with that righteous man, for today I’ve suffered terribly in a dream because of him” (Matthew 27:19). The Jewish leaders decided Jesus must…

  • Matthew 26

    Journey Through The Bible     Old Testament Reading: Zechariah 9-11     New Testament Reading: Matthew 26 Then he came to the disciples and found them sleeping. He asked Peter, “So, couldn’t you stay awake with me one hour? Stay awake and pray, so that you won’t enter into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is…

  • Matthew 25

    Journey Through The Bible     Old Testament Reading: Zechariah 7-8     New Testament Reading: Matthew 25 When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne. All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate them one from another, just as…

  • Matthew 24

    Journey Through The Bible     Old Testament Reading: Zechariah 5-6     New Testament Reading: Matthew 24 Now concerning that day and hour no one knows—neither the angels of heaven nor the Son—except the Father alone. … Therefore be alert, since you don’t know what day your Lord is coming. … This is why you are also to…

  • Matthew 23

    Journey Through The Bible     Old Testament Reading: Zechariah 3-4     New Testament Reading: Matthew 23 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You shut the door of the kingdom of heaven in people’s faces. For you don’t go in, and you don’t allow those entering to go in. Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You…

  • Matthew 22

    Journey Through The Bible      Old Testament Reading: Zechariah 1-2      New Testament Reading: Matthew 22 When the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they came together. And one of them, an expert in the law, asked a question to test him: “Teacher, which command in the law is the greatest?” (Matthew 22:34-36). Three Jewish…

  • Matthew 21

    Journey Through The Bible     Old Testament Reading: Haggai 1-2     New Testament Reading: Matthew 21 A very large crowd spread their clothes on the road; others were cutting branches from the trees and spreading them on the road. Then the crowds who went ahead of him and those who followed shouted: Hosanna to the Son of…

  • Matthew 20

    Journey Through The Bible     Old Testament Reading: Zephaniah 1-3     New Testament Reading: Matthew 20 Then the mother of Zebedee’s sons approached him with her sons. She knelt down to ask him for something. “What do you want?” he asked her. “Promise,” she said to him, “that these two sons of mine may sit, one on…