Daily Audio Bible
Listen through the Bible in a year conversationally | Monday through Saturday | ~22 minutes per segment
#1621: 1 Thessalonians 4-5 | Ezekiel 4-5 | Psalm 82
A message of judgment derives from a reality of hope.
NEW TESTAMENT SEGMENT: 1 Thessalonians 4-5
Verses: 46
Words: ~952
OLD TESTAMENT SEGMENT: Ezekiel 4-5
Verses: 34
Words: ~933
Wisdom Segment: Psalm 82
Verses: 8
Words: ~131
REFLECTION SEGMENT:
A message of judgment derives from a reality of hope.
Bible used for reading:
Christian Standard Bible (Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers, 2020).
Other sources consulted for and/or quoted today:
Douglas Mangum, ed., Lexham Context Commentary: Old Testament, Lexham Context Commentary (Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2020), Eze 1:1–5:17.
Douglas J. Moo, “The Letters and Revelation,” in NIV Biblical Theology Study Bible, ed. D. A. Carson (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2018), 2149.
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ForTheHope Daily Audio Bible is uh, a daily audio Bible (imagine that!). We read through the New Testament in about 10 months and the Old Testament in about 15 months with a passion for just keepin’ it real, having conversations like normal people (except that Roger’s the one with the microphone), and living out the love of Jesus more every single day.
About Roger Courville, MA, CSP
Roger Courville, CSP is a globally-recognized expert in digitally-extended communication and connection, an award-winning speaker, award-winning author. And a passionately bad guitarist. And a sometimes-sleep-deprived doctoral student. And all that blah blah blah means jack diddly if we do not have sacrificial love (1 Co 13, Ro 12:1).
Follow him on Twitter -- @RogerCourville and @JoinForTheHope – or his blog: www.forthehope.org.
#1620: 1 Thessalonians 1-3 | Ezekiel 2-3 | Proverbs 16:10-16
Pride before a fall...
NEW TESTAMENT SEGMENT: 1 Thessalonians 1-3
Verses: 43
Words: ~889
OLD TESTAMENT SEGMENT: Ezekiel 2-3
Verses: 37
Words: ~1081
Wisdom Segment: Proverbs 16:10-16
Verses: 7
Words: ~111
REFLECTION SEGMENT:
Pride before a fall…
Bible used for reading:
Christian Standard Bible (Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers, 2020).
Other sources consulted for and/or quoted today:
Robert B. Chisholm, “The Major Prophets,” in Holman Concise Bible Commentary, ed. David S. Dockery (Nashville, TN: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 1998), 314.
Douglas J. Moo, “The Letters and Revelation,” in NIV Biblical Theology Study Bible, ed. D. A. Carson (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2018), 2149.
Brian Neil Peterson, “Ezekiel, Book of,” ed. John D. Barry et al., The Lexham Bible Dictionary (Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2016).
Henry Wansbrough, Introducing the New Testament (London; New Delhi; New York; Sydney: Bloomsbury, 2015), 291.
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ForTheHope Daily Audio Bible is uh, a daily audio Bible (imagine that!). We read through the New Testament in about 10 months and the Old Testament in about 15 months with a passion for just keepin’ it real, having conversations like normal people (except that Roger’s the one with the microphone), and living out the love of Jesus more every single day.
About Roger Courville, MA, CSP
Roger Courville, CSP is a globally-recognized expert in digitally-extended communication and connection, an award-winning speaker, award-winning author. And a passionately bad guitarist. And a sometimes-sleep-deprived doctoral student. And all that blah blah blah means jack diddly if we do not have sacrificial love (1 Co 13, Ro 12:1).
Follow him on Twitter -- @RogerCourville and @JoinForTheHope – or his blog: www.forthehope.org.
#1619: Romans 15:14-16:27 | Ezekiel 1 | Proverbs 16:3-9
Groundhog Day problem? Turn your eyes…
NEW TESTAMENT SEGMENT: Romans 15:14-16:27
Verses: 40
Words: ~1037
OLD TESTAMENT SEGMENT: Ezekiel 1
Verses: 28
Words: ~818
Wisdom Segment: Proverbs 16:3-9
Verses: 7
Words: ~111
REFLECTION SEGMENT:
Groundhog Day problem? Turn your eyes...
Bible used for reading:
Christian Standard Bible (Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers, 2020).
Other sources consulted for and/or quoted today:
D. A. Carson, God with Us: Themes from Matthew (Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2009), 107.
D. A. Carson, ed., NIV Biblical Theology Study Bible (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2018), 1411.
David S. Dockery, ed., Holman Bible Handbook (Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers, 1992), 426.
Crossway Bibles, The ESV Study Bible (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles, 2008), 1495.
Douglas J. Moo, “Romans,” in New Bible Commentary: 21st Century Edition, ed. D. A. Carson et al., 4th ed. (Leicester, England; Downers Grove, IL: Inter-Varsity Press, 1994), 1156.
Kevin J. Vanhoozer et al., eds., Dictionary for Theological Interpretation of the Bible (London; Grand Rapids, MI: SPCK; Baker Academic, 2005), 219.
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ForTheHope Daily Audio Bible is uh, a daily audio Bible (imagine that!). We read through the New Testament in about 10 months and the Old Testament in about 15 months with a passion for just keepin’ it real, having conversations like normal people (except that Roger’s the one with the microphone), and living out the love of Jesus more every single day.
About Roger Courville, MA, CSP
Roger Courville, CSP is a globally-recognized expert in digitally-extended communication and connection, an award-winning speaker, award-winning author. And a passionately bad guitarist. And a sometimes-sleep-deprived doctoral student. And all that blah blah blah means jack diddly if we do not have sacrificial love (1 Co 13, Ro 12:1).
Follow him on Twitter -- @RogerCourville and @JoinForTheHope – or his blog: www.forthehope.org.
#1618: Romans 15:1-13 | Jeremiah 51
Anticipating Groundhog Day in the story of the Bible…
NEW TESTAMENT SEGMENT: Romans 15:1-13
Verses: 13
Words: ~284
OLD TESTAMENT SEGMENT: Jeremiah 51
Verses: 64
Words: ~1897
Wisdom Segment: ~
Verses: ~
Words: ~
REFLECTION SEGMENT:
Anticipating Groundhog Day in the story of the Bible…
Bible used for reading:
Christian Standard Bible (Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers, 2020).
Other sources consulted for and/or quoted today:
David S. Dockery, ed., Holman Bible Handbook (Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers, 1992), 426.
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ForTheHope Daily Audio Bible is uh, a daily audio Bible (imagine that!). We read through the New Testament in about 10 months and the Old Testament in about 15 months with a passion for just keepin’ it real, having conversations like normal people (except that Roger’s the one with the microphone), and living out the love of Jesus more every single day.
About Roger Courville, MA, CSP
Roger Courville, CSP is a globally-recognized expert in digitally-extended communication and connection, an award-winning speaker, award-winning author. And a passionately bad guitarist. And a sometimes-sleep-deprived doctoral student. And all that blah blah blah means jack diddly if we do not have sacrificial love (1 Co 13, Ro 12:1).
Follow him on Twitter -- @RogerCourville and @JoinForTheHope – or his blog: www.forthehope.org.
#1617: Romans 14 | Jeremiah 50 | Proverbs 16:1-2
Strong and weak, right and wrong
NEW TESTAMENT SEGMENT: Romans 14
Verses: 23
Words: ~506
OLD TESTAMENT SEGMENT: Jeremiah 50
Verses: 46
Words: ~1364
Wisdom Segment: Proverbs 16:1-2
Verses: 2
Words: ~32
REFLECTION SEGMENT:
Strong, weak, right, and wrong
Bible used for reading:
Christian Standard Bible (Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers, 2020).
Other sources consulted for and/or quoted today:
Grant R. Osborne, Romans, The IVP New Testament Commentary Series (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2004), 355.
Edwin A. Blum, “John,” in The Bible Knowledge Commentary: An Exposition of the Scriptures, ed. J. F. Walvoord and R. B. Zuck, vol. 2 (Wheaton, IL: Victor Books, 1985), 332.
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ForTheHope Daily Audio Bible is uh, a daily audio Bible (imagine that!). We read through the New Testament in about 10 months and the Old Testament in about 15 months with a passion for just keepin’ it real, having conversations like normal people (except that Roger’s the one with the microphone), and living out the love of Jesus more every single day.
About Roger Courville, MA, CSP
Roger Courville, CSP is a globally-recognized expert in digitally-extended communication and connection, an award-winning speaker, award-winning author. And a passionately bad guitarist. And a sometimes-sleep-deprived doctoral student. And all that blah blah blah means jack diddly if we do not have sacrificial love (1 Co 13, Ro 12:1).
Follow him on Twitter -- @RogerCourville and @JoinForTheHope – or his blog: www.forthehope.org.
Reflection: Deep (Ephesians 2:10)
What is the purpose of the law?
What is the purpose of the law?
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Sources and quotes consulted:
All Bible quotes from the Christian Standard Bible (CSB) unless otherwise noted.
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“Reflections” happen on Sundays and special occasions. They’re shorter than what we do Monday through Saturday when we spend about 20 minutes a day and get through the New Testament in about 10 months and the Old Testament in about 14 months.
Oh, and we do this together — with a passion for just keepin’ it real, having conversations like normal people, and living out the love of Jesus better every single day.
Roger Courville, CSP is a globally-recognized expert in digitally-extended communication and connection, an award-winning speaker, award-winning author, and a passionately bad guitarist. And…
…all that blah blah blah means nothing if he doesn’t help you fall more in love with Jesus and the people in Jesus’ world.
#1616: Romans 13 | Jeremiah 49 | Proverbs 15:23-32
Should we submit to government? Is there a time when we rightfully dissent?
NEW TESTAMENT SEGMENT: Romans 13
Verses: 14
Words: ~306
OLD TESTAMENT SEGMENT: Jeremiah 49
Verses: 49
Words: ~11156
Wisdom Segment: Proverbs 15:23-32
Verses: 11
Words: ~175
REFLECTION SEGMENT:
Should we submit to government? Is there a time when we rightfully dissent?
Bible used for reading:
Christian Standard Bible (Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers, 2020).
Other sources consulted for and/or quoted today:
Walter A. Elwell and Barry J. Beitzel, “Caesars, The,” Baker Encyclopedia of the Bible (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House, 1988), 395–396.
Keener, Craig S. 1993. The IVP Bible Background Commentary: New Testament. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press.
Chrispin, Gerard. 2005. The Bible Panorama: Enjoying the Whole Bible with a Chapter-by-Chapter Guide. Leominster, UK: Day One Publications.
Douglas J. Moo, Romans, The NIV Application Commentary (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publishing House, 2000), 421.
Mounce, Robert H. 1995. Romans. Vol. 27. The New American Commentary. Nashville: Broadman & Holman Publishers.
Grant R. Osborne, Romans, The IVP New Testament Commentary Series (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2004), 341–348.
Guy Prentiss Waters, “Romans,” in A Biblical-Theological Introduction to the New Testament: The Gospel Realized, ed. Michael J. Kruger (Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2016), 192–193.
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ForTheHope Daily Audio Bible is uh, a daily audio Bible (imagine that!). We read through the New Testament in about 10 months and the Old Testament in about 15 months with a passion for just keepin’ it real, having conversations like normal people (except that Roger’s the one with the microphone), and living out the love of Jesus more every single day.
About Roger Courville, MA, CSP
Roger Courville, CSP is a globally-recognized expert in digitally-extended communication and connection, an award-winning speaker, award-winning author. And a passionately bad guitarist. And a sometimes-sleep-deprived doctoral student. And all that blah blah blah means jack diddly if we do not have sacrificial love (1 Co 13, Ro 12:1).
Follow him on Twitter -- @RogerCourville and @JoinForTheHope – or his blog: www.forthehope.org.
#1615: Romans 12 | Jeremiah 48 | Psalm 80
Loving God by loving others
NEW TESTAMENT SEGMENT: Romans 12
Verses: 21
Words: ~469
OLD TESTAMENT SEGMENT: Jeremiah 48
Verses: 47
Words: ~1393
Wisdom Segment: Psalm 80
Verses: 19
Words: ~312
REFLECTION SEGMENT:
Loving God by loving others
Bible used for reading:
Christian Standard Bible (Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers, 2020).
Other sources consulted for and/or quoted today:
E. Ray Clendenen with Miller Maxwell, “Moab and the Moabite Stone,” ed. Chad Brand et al., Holman Illustrated Bible Dictionary (Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers, 2003), 1147.
H. Porter, “Moab, Moabites,” ed. James Orr et al., The International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia (Chicago: The Howard-Severance Company, 1915), 2070.
Thomas J. Shepherd, The Westminster Bible Dictionary (Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Publication, 1880), 353.
Tyndale House Publishers. 2015. Holy Bible: New Living Translation. Carol Stream, IL: Tyndale House Publishers.
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ForTheHope Daily Audio Bible is uh, a daily audio Bible (imagine that!). We read through the New Testament in about 10 months and the Old Testament in about 15 months with a passion for just keepin’ it real, having conversations like normal people (except that Roger’s the one with the microphone), and living out the love of Jesus more every single day.
About Roger Courville, MA, CSP
Roger Courville, CSP is a globally-recognized expert in digitally-extended communication and connection, an award-winning speaker, award-winning author. And a passionately bad guitarist. And a sometimes-sleep-deprived doctoral student. And all that blah blah blah means jack diddly if we do not have sacrificial love (1 Co 13, Ro 12:1).
Follow him on Twitter -- @RogerCourville and @JoinForTheHope – or his blog: www.forthehope.org.
#1614: Romans 11:11-36 | Jeremiah 46-47 | Proverbs 15:15-22
What's up with straight versus crooked paths?
NEW TESTAMENT SEGMENT: Romans 11:11-36
Verses: 26
Words: ~569
OLD TESTAMENT SEGMENT: Jeremiah 46-47
Verses: 35
Words: ~1037
Wisdom Segment: Proverbs 15:15-22
Verses: 8
Words: ~127
REFLECTION SEGMENT:
What's up with straight versus crooked paths?
Bible used for reading:
Christian Standard Bible (Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers, 2020).
Other sources consulted for and/or quoted today:
The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles, 2016), Pr 15:21.
Timothy Keller, Romans 8–16 for You, ed. Carl Laferton, God’s Word for You (The Good Book Company, 2015), 90.
Douglas Mangum, ed., Lexham Context Commentary: Old Testament, Lexham Context Commentary (Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2020), Je 46:1–52:34.
Gary Smith, Isaiah 40-66, vol. 15B, The New American Commentary (Nashville, TN: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 2009), 95–96.
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ForTheHope Daily Audio Bible is uh, a daily audio Bible (imagine that!). We read through the New Testament in about 10 months and the Old Testament in about 15 months with a passion for just keepin’ it real, having conversations like normal people (except that Roger’s the one with the microphone), and living out the love of Jesus more every single day.
About Roger Courville, MA, CSP
Roger Courville, CSP is a globally-recognized expert in digitally-extended communication and connection, an award-winning speaker, award-winning author. And a passionately bad guitarist. And a sometimes-sleep-deprived doctoral student. And all that blah blah blah means jack diddly if we do not have sacrificial love (1 Co 13, Ro 12:1).
Follow him on Twitter -- @RogerCourville and @JoinForTheHope – or his blog: www.forthehope.org.
#1613: Romans 9:30-11:10 | Jeremiah 44 | Psalm 147
The Israelites have a long history of stubbornness...but fortunately not all of them.
NEW TESTAMENT SEGMENT: Romans 9:30-11:10
Verses: 35
Words: ~765
OLD TESTAMENT SEGMENT: Jeremiah 44
Verses: 30
Words: ~889
Wisdom Segment: Psalm 147
Verses: 20
Words: ~328
REFLECTION SEGMENT:
The Israelites have a long history of stubbornness...but fortunately not all of them.
Bible used for reading:
Christian Standard Bible (Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers, 2020).
Other sources consulted for and/or quoted today:
Boa, Kenneth, and William Kruidenier. 2000. Romans. Vol. 6. Holman New Testament Commentary. Nashville, TN: Broadman & Holman Publishers.
Crossway Bibles. 2008. The ESV Study Bible. Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles.
Keller, Timothy. 2015. Romans 8–16 for You. Edited by Carl Laferton. God’s Word for You. The Good Book Company.
Moo, Douglas J. 1994. “Romans.” In New Bible Commentary: 21st Century Edition, edited by D. A. Carson, R. T. France, J. A. Motyer, and G. J. Wenham, 4th ed., 1142. Leicester, England; Downers Grove, IL: Inter-Varsity Press.
Tyndale House Publishers. 2015. Holy Bible: New Living Translation. Carol Stream, IL: Tyndale House Publishers.
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ForTheHope Daily Audio Bible is uh, a daily audio Bible (imagine that!). We read through the New Testament in about 10 months and the Old Testament in about 15 months with a passion for just keepin’ it real, having conversations like normal people (except that Roger’s the one with the microphone), and living out the love of Jesus more every single day.
About Roger Courville, MA, CSP
Roger Courville, CSP is a globally-recognized expert in digitally-extended communication and connection, an award-winning speaker, award-winning author. And a passionately bad guitarist. And a sometimes-sleep-deprived doctoral student. And all that blah blah blah means jack diddly if we do not have sacrificial love (1 Co 13, Ro 12:1).
Follow him on Twitter -- @RogerCourville and @JoinForTheHope – or his blog: www.forthehope.org.
#1612: Romans 9:1-29 | Jeremiah 41:11-43:13 | Psalm 47
Why doesn’t all Israel believe when the message should be clearest to them?
NEW TESTAMENT SEGMENT: Romans 9
Verses: 29
Words: ~634
OLD TESTAMENT SEGMENT: Jeremiah 41:11-43:13
Verses: 43
Words: ~1275
Wisdom Segment: Psalm 47
Verses: 9
Words: ~148
REFLECTION SEGMENT:
Why doesn’t all Israel believe when the message should be clearest to them?
Bible used for reading:
Christian Standard Bible (Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers, 2020).
Other sources consulted for and/or quoted today:
Boa, Kenneth, and William Kruidenier. 2000. Romans. Vol. 6. Holman New Testament Commentary. Nashville, TN: Broadman & Holman Publishers.
Crossway Bibles. 2008. The ESV Study Bible. Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles.
Keller, Timothy. 2015. Romans 8–16 for You. Edited by Carl Laferton. God’s Word for You. The Good Book Company.
Moo, Douglas J. 1994. “Romans.” In New Bible Commentary: 21st Century Edition, edited by D. A. Carson, R. T. France, J. A. Motyer, and G. J. Wenham, 4th ed., 1142. Leicester, England; Downers Grove, IL: Inter-Varsity Press.
Tyndale House Publishers. 2015. Holy Bible: New Living Translation. Carol Stream, IL: Tyndale House Publishers.
♱♱♱
ForTheHope Daily Audio Bible is uh, a daily audio Bible (imagine that!). We read through the New Testament in about 10 months and the Old Testament in about 15 months with a passion for just keepin’ it real, having conversations like normal people (except that Roger’s the one with the microphone), and living out the love of Jesus more every single day.
About Roger Courville, MA, CSP
Roger Courville, CSP is a globally-recognized expert in digitally-extended communication and connection, an award-winning speaker, award-winning author. And a passionately bad guitarist. And a sometimes-sleep-deprived doctoral student. And all that blah blah blah means jack diddly if we do not have sacrificial love (1 Co 13, Ro 12:1).
Follow him on Twitter -- @RogerCourville and @JoinForTheHope – or his blog: www.forthehope.org.
#1611: Romans 8 | Obadiah | Jeremiah 40-41:10
You’ve been adopted, and that means…
NEW TESTAMENT SEGMENT: Romans 8
Verses: 39
Words: ~853
OLD TESTAMENT SEGMENT: Obadiah
Verses: 21
Words: ~604
Old Testament Segment: Jeremiah 40-41:10
Verses: 26
Words: ~771
REFLECTION SEGMENT:
You've been adopted, and that means...
Bible used for reading:
Christian Standard Bible (Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers, 2020).
Other sources consulted for and/or quoted today:
Boa, Kenneth, and William Kruidenier. 2000. Romans. Vol. 6. Holman New Testament Commentary. Nashville, TN: Broadman & Holman Publishers.
Crossway Bibles. 2008. The ESV Study Bible. Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles.
Tyndale House Publishers. 2015. Holy Bible: New Living Translation. Carol Stream, IL: Tyndale House Publishers.
♱♱♱
ForTheHope Daily Audio Bible is uh, a daily audio Bible (imagine that!). We read through the New Testament in about 10 months and the Old Testament in about 15 months with a passion for just keepin’ it real, having conversations like normal people (except that Roger’s the one with the microphone), and living out the love of Jesus more every single day.
About Roger Courville, MA, CSP
Roger Courville, CSP is a globally-recognized expert in digitally-extended communication and connection, an award-winning speaker, award-winning author. And a passionately bad guitarist. And a sometimes-sleep-deprived doctoral student. And all that blah blah blah means jack diddly if we do not have sacrificial love (1 Co 13, Ro 12:1).
Follow him on Twitter -- @RogerCourville and @JoinForTheHope – or his blog: www.forthehope.org.
Reflection: Stribiding (John 3:22-30)
Builders, farmers, and the Holy Spirit…
Builders, farmers, and the Holy Spirit...
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Sources and quotes consulted:
All Bible quotes from the Christian Standard Bible (CSB) unless otherwise noted.
Keener, Craig S. 1993. The IVP Bible Background Commentary: New Testament. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press.
Gangel, Kenneth O. 1998. Acts. Vol. 5. Holman New Testament Commentary. Nashville, TN: Broadman & Holman Publishers.
♱♱♱
“Reflections” happen on Sundays and special occasions. They’re shorter than what we do Monday through Saturday when we spend about 20 minutes a day and get through the New Testament in about 10 months and the Old Testament in about 14 months.
Oh, and we do this together — with a passion for just keepin’ it real, having conversations like normal people, and living out the love of Jesus better every single day.
Roger Courville, CSP is a globally-recognized expert in digitally-extended communication and connection, an award-winning speaker, award-winning author, and a passionately bad guitarist. And…
…all that blah blah blah means nothing if he doesn’t help you fall more in love with Jesus and the people in Jesus’ world.
#1610: Romans 7 Lamentations 4-5 | Psalm 137
Justice is coming, thank God for grace!
NEW TESTAMENT SEGMENT: Romans 7
Verses: 25
Words: ~547
OLD TESTAMENT SEGMENT: Lamentations 4-5
Verses: 44
Words: ~929
Wisdom SEGMENT: Psalm 137
Verses: 9
Words: ~148
REFLECTION SEGMENT:
Justice is coming, thank God for grace!
Bible used for reading:
Christian Standard Bible (Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers, 2020).
Other sources consulted for and/or quoted today:
Boa, Kenneth, and William Kruidenier. 2000. Romans. Vol. 6. Holman New Testament Commentary. Nashville, TN: Broadman & Holman Publishers.
Crossway Bibles. 2008. The ESV Study Bible. Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles.
♱♱♱
ForTheHope Daily Audio Bible is uh, a daily audio Bible (imagine that!). We read through the New Testament in about 10 months and the Old Testament in about 15 months with a passion for just keepin’ it real, having conversations like normal people (except that Roger’s the one with the microphone), and living out the love of Jesus more every single day.
About Roger Courville, MA, CSP
Roger Courville, CSP is a globally-recognized expert in digitally-extended communication and connection, an award-winning speaker, award-winning author. And a passionately bad guitarist. And a sometimes-sleep-deprived doctoral student. And all that blah blah blah means jack diddly if we do not have sacrificial love (1 Co 13, Ro 12:1).
Follow him on Twitter -- @RogerCourville and @JoinForTheHope – or his blog: www.forthehope.org.
#1609: Romans 6 Lamentations 3 | Proverbs 15:1-14
Great is thy faithfulness…in the middle of what?
NEW TESTAMENT SEGMENT: Romans 6
Verses: 23
Words: ~503
OLD TESTAMENT SEGMENT: Lamentations 3
Verses: 66
Words: ~1393
Wisdom SEGMENT: Proverbs 15:1-14
Verses: 14
Words: ~222
REFLECTION SEGMENT:
Great is thy faithfulness…in the middle of what?
Bible used for reading:
Christian Standard Bible (Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers, 2020).
Other sources consulted for and/or quoted today:
Boa, Kenneth, and William Kruidenier. 2000. Romans. Vol. 6. Holman New Testament Commentary. Nashville, TN: Broadman & Holman Publishers.
Crossway Bibles. 2008. The ESV Study Bible. Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles.
♱♱♱
ForTheHope Daily Audio Bible is uh, a daily audio Bible (imagine that!). We read through the New Testament in about 10 months and the Old Testament in about 15 months with a passion for just keepin’ it real, having conversations like normal people (except that Roger’s the one with the microphone), and living out the love of Jesus more every single day.
About Roger Courville, MA, CSP
Roger Courville, CSP is a globally-recognized expert in digitally-extended communication and connection, an award-winning speaker, award-winning author, and a passionately bad guitarist. And a sometimes-sleep-deprived doctoral student. And all that blah blah blah means jack diddly if we do not have sacrificial love (1 Co 13, Ro 12:1).
Follow him on Twitter -- @RogerCourville and @JoinForTheHope – or his blog: www.forthehope.org.
#1608: Romans 5 Lamentations 2 | Proverbs 14:27-35
Saved from or saved for?
NEW TESTAMENT SEGMENT: Romans 5
Verses: 21
Words: ~459
OLD TESTAMENT SEGMENT: Lamentations 2
Verses: 22
Words: ~464
Wisdom SEGMENT: Proverbs 14:27-35
Verses: 9
Words: ~142
REFLECTION SEGMENT:
Saved from or saved for?
Bible used for reading:
Christian Standard Bible (Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers, 2020).
Other sources consulted for and/or quoted today:
Crossway Bibles. 2008. The ESV Study Bible. Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles.
Keller, Timothy. 2014. Romans 1–7 for You. Edited by Carl Laferton. God’s Word for You. The Good Book Company.
Vanhoozer, Kevin J., Craig G. Bartholomew, Daniel J. Treier, and N. T. Wright, eds. 2005. In Dictionary for Theological Interpretation of the Bible, 416. London; Grand Rapids, MI: SPCK; Baker Academic.
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ForTheHope Daily Audio Bible is uh, a daily audio Bible (imagine that!). We read through the New Testament in about 10 months and the Old Testament in about 15 months with a passion for just keepin’ it real, having conversations like normal people (except that Roger’s the one with the microphone), and living out the love of Jesus more every single day.
About Roger Courville, MA, CSP
Roger Courville, CSP is a globally-recognized expert in digitally-extended communication and connection, an award-winning speaker, award-winning author, and a passionately bad guitarist. And a sometimes-sleep-deprived doctoral student. And all that blah blah blah means jack diddly if we do not have sacrificial love (1 Co 13, Ro 12:1).
Follow him on Twitter -- @RogerCourville and @JoinForTheHope – or his blog: www.forthehope.org.
#1607: Psalm 126 | Romans 3:21-4:25 | Lamentations 1 | Proverbs 14:20-26
Everybody's got a choice. No one will be forced.
NEW TESTAMENT SEGMENT: Romans 3:21-4:25
Verses: 37
Words: ~787
OLD TESTAMENT SEGMENT: Lamentations 1
Verses: 22
Words: ~464
Wisdom SEGMENT: Psalm 126
Verses: 6
Words: ~98
Wisdom SEGMENT: Proverbs 14:20-26
Verses: 7
Words: ~111
REFLECTION SEGMENT:
Everybody's got a choice. No one will be forced.
Bible used for reading:
Christian Standard Bible (Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers, 2020).
Other sources consulted for and/or quoted today:
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ForTheHope Daily Audio Bible is uh, a daily audio Bible (imagine that!). We read through the New Testament in about 10 months and the Old Testament in about 15 months with a passion for just keepin’ it real, having conversations like normal people (except that Roger’s the one with the microphone), and living out the love of Jesus more every single day.
About Roger Courville, MA, CSP
Roger Courville, CSP is a globally-recognized expert in digitally-extended communication and connection, an award-winning speaker, award-winning author, and a passionately bad guitarist. And a sometimes-sleep-deprived doctoral student. And all that blah blah blah means jack diddly if we do not have sacrificial love (1 Co 13, Ro 12:1).
Follow him on Twitter -- @RogerCourville and @JoinForTheHope – or his blog: www.forthehope.org.
#1606: Romans 1:18-3:20 | 2 Kings 24-25
What does it look like that “God delivered them over” or “God gave them up?”
NEW TESTAMENT SEGMENT: Romans 1:18-3:20
Verses: 64
Words: ~1399
OLD TESTAMENT SEGMENT: 2 Kings 24-25
Verses: 50
Words: ~1583
Wisdom SEGMENT: ~
Verses: ~
Words: ~
REFLECTION SEGMENT:
What does it look like that "God delivered them over?" or "God gave them up?"
Bible used for reading:
Christian Standard Bible (Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers, 2020).
Other sources consulted for and/or quoted today:
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ForTheHope Daily Audio Bible is uh, a daily audio Bible (imagine that!). We read through the New Testament in about 10 months and the Old Testament in about 15 months with a passion for just keepin’ it real, having conversations like normal people (except that Roger’s the one with the microphone), and living out the love of Jesus more every single day.
About Roger Courville, MA, CSP
Roger Courville, CSP is a globally-recognized expert in digitally-extended communication and connection, an award-winning speaker, award-winning author, and a passionately bad guitarist. And a sometimes-sleep-deprived doctoral student. And all that blah blah blah means jack diddly if we do not have sacrificial love (1 Co 13, Ro 12:1).
Follow him on Twitter -- @RogerCourville and @JoinForTheHope – or his blog: www.forthehope.org.
#1605: Romans 1:1-17 | Jeremiah 39, 52 | Proverbs 14:16-19
The crux of the issue is entirely upside-down…
NEW TESTAMENT SEGMENT: Romans 1:1-17
Verses: 17
Words: ~372
OLD TESTAMENT SEGMENT: Jeremiah 39, 52
Verses: 28
Words: ~830
Wisdom SEGMENT: Proverbs 14:16-19
Verses: 4
Words: 64
REFLECTION SEGMENT:
The crux of the issue is entirely upside-down...
Bible used for reading:
Christian Standard Bible (Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers, 2020).
Other sources consulted for and/or quoted today:
Klein, William W. 2017. “Romans.” In CSB Apologetics Study Bible, edited by Ted Cabal, 1397. Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers.
Knowles, Andrew. 2001. The Bible Guide. 1st Augsburg books ed. Minneapolis, MN: Augsburg.
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ForTheHope Daily Audio Bible is uh, a daily audio Bible (imagine that!). We read through the New Testament in about 10 months and the Old Testament in about 15 months with a passion for just keepin’ it real, having conversations like normal people (except that Roger’s the one with the microphone), and living out the love of Jesus more every single day.
About Roger Courville, MA, CSP
Roger Courville, CSP is a globally-recognized expert in digitally-extended communication and connection, an award-winning speaker, award-winning author, and a passionately bad guitarist. And a sometimes-sleep-deprived doctoral student. And all that blah blah blah means jack diddly if we do not have sacrificial love (1 Co 13, Ro 12:1).
Follow him on Twitter -- @RogerCourville and @JoinForTheHope – or his blog: www.forthehope.org.
Reflection: Belong (Acts 3:1-10)
Some people get stuck in junior high school. But then here comes Jesus…
Some people get stuck in junior high school. But then here comes Jesus...
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Sources and quotes consulted:
All Bible quotes from the Christian Standard Bible (CSB) unless otherwise noted.
Keener, Craig S. 1993. The IVP Bible Background Commentary: New Testament. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press.
Gangel, Kenneth O. 1998. Acts. Vol. 5. Holman New Testament Commentary. Nashville, TN: Broadman & Holman Publishers.
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“Reflections” happen on Sundays and special occasions. They’re shorter than what we do Monday through Saturday when we spend about 20 minutes a day and get through the New Testament in about 10 months and the Old Testament in about 14 months.
Oh, and we do this together — with a passion for just keepin’ it real, having conversations like normal people, and living out the love of Jesus better every single day.
Roger Courville, CSP is a globally-recognized expert in digitally-extended communication and connection, an award-winning speaker, award-winning author, and a passionately bad guitarist. And…
…all that blah blah blah means nothing if he doesn’t help you fall more in love with Jesus and the people in Jesus’ world.