Daily Audio Bible
Listen through the Bible in a year conversationally | Monday through Saturday | ~22 minutes per segment
#1845: Acts 18:1-23 | Judges 9-10:5 | Psalm 17
Bonus inside: groaner dad joke!
Today’s theme:
Bonus inside: groaner dad joke!
Bible used for reading today:
Christian Standard Bible (Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers, 2020).
Other sources consulted, quoted, or mentioned today:
Crossway Bibles, The ESV Study Bible (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles, 2008).
Patrick Schreiner, The Visual Word: Illustrated Outlines of the New Testament Books, ed. Connor Sterchi (Chicago, IL: Moody Publishers, 2021), 49.
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#ForTheHope’s Daily Audio Bible is a daily audio Bible (imagine that!) where we read through the Bible in a year, Monday through Saturday. Sundays and special days have short “reflections.”
More accurately, we go 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).
Follow him on Twitter -- @RogerCourville and @JoinForTheHope – or his blog: www.forthehope.org.
#1844: Judges 6-8 | Psalm 16
Who, me?
Today’s theme:
Who, me?
Bible used for reading today:
Christian Standard Bible (Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers, 2020).
Other sources consulted, quoted, or mentioned today:
Crossway Bibles, The ESV Study Bible (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles, 2008).
Rob Fleenor, “Midianites,” ed. John D. Barry et al., The Lexham Bible Dictionary (Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2016).
John Goldingay, Joshua, Judges, and Ruth for Everyone: A Theological Commentary on the Bible, Old Testament for Everyone (Louisville, KY; London: Westminster John Knox Press; Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 2011), 116–117.
Simon J Robinson, Opening up Judges, Opening Up Commentary (Leominster: Day One Publications, 2006), 32.
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#ForTheHope’s Daily Audio Bible is a daily audio Bible (imagine that!) where we read through the Bible in a year, Monday through Saturday. Sundays and special days have short “reflections.”
More accurately, we go 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).
Follow him on Twitter -- @RogerCourville and @JoinForTheHope – or his blog: www.forthehope.org.
#1843: Acts 17 | Judges 3:7-5:31
Also catch today's #alwaysbeready segment
Today’s theme:
Also catch today's #alwaysbeready segment
Bible used for reading today:
Christian Standard Bible (Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers, 2020).
Other sources consulted, quoted, or mentioned today:
Crossway Bibles, The ESV Study Bible (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles, 2008).
David E. Garland, Acts, ed. Mark L. Strauss and John H. Walton, Teach the Text Commentary Series (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books: A Division of Baker Publishing Group, 2017), 166.
♱♱♱
#ForTheHope’s Daily Audio Bible is a daily audio Bible (imagine that!) where we read through the Bible in a year, Monday through Saturday. Sundays and special days have short “reflections.”
More accurately, we go 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).
Follow him on Twitter -- @RogerCourville and @JoinForTheHope – or his blog: www.forthehope.org.
#1842: Acts 16:11-40 | Judges 1-3:6 | Psalm 116
Pray this psalm with me
Today’s theme:
Pray this psalm with me
Bible used for reading today:
Christian Standard Bible (Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers, 2020).
Other sources consulted, quoted, or mentioned today:
Crossway Bibles, The ESV Study Bible (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles, 2008).
David E. Garland, Acts, ed. Mark L. Strauss and John H. Walton, Teach the Text Commentary Series (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books: A Division of Baker Publishing Group, 2017), 166.
♱♱♱
#ForTheHope’s Daily Audio Bible is a daily audio Bible (imagine that!) where we read through the Bible in a year, Monday through Saturday. Sundays and special days have short “reflections.”
More accurately, we go 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).
Follow him on Twitter -- @RogerCourville and @JoinForTheHope – or his blog: www.forthehope.org.
#1841: Acts 16:1-10 | Joshua 22-24
Joshua renews the covenant
Today’s theme:
Joshua renews the covenant
Bible used for reading today:
Christian Standard Bible (Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers, 2020).
Other sources consulted, quoted, or mentioned today:
Crossway Bibles, The ESV Study Bible (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles, 2008).
Kenneth O. Gangel, Acts, vol. 5, Holman New Testament Commentary (Nashville, TN: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 1998), 268.
Douglas Mangum, ed., Lexham Context Commentary: Old Testament, Lexham Context Commentary (Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2020), Jos 22:1–24:33.
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#ForTheHope’s Daily Audio Bible is a daily audio Bible (imagine that!) where we read through the Bible in a year, Monday through Saturday. Sundays and special days have short “reflections.”
More accurately, we go 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).
Follow him on Twitter -- @RogerCourville and @JoinForTheHope – or his blog: www.forthehope.org.
Sunday Reflection: Words from a fire (Matthew 24:35)
Trusted words rescued from a fire…
Trusting words rescued from a fire...
#ForTheHope’s go-to Bible translation:
Christian Standard Bible (Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers, 2020).
Other sources and references used today:
Robert J. Morgan, On This Day: 365 Amazing and Inspiring Stories about Saints, Martyrs & Heroes, electronic ed. (Nashville: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1997).
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“Reflections” happen on Sundays and special occasions. They’re shorter than what we do Monday through Saturday when we spend ~20 minutes a day (reading 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.
#1840: Acts 15 | Joshua 20-21 | Proverbs 18:8-10
If something is free, is it truly”
Today’s theme:
Spoiler alert: "Jerusalem Council"
Bible used for reading today:
Christian Standard Bible (Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers, 2020).
Other sources consulted, quoted, or mentioned today:
Crossway Bibles, The ESV Study Bible (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles, 2008).
Walter A. Elwell and Barry J. Beitzel, “Paul, The Apostle,” Baker Encyclopedia of the Bible (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House, 1988), 1626.
Peter K. Nelson, “Apostolic Council,” ed. David Noel Freedman, Allen C. Myers, and Astrid B. Beck, Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (Grand Rapids, MI: W.B. Eerdmans, 2000), 79.
Lawrence O. Richards, The Teacher’s Commentary (Wheaton, IL: Victor Books, 1987), 169.
John-Michael Wong, Opening up Acts, Opening Up Commentary (Leominster: Day One Publications, 2010), 102–103.
♱♱♱
#ForTheHope’s Daily Audio Bible is a daily audio Bible (imagine that!) where we read through the Bible in a year, Monday through Saturday. Sundays and special days have short “reflections.”
More accurately, we go 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).
Follow him on Twitter -- @RogerCourville and @JoinForTheHope – or his blog: www.forthehope.org.
#1839: Acts 14 | Joshua 18-19 | Psalm 15
If something is free, is it truly valued?
Today’s theme:
If something is free, is it truly valued?
Bible used for reading today:
Christian Standard Bible (Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers, 2020).
Other sources consulted, quoted, or mentioned today:
Crossway Bibles, The ESV Study Bible (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles, 2008).
Kenneth O. Gangel, Joshua, ed. Max Anders, Holman Old Testament Commentary (B&H Publishing Group, 2002), 242.
Tony Merida, Exalting Jesus in Acts (Nashville, TN: Holman Reference, 2017), 194.
♱♱♱
#ForTheHope’s Daily Audio Bible is a daily audio Bible (imagine that!) where we read through the Bible in a year, Monday through Saturday. Sundays and special days have short “reflections.”
More accurately, we go 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).
Follow him on Twitter -- @RogerCourville and @JoinForTheHope – or his blog: www.forthehope.org.
#1838: Acts 13 | Joshua 16-17 | Proverbs 18:6-7
Lessons from Paul's first missionary journey
Today’s theme:
Lessons from Paul's first missionary journey
Bible used for reading today:
Christian Standard Bible (Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers, 2020).
Other sources consulted, quoted, or mentioned today:
Crossway Bibles, The ESV Study Bible (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles, 2008).
Tony Merida, Exalting Jesus in Acts (Nashville, TN: Holman Reference, 2017), multiple.
♱♱♱
#ForTheHope’s Daily Audio Bible is a daily audio Bible (imagine that!) where we read through the Bible in a year, Monday through Saturday. Sundays and special days have short “reflections.”
More accurately, we go 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).
Follow him on Twitter -- @RogerCourville and @JoinForTheHope – or his blog: www.forthehope.org.
#1837: Acts 12 | Joshua 15 | Proverbs 17:25-18:5
What? Jerusalem wasn't the most influential early church?
Today’s theme:
What? Jerusalem wasn't the most influential early church?
Bible used for reading today:
Christian Standard Bible (Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers, 2020).
Other sources consulted, quoted, or mentioned today:
Crossway Bibles, The ESV Study Bible (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles, 2008).
Kenneth O. Gangel, Joshua, ed. Max Anders, Holman Old Testament Commentary (B&H Publishing Group, 2002), 226.
Conrad Gempf, “Acts,” in New Bible Commentary: 21st Century Edition, ed. D. A. Carson et al., 4th ed. (Leicester, England; Downers Grove, IL: Inter-Varsity Press, 1994), 1084.
Tony Merida, Exalting Jesus in Acts (Nashville, TN: Holman Reference, 2017), 156.
Bruce K. Waltke, “Joshua,” in New Bible Commentary: 21st Century Edition, ed. D. A. Carson et al., 4th ed. (Leicester, England; Downers Grove, IL: Inter-Varsity Press, 1994), 253.
♱♱♱
#ForTheHope’s Daily Audio Bible is a daily audio Bible (imagine that!) where we read through the Bible in a year, Monday through Saturday. Sundays and special days have short “reflections.”
More accurately, we go 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).
Follow him on Twitter -- @RogerCourville and @JoinForTheHope – or his blog: www.forthehope.org.
#1836: Acts 11 | Joshua 13-14 | Proverbs 17:17-24
Where were Jesus followers first called “Christians?”
Today’s theme:
Where were Jesus followers first called “Christians?”
Bible used for reading today:
Christian Standard Bible (Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers, 2020).
Other sources consulted, quoted, or mentioned today:
Crossway Bibles, The ESV Study Bible (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles, 2008).
♱♱♱
#ForTheHope’s Daily Audio Bible is a daily audio Bible (imagine that!) where we read through the Bible in a year, Monday through Saturday. Sundays and special days have short “reflections.”
More accurately, we go 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).
Follow him on Twitter -- @RogerCourville and @JoinForTheHope – or his blog: www.forthehope.org.
#1835: Acts 9:32-10:48 | Joshua 11-12 | Proverbs 17:14-16
Why is it important to read and preach the WHOLE Bible?
Today’s theme:
Why is it important to read and preach the WHOLE Bible?
Bible used for reading today:
Christian Standard Bible (Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers, 2020).
Other sources consulted, quoted, or mentioned today:
Crossway Bibles, The ESV Study Bible (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles, 2008).
Kenneth O. Gangel, Joshua, ed. Max Anders, Holman Old Testament Commentary (B&H Publishing Group, 2002), 182.
Conrad Gempf, “Acts,” in New Bible Commentary: 21st Century Edition, ed. D. A. Carson et al., 4th ed. (Leicester, England; Downers Grove, IL: Inter-Varsity Press, 1994), 1081.
♱♱♱
#ForTheHope’s Daily Audio Bible is a daily audio Bible (imagine that!) where we read through the Bible in a year, Monday through Saturday. Sundays and special days have short “reflections.”
More accurately, we go 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).
Follow him on Twitter -- @RogerCourville and @JoinForTheHope – or his blog: www.forthehope.org.
Sunday Reflection: When cows fly (Isaiah 44:15-17)
The phrase has been in use since the 1600s…
The phrase has been in use since the 1600s…
#ForTheHope’s go-to Bible translation:
Christian Standard Bible (Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers, 2020).
Other sources and references used today:
♱♱♱
“Reflections” happen on Sundays and special occasions. They’re shorter than what we do Monday through Saturday when we spend ~20 minutes a day (reading 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.
#1834: Acts 8:26-9:31 | Joshua 10
What to remember about Saul's conversion?
Today’s theme:
What to remember about Saul's conversion?
Bible used for reading today:
Christian Standard Bible (Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers, 2020).
Other sources consulted, quoted, or mentioned today:
Crossway Bibles, The ESV Study Bible (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles, 2008).
Tony Merida, Exalting Jesus in Acts (Nashville, TN: Holman Reference, 2017), 141.
♱♱♱
#ForTheHope’s Daily Audio Bible is a daily audio Bible (imagine that!) where we read through the Bible in a year, Monday through Saturday. Sundays and special days have short “reflections.”
More accurately, we go 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).
Follow him on Twitter -- @RogerCourville and @JoinForTheHope – or his blog: www.forthehope.org.
#1833: Acts 8:4-25 | Joshua 9 | Proverbs 17:8-13
The Gospel spreads to Samaria
Today’s theme:
What should you do with The Good News?
Bible used for reading today:
Christian Standard Bible (Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers, 2020).
Other sources consulted, quoted, or mentioned today:
Crossway Bibles, The ESV Study Bible (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles, 2008).
Joseph Coleson, “Joshua,” in Cornerstone Biblical Commentary: Joshua, Judges, Ruth, ed. Philip W. Comfort, Cornerstone Biblical Commentary (Carol Stream, IL: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., 2012), 86.
David E. Garland, Acts, ed. Mark L. Strauss and John H. Walton, Teach the Text Commentary Series (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books: A Division of Baker Publishing Group, 2017), 82.
Tony Merida, Exalting Jesus in Acts (Nashville, TN: Holman Reference, 2017), 111–112.
Bruce K. Waltke, “Joshua,” in New Bible Commentary: 21st Century Edition, ed. D. A. Carson et al., 4th ed. (Leicester, England; Downers Grove, IL: Inter-Varsity Press, 1994), 248.
♱♱♱
#ForTheHope’s Daily Audio Bible is a daily audio Bible (imagine that!) where we read through the Bible in a year, Monday through Saturday. Sundays and special days have short “reflections.”
More accurately, we go 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).
Follow him on Twitter -- @RogerCourville and @JoinForTheHope – or his blog: www.forthehope.org.
#1832: Acts 6-8:3 | Psalm 14
Who made you judge?
Today’s theme:
Who made you judge?
Bible used for reading today:
Christian Standard Bible (Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers, 2020).
Other sources consulted, quoted, or mentioned today:
Crossway Bibles, The ESV Study Bible (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles, 2008).
♱♱♱
#ForTheHope’s Daily Audio Bible is a daily audio Bible (imagine that!) where we read through the Bible in a year, Monday through Saturday. Sundays and special days have short “reflections.”
More accurately, we go 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).
Follow him on Twitter -- @RogerCourville and @JoinForTheHope – or his blog: www.forthehope.org.
#1831: Acts 5:12-43 | Joshua 8-9
Relationship to wholes versus individuals
Today’s theme:
Relationship to wholes versus individuals
Bible used for reading today:
Christian Standard Bible (Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers, 2020).
Other sources consulted, quoted, or mentioned today:
Crossway Bibles, The ESV Study Bible (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles, 2008).
♱♱♱
#ForTheHope’s Daily Audio Bible is a daily audio Bible (imagine that!) where we read through the Bible in a year, Monday through Saturday. Sundays and special days have short “reflections.”
More accurately, we go 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).
Follow him on Twitter -- @RogerCourville and @JoinForTheHope – or his blog: www.forthehope.org.
#1830: Acts 4:32-5:11 | Joshua 5-7
Money and death…
Today’s theme:
Money and death…
Bible used for reading today:
Christian Standard Bible (Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers, 2020).
Other sources consulted, quoted, or mentioned today:
Crossway Bibles, The ESV Study Bible (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles, 2008).
David E. Garland, Acts, ed. Mark L. Strauss and John H. Walton, Teach the Text Commentary Series (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books: A Division of Baker Publishing Group, 2017).
♱♱♱
#ForTheHope’s Daily Audio Bible is a daily audio Bible (imagine that!) where we read through the Bible in a year, Monday through Saturday. Sundays and special days have short “reflections.”
More accurately, we go 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).
Follow him on Twitter -- @RogerCourville and @JoinForTheHope – or his blog: www.forthehope.org.
#1829: Acts 4:1-31 | Joshua 3-4 | PSalm 143
People in power try to hang on to power…
Today’s theme:
People in power try to hang on to power...
Bible used for reading today:
Christian Standard Bible (Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers, 2020).
Other sources consulted, quoted, or mentioned today:
Crossway Bibles, The ESV Study Bible (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles, 2008).
Kenneth O. Gangel, Joshua, ed. Max Anders, Holman Old Testament Commentary (B&H Publishing Group, 2002), 57.
David E. Garland, Acts, ed. Mark L. Strauss and John H. Walton, Teach the Text Commentary Series (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books: A Division of Baker Publishing Group, 2017), 41.
♱♱♱
#ForTheHope’s Daily Audio Bible is a daily audio Bible (imagine that!) where we read through the Bible in a year, Monday through Saturday. Sundays and special days have short “reflections.”
More accurately, we go 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).
Follow him on Twitter -- @RogerCourville and @JoinForTheHope – or his blog: www.forthehope.org.
Sunday Reflection: Consequences (Acts 3:22-23)
A Rubik's Cube is like life...how?
A Rubik's Cube is like life...how?
#ForTheHope’s go-to Bible translation:
Christian Standard Bible (Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers, 2020).
Other sources and references used today:
David E. Garland, Acts, ed. Mark L. Strauss and John H. Walton, Teach the Text Commentary Series (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books: A Division of Baker Publishing Group, 2017), 42.
♱♱♱
“Reflections” happen on Sundays and special occasions. They’re shorter than what we do Monday through Saturday when we spend ~20 minutes a day (reading 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.