Closer Day By Day

] Today we are starting on a journey through the history of Israel, looking at the kings of both the Northern (Israel) and the Southern (Judah) kingdoms. The chart above gives us a quick glance at the 4 chapters we are reading today, of the kings of Israel and Judah, with the year in which [...]

Last week in our reading of Leviticus, we were introduced to 3 different kinds of offerings – burnt offering, cereal or grain offering and peace offering.  Today, we continue our look at another couple of offerings as we continue our journey through Leviticus. I understand that there was some problem in reading last week’s blog [...]

Continuing with our reading of Ephesians, we conclude the epistle by reading chapters 4 – 6 today. Bible Passage:  Ephesians 4-6 Recollecting… Today’s reading is not a difficult read because of the nature of the 3 chapters here being very practical and applicable. As mentioned previously, Paul has a manner of writing that is both [...]

If your Bible is one with the words of Jesus highlighted in red, you would have noticed that the bulk of today’s reading comes from Jesus Himself. As I was reading it, I imagined myself right there before the Lord, following Him whenever He goes, and listening as He speaks. I can’t help but grew [...]

Today, we raise the curtains on a new book. This is something I find very exciting because to me, it is akin to watching a play opening and unfolding. This is especially so for today’s book because its protagonist is a prophet whose life can be said to be a play depicting the further tragedy [...]

I was telling a friend about the Bible Seminars and Theological Seminars conducted in our church for students and youths.  And he could not believe that our members would be willing to site through lectures lasting between 1 to 3 weeks at a stretch.  For him and in his church, 3 days seems to be [...]

I was sharing with the Youth Theological Students that I have a ‘bagful’ of hymns and Christian songs which I keep close to my heart.  And at different circumstances and times of my life, I would be able to reach into this bag and pull out an appropriate hymn or song to raise my spirit, [...]

Human being is limited by time; we cannot go back to any specific era or time to see what happened then, so we need to read the recorded histories in words printed onto the pages of the books to know the past. So as we read the histories in the Bible, with a flip of [...]

We now move onto the 3rd book of the Bible – Leviticus. Most of the things recorded in this book involves the Levites and hence the name of the book. The whole book records events that happened within a month of so and it was written roughly 5 months after the Israelites had left Mount [...]

Our reading programme brings us to Ephesians 1 – 3 today: Let’s read…. Bible Passage:  Ephesians 1-3 In a quick summary, Ephesians can be read in two readings because of a simple two-way structure adopted by Paul. Once again, as with our previous reading of Galatians, we find here that chapters 1 – 3 make [...]