Today we see eight seemingly disconnected Psalms by David, but it seems as though they are connected in a deep way. The very issues that David cries out to God over in one Psalm are answered in his praise in another. This is the way our faith works. As we continue to seek God he continues to show us more and more of himself, and we are transformed. Episode Links: Chronicles: Overview - The Bible Project - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HR7xaHv3Ias General Links: Support this Podcast! - https://...
Apr 22, 2021•28 min•Season 1Ep. 112
Everyone is scheming and positioning themselves for the kingdom, but the rightful king is looking for peace and order. Maybe that's what made him a good king, not too much ambition. Episode Links: 2 Samuel: Overview - The Bible Project - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvoWDXNDJgs General Links: Support this Podcast! - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dbrpodcast Daily Bible Reading Homepage - https://anchor.fm/dailybiblereading Find us on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkYa0enE6UtdbltMQv...
Apr 21, 2021•34 min•Season 1Ep. 111
These Psalms are seven of the Psalms of Ascent, a set of songs to be sung by worshippers on their way to the temple for the three annual feasts. They are a good way to set the stage for our own worship, like a spiritual reset button. Episode Links: 2 Samuel: Overview - The Bible Project - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvoWDXNDJgs General Links: Support this Podcast! - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dbrpodcast Daily Bible Reading Homepage - https://anchor.fm/dailybiblereading Find us on YouTube -...
Apr 20, 2021•24 min•Season 1Ep. 110
Sorry, today's episode is a little long. We finish up the book of 1 Samuel and it was a good day to reflect back on the life and missteps of Saul in comparison to David. Their biggest difference relates to their relationship to God's holiness and that is on full display not just in the story but also in Psalm 18. Episode Links: 1 Samuel: Overview - The Bible Project - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJOju5Dw0V0 What is Sheol? - https://www.desiringgod.org/articles/what-is-sheol General Links: Su...
Apr 19, 2021•40 min•Season 1Ep. 109
Today's reading brings us to four more Psalms that were likely written by David during this period of fleeing from Saul. Episode Links: Christ-Centered Journey with Daniel Shipton - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/christ-centered-journey/id1490956904?uo=4 General Links: Support this Podcast! - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dbrpodcast Daily Bible Reading Homepage - https://anchor.fm/dailybiblereading Find us on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkYa0enE6UtdbltMQvUpVLw Resources: Cus...
Apr 18, 2021•20 min
We are surrounded by conflict every day. We have a choice of whether to be foolish and run headfirst into trouble like we often seen Saul or David do. Today, we see the most reckless and foolish character of 1st Samuel, Nabal. He picks a fight that he can't win and his wife Abigail comes to the rescue to save him by being like Jesus and making peace. Episode Links: 1 Samuel: Overview - The Bible Project - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJOju5Dw0V0 General Links: Support this Podcast! - https://...
Apr 17, 2021•29 min•Season 1Ep. 107
Though David has been chosen as the next King, that did not keep him from hardships. Today's Psalms are written during a low point of David's life when he was struggling to believe the truth of what God has declared. We often find ourselves there too. Episode Links: Psalms: Overview - The Bible Project - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9phNEaPrv8 General Links: Support this Podcast! - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dbrpodcast Daily Bible Reading Homepage - https://anchor.fm/dailybiblereading Find...
Apr 16, 2021•22 min•Season 1Ep. 106
It is a day full of songs, but these songs are full of lament and pleading before God for deliverance. Not exactly what you might hear on your contemporary Christian radio station. Episode Links: How to Read the Bible: Psalms - The Bible Project - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpny22k_7uk General Links: Support this Podcast! - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dbrpodcast Daily Bible Reading Homepage - https://anchor.fm/dailybiblereading Find us on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkYa0enE...
Apr 15, 2021•29 min•Season 1Ep. 105
David is on the run. For being the chosen one it sure does seem like life is hard. Maybe God doesn't want us to have our best life while we are in exile. Maybe our hope should be elsewhere. Episode Links: 1 Samuel: Overview - The Bible Project - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJOju5Dw0V0 General Links: Support this Podcast! - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dbrpodcast Daily Bible Reading Homepage - https://anchor.fm/dailybiblereading Find us on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkYa0enE6U...
Apr 14, 2021•23 min•Season 1Ep. 104
As David has success, he is met with love and admiration from some and violence and animosity from others. Episode Links: 1 Samuel: Overview - The Bible Project - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJOju5Dw0V0 Were David and Jonathan Lovers? - https://www.crossway.org/articles/were-david-and-jonathan-lovers/ General Links: Support this Podcast! - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dbrpodcast Daily Bible Reading Homepage - https://anchor.fm/dailybiblereading Find us on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/ch...
Apr 13, 2021•32 min
How can an unchanging God change his mind? Does a perfect God have regrets? Those are deep questions and we look at them in our text today along with a comparison of the hearts of the first two kings through the lens of David's killing of Goliath. Episode Links: 1 Samuel: Overview - The Bible Project - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJOju5Dw0V0 General Links: Support this Podcast! - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dbrpodcast Daily Bible Reading Homepage - https://anchor.fm/dailybiblereading Find u...
Apr 12, 2021•33 min•Season 1Ep. 102
We can learn from Saul how not to deal with stress and how not to wait on God. Saul misses the mark here and is promised that the kingship will be given to another. Episode Links: 1 Samuel: Overview - The Bible Project - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJOju5Dw0V0 Christ-Centered Journey - Daniel Shipton - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/christ-centered-journey/id1490956904?uo=4 General Links: Support this Podcast! - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dbrpodcast Daily Bible Reading Homepage - ht...
Apr 11, 2021•25 min•Season 1Ep. 101
Samuel anoints Saul to Kingship over Israel. Things are looking up, but Samuel warns them of the problems with a king and how it is a burden while the LORD a good fountain of living water. It's time to drink up. Episode Links: 1 Samuel: Overview - The Bible Project - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJOju5Dw0V0 General Links: Support this Podcast! - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dbrpodcast Daily Bible Reading Homepage - https://anchor.fm/dailybiblereading Find us on YouTube - https://www.youtube.c...
Apr 10, 2021•29 min•Season 1Ep. 100
What is the difference between a healthy relationship with God and empty religion that seeks to use God for our own ends? In this passage, we see the Israelites and the Philistines undercutting the true nature and power of God and attempting to use his throne as a weapon. When they realize that he is not able to be wielded like a weapon, they turn further from him and request a king so they can be like everyone else when God has called them to be holy. Episode Links: 1 Samuel: Overview - The Bib...
Apr 09, 2021•30 min•Season 1Ep. 99
Episode Links: 1 Samuel: Overview - The Bible Project - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJOju5Dw0V0 General Links: Support this Podcast! - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dbrpodcast Daily Bible Reading Homepage - https://anchor.fm/dailybiblereading Find us on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkYa0enE6UtdbltMQvUpVLw Resources: Customizable Google Sheets Reading Plan - http://bit.ly/DBRPlan Chronological Reading Plan PDF (starting January 1, 2021) - http://bit.ly/DBRPlanpdf Connect with us:...
Apr 08, 2021•26 min•Season 1Ep. 99
The book of Ruth is a beautiful story of redemption and unconditional love. It shows us the sovereignty of God in the small and large things of life. Episode Links: Ruth: Overview - The Bible Project - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0h1eoBeR4Jk General Links: Support this Podcast! - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dbrpodcast Daily Bible Reading Homepage - https://anchor.fm/dailybiblereading Find us on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkYa0enE6UtdbltMQvUpVLw Resources: Customizable Google...
Apr 07, 2021•35 min•Season 1Ep. 97
As we end our journey through the book of Judges, we reach the dark and sorrowful ending of the book that can only leave us shaking our head at how far these chosen people of God have fallen and longing for a good judge and a righteous king who can lead these people who are blind to their own sin. Episode Links: Judges: Overview - The Bible Project - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOYy8iCfIJ4 General Links: Support this Podcast! - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dbrpodcast Daily Bible Reading Home...
Apr 06, 2021•33 min•Season 1Ep. 96
As we continue the downward slide of the people of God in Judges, and people are doing whatever is right in their own eyes, we see the end of Samson's life and we actually get a glimpse of a better judge in Jesus through the death of Samson. Episode Links: Judges: Overview - The Bible Project - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOYy8iCfIJ4 General Links: Support this Podcast! - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dbrpodcast Daily Bible Reading Homepage - https://anchor.fm/dailybiblereading Find us on You...
Apr 05, 2021•29 min•Season 1Ep. 95
We've all heard the story of Samson. It's the stuff of Sunday School stories, but Samson is not a good guy. He's a hot head and is guided by his passions. However, he should be a reminder to us of the way that God saves. It is not for our sake but for his. Episode Links: Judges: Overview - The Bible Project - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOYy8iCfIJ4 General Links: Support this Podcast! - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dbrpodcast Daily Bible Reading Homepage - https://anchor.fm/dailybiblereading...
Apr 04, 2021•24 min•Season 1Ep. 94
What are we to make of Jephthah's vow to sacrifice his daughter? Is there a better way to read it? What is the deeper lesson? Episode Links: Rethinking Jephthah's Foolish Vow - https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/rethinking-jephthah-foolish-vow/ Judges: Overview - The Bible Project - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOYy8iCfIJ4 General Links: Support this Podcast! - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dbrpodcast Daily Bible Reading Homepage - https://anchor.fm/dailybiblereading Find us on YouTube...
Apr 03, 2021•31 min•Season 1Ep. 93
Cowardice and pride are two sides of the same coin. Gideon flipped from one to the other today. In Christ, we can live life on the edge. Episode Links: Judges: Overview - The Bible Project - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOYy8iCfIJ4 General Links: Support this Podcast! - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dbrpodcast Daily Bible Reading Homepage - https://anchor.fm/dailybiblereading Find us on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkYa0enE6UtdbltMQvUpVLw Resources: Customizable Google Sheets Rea...
Apr 02, 2021•30 min•Season 1Ep. 92
A doubting coward is transformed into a mighty man of valor. God rarely calls the equipped, he prefers to equip the called because it serves to show his power and his glory to his servants and to a watching world. Episode Links: Judges: Overview - The Bible Project - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOYy8iCfIJ4 General Links: Support this Podcast! - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dbrpodcast Daily Bible Reading Homepage - https://anchor.fm/dailybiblereading Find us on YouTube - https://www.youtube.c...
Apr 01, 2021•35 min•Season 1Ep. 91
In today's text, we see the first 3 (or 4) judges including a humorous story about a very fat king, a southpaw warrior, a fierce man with an ox goad, and a fierce woman with a tent peg. Episode Links: Judges: Overview - The Bible Project - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOYy8iCfIJ4 General Links: Support this Podcast! - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dbrpodcast Daily Bible Reading Homepage - https://anchor.fm/dailybiblereading Find us on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkYa0enE6UtdbltM...
Mar 31, 2021•33 min•Season 1Ep. 90
As we begin the book of Judges, we see the failure of the Israelites to fully remove the Canaanites. They compromise, then forget about God altogether. This begins a cycle of ever more pitiful judges who fail to fully bring the people of Israel into peace and obedience. Episode Links: Judges: Overview - The Bible Project - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOYy8iCfIJ4 General Links: Support this Podcast! - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dbrpodcast Daily Bible Reading Homepage - https://anchor.fm/dai...
Mar 30, 2021•24 min•Season 1Ep. 89
Today we end the book of Joshua and see a near civil war averted through calm diplomacy and faithful worship. Joshua renews the covenant with the people and we look forward to the New Covenant that is not like the old covenant made with their fathers. Episode Links: Promised Land Tribe Map - HERE Joshua: Overview - The Bible Project - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqOqJlFF_eU General Links: Support this Podcast! - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dbrpodcast Daily Bible Reading Homepage - https://a...
Mar 29, 2021•36 min•Season 1Ep. 88
God fulfills his promises to the tribes to give them the land, to drive their enemies out, and to secure their borders. But Simeon and Levi are reminded of the curse of Jacob. Episode Links: Promised Land Tribe Map - HERE Joshua: Overview - The Bible Project - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqOqJlFF_eU General Links: Support this Podcast! - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dbrpodcast Daily Bible Reading Homepage - https://anchor.fm/dailybiblereading Find us on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/chan...
Mar 28, 2021•23 min•Season 1Ep. 87
The Gezerites, the Canaanites, and the Jebusites continue to plague the Israelites for generations because they don't get rid of them. Instead, they treat them like their pets and think that they have them under control. You do not have your sin under control. It is a tiger that will bite your face off if it gets the opportunity. Don't give it that opportunity, put it to death. Episode Links: Joshua: Overview - The Bible Project - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqOqJlFF_eU General Links: Suppor...
Mar 27, 2021•26 min•Season 1Ep. 86
We begin the division of the land after the kings are defeated, and Caleb claims what God had promised him for his wholehearted devotion to God. This shows us the difference between relying on God's providence and trusting and claiming his promises in Jesus. Episode Links: Joshua: Overview - The Bible Project - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqOqJlFF_eU General Links: Support this Podcast! - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dbrpodcast Daily Bible Reading Homepage - https://anchor.fm/dailybiblereadi...
Mar 26, 2021•31 min•Season 1Ep. 85
The Gibeonites sneak into the community and Joshua takes the land and brings an end to war. What place does violence have in the Old Testament? Is God a monster for calling for the annihilation of these tribes? Episode Links: Joseph: Overview - The Bible Project - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqOqJlFF_eU General Links: Support this Podcast! - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dbrpodcast Daily Bible Reading Homepage - https://anchor.fm/dailybiblereading Find us on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/...
Mar 25, 2021•33 min•Season 1Ep. 84
A Circumcision party, The First Passover, the Commander of the Lord's Army, all before Jericho's walls come tumbling down while a greedy man tried to steal from God. Don't stop fighting sin and don't stop making sure that you are taking each step in faith. Episode Links: Joshua: Overview - The Bible Project - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqOqJlFF_eU General Links: Support this Podcast! - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dbrpodcast Daily Bible Reading Homepage - https://anchor.fm/dailybiblereading...
Mar 24, 2021•34 min•Season 1Ep. 83
