Thinking Theologian

Podcast Episode 474 Today’s Reading, Mark 6-7 Title: Rest Is Necessary For Continued Ministry Focal Scripture: Mark 6:31 “He said to them, “Come away by yourselves to a remote place and rest for a while.” For many people were coming and going, and they did not even have time to eat.” Tomorrow, I plan on reading Mark 8-9

Podcast Episode 473 Today’s Reading, Mark 4-5 Title: Be A Sower of the Word    Focal Scripture: Mark 4:3 “Listen! Consider the sower who went out to sow.” Tomorrow, I plan on reading Mark 6-7

Podcast Episode 472 Today’s Reading, Mark 1-3 Title: Angry and Grieved At Their Hearts   Focal Scripture: Mark 3:5 “After looking around at them with anger, he was grieved atthe hardness of their hearts and told the man, “Stretch out your hand.” So he stretched it out, and his hand was restored.” Tomorrow, I plan on reading Mark 4-5

Podcast Episode 471 Today’s Reading, Matthew 27-28 Title: Jesus Gives Peace And Direction Focal Scripture: Matthew 28:10 “Then Jesus told them, “Do not be afraid. Go and tell my brothers to leave for Galilee, and they will see me there.” Tomorrow, I plan on reading Mark 1-3

Podcast Episode 470 Today’s Reading, Matthew 26 Title: We Are All A Moment Away From Failure   Focal Scripture: Matthew 26:34 “Truly I tell you,” Jesus said to him, “tonight, before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times.” Tomorrow, I plan on reading Matthew 27-28

Podcast Episode 469 Today’s Reading, Matthew 24-25 Title: False Prophets Will Come to Lead People Away   Focal Scripture: Matthew 24:24 “For false messiahs and false prophets will arise andperform great signs and wonders to lead astray, if possible, even the elect.” Tomorrow, I plan on reading Matthew 26

Podcast Episode 468 Today’s Reading, Matthew 22-23 Title: Woe to Those Who Are Hypocrites Focal Scripture: Matthew 23:27 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You are likewhitewashed tombs, which appear beautiful on the outside, but inside are full of the bones of the dead and every kind of impurity.” Tomorrow, I plan on reading Matthew 24-25

Podcast Episode 467 Today’s Reading, Matthew 20-21 Title: A House Of Prayer Focal Scripture: Matthew 21:3 “He said to them, “It is written, my house will be called a house of prayer, but you are makingit a den of thieves!” Tomorrow, I plan on reading Matthew 22-23

Podcast Episode 466 Today’s Reading, Matthew 17-19 Title: Jesus Meets Our Needs Focal Scripture: Matthew 17:7 “Jesus came up, touched them, and said, “Get up; don’t be afraid.” Tomorrow, I plan on reading Matthew 20-21

Podcast Episode 465 Today’s Reading, Matthew 14-16 Title: Who Do You Say The Lord Is? Focal Scripture: Matthew 16:15 “But you,” he asked them, “who do you say that I am?” Tomorrow, I plan on reading Matthew 17-19

Podcast Episode 464 Today’s Reading, Matthew 13 Title: Being Rejected by Those Who Should Know You the Best Focal Scripture: Matthew 13:57 “And they were offended by him. Jesus said to them, “Aprophet is not without honor except in his hometown and in his household.” Tomorrow, I plan on reading Matthew 14-16

Podcast Episode 463 Today’s Reading, Matthew 11-12 Title: Every Word We Speak Matters Focal Scripture: Matthew 12:36 “I tell you that on the day of judgment people will have to account for every careless word they speak.” Tomorrow, I plan on reading Matthew 13

Podcast Episode 462 Today’s Reading, Matthew 9-10 Title: Hated Because of the Name of Jesus   Focal Scripture: Matthew 10:22 “You will be hated by everyone because of my name. But theone who endures to the end will be saved.” Tomorrow, I plan on reading Matthew 11-12

Podcast Episode 461 Today’s Reading, Matthew 7-8 Title: Amaze Jesus With Your Faith   Focal Scripture: Matthew 8:10 “Hearing this, Jesus was amazed and said to those followinghim, “Truly I tell you, I have not found anyone in Israel with so great a faith.” Tomorrow, I plan on reading Matthew 9-10

Podcast Episode 460 - Today’s Reading, Matthew 5-6 Title: Powerful Prayers Focal Scripture: Matthew 6:6 “But when you pray, go into your private room, shut your door, and pray to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.” Tomorrow, I plan onreading Matthew 7-8

Podcast Episode 459 Today’s Reading, Matthew 1-4 Title: The Message of Jesus Focal Scripture: Matthew 4:17 “From then on Jesus began to preach, “Repent, because thekingdom of heaven has come near.” Tomorrow, I plan on reading Matthew 5-6

Podcast Episode 458 Today’s Reading, Malachi 1-4 Title: The Speech of a Priest Focal Scripture: Malachi 2:7 “For the lips of a priest should guard knowledge, and peopleshould desire instruction from his mouth, because he is the messenger of the Lord of Armies.” Tomorrow, I plan on reading Matthew 1-4

Podcast Episode 457 Today’s Reading, Zechariah 8-14 Title: The One Who Was Pierced Focal Scripture: Zechariah 12:10 ““Then I will pour out a spirit of grace and prayer on the house of David and the residents of Jerusalem, and they will look at me whom they pierced. They will mourn for himas one mourns for an only child and weep bitterly for him as one weeps for a firstborn.” Tomorrow, I plan on re...

Podcast Episode 456 Today’s Reading, Zechariah 1-7 Title: Show Compassion To One Another, Show Faithful Love& Make Fair Decisions Focal Scripture: Zechariah 7:9 “The Lord of Armies says this: ‘Make fair decisions. Showfaithful love and compassion to one another.” Tomorrow, I plan on reading Zechariah 8-14

Podcast Episode 455 Today’s Reading, Haggai 1-2 Title: The House of the Lord Matters Focal Scripture: Haggai 1:4 ““Is it a time for you yourselves to live in your paneled houses, while this house lies in ruins?”” Tomorrow, I plan on reading Zechariah 1-7

Podcast Episode 454 Today’s Reading, Habakkuk 1-3 & Zephaniah 1-3 Title: Be Amazed By The Lord   Focal Scripture: Habakkuk 1:5 “Look at the nations and observe  — be utterly astounded! For I am doing something in your days that you will not believe when you hear about it.” Tomorrow, I plan on reading Haggai 1-2

Podcast Episode 453 Today’s Reading, Nahum 1-3 Title: Great In Power and Slow to Anger Focal Scripture: Nahum 1:3 “The Lord is slow to anger but great in power; the Lord willnever leave the guilty unpunished. His path is in the whirlwind and storm, and clouds are the dust beneath his feet.” Tomorrow, I plan on reading Habakkuk 1-3 & Zephaniah 1-3

Podcast Episode 452 Today’s Reading, Micah 1-7 Title: False Prophets Judged Focal Scripture: Micah 3:5 “This is what the Lord says concerning the prophets who leadmy people astray, who proclaim peace when they have food to sink their teeth into but declare war against the one who puts nothing in their mouths.” Tomorrow, I plan on reading Nahum 1-3

Podcast Episode 451 Today’s Reading, Jonah 1-4   Title: Preach His Message to the People Focal Scripture: Jonah 3:4 “Jonah set out on the first day of his walk in the city and proclaimed, “In forty days Nineveh will be demolished!”   Tomorrow, I plan on reading Micah 1-7

Podcast Episode 450 Today’s Reading, Amos 6-9 & Obadiah 1 Title: A Famine Over The Word of the Lord Focal Scripture: Amos 8:11 “Look, the days are coming — this is the declaration of the Lord God  — when I will send a famine through the land: not a famine of bread or a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord.” Tomorrow, I plan on reading Jonah 1-4