TODAY’S DAILY READING: Deuteronomy 25-26 & Acts 1
Old Testament: Deuteronomy 25- Forty Lashes
Deuteronomy 25:3
“Forty blows he may give him and no more, lest he should exceed this and beat him with many blows above these, and your brother be humiliated in your sight.”
A man, condemned of certain crimes, was to be beaten as a form of punishment and humiliation. The beating was reserved for the wicked, while the righteous were exonerated. Years later, a “Kangaroo Court” met in Israel, … Read More
Deuteronomy 26- A Great Nation
Deuteronomy 26:5
“And you shall answer and say before the Lord your God: “My father was a Syrian, about to perish, and he went down to Egypt and dwelt there, few in number; and there he became a nation, great, mighty, and populous.’“
The story of Abraham is the… Read More
New Testament: Acts 1- All He Began To Do
Acts 1:1
“The former account I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach, . . .”
The book of Acts is a sequel to the Gospel account, written by Luke. He declares, in this opening verse, the purpose for writing the Gospel account and the book of Acts. He states that the Gospel… Read More
Jim Gallagher 