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Week 30

Nehemiah, Esther, Daniel

Day 1

  • Nehemiah 4-6

  • Psalm 49

Day 2

  • Nehemiah 7-9

  • Psalm 50

Day 3

  • Nehemiah 10-11

  • Psalm 51

Day 4

  • Nehemiah 12-13

  • Psalm 52

Day 5

Watch our Read Scripture video on the book of Esther, which breaks down the literary design of the book and its flow of thought. In Esther, God providentially uses two exiled Israelites to rescue His people from certain doom, without any explicit mention of God or His activity!
  • Esther 1-5

  • Psalm 53

Day 6

  • Esther 6-10

  • Psalm 54

Day 7

Watch our Read Scripture video on the book of Daniel, which breaks down the literary design of the book and its flow of thought. The story of Daniel motivates faithfulness despite exile in Babylon. His visions offer hope that God will bring all nations under His rule.
  • Daniel 1-3

  • Psalm 55

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Week 29

Ezra, Nehemiah

Day 1

  • Ezekiel 37-39

  • Psalm 42

Day 2

  • Ezekiel 40-44 

  • Psalm 43

Day 3

  • Ezekiel 45-48

  • Psalm 44

Day 4

Watch our Read Scripture video on the prophetic books of Ezra and Nehemiah, which breaks down the literary design of each book's flow of thought. In these books, many Israelites return to Jerusalem after the exile and face some success alongside many spiritual and moral failures.
  • Ezra 1-3

  • Psalm 45

Day 5

  • Ezra 4-7

  • Psalm 46

Day 6

  • Ezra 8-10

  • Psalm 47

Day 7

  • Nehemiah 1-3

  • Psalm 48

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Week 28

Ezekiel

Day 1

  • Ezekiel 16-18

  • Psalm 35

Day 2

Exile is one of the core, yet often overlooked, themes underlying the entire Biblical storyline. In this video, we'll see how Israel's exile to Babylon is a picture of all humanity's exile from Eden. As you might guess, Jesus is the one to open the way back home.
  • Ezekiel 19-21

  • Psalm 36

Day 3

  • Ezekiel 22-24

  • Psalm 37

Day 4

  • Ezekiel 25-27

  • Psalm 38

Day 5

  • Ezekiel 28-30

  • Psalm 39

Day 6

Watch our Read Scripture video on the second part of the book of Ezekiel, which breaks down the literary design of the book and its flow of thought. Among the exiles in Babylon, Ezekiel shows that Israel deserved this judgment, and also that God's justice creates hope for the future.
  • Ezekiel 31-33

  • Psalm 40

Day 7

  • Ezekiel 34-36

  • Psalm 41

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Week 27

Lamentations, Ezekiel

Day 1

Watch our Read Scripture video on the book of Lamentations, which breaks down the literary design of the book and its flow of thought. The book itself is a collection of five funeral poems offered on behalf of Jerusalem after its destruction by Babylon.
  • Lamentations 1-2

  • Psalm 25

Day 2

  • Lamentations  3 

  • Psalm 29

Day 3

  • Lamentations  4-5

  • Psalm 30

Day 4

Watch our Read Scripture video on the first part of the book of Ezekiel, which breaks down the literary design of the book and its flow of thought. Among the exiles in Babylon, Ezekiel shows that Israel deserved this judgment, and also that God's justice creates hope for the future.
  • Ezekiel 1-4

  • Psalm 31

Day 5

  • Ezekiel 5-8

  • Psalm 32

Day 6

  • Ezekiel 9-12

  • Psalm 33

Day 7

  • Ezekiel 13-15

  • Psalm 34

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Week 26

Jeremiah

Day 1

  • Jeremiah 30-32

  • Psalm 21

Day 2

  • Jeremiah 33-36

  • Psalm 22

Day 3

  • Jeremiah 37-39

  • Psalm 23

Day 4

"Peace" is a very common word in English, that means different things to different people. It's also a very important word in the Bible that refers not only to the absence of conflict but also to the presence of something else. In this video, we'll explore the core meaning of biblical peace and how it all leads to Jesus.
  • Jeremiah 40-44

  • Psalm 24

Day 5

  • Jeremiah 45-48

  • Psalm 25

Day 6

  • Jeremiah 49-50

  • Psalm 26

Day 7

  • Jeremiah 51-52

  • Psalm 27

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Week 25

Jeremiah

Day 1

  • Jeremiah 4-6

  • Psalm 14

Day 2

  • Jeremiah 7-9

  • Psalm 15

Day 3

  • Jeremiah 10-13

  • Psalm 16

Day 4

"Justice" is a felt need in our world today and a controversial topic. But what is justice, exactly, and who gets to define it? In this video, we'll explore the biblical theme of Justice and discover how it's deeply rooted in the story-line of the Bible that leads to Jesus.
  • Jeremiah 14-17

  • Psalm 17

Day 5

  • Jeremiah 18-22

  • Psalm 18

Day 6

  • Jeremiah 23-25

  • Psalm 19

Day 7

  • Jeremiah 26-29

  • Psalm 20

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Week 24

Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs

Day 1

  • Proverbs 28-31

  • Psalm 7

Day 2

Watch our Read Scripture video on the book of Ecclesiastes, which breaks down the literary design of the book and its flow of thought. This book forces us to face death and random chance, and the challenges they pose to a naive belief in God's goodness.
  • Ecclesiastes 1-4 

  • Psalm 8

Day 3

  • Ecclesiastes 5-8

  • Psalm 9

Day 4

In this book we hear the skeptical voice of "the teacher." He observes that living by the book of Proverbs doesn't always bring positive results. Sometimes life is hard and defies neat explanations. How do you live with that tension, and still strive for wisdom? Ecclesiastes is the second of the three biblical wisdom books.
  • Ecclesiastes 9-12

  • Psalm 10

Day 5

Watch our Read Scripture video on the book of Song of Songs, which breaks down the literary design of the book and its flow of thought. The Song of Songs is a collection of ancient Israelite love poems that celebrate the beauty and power of God's gift of love and sexual desire.
  • Song of Songs 1-4

  • Psalm 11

Day 6

  • Song of Songs 5-8

  • Psalm 12

Day 7

Watch our Read Scripture video on the book of Jeremiah, which breaks down the literary design of the book and its flow of thought. Jeremiah announces that God will judge Israel's sins with an exile to Babylon. And then, he lives through the horror of his predictions.
  • Jeremiah 1-3

  • Psalm 13

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Week 23

Proverbs

Watch our Read Scripture video on the book of Proverbs, which breaks down the literary design of the book and its flow of thought. The book of Proverbs invites people to live with wisdom and in the fear of the Lord in order to experience the good life.

Day 1

  • Proverbs 7-9

  • Psalm 150

Day 2

  • Proverbs 10-12

  • Psalm 1

Day 3

  • Proverbs 13-15

  • Psalm 2

Day 4

  • Proverbs 16-18

  • Psalm 3

Day 5

  • Proverbs 19-21

  • Psalm 4

Day 6

  • Proverbs 22-24

  • Psalm 5

Day 7

  • Proverbs 28-31

  • Psalm 6

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Week 22

Job, psalms

Day 1

How do you trust God even when life isn't fair and you suffer for no good reason? Job's story invites us to consider what it means that God runs the world by wisdom, and how this truth can bring peace in dark times.
  • Job 32-34

  • Psalm 143

Day 2

  • Job 35-37

  • Psalm 144

Day 3

  • Job 38-39

  • Psalm 145

Day 4

  • Job 40-42

  • Psalm 146

Day 5

Watch our Read Scripture video on the book of Psalms, which breaks down the literary design of the book and its flow of thought. The book of Psalms has been designed to be the prayer book of God's people as they wait for the Messiah and his coming kingdom.
  • Psalms 1-2

  • Psalm 147

Day 6

Watch our Read Scripture video on the book of Proverbs, which breaks down the literary design of the book and its flow of thought. The book of Proverbs invites people to live with wisdom and in the fear of the Lord in order to experience the good life.
  • Proverbs 1-3

  • Psalm 148

Day 7

  • Proverbs 4-6

  • Psalm 149

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Week 21

Job

Day 1

  • Job 4-7

  • Psalm 136

Day 2

  • Job 8-11

  • Psalm 137

Day 3

  • Job 12-15

  • Psalm 138

Day 4

Episode 4 explores the unique literary style of the Bible that is meant to draw its readers into a lifelong journey of reading and meditation. The Bible is designed as a multi-layered work, offering new levels of insight as you re-read it and allow each part to help you understand every other part.
  • Job 16-19

  • Psalm 139

Day 5

  • Job 20-23

  • Psalm 140

Day 6

  • Job 24-28

  • Psalm 141

Day 7

  • Job 29-31

  • Psalm 142

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