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2 Samuel 21-24, Psalm 84
Commuter Bible - June 05, 2024 04:05 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 310 ratingsNow that the account of King David has essentially come to a close, the author recording the account looks back on David’s life to record some of the events that happened during David’s lifetime that were not included in the chronological story line. These accounts include the execution of membe...
2 Samuel 18-20, Psalm 83
Commuter Bible - June 04, 2024 04:05 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 310 ratingsOn our last episode we followed the trajectory of David’s son Absalom, a handsome young man who had won the hearts of Israel by deception, telling those who came to King David that the king had no time for them. Absalom devises a coup to overthrow David, but his father catches wind of his plot a...
2 Samuel 15-17, Psalms 81-82
Commuter Bible - June 03, 2024 04:05 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 310 ratingsAfter killing his brother at a family dinner, Absalom fled to another country, and was only brought back after Joab convinced David to do so by way of a theatric analogy. Today, Absalom begins a plan to win the hearts of the people and turn Israel against his father, the king. Learning of this i...
2 Samuel 12-14, Psalm 80
Commuter Bible - May 31, 2024 04:05 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 310 ratingsWhen we last left King David, he had slept with another man’s wife, and when it came to light that she was pregnant, he designed a conspiracy to kill Uriah in order to cover up his own adultery. Today Nathan comes to David with a word from the Lord. Because of his sin, the Lord says that he will...
2 Samuel 9-11, Psalm 79
Commuter Bible - May 30, 2024 04:05 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 310 ratingsThroughout the Old Testament, we meet men of varying backgrounds who set out to obey the Lord and deliver God’s people. Time and again, God’s people rejoice and revel in their hero, but inevitably, these men fall and are shown to be sinful. There is none righteous, no not one. David is no except...
2 Samuel 5-8, Psalm 78
Commuter Bible - May 29, 2024 04:05 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 310 ratingsNow that David has been recognized as king, it’s time for him to begin to establish his kingdom. David consults the Lord before he goes into battle, and prioritizes the worship of the Lord as a matter of great importance. With much fanfare, he moves the ark of the covenant to Jerusalem, and wors...
2 Samuel 1-4, Psalm 77
Commuter Bible - May 28, 2024 04:05 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 310 ratingsAfter Saul’s death, an Amalekite man comes to David claiming that he is the one who killed Saul, thinking he will be rewarded for his deed since Saul pursued David for so long. To say that David is displeased with this report, however, is an understatement. After a period of mourning for the hou...
Philippians 1-4, Proverbs 31
Commuter Bible - May 24, 2024 04:05 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 310 ratingsPaul’s letter to the church at Philippi is full of love and instruction for the Lord’s church. He rejoices that the gospel is moving forward even while he is in prison, and encourages the church to endure suffering, to be united in love, and to serve one another sacrificially, looking to the Kin...
1 Samuel 26-31, Proverbs 30:18-33
Commuter Bible - May 23, 2024 04:05 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 310 ratingsToday, Saul set his sights on David once more, bringing three thousand men with him, but David again has compassion on him. David and his men defect from Israel and escape to Philistine territory, where the king gives him the city of Ziklag. Later, as Saul faces the Philistine armies, he becomes...
1 Samuel 23-25, Proverbs 30:1-17
Commuter Bible - May 22, 2024 04:05 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 310 ratingsIn a paranoid rage, Saul has slaughtered a city of priests and their families. One man has escaped from that raid and joined David’s ranks; his name is Abiathar and he has come with a priestly ephod in hand. At every turn, it seems that Saul is hot on David’s tail until, at long last, he unwitti...
1 Samuel 19-22, Proverbs 29:15-27
Commuter Bible - May 21, 2024 04:05 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 310 ratingsIn our last episode, King Saul’s jealousy and hatred for David began to grow as David successfully conquered the Philistines in battle time after time. Saul began plotting David’s demise, but his plans to see him killed were all foiled. Today, Saul’s rage becomes clear to everyone, and David fle...
1 Samuel 16-18, Proverbs 29:1-14
Commuter Bible - May 20, 2024 04:05 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 310 ratingsWhen the subject of a historical account like this one tells you the reason why he will be victorious before he achieves his victory, we should probably pay attention to that right? So often when someone references David & Goliath, they frame it as if it’s about a big guy versus small fry, and t...
1 Samuel 13-15, Proverbs 28:15-28
Commuter Bible - May 17, 2024 04:05 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 310 ratingsAt the end of our last episode, Saul had just been appointed as king in Gilgal. Samuel gave him instructions to wait for him there, but when he feels like he is pressed for time he assumes that it will be best to make the burnt offering himself. Saul, however, is not a part of the priesthood, an...
1 Samuel 9-12, Proverbs 28:1-14
Commuter Bible - May 16, 2024 04:05 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 310 ratingsIn our last episode, the nation of Israel asked an aging Samuel to appoint a king over them before his death. Samuel warned them about what a king would demand from them, but the people urged him all the more. Ultimately, the concern is not so much that they want a king, but that they were looki...
1 Samuel 5-8, Proverbs 27
Commuter Bible - May 15, 2024 04:05 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 310 ratingsWhen Israel went to battle against the Philistines they assumed that they could bring out the ark of the covenant to the battlefield, and that it’s presence would either oblige God to win the battle for them or that the object itself had some kind of mystical power. They were sorely mistaken, an...
1 Samuel 1-4, Proverbs 26:13-28
Commuter Bible - May 14, 2024 04:05 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 310 ratingsThe instructions that the Lord has given to his people concerning justice, holiness, and priesthood have all been shattered in the time of the judges. It seems like all is lost for Israel, but even here we can see foreshadows of the Christ who has yet to come. There is a woman incapable of havin...
Ephesians 1-6, Proverbs 26:1-12
Commuter Bible - May 13, 2024 04:05 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 310 ratingsAs we open Paul’s letter to the church at Ephesus it becomes immediately clear that Paul is overflowing with joy in Christ. The source and origin of this joy is Christ Himself, whom Paul notes as the one who is responsible for our salvation. Take note of how often Paul uses the phrase “In Him” o...
Ruth 1-4, Proverbs 25
Commuter Bible - May 10, 2024 04:05 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 310 ratingsIt seems like so much has been lost in the time of the judges, but the author of Ruth gives us a glimmer of hope. In a season of drought, a family leaves Israel and moves to Moab hoping to find relief, but instead they find sorrow. The wife, Naomi, becomes a widow without family to help her. Her...
Romans 13-16, Proverbs 24
Commuter Bible - May 09, 2024 04:05 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 310 ratingsThe call to love one another continues as Paul encourages church members not to quarrel over opinions. From one believer to the next, you’ll find that Christians have varying convictions about what is acceptable concerning things like dietary restrictions or celebration of particular days, and P...
Romans 9-12, Proverbs 23
Commuter Bible - May 08, 2024 04:05 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 310 ratings* Get 40% off the regular price of any CSB Bible at lifeway.com using code "COMMUTER24" When we consider that God “hardens hearts,” our minds may try to conceive of a defense for God or fight against the idea that the Lord would direct our steps in such a way. Paul recognizes this instinct and ...
Romans 5-8, Proverbs 22
Commuter Bible - May 07, 2024 04:05 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 310 ratingsTrue righteousness comes by faith in Jesus Christ, not by the works of the flesh. Paul has masterfully explained that Abraham is the father of all who come to faith in Christ, both Jew and Gentile, as by faith he received the promise before the institution of circumcision and then received circu...
Romans 1-4, Proverbs 21
Commuter Bible - May 06, 2024 04:05 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 310 ratingsPaul’s letter to the house churches of Rome is full of rich, theological truth, often presenting ideas that are both mind-boggling and comforting all at once. In today’s passage, Paul begins to present his case for a righteousness that comes by faith. He begins by explaining that the world rejec...
Judges 17-21
Commuter Bible - May 03, 2024 04:05 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 310 ratingsAt this point in the narrative of Judges, the Lord is surprisingly absent from the life of Israel. It seems like nobody knows how any of this covenant stuff works, even in the slightest. It becomes so bad that a Levite is involved in a scenario almost identical to that of Sodom & Gomorrah, only ...
Judges 13-16, Psalms 75-76
Commuter Bible - May 02, 2024 04:05 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 310 ratingsIn short, Samson is a picture of Israel in one person. Meant to be set apart and holy, he instead takes his vows and his God lightly, defiling himself over and over. A Nazirite was supposed avoid dead bodies, yet he eats honey from a lion’s carcass and uses a jawbone for a weapon. A Nazirite was...
Judges 8-9, Psalm 73
Commuter Bible - April 30, 2024 04:05 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 310 ratingsWhen we last left Gideon and his army, he had attacked the forces of Midian with 300 hundred men. Though he and his small band had already killed 120,000 men, there are still 15,000 left. We begin with a discussion between Gideon and the men of Ephraim who have just killed the two princes of Mid...
Joshua 10-13, Psalm 55-56
Commuter Bible - April 10, 2024 04:05 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 310 ratingsJoshua 10 – 1:10 . Joshua 11 – 10:37 . Joshua 12 – 15:04 . Joshua 13 – 18:53 . Psalm 55 – 24:13 . Psalm 56 – 27:20 . A coalition of nations conspires to fight against Israel when they hear that Joshua has defeated Jericho and Ai, and they gather together to surge against them. They a...
Deuteronomy 21-25, Psalm 46
Commuter Bible - April 01, 2024 04:05 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 310 ratingsDeuteronomy 21 - 1:17 . Deuteronomy 22 - 5:38 . Deuteronomy 23 - 11:56 . Deuteronomy 24 - 16:59 . Deuteronomy 25 - 21:11 . Psalm 46 - 23:33 . Our reading today contains some statutes that seem harsh, some that seem odd, and others that could easily be incorporated into daily interact...
Deuteronomy 16-20, Psalm 45
Commuter Bible - March 29, 2024 04:05 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 310 ratingsDeuteronomy 16 - 1:12 . Deuteronomy 17 - 6:12 . Deuteronomy 18 - 10:33 . Deuteronomy 19 - 15:16 . Deuteronomy 20 - 19:11 . Psalm 45 - 23:30 . Moses continues to speak to the Israelites before his impending death, reminding this new generation about the laws and statutes that have bee...
Deuteronomy 12-15, Psalm 44
Commuter Bible - March 28, 2024 04:05 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 310 ratingsDeuteronomy 12 - 1:10 . Deuteronomy 13 - 8:30 . Deuteronomy 14 - 12:23 . Deuteronomy 15 - 17:37 . Psalm 44 - 22:09 . There is a beautiful picture on display in the act of bringing a tenth of your produce to the Lord as an offering. The instructions given to Israel are that they should ...
Deuteronomy 8-11, Psalms 42-43
Commuter Bible - March 27, 2024 04:05 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 310 ratingsDeuteronomy 8 - 1:09 . Deuteronomy 9 - 4:40 . Deuteronomy 10 - 12:11 . Deuteronomy 11 - 17:22 . Psalm 42 - 22:56 . Psalm 43 - 25:04 . As Moses continues his prelude to a recounting of the Law to Israel’s next generation, he warns them against both idolatry and self-righteousness, whi...
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