Our Daily Bread

Topic:Chosen to Forgive Bible in a Year: 2 Chronicles 17–18 John 13:1–20 Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing. Luke 1:76–79 As a middle-schooler, Patrick Ireland first sensed God had chosen him for something. But what? Later as a survivor of the horrific Columbine (Colorado) …

Topic:Needing His Leading Bible in a Year: 2 Chronicles 15–16 John 12:27–50 From the ends of the earth I call to you. Psalm 61 Uncle Zaki was more than a friend to scholar Kenneth Bailey; he was his trusted guide on challenging excursions into the vast Sahara. By following Uncle …

Topic:Easy Does It Bible in a Year: 2 Chronicles 13–14 John 12:1–26 It is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose. Philippians 2:12–18 My father and I used to fell trees and cut them to size with a two-man crosscut …

Topic:The Maker of the Moon Bible in a Year: 2 Chronicles 7–9 John 11:1–29  “I will be their God and they will be my people.” Jeremiah 31:33–37 After astronauts set the Eagle down in the Sea of Tranquility, Neil Armstrong said, “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap …

Topic:Good Measure Bible in a Year: 2 Chronicles 4–6 John 10:24–42 Give, and it will be given to you. Luke 6:32–38 At a gas station one day, Staci encountered a woman who had left home without her bank card. Stranded with her baby, she was asking passersby for help. Although …

Topic:Why Me? Bible in a Year: 2 Chronicles 1–3 John 10:1–23 Why have you made me your target? Have I become a burden to you? Job 7:17–21 The Book of Odds says that one in a million people are struck by lightning. It also says that one in 25,000 experiences …

Topic:Sweeter Than Honey Bible in a Year: 1 Chronicles 28–29 John 9:24–41 Gracious words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones. Proverbs 16:1–2, 21–24 His topic was racial tension. Yet the speaker remained calm and collected. Standing on stage before a large audience, he spoke …

Topic:Remembering Bible in a Year: 1 Chronicles 25–27 John 9:1–23 Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. John 15:9–17 On Memorial Day, I think of many military veterans but especially my dad and uncles, who served in the military during World War …

Topic:Talking Tables Bible in a Year: 1 Chronicles 22–24 John 8:28–59 Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. Acts 2:42–47 Loneliness is one of the greatest threats to our sense of well-being, affecting our health through our behaviors on social media, food consumption, and the like. …

Topic:Keepers of the Light Bible in a Year: 1 Chronicles 19–21 John 8:1–27 For God . . . made his light shine in our hearts. John 8:12–16 They call them “Keepers of the Light.” At the lighthouse on the cape of Hatteras Island just off the North Carolina coast of …