I talk for about 6:00 minutes before getting to scripture
2 Samuel: David and Ziba Ezekiel: The Adultery of Two Sisters 2 Corinthians: Generosity Encouraged Psalms: "Do not cast me away when I am old; do not forsake me when my strength is gone."
1 Samuel: Hannah’s Prayer for a Son
Jeremiah: The Fall of Jerusalem
Romans: "No, a person is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is circumcision of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the written code. Such a person’s praise is not from other people, but from God."
Psalms: "All have turned away, all have become corrupt; there is no one who does good, not even one."
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M'Cheyne Reading Plan: http://www.edginet.org/mcheyne/info.html
New Living Translation: https://www.biblegateway.com/versions/New-Living-Translation-NLT-Bible/
BibleHub: https://biblehub.com
Deuteronomy: A Call to Remember and Obey
Isaiah: A different more historical format, Assyria Invades Judah +
Pslams: The Lord protects those who live within him and walks his path
Revelation: The first 6 seals on the scroll are broken on the scroll with 7 seals by the Lamb, 4 horsemen, the martyrs for the faith and finally the physical world itself is peeled away "The sky was rolled up like a scroll, and all of the mountains and islands were moved from their places."
Nihilism: A very logical deconstruction of various modern thought and their hidden reliance on the absolute rejection of Truth all while touting a subjective relativity that ends up defeating itself... heavily logical, very different kind of reading compared to what we've had! Finished chapter 1 introduction.
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M'Cheyne Reading Plan: http://www.edginet.org/mcheyne/info.html
New Living Translation: https://www.biblegateway.com/versions/New-Living-Translation-NLT-Bible/
BibleHub: https://biblehub.com
Nihilism, Eugene (Fr. Seraphim) Rose: https://www.sainthermanmonastery.com/product-p/nihil.htm
Apocalypse Animated: https://apocalypseanimated.com/ (where I'll be getting many thumbnails during the reading of Revelation)
Deuteronomy: Blessings for Obedience
Isaiah: Future Glory for Jerusalem
Psalms: "This psalm is a Hebrew acrostic poem; there are twenty-two stanzas, one for each successive letter of the Hebrew alphabet. Each of the eight verses within each stanza begins with the Hebrew letter named in its heading."
Matthew: Escaping persecution of Herod, explanation of the gifts of the Magi and their purpose
Pilgrim: The pilgrim finds a place to stay in the forest along with a wayward forester in need of spiritual help
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M'Cheyne Reading Plan: http://www.edginet.org/mcheyne/info.html
New Living Translation: https://www.biblegateway.com/versions/New-Living-Translation-NLT-Bible/
BibleHub: https://biblehub.com
Explanation of the Gospel of Matthew by St. Theophylact: https://www.sainthermanmonastery.com/Theophylact-on-the-Gospel-of-Matthew-p/matt.htm
The Way of a Pilgrim: https://stpaisiusgiftshop.com/new-products/the-way-of-a-pilgrim/
Joshua: The Israelites Cross the Jordan
Isaiah: Judgment against the LORD’s Enemies
Psalms: A song for pilgrims ascending to Jerusalem.
Matthew: "Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light."
Pilgrim: The pilgrim reads the Philokalia to a blind man and has more adventure to tell of to his spiritual father
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M'Cheyne Reading Plan: http://www.edginet.org/mcheyne/info.html
New Living Translation: https://www.biblegateway.com/versions/New-Living-Translation-NLT-Bible/
BibleHub: https://biblehub.com
Explanation of the Gospel of Matthew by St. Theophylact: https://www.sainthermanmonastery.com/Theophylact-on-the-Gospel-of-Matthew-p/matt.htm
The Way of a Pilgrim: https://stpaisiusgiftshop.com/new-products/the-way-of-a-pilgrim/
Leviticus: More procedures for sacrifices, examples of sin requiring sacrifice and repayment +20% to the party harmed
Psalms: Psalms to be accompanied by flute and 8-stringed instrument, begging to get away from the wicked
Colossians: Last chapter
Beginning to Pray: The end of the Going Inward chapter, talks about the type of prayer Bartimaeus had at the meeting point between despair and hope as well as how to begin the day with prayer. Good story about Maxim seeking to pray constantly.
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M'Cheyne Reading Plan: http://www.edginet.org/mcheyne/info.html
New Living Translation: https://www.biblegateway.com/versions/New-Living-Translation-NLT-Bible/
BibleHub: https://biblehub.com
Beginning to Pray [PDF]: https://ia802201.us.archive.org/6/items/orthodox-christian-library/Orthodox%20Christian%20Library%20-%20V1/Bloom%2C%20Anthony%20-%20Beginning%20to%20Pray.pdf
1 Kings: Naboth’s Vineyard
Daniel: The Blazing Furnace
1 Thessalonians: Living to Please God
Psalms: "...they cried out to the Lord in their trouble, and he brought them out of their distress."
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M'Cheyne Reading Plan: http://www.edginet.org/mcheyne/info.html
New Living Translation: https://www.biblegateway.com/versions/New-Living-Translation-NLT-Bible/
BibleHub: https://biblehub.com
Philokalia: https://price.dealoz.com/New-Used-Books/Writings-From-The-Philokalia/9780571163939
Joshua: Final chapter, reminds people to worship the Lord alone, places a large stone as witness and passes away at 110 years old
Jeremiah: Jeremiah’s Linen Loincloth
Matthew: The Lord's Passion
THE ORTHODOX CHURCH: The God-Man Redeemer, great explanation of the necessity of the passion, not as "God punishing Jesus" or "God requiring ransom" for our sins, but as a way to confront death, because of our sin, on our behalf, because of his great love for mankind. Trampling down death by death.
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M'Cheyne Reading Plan: http://www.edginet.org/mcheyne/info.html
New Living Translation: https://www.biblegateway.com/versions/New-Living-Translation-NLT-Bible/
BibleHub: https://biblehub.com
Explanation of the Gospel of Matthew by St. Theophylact: https://www.sainthermanmonastery.com/Theophylact-on-the-Gospel-of-Matthew-p/matt.htm
THE ORTHODOX CHURCH, Its Faith, Worship and Life: https://oodegr.com/english/biblia/orthodox1/orthodox1.htm