A podcast designed to help you engage with the Bible daily! Each day, we begin with a reading assignment, designed to take no longer than a few minutes. Then a few minutes of thoughts, comments and questions follow, to help you more fully engage with the text, and to consider throughout the day or to help you begin journaling.

It's not the intent to be exhaustive in covering everything, or even to tell you what you should think about a given text. The main idea is to give you a starting point to begin thinking through and engaging with the text yourself, whether you a seasoned Bible student, or this is your first time reading the Bible. The reading selections are kept purposefully small, to make it as easy as possible to develop the discipline of regular Bible reading, and more importantly Bible engaging! It also helps make it possible to catch up if you fall behind a few days.

March 5, 2017: Genesis 32

 

Jacob hears Esau is coming to meet him with 400 men! Jacob prays to God, and sends gifts to try and aswage his older brother. Jacob even splits his family into two camps thinking he might at least be able to run away with half after Esau attacks the first. Late at night, Jacob then wrestles a man, and despite not losing, Jacob cannot seem to get a blessing out of him.

A podcast designed to help you engage with the Bible daily! Each day, we begin with a reading assignment, designed to take no longer than a few minutes. Then a few minutes of thoughts, comments and questions follow, to help you more fully engage with the text, and to consider throughout the day or to help you begin journaling.

It's not the intent to be exhaustive in covering everything, or even to tell you what you should think about a given text. The main idea is to give you a starting point to begin thinking through and engaging with the text yourself, whether you a seasoned Bible student, or this is your first time reading the Bible. The reading selections are kept purposefully small, to make it as easy as possible to develop the discipline of regular Bible reading, and more importantly Bible engaging! It also helps make it possible to catch up if you fall behind a few days.

March 4, 2017: Genesis 31:19-55

Jacob attempts to flee from his father-in-law, Laban. Laban catches up with Jacob, tries to convince him to remain, and then accuses Jacob of stealing household idols. It was Rachel who stole them, but Laban is unable to find them, and eventually leaves Jacob to return home on peaceful terms. 

Laban demonstrates several characteristics of an emotional and spiritual abuser in verses 26-31 including:

* Projecting one's own wrong doing onto others.* Fault-finding in everyone's actions but their own.* Manipulating events to make the victim seem like they are paranoid and unreasonable.* Playing the victim when they don't get their way.* Using guilt and shame as a way to get their way.* Insulting and belittling victims.* Twisting religious Scripture/experiences to control victim and justify abuse.* Passive-aggressive threat of physical violence.* Lying and jumping to conclusions.

A podcast designed to help you engage with the Bible daily! Each day, we begin with a reading assignment, designed to take no longer than a few minutes. Then a few minutes of thoughts, comments and questions follow, to help you more fully engage with the text, and to consider throughout the day or to help you begin journaling.

It's not the intent to be exhaustive in covering everything, or even to tell you what you should think about a given text. The main idea is to give you a starting point to begin thinking through and engaging with the text yourself, whether you a seasoned Bible student, or this is your first time reading the Bible. The reading selections are kept purposefully small, to make it as easy as possible to develop the discipline of regular Bible reading, and more importantly Bible engaging! It also helps make it possible to catch up if you fall behind a few days.

March 3, 2017: Genesis 30:25-31:18

Jacob prospers and gains in wealth despite his father-in-law's attempts to cheat him out of his wages. Jacob makes the case to his wives to leave, and they agree citing that their father has treated them wrongly.

A podcast designed to help you engage with the Bible daily! Each day, we begin with a reading assignment, designed to take no longer than a few minutes. Then a few minutes of thoughts, comments and questions follow, to help you more fully engage with the text, and to consider throughout the day or to help you begin journaling.

It's not the intent to be exhaustive in covering everything, or even to tell you what you should think about a given text. The main idea is to give you a starting point to begin thinking through and engaging with the text yourself, whether you a seasoned Bible student, or this is your first time reading the Bible. The reading selections are kept purposefully small, to make it as easy as possible to develop the discipline of regular Bible reading, and more importantly Bible engaging! It also helps make it possible to catch up if you fall behind a few days.

March 2, 2017: Genesis 29:31-30:24

An account of all the various children Jacob had through his two wives, and the rivalry the two women have with each other.

Question to consider:

* Considering the reasonings for the names that Rachel and Leah give their children, which of the two wives do you think had the better relationship with God?

A podcast designed to help you engage with the Bible daily! Each day, we begin with a reading assignment, designed to take no longer than a few minutes. Then a few minutes of thoughts, comments and questions follow, to help you more fully engage with the text, and to consider throughout the day or to help you begin journaling.

It's not the intent to be exhaustive in covering everything, or even to tell you what you should think about a given text. The main idea is to give you a starting point to begin thinking through and engaging with the text yourself, whether you a seasoned Bible student, or this is your first time reading the Bible. The reading selections are kept purposefully small, to make it as easy as possible to develop the discipline of regular Bible reading, and more importantly Bible engaging! It also helps make it possible to catch up if you fall behind a few days.

March 1, 2017: Genesis 29:1-30

Jacob arrives in Haran, and agrees to work for his uncle Laban under the condition that he be allowed to marry Laban's daughter Rachel. However, Laban makes a last minute switch, and deceives Jacob into marrying his other daughter Leah.

Question to consider:

* Who do you think was hurt most in the deceit of Laban: Jacob, Rachel, or Leah?

A podcast designed to help you engage with the Bible daily! Each day, we begin with a reading assignment, designed to take no longer than a few minutes. Then a few minutes of thoughts, comments and questions follow, to help you more fully engage with the text, and to consider throughout the day or to help you begin journaling.

It's not the intent to be exhaustive in covering everything, or even to tell you what you should think about a given text. The main idea is to give you a starting point to begin thinking through and engaging with the text yourself, whether you a seasoned Bible student, or this is your first time reading the Bible. The reading selections are kept purposefully small, to make it as easy as possible to develop the discipline of regular Bible reading, and more importantly Bible engaging! It also helps make it possible to catch up if you fall behind a few days.

February 28, 2017: Genesis 27:42-28:22

Jacob has to flee his home, because Esau desires to kill him. While sleeping with a stone for a pillow, Jacob receives a vision and promise from God. Jacob places and annoints a memorial on the spot, and promises to give God a tenth of what he possesses if God keeps his promises.

Questions to consider:

* Why do you think Isaac appears so calm and magnanimous toward Jacob when he sends him away and blesses him further? Why isn’t Isaac apparently upset at being deceived? * Why does Esau think getting a third wife will please his parents? What is he missing? * Why does God extend his promises to Jacob, even though Jacob has proved to be a deceitful man on multiple occasions in the

A podcast designed to help you engage with the Bible daily! Each day, we begin with a reading assignment, designed to take no longer than a few minutes. Then a few minutes of thoughts, comments and questions follow, to help you more fully engage with the text, and to consider throughout the day or to help you begin journaling.

It's not the intent to be exhaustive in covering everything, or even to tell you what you should think about a given text. The main idea is to give you a starting point to begin thinking through and engaging with the text yourself, whether you a seasoned Bible student, or this is your first time reading the Bible. The reading selections are kept purposefully small, to make it as easy as possible to develop the discipline of regular Bible reading, and more importantly Bible engaging! It also helps make it possible to catch up if you fall behind a few days.

February 27, 2017: Genesis 27:1-41

Isaac intends to give a blessing to his firstborn, Esau. But Jacob, through the influence of his mother Rebekah, impersonates Esau and fools his father into giving him the blessing instead. Esau is left with little consolation.

Questions to consider:

* What is the only thing keeping Esau from killing his brother Jacob now?* Do you think the ruse Jacob plays on his father is worth it? If not, what should Jacob have done differently?

A podcast designed to help you engage with the Bible daily! Each day, we begin with a reading assignment designed to take no longer than a few minutes. I encourage you to not only listen to the podcast, but to read the Bible passage in a translation that you're comfortable with, and is easy for you to understand.

Each podcast contains a few minutes of thoughts, comments and questions to assist you to more fully engage with the text, and to give you things to consider throughout the day or to help you begin journaling. It's not the intent to be exhaustive in covering everything, or even to tell you what you should think about a given text. The main idea is to give you a starting point to begin thinking through and engaging with the text yourself, whether you a seasoned Bible student, or this is your first time reading the Bible. The reading selections are kept purposefully small, to make it as easy as possible to develop the discipline of regular Bible reading, and more importantly Bible engaging! It also helps make it possible to catch up if you fall behind a few days.

February 26, 2017: Genesis 26

Isaac receives a similar promise from God that had been made to Abraham. Isaac also recreates the same situation his father had with Abimelech of the Philistines, by claiming his wife was his sister. And then Isaac has disputes with the Philistines over wells, that eventually ends in a peaceful covenant between the two sides.

Questions to consider:

* Do you think this Abimelech was the same Abimelech that Abraham had dealt with? Why or why not?* What do you think makes Isaac attempt the same lie that his father had attempted?

The Engaging the Bible Daily Podcast -- engage with the Bible daily through managable reading goals, and thoughts and questions to consider throughout the day or help you begin journaling.

February 25, 2017: Genesis, chapter 25

The Engaging the Bible Daily Podcast -- engage with the Bible daily through managable reading goals, and thoughts and questions to consider throughout the day or help you begin journaling.

February 24, 2017: Genesis, chapter 24, verse 29 through verse 67