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Welcome back podcast fans!  Today’s chapter is the continuation of the cliffhanger story that we left off from in chapter 44 when we were wondering if Joseph would indeed make his brothers go home without Benjamin.  Would Jacob survive the shock?  Would Judah really go through with it?  Who knows!? Turns out, Joseph couldn’t hold […]

Welcome back!  Today we’re looking at one of the most tense moments in Joseph’s story.  I love where the chapter divide falls between Genesis 44 and 55, because it’s such a cliffhanger moment.  Since it’s so well set up for me, I might as well go ahead and use it to make you all come […]

Hello again, and welcome back!  So, it turns out my plans to do three recordings last week didn’t work out… That’s life! Wednesday ended up being such a bad day that it took out part of Thursday on the way down, so this week I will hopefully be able to get back on my planned […]

Hello again, and welcome back!  Today’s episode is something that would be perfectly acceptable in a soap opera plot.  It’s got twists and turns and stunning revelations.  All that’s missing is a cast of unrealistically pretty people in softly lit rooms. It can be tempting at times in this and the coming passages to assume […]

Hello again, podcast fans!  Today we finally get to read about something going well for Joseph.  He’s finally remembered in prison and he gets moved out of there and into much bigger and better things.  It’s a pretty good time in his life! As I mentioned before in previous episodes and pointed out in today’s […]

Wow!  It’s been a long time since I have posted something, which was not what I intended to happen, but life is like that.  So, here we go with the next chapter of Genesis! What I like about this chapter is that it shows that even the heroes in the Bible go through periods when […]

Hello again, podcast fans.  This morning we’re back on track with Joseph as the main subject of our story after our brief interlude yesterday with Judah.  The events in this chapter are pretty famous, and you’ve probably heard them before at some point, so I’m not going to write a whole lot about them.  What […]

Happy Wednesday, Internet friends.  Today we’re studying a really weird chapter in Genesis, which talks about an absolutely scandalous relationship between Judah and his daughter-in-law Tamar.  It’s a crazy story, and there isn’t really anyone in it that can be considered “good” or “right” in what they do.  So, what’s the deal with this story? […]

Hello again an welcome back for the first episode this week in the life of Joseph, a very important Bible character.  His story is of course famous, so you probably know what’s going to happen already.  However, as we begin this part of the Bible, I want to point out that Joseph is used as […]

Hi, all.  This morning’s podcast is a short one, but I really wanted to save the introduction of Joseph for its own recording, because that’s a pretty big event.  So, what we have here today is a genealogical list of chiefs and kings descended from Jacob’s brother Esau.  This is a historical record of the […]

Welcome back for another episode!  Today we’re in Genesis 35, which goes by fairly quickly, but it is still pretty interesting to me.  What I can relate to in this chapter is the way that God shows that He doesn’t call people based on how good they are, but based on faith.  Jacob screwed stuff […]

Good morning again!  Today is another two chapter day.  In Genesis 33 we talk about the meeting of Esau and Isaac after twenty years and how that goes nothing like what Jacob had imagined.  It turns out that 20 years had mellowed Esau’s personality as well, and he was willing to forget his grudges.  It’s […]

Hello again!  I hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving holiday.  I certainly did, though it did use up my podcasting time.  I guess I’ll have to plan better next year. So in today’s chapter, there is some thanksgiving happening with Jacob, but it’s mixed with some terror and apprehension.  Jacob is on his way back […]

Hello again, and happy Tuesday.  Today we’re in a bit of a long chapter, and my voice isn’t cooperating, so please excuse me for the water and coughing breaks. In chapter 31 things sour between Laban and Jacob.  Jacob has worked for Laban for 20 years, and in that time God has made sure to […]

Okay, so yesterday I said to check back in for this episode because things were going to go crazy for Jacob, and that is exactly what happens in this chapter.  Jacob’s time with Laban’s family is filled with drama.  His wives are filled with drama, his work is filled with drama, and at the center […]

Good morning again!  It’s Wednesday, and we’re going through Genesis 29 and reading the story of how Jacob marries his two wives.  It involves Laban, who is a tricky customer, and who will go on to try to manipulate Jacob’s life even more in the coming chapters.  By the end of chapter 29, though, Jacob […]

Welcome back again!  It’s a new week, and coincidentally we’re getting into a new phase in Jacob’s life in Genesis 28.  We’re starting the part of the Bible where Jacob learns to be faithful, and eventually he will have his name changed to reflect his relationship with God.  At this point though, Jacob is still […]

Hello again and happy Thursday!  It’s almost the weekend, so that’s something to be happy about for sure.  In this chapter, we’re covering a famous episode in the history of Isaac and Jacob.  It’s a sordid tale of lies and deception and it threatens to end in murder, though we know that it never comes […]

Hello again!  It’s Veteran’s Day today, and I hope everyone out there has found a way to celebrate it well. This morning we covered Genesis 26, which is actually a pretty full chapter.  There are a lot of things going on here and a lot of movement in Isaac’s life as he deals with famine […]

Welcome back, Internet friends!  This morning I’m reading in Genesis 25 about the transition between the story of Abraham to the story if Isaac and his family.  There are a few interesting pieces of information here about the way Abraham finished his walk with God, and then the story shifts to his kids.  I think […]

Welcome back!   This morning we’re covering the chapter where Abraham sends his servant out to find a bride for his son Isaac.  Abraham is adamant that the girl come from his extended family, since he knows they are worshippers of God, and that his son stay in Canaan, since that is where God wanted […]

Well, today we’re covering a sad chapter in Abraham’s life.  His wife, Sarah, dies in this passage, and Abraham goes to bury her.  He arranges to buy a field with a grave, and that grave will later become the burial place for a number of Hebrew patriarchs.  I think the way the people who live […]

Happy Tuesday and welcome back.  For the first recording of the week we get to jump into Genesis 22, which is a really cool chapter.  That’s sort of a weird thing to say about an episode in someone’s life when they intend to sacrifice their own son, but there’s something going on in between the […]

Hello again everyone, and welcome back for the last podcast episode for the week.  This morning in Genesis 21 it looks like Abraham’s life is turning into a soap opera.  The mothers of his two children turn on each other, and one of the kids has to go!  Oh no!  How will God work things […]

Happy Wednesday!  This morning we’re in Genesis chapter 20.  This chapter records an event that was a lot like the time Abraham went to Egypt and told everyone there that Sarah was his sister.  So, Abraham is up to his old tricks and naturally it goes badly because it’s always a bad idea to lie […]

Whoa! Genesis 19 is a crazy chapter.  All kinds of strange things happen in this part of the Bible.  There’s angels, crazy mobs, fire raining from heaven, and even incest!  It’s a really wacky story that illustrates how crazy things can get when we choose to live for ourselves instead of living for God.  Make […]

Hello again, and happy Day Before Friday Day!  In this chapter we have a repeat of God’s promise that Abraham will have a son, and we have some foreshadowing of what’s going to happen in Sodom and Gomorrah.  Yes, there is sort of a cliffhanger ending at the end of the chapter, but we all […]

Hump Daaaaaay.  Yes, it’s Wednesday.  It’s that sad day when we all realize that we have half a week left before we hit the weekend, and we all mourn collectively on the way to work.  But look on the bright side!  There’s another podcast episode available!  Wooo! Anyway, in this chapter God doubles down on […]

Hello again, people of the Internet.  Welcome back to another episode of the Bible Reading Podcast.  Today we’re looking at one of the soap-opera chapters in Abram’s life.  It’s got jealousy and betrayal and hubris, but it’s also got mercy and grace and forgiveness too!  In this chapter we meet someone named Ishmael as well, […]

Hello again, and welcome back.  Today in Genesis 15 there is some really great stuff to read.  This chapter has Abram asking God some honest questions while dealing with a crisis of faith, and God is perfectly happy to answer them!  In this passage we also get to read the iconic verse about God accounting […]

Hello internet people.  Welcome back for another episode of the Mikeblog Bible Reading podcast.  Today we’re reading and talking about Genesis 14, or rather I’m talking about it.  You can talk about it too, but you have to leave comments because no one can hear you talking to your computer unless they have hacked into […]

Welcome back!  This time we’re in Genesis chapter 13 and reading about the split between Lot and Abram due to their huge herds of animals.  Lot looks like he gets the better deal, but it’s important to remember sometimes that when we choose income over all other things, there can be unintended consequences!  We’ll read […]

Happy Wednesday!  Welcome back for another episode of the Bible Reading Podcast.  This morning I’m reading Genesis 12, which is the first episode dealing with the life of Abram after he’s called by God to move to Canaan.  Very early in Abram’s life we see that he’s not perfect and that he’s prone to the […]

Welcome back!  This morning we’re trying out another Bible, the NASB, and looking at a new period of time in the historical account of the world presented in Genesis.  For your enjoyment this morning I’ve got a great map drawn by my friend Dan Kindred showing the spread of the different groups of people after […]

Happy Thursday!  This is the final installment for this week of the Mikeblog Bible Reading Podcast, and this morning I’m going over Genesis 8 and 9.  In these chapters we read about the flood subsiding, Noah and his family coming out of the Ark, and some of the ways that the world was changing from […]

Welcome back!  Today’s another twofer episode with both chapters 6 and 7.  There’s a lot of repetition in this chapter, so it looks like more material then it is, but the events move quickly and the repetition emphasizes what’s going on and makes it pretty clear.  There’s some interesting stuff here!  Giants!  Angels!  Floods!  Worldwide destruction! […]

Hello again!  I’m glad to have made it to the second week of doing these morning recordings.  The thing is, I’m the sort of person who has a hard time starting good habits, so being able to pick up and keep recording on schedule after a few days off is a big deal to me. […]

Hi folks!  Here’s my reading and discussion of Genesis chapter 4 in the HCSB.  There’s some interesting things in this chapter about human nature and about the apparent sophistication of the early generations of human beings.  In fact, they appear to be quite a bit more advanced than scientists would have us believe.  To me, […]

Wow!  Two posts in two days!  It’s almost like I’m a responsible adult or something equally ridiculous.  In this episode we talk about some more specific details concerning the creation of men and women, as well as the original sin that still mars the world today.  On the up side though, we also see in […]

Wow!  It’s been forever since I’ve posted anything.  Has that ever happened to you, where you start something you’re interested in and then sort of leave it to flounder for a year?  No?  Just me then?  Okay, fair enough.  What I have for today is a podcast!  Yay!  I plan to record these in the […]