Bible Reading for Thursday, August 20, 2026

 The following Bible readings are taken from the website, Oneyearbibleonline.com. If you follow this reading plan you will read through the whole Bible in one year. I highly encourage you to do so. Also, the sermons below each section are ones that I have chosen from the website, Sermonaudio.com

Esther 8-10

Recommended sermon: 

• The Soul Winner's Passion, by Dr. Frank McClelland [Text: Esther 8]
• Remembrance At the Banquet, by Dr. John Douglas [Text; Esther 9]
• Escape From the Snare, by Rev. Lawrence J. Bilkes [Text: Esther 9 & 10]

1 Corinthians 12:27-13:13

Recommended sermon: Why We Are Not Charismatics, by Rev. Ian Goligher [Text: I Corinthians 12]

The following sermon is based on I Corinthians 12:13: "For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit."

Do We Need Post-Conversion Experience? by Rev. Stephen Hamilton

The following sermon is based on I Corinthians 13:8: "Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail, whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away."

The Counterfeit Gift of Tongues, by Dr. Alan Cairns

Psalm 37:1-11

Recommended sermon: Wait on the Lord, by Rev. William McCrea [Text: Psalm 37]
Recommended podcast: Do We Have the Right Conception of the Faith? Five Reasons Not to Sing the Psalms, by Pastor Kevin Swanson

Proverbs 21:23 & 24

Recommended sermons:

• The Strange Occupation of God, by Dr. Ian Paisley (1926-2014) [Text: Proverbs 21:1-18]
• The Reformation in England, by Rev. Gordon Dane [Text: Proverbs 21]
• Gossip and the 9th Commandment, by Rev. Jarrold H. Lewis
• Wandering Sinners, by Rev. John Greer
• Trust in God and Keep Your Powder Dry, by Dr. Alan Cairnes