Daily Bible Reading Journal

Larry Barnes

Larry Barnes

James 5

12/03/2025 James 5 NKJV: OK, this chapter is a little hard for me to follow. Verses 1-6 seem to be James condemning the rich for their mistreatment of their workers and their lesser in general. A strong condemnation and a warning of their position in the last days.

Judges 16

12/03/2025 Judges 16 NKJV: This is the familiar story of Samson and Delilah. It had more impact on me this time than it ever has before. The chapter opens with a story of Samson going to Gaza and finding a harlots, and goes to her. When the local

James 4

12/02/2025 James 4 NKJV: Keeping in mind James is addressing fellow saved Jews who have been dispersed due to persecution, he starts this chapter focusing on in fighting among the fellow Christians. Verse 1, he says it comes from your desire for pleasure. Then in verse 2 he

Judges 15

12/02/2025 Judges 15 NKJV: OK, so it looks like after a time of cooling down and reflection, Samson decides to return to his wife and try to make amends, only to find that her father has already given her to someone else, his best man. Of course, he

James 3

12/01/2025 James 3 NKJV: This chapter is basically broken into 2 sections. The first is discussing "the tongue". It sounds like he is comparing how our words steers the course our life takes as we navigate relationships to how a bit steers a horse or a

Judges 14

12/01/2025 Judges 14 NKJV: We are now getting into Samson's early life. He marries a Philistine woman, and we get to see some of his arrogance and anger issues. Of course, God is using this to set Samson up to begin delivering them from the Philistines.

Let Go and Let God? No...

I just heard a preacher talking about removing sin from my life. Some say, "Let go, and let God", but he says no. God isn't going to remove the sin from my life, but will empower me to remove it myself. He will work it though

Judges 13

11/26/2025 Judges 13 NKJV: This chapter tells of the birth of Samson. It seems to have a similar feel as does the birth of Jesus, though there are not many parallels. You're right that Judges 13 (the announcement of Samson's birth) has a certain

Judges 12

11/25/2025 Judges 12 NKJV: My basic impression is that Ephraim seems to think mighty highly of themselves, kinda like a big brother. Again, they are upset that they weren't included in the battles to deliver Israel from the Ammonites. They come to Jephthah looking for a

Judges 11

11/24/2025 Judges 11 NKJV: Wow. What an intriguing chapter. There is much drama contained within. It seems to be a little different from the other judge cycles we read about. At the end of the last chapter, the leaders of Gilead were asking who would lead the attack