Lead:

Warning: sarcasm and laughter ahead. Because you can get “professional” audio Bible readings anywhere.

Intro:

Hey, we’ve got a lot to get through today, so let’s get right to it. Remember that yesterday Jacob scores himself a cute wife…after getting tricked into marrying her older sister. Older sister, Leah, bears Jacob four sons but she’s all miserable because Jacob loves younger sister Rachel.

And I confess, some part of that many-wives culture I just don’t get. I love Rachel, but I’m also married to Leah, and, well, I guess I’ll procreate with Leah, too. What drudgery is involved in this whole ‘be fruitful and multiply’ mandate, right?

Anyway, Leah four, Rachel zero. And now…

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Old covenant:

Passage: Genesis 30-31
Translation: CSB (Christian Standard Bible)
Verses: 98
Words: ~2322

Wisdom

Passage: Psalm 11
Translation: CSB (Christian Standard Bible)
Verses: 7
Words: ~115

New covenant:

Passage: Mark 12
Translation: CSB (Christian Standard Bible)
Verses: 44
Words: ~931

Commentary:

Love you!

-R

ForTheHope is a daily audio Bible + apologetics podcast and blog. We’ve got a passion for just keepin’ it real, having conversations like normal people, and living out the love of Jesus better every single day.

Roger Courville, CSP is a globally-recognized expert in digitally-extended communication and connection, an award-winning speaker, award-winning author, and a passionately bad guitarist. Follow him on Twitter -- @RogerCourville and @JoinForTheHope – or his blog: www.forthehope.org.

Sources and resources:

(1) Craig S. Keener, The IVP Bible Background Commentary: New Testament (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1993), Mk 11:27–33.

#1004: Genesis 30-31 | Psalm 11 | Mark 12