David Bahn – Reflections

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  • 49 Week Bible Challenge Day 242: Jesus. Only Jesus

    Click here for an audio version of this blog post. Today’s readings are Colossians 1; Psalm 43; 89; 2 Chronicles 1; Job 39. I hope you will join me in reading these passages. Colossians 1:15-19 [Jesus] is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. 16 For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth,…

  • 49 Week Bible Challenge Day 241: God’s Deliverance: Hope Amidst Fear

    Click here for an audio version of this blog post. Today’s readings are Acts 27; Numbers 29; Acts 28; Psalm 15; Psalm 119:65-96. I hope you will join me in reading these passages. Acts 27:16-26 Running under the lee of a small island called Cauda, we managed with difficulty to secure the ship’s boat. 17 After hoisting it…

  • 49 Week Bible Challenge Day 240: The Beauty of God’s Law: Justice, Truth, and Love

    Click here for an audio version of this blog post. Today’s readings are Acts 26; Psalm 119:41-48; Jeremiah 1; 18; 35. I hope you will join me in reading these passages. Psalm 119:41-43 Let your steadfast love come to me, O Lord,    your salvation according to your promise;42 then shall I have an answer for him who taunts me,    for I trust in…

  • Please pray these Psalms with me on this Lord’s Day  Psalm 28 O Lord, To you, O Lord, I call;     my rock, be not deaf to me, lest, if you be silent to me,     I become like those who go down to the pit. 2 Hear the voice of my pleas for mercy,     when I cry to you…

  • Christmas Day +1 2025: Treasuring & Pondering

    Today’s 49 week challenge readings are Acts 23; Exodus 22; Psalm 54; 70. Note: Today’s devotion is not based on these readings, but I encourage you to read them nonetheless. Luke 2:16-19 And they went with haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby lying in a manger. 17 And when they saw it, they made known…

  • Christmas Day 2025: “The Word became flesh” – Thanks be to God!

    Click here for an audio version of this blog post. Today’s readings are Matthew 1:18-25; Luke 2:1-20; John 1:1-14; Galatians 4:4; TItus 2:11; 3:4-5 . Note: I will be preaching at St. John on Christmas Day – my favorite service of the year. Join us at 9:30. John 1:14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among…

  • 49 Week Bible Challenge Day 234 (Christmas Eve) – Yay God! – Corrected Podcast Link

    Click here for an audio version of this blog post. Today’s readings are Romans 16; Psalm 12; Isaiah 48. I hope you will join me in reading these passages. Romans 16:25-27 Now to him who is able to strengthen you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery that…

  • 49 Week Bible Challenge Day 234 (Christmas Eve) – Yay God!

    Click here for an audio version of this blog post. Today’s readings are Romans 16; Psalm 12; Isaiah 48. I hope you will join me in reading these passages. Romans 16:25-27 Now to him who is able to strengthen you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery that…

  • 49 Week Bible Challenge Day 233 – Hope!

    Click here for an audio version of this blog post. Today’s readings are Romans 15; 2 Samuel 22; Psalm 18; 117; Isaiah 11. I hope you will join me in reading these passages. Romans 15:12-13 Isaiah says, “The root of Jesse will come,    even he who arises to rule the Gentiles;in him will the Gentiles hope.”…

  • 49 Week Bible Challenge Day 232 – Light! Let there be light!

    Click here for an audio version of this blog post. Today’s readings are Romans 14; Isaiah 45; Obadiah 1. I hope you will join me in reading these passages. Isaiah 45:5-7 I am the Lord, and there is no other,    besides me there is no God;    I equip you, though you do not know me,6 that people may know,…