Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Survey about Operation Actually Read Bible Challenge

Please take a few minutes to answer this survey I created about the challenge and the blog. The challenge is a perpetual one. It doesn't have an end date or anything. But I thought I would take a few minutes to remind folks that they can sign up at anytime and that they can make plans for it in 2010.


© Becky Laney of Operation Actually Read Bible

Sunday, September 27, 2009

Sunday Salon: Week In Review (September 20-26)

This week I...

finished Jeremiah in the RSV Bible
read Proverbs 1-14 in the NASB Bible.

© Becky Laney of Operation Actually Read Bible

Sunday, September 20, 2009

Sunday Salon: Week in Review (September 13 -19)

This week I read Jeremiah 35 - 48 in the RSV Bible.

© Becky Laney of Operation Actually Read Bible

Sunday, September 13, 2009

Sunday Salon: Week in Review (September 6-12)

This week....

I read Jeremiah 31-34 in the RSV Bible.
I finished 2 Samuel in the ESV Study Bible.

© Becky Laney of Operation Actually Read Bible

Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Book Review: Fearless


Lucado, Max. 2009. Fearless. Thomas Nelson Publishers. 221 pages.

Fearless may just be my first Max Lucado book to read cover to cover. (Granted I haven't sought out his picture books. I'm sure I could finish those off easily enough.) Before Fearless, we just hadn't clicked all that well together. But the relevance of this one made it work...for me. And I imagine it will work for you too. Fear. Worry. Anxiety. It's hard not to be effected by these. So Lucado's book on why you should be fearless has immediate relevance.

My favorite chapter of the entire book is called "The One Healthy Terror." This chapter deals with the only good fear there is--the fear of the Lord.

"From a biblical perspective, there is nothing neurotic about fearing God. The neurotic thing is not to be afraid, or to be afraid of the wrong thing. That is why God chooses to be known to us, so that we may stop being afraid of the wrong thing. When God is fully revealed to us and we 'get it,' then we experience the conversion of our fear...'Fear of the Lord' is the deeply sane recognition that we are not God."
How long since you felt this fear? Since a fresh understanding of Christ buckled your knees and emptied your lungs? Since a glimpse of him left you speechless and breathless? If it's been a while, that explains your fears.
When Christ is great, our fears are not.
As awe of Jesus expands, fears of life diminish. A big God translates into big courage. A small view of God generates no courage. (169)
The book addresses many different types of fears--everything from the fear of not mattering to the fear of life's final moments to the fear of worst-case scenarios. Chances are you'll find words that speak directly to you and to your situation.


© Becky Laney of Operation Actually Read Bible

Sunday, September 6, 2009

Sunday Salon: Week In Review (August 30- September 5)

This week...

I read Jeremiah 16-30 in the RSV Bible
I read 2 Samuel 14-15 in the ESV Study Bible.

© Becky Laney of Operation Actually Read Bible