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100 Days of Biblical Values (paperback)
100 Days of Biblical Values (paperback)
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For a Christian, the Bible is not a collection of disconnected verses or isolated stories. It is one unfolding story, a unified witness to who God is and what God values from the opening words of Genesis to the final vision of Revelation.
In 100 Days of Biblical Values, we walk through one hundred foundational passages that reveal the enduring convictions woven throughout Scripture. Along the way, you’ll discover a God who is both just and merciful, who created every human being with immeasurable worth, who calls his people to love both neighbor and enemy, who insists that genuine faith must produce action, and whose love is stronger than sin, suffering, and even death.
Each day’s reading begins with a key biblical text, explores its meaning in its original context, and then asks the most important question of all: What does this truth require of us today? Whether used for personal devotions, family worship, or small-group study, 100 Days of Biblical Values invites you to read the Bible as a single, coherent story, and to allow its values to reshape your mind, your heart, and your life.
Table of Contents
The Pentateuch
1. In the beginning, God (Gen. 1:1)
2. The LORD is gracious and merciful, slow to anger (Exod. 34:6-7)
3. Love for God is a total demand (Deut. 6:4)
4. Every human is intrinsically valuable (Gen. 1:26-27)
5. God charged humanity with care for his creation (Gen. 1:28)
6. God has a threshold for human wickedness (Gen. 6:5-6)
7. God is faithful to those who trust in him (Gen. 50:20)
8. God hears the cry of the oppressed, the slave, and the stranger (Exod. 2:23-25)
9. God cannot be contained (Exod. 3:14)
10. Care for the poor, the immigrant, and the servant is non-negotiable (Lev. 19:9-10)
The Historical Books
11. God goes with his people wherever they are (Josh. 1:9)
12. Humanity’s natural tendency is to deteriorate into idolatry, self-destruction, and chaos (Judg. 2:16-19)
13. We look on the outward appearance; God looks on the heart (1 Sam. 16:7)
14. No one, not even a king, is beyond moral consequences (2 Sam. 11-12)
15. God will let us self-destruct if we insist (2 Kings 17, 25)
16. Prophets speak truth to power regardless of the cost (1 Kings 18, 22)
17. Humility leads to restoration; pride to destruction (2 Chron. 7:14).
The Poetic Books
18. Let everything that has breath praise the Lord (Ps. 150:6)
19. God welcomes us to share laments, complaints, and sorrows (Ps. 88)
20. God wants to hear our anger and frustrations (Ps. 137)
21. The LORD is our shepherd (Ps. 23).
22. We should long for God to create a clean heart and renew a right spirit in us (Ps. 51).
23. The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom (Prov. 1:7).
24. Pride stands at the root of most human folly (Prov. 11:2).
25. Without God, life is empty (Eccl. 2:11).
26. Physical love is a blessing from God (Song of Songs 8:6-7).
The Prophets
27. God is utterly holy (Isaiah 6:1-8).
28. God delights in restoring his people (Isa. 40:1-5).
29. God can bring redemption through suffering (Isa. 53).
30. Outward forms of religion are detestable to God when they mask injustice and exploitation (Jer. 7:1-11).
31. Great is God’s faithfulness (Lam. 3:23).
32. Everyone bears responsibility for their choices as an individual (Ezek. 18:20).
33. God takes no pleasure in the death of the wicked (Ezek. 18:23; 33:11).
34. Human kingdoms are temporary (Dan. 2, 7).
35. God relentlessly pursues the lost and wayward (Hos. 1-3).
36. God wants genuine repentance, not fake performances (Joel 2:12-13).
37. Let justice roll down like waters (Amos 2:6-7; 4:1; 5:24; 8:4-6).
38. God’s love knows no ethnic or national boundaries (Jon. 3-4).
39. What the LORD requires of us is to do justice, to love mercy, and walk humbly with our God (Mic. 6:8).
40. Those who are righteous live in faithfulness, regardless of the wickedness and destruction around them (Hab. 2:4).
41. God’s purposes are accomplished not by might nor by power but by God’s Holy Spirit (Zech. 4:6).
The Gospels
42. Jesus did not come to destroy the Law but to fulfill it (Matt. 5:17).
43. Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you (Matt. 5:44).
44. You cannot serve God and money (Matt. 6:24).
45. Pray in submission to the Father, recognizing his holiness, inviting his will to be done on earth as it is in heaven (Matt. 6:9-13).
46. Not everyone who says they follow God actually does follow God (Matt. 7:21-23; 13:24-30; 25:45-46).
47. The one who does not take up the cross and follow me is not worthy of me. (Matt. 10:38-39).
48. Love God and love neighbor -- all the commandments depend on these two (Matt. 22:36-40).
49. Go and make disciples of every nation (Matt. 28:19-20).
50. The Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve and to give his life a ransom for many (Mark 10:45).
51. God scatters the proud in the imagination of their hearts. He exalts those of low degree (Luke 1:51-53).
52. Jesus came to proclaim good news to the poor… to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor (Luke 4:18-19).
53. Whoever the Samaritan is in your life, that is the neighbor that you must love (Luke 10:25-37).
54. No matter how far you stray from God, he will take you back with open arms (Luke 15:11-32).
55. God so loved the world that he gave his only Son so that whoever trusts in him will not perish but have everlasting life (John 3:16-17).
56. Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life—the only way to the Father (John 14:6).
57. God has sent us the Spirit of truth, who leads us into all truth (John 14:16-17; 16:7-13).
Acts
58. God raised Jesus from the dead... and has made him Lord and Christ (Acts 2:32, 36).
59. God calls us to repent of our sins, to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and to receive the Holy Spirit (Acts 2:38).
60. Believers come together in unity (Acts 2:43-47).
61. We must obey God rather than earthly authorities when the two conflict (Acts 5:29).
Paul’s Letters
62. All have sinned and are lacking the glory of God. (Rom. 1:18-20; 3:23; 6:23).
63. The gospel reveals the saving righteousness of God (Rom. 1:16-17; 4:5; 10:9).
64. We are baptized into the death of Jesus so that we can be raised to newness of life (Rom. 6:4).
65. Thanks be to God! Through Jesus Christ our Lord we can fulfill the righteous expectation of the Law (Rom. 7:25; 8:1-4).
66. In eternity, all things will end well for those who love God and who have responded to his call (Rom. 8:28).
67. Present your bodies as living sacrifices to God (Rom. 12:1-2).
68. Christ defeated death and Sin not through strength but through weakness (1 Cor. 1:23-25).
69. What we do with our bodies matters. We are the body of Christ (1 Cor. 6:19-20).
70. God can give you the strength to bear temptation (1 Cor. 10:13).
71. Do everything to the glory of God (1 Cor. 10:31; Col. 3:17).
72. Love is the greatest of virtues (1 Cor. 13).
73. Without the resurrection, Christian faith collapses (1 Cor. 15:14-19).
74. The Holy Spirit is the downpayment that guarantees our future inheritance (2 Cor. 1:21-22; 5:5).
75. God made the one who knew no sin to become sin so that we might become the righteousness of God (2 Cor. 5:21).
76. In Christ there are no racial, ethnic, social, or sexual divisions (Gal. 3:28; cf. Acts 8, 10, 13; Rev. 7:9).
77. Walk in the Spirit and you will not fulfill the desires of your flesh (Gal. 5:16).
78. By God’s grace we have been rescued, on the basis of our faith. (Eph. 2:8-10).
79. There is one God, one Lord, one Spirit. There is one body, one faith, one baptism (Eph. 4:4-6).
80. Speak the truth in love (Eph. 4:15).
81. Submit to one another (Eph. 5:21).
82. Have the same attitude as Jesus, who took the form of a servant (Phil. 2:6-7).
83. Strive to make your way toward salvation (Phil. 2:12; 3:14).
84. Our citizenship is in heaven, not on earth (Phil. 3:20; cf. Heb. 11:10, 16; 13:14; 1 Pet. 2:11).
85. Do not pursue superficial religion that focuses on the earthly while boasting falsely of the heavenly (Col. 2:8, 16-19).
86. The dead in Christ will rise first. We will assemble with them in the air with Christ, and we will be with the Lord forever (1 Thess. 4:16-17).
87. Those who can work for the mutual benefit of the church should do so if they expect to participate in the fruits (2 Thess. 3:10).
88. God would love for everyone to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth (1 Tim. 2:4).
89. Church leaders need to be individuals of character (1 Tim. 3).
90. The love of money is a root of all kinds of evil (1 Tim. 6:10).
91. All Scripture is God-breathed and is beneficial for teaching, reproof, correction, and training in righteousness (2 Tim. 3:16-17).
Hebrews, General Epistles, and Revelation
92. As the great high priest, Jesus sympathizes with our weaknesses (Heb. 4:15).
93. There is no longer any need for an earthly priest, sanctuary, or sacrifice, for Christ has accomplished all atonement for all time (Heb. 10:14).
94. You can genuinely begin the Christian journey and yet not make it to the Promised Land (Heb. 3, 6).
95. God does not tempt anyone to do evil. We are responsible for our evil choices, not God (Jas. 1:13-15).
96. Faith without works is useless (Jas. 2:14-17).
97. Live such good lives in the world that they may see your good deeds and glorify God (1 Pet. 2:12).
98. Always be ready to witness to the hope that you have (1 Pet. 3:15-16).
99. God is love (1 John 4:7-8).
100. God wins (Revelation).
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