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Bible Readings for the Home Circle

Unknown author · Public domain text

246,136 words · about 17 h 14 min to read

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The text of Bible Readings for the Home Circle comes from Project Gutenberg e-text #34520. It is in English and public domain in the United States. Project Gutenberg’s header and license text are removed, and RedLectern sets the text out for reading on screen; no words of the book are rewritten or summarized. More formats (EPUB, Kindle) · How RedLectern is built

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Language
English
Subjects
Bible › Study and teaching, Bible › Illustrations, Bible › Indexes
Length
246,136 words · about 17 h 14 min
Sections
228 reader sections · Table of contents

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Contents (228)
  1. Opening about 4 min
  2. THE BIBLE; ITS ORIGIN, HISTORY, AND PLACE IN THE WORLD about 8 min
  3. THE VALUE OF BIBLE STUDY about 5 min
  4. I. THE BIBLE; HOW TO STUDY AND UNDERSTAND IT under 1 min
  5. The Scriptures about 3 min
  6. The Study Of The Scriptures about 6 min
  7. Power In The Word about 4 min
  8. The Life-Giving Word about 4 min
  9. Christ In All The Bible about 4 min
  10. Titles Of Christ about 1 min
  11. II. SIN; ITS ORIGIN, RESULTS, AND REMEDY under 1 min
  12. Creation And The Creator about 4 min
  13. The Origin Of Evil about 3 min
  14. The Fall And Redemption Of Man about 6 min
  15. Creation And Redemption about 6 min
  16. The Character And Attributes Of God about 2 min
  17. The Love Of God about 4 min
  18. The Deity Of Christ about 4 min
  19. Prophecies Relating To Christ about 5 min
  20. Christ The Way Of Life about 4 min
  21. Salvation Only Through Christ about 3 min
  22. III. THE WAY TO CHRIST under 1 min
  23. Faith about 3 min
  24. Hope about 4 min
  25. Repentance about 2 min
  26. Confession And Forgiveness about 6 min
  27. Conversion, Or The New Birth about 4 min
  28. Baptism about 5 min
  29. Reconciled To God about 2 min
  30. Acceptance With God about 4 min
  31. Justification By Faith about 7 min
  32. Righteousness And Life about 2 min
  33. Consecration about 4 min
  34. Bible Election about 4 min
  35. Bible Sanctification about 4 min
  36. Importance Of Sound Doctrine about 5 min
  37. Present Truth about 9 min
  38. The Obedience Of Faith about 5 min
  39. IV. LIFE, PARABLES, AND MIRACLES OF CHRIST under 1 min
  40. Birth, Childhood, And Early Life Of Christ about 6 min
  41. Christ’s Ministry about 4 min
  42. Christ The Great Teacher about 4 min
  43. Parables Of Christ about 4 min
  44. Miracles Of Christ about 7 min
  45. Sufferings Of Christ about 7 min
  46. The Resurrection Of Christ about 4 min
  47. A Sinless Life about 3 min
  48. Our Pattern about 2 min
  49. Our Helper And Friend about 2 min
  50. V. THE HOLY SPIRIT under 1 min
  51. The Holy Spirit And His Work about 4 min
  52. Fruit Of The Spirit about 4 min
  53. Gifts Of The Spirit about 2 min
  54. The Gift Of Prophecy about 7 min
  55. The Outpouring Of The Spirit about 6 min
  56. VI. THE SURE WORD OF PROPHECY under 1 min
  57. Prophecy, Why Given about 4 min
  58. Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream about 8 min
  59. The Gospel Of The Kingdom about 7 min
  60. Four Great Monarchies about 7 min
  61. The Kingdom And Work Of Antichrist about 13 min
  62. The Vicar Of Christ about 26 min
  63. The Atonement In Type And Antitype about 11 min
  64. The Judgment about 7 min
  65. The Judgment-Hour Message about 5 min
  66. The Fall Of Modern Babylon about 9 min
  67. The Closing Gospel Message. A Warning Against False Worship about 7 min
  68. Satan’s Warfare Against The Church about 7 min
  69. A Great Persecuting Power (The Ten-Horned Beast of Revelation 13) about 5 min
  70. Making An Image To The Beast. The Prophecy Of Revelation 13 about 15 min
  71. The Seven Churches about 7 min
  72. The Seven Seals about 9 min
  73. The Seven Trumpets about 14 min
  74. The Eastern Question about 10 min
  75. The Seven Last Plagues about 8 min
  76. The Mystery Of God Finished about 3 min
  77. Great Lines of Prophecy about 2 min
  78. VII. COMING EVENTS AND SIGNS OF THE TIMES under 1 min
  79. Our Lord’s Great Prophecy about 13 min
  80. Signs Of The Times about 11 min
  81. Increase Of Knowledge about 5 min
  82. Conflict Between Capital And Labor about 5 min
  83. Christ’s Second Coming about 9 min
  84. Manner Of Christ’s Coming about 3 min
  85. Object Of Christ’s Coming about 4 min
  86. The Resurrection Of The Just about 5 min
  87. The World’s Conversion about 8 min
  88. The Gathering Of Israel about 5 min
  89. The Millennium about 9 min
  90. Length Of The Day Of The Lord about 3 min
  91. Elijah The Prophet about 6 min
  92. VIII. THE LAW OF GOD about 1 min
  93. The Law Of God about 7 min
  94. Perpetuity Of The Law about 6 min
  95. Why The Law Was Given At Sinai about 7 min
  96. Penalty For Transgression about 2 min
  97. The Law Of God In The Patriarchal Age about 4 min
  98. The Law Of God In The New Testament about 4 min
  99. Love the Fulfilling of the Law about 1 min
  100. The Moral And Ceremonial Laws about 6 min
  101. The Two Covenants about 13 min
  102. What Was Abolished By Christ about 6 min
  103. The Law And The Gospel about 7 min
  104. IX. THE SABBATH under 1 min
  105. Institution Of The Sabbath about 5 min
  106. God’s Memorial about 5 min
  107. Reasons For Sabbath-Keeping about 7 min
  108. Manner Of Observing The Sabbath about 7 min
  109. Christ And The Sabbath about 7 min
  110. The Sabbath In The New Testament about 5 min
  111. The Law of God about 2 min
  112. The Change Of The Sabbath about 12 min
  113. The Seal Of God And The Mark Of Apostasy about 9 min
  114. The Lord’s Day about 4 min
  115. Walking As He Walked about 5 min
  116. The Sabbath In History about 10 min
  117. Sabbath Reform about 10 min
  118. X. CHRISTIAN LIBERTY under 1 min
  119. The Author Of Liberty about 6 min
  120. The Powers That Be about 11 min
  121. Individual Accountability about 2 min
  122. Union Of Church And State about 6 min
  123. Sabbath Legislation about 4 min
  124. Who Persecute And Why about 8 min
  125. XI. LIFE ONLY IN CHRIST under 1 min
  126. Origin, History, And Destiny Of Satan about 10 min
  127. What Is Man? about 6 min
  128. Life Only In Christ about 2 min
  129. The Intermediate State about 5 min
  130. The Two Resurrections about 6 min
  131. Fate Of The Transgressor about 6 min
  132. The Ministration Of Good Angels about 9 min
  133. The Dark Ministries Of Bad Angels about 5 min
  134. Spiritualism about 11 min
  135. XII. CHRISTIAN GROWTH AND EXPERIENCE under 1 min
  136. Growth In Grace about 3 min
  137. The Christian Armor about 4 min
  138. Walking In The Light about 6 min
  139. Saving Faith about 5 min
  140. Trials And Their Object about 5 min
  141. Overcoming about 2 min
  142. The Ministry Of Sorrow about 3 min
  143. Comfort In Affliction about 5 min
  144. Trusting In Jesus about 3 min
  145. Patience about 2 min
  146. Contentment about 3 min
  147. Cheerfulness about 5 min
  148. Christian Courtesy about 1 min
  149. Confessing Faults And Forgiving One Another about 5 min
  150. The Duty Of Encouragement about 3 min
  151. Unity Of Believers about 4 min
  152. Meekness And Humility about 4 min
  153. Sobriety about 2 min
  154. Wisdom about 3 min
  155. Diligence about 5 min
  156. Perfection Of Character about 2 min
  157. Sowing And Reaping about 3 min
  158. XIII. PRAYER AND PUBLIC WORSHIP under 1 min
  159. Importance Of Prayer about 4 min
  160. Meditation And Prayer about 2 min
  161. Watching Unto Prayer about 2 min
  162. Answers To Prayer about 5 min
  163. Public Worship about 5 min
  164. Reverence For The House Of God about 4 min
  165. Christian Communion about 3 min
  166. Praise And Thanksgiving about 2 min
  167. The Value Of Song about 3 min
  168. XIV. CHRISTIAN SERVICE under 1 min
  169. The Gift Of Giving about 3 min
  170. Preaching The Gospel about 4 min
  171. The Shepherd And His Work about 4 min
  172. Missionary Work about 4 min
  173. The Poor, And Our Duty Toward Them about 3 min
  174. Christian Help Work about 4 min
  175. Visiting The Sick about 1 min
  176. Healing The Sick about 4 min
  177. Prison Work about 2 min
  178. Order And Organization about 5 min
  179. Support Of The Ministry about 4 min
  180. Free-Will Offerings about 2 min
  181. Hospitality about 1 min
  182. Who Is The Greatest? about 5 min
  183. XV. ADMONITIONS AND WARNINGS under 1 min
  184. Pride about 1 min
  185. Selfishness about 1 min
  186. Covetousness about 8 min
  187. Debts about 5 min
  188. Respect Of Persons about 3 min
  189. Backsliding about 4 min
  190. Unbelief about 4 min
  191. Judging about 4 min
  192. Gossiping And Backbiting about 4 min
  193. Envy, Jealousy, And Hatred about 1 min
  194. Hypocrisy about 2 min
  195. Danger In Rejecting Light about 1 min
  196. The Just Recompense about 2 min
  197. XVI. THE HOME under 1 min
  198. The Marriage Institution about 7 min
  199. A Happy Home, And How To Make It about 4 min
  200. Religion In The Home about 4 min
  201. Honor Due To Parents about 4 min
  202. Child Training about 5 min
  203. The Mother about 3 min
  204. Teaching The Children about 5 min
  205. Promises For The Children about 2 min
  206. Evils Of City Life about 5 min
  207. Purity about 4 min
  208. XVII. HEALTH AND TEMPERANCE under 1 min
  209. Good Health about 3 min
  210. Christian Temperance about 4 min
  211. Evils Of Intemperance about 5 min
  212. The World’s Curse about 5 min
  213. Scripture Admonitions (A Responsive Reading) about 2 min
  214. True Temperance Reform about 2 min
  215. XVIII. THE KINGDOM RESTORED under 1 min
  216. The Kingdom Of Glory about 1 min
  217. The Saints’ Inheritance about 2 min
  218. Promises To The Overcomer about 3 min
  219. The Subjects Of The Kingdom about 6 min
  220. Eternal Life about 2 min
  221. The Home Of The Saved about 7 min
  222. The New Jerusalem about 4 min
  223. The Conflict Ended about 3 min
  224. Pleasures Forevermore about 2 min
  225. The Game Of Life In Progress about 1 min
  226. The Game Of Life Lost about 1 min
  227. The Game Of Life Won about 2 min
  228. INDEX OF SUBJECTS about 11 min

The opening of THE BIBLE; ITS ORIGIN, HISTORY, AND PLACE IN THE WORLD

The Bible contains proof in itself of its divine origin. No other book can answer the questionings of the mind or satisfy the longings of the heart as does the Bible. It is adapted to every age and condition of life, and is full of that knowledge which enlightens the mind and sanctifies the soul.

In the Bible we have a revelation of the living God. Received by faith, it has power to transform the life. During all its history a divine watch-care has been over it, and preserved it for the world.

How, When, and Why Written

After the flood, as men became numerous, and darkness was again settling over the world, holy men wrote as they were moved by the Spirit of God. Thus God spoke to His people, and through them to the world, that a knowledge of God and of His will might not perish from the earth.

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