On Thursday, reading along through the Bible using Paul Tripp’s, Everyday Gospel, A Daily Devotional Connecting Scripture to All of Life, we came to Malachi, the last book of the Old Testament. This year the Bible that I’m using for my daily morning reading is the Church History Study Bible, Voices from the Past ~ Wisdom for the Present.
Unlike in other study Bibles, the notes in the ESV Church History Study Bible have not been written by editors. Instead, the notes have been compiled by a team of biblical scholars and church historians. The actual contributors of the notes are a varied group, stretching back from the first and second centuries and reaching forward to the twentieth century. These are theologians, pastors, poets, laity, all offering their perspective on God’s Word. In the ESV Church History Bible we escape the tyranny of the present to see the wisdom from the past.
In the introduction to Malachi this prayer by John Calvin (1509-1564) from his conclusion to his final lecture on Malachi was printed:
Grant, Almighty God, to help us onward in the course of faith, that we may strive to profit more from the helps that you have provided for us, so that the Law, the prophets, the voice of John the Baptist, and especially the doctrine of your only-begotten Son may more fully awaken us, that we may not hasten to him but also proceed constantly in our course and persevere in it until we shall at length obtain the victory and the crown of our calling, as you have promised us an eternal inheritance in heaven to all who faint not but wait for the coming of the great Redeemer. Amen.
I wanted to mark this significant day of completing the Old Testament and moving forward into the New Testament with Calvin’s meaningful prayer and another quote by R.C. Sproul.
Have you read the Bible through from Genesis to Revelation? It is a good journey to take.
After posting, we heard of Voddie Baucham being called up to heaven yesterday. Another heralder of the truth is absent from our midst. Absent from earth but present with Our LORD.
Have a great Friday and last weekend of September!
The Happy Wonderer ~ ellen b. 
Beautiful church! Take care, Happy Friday! Have a great weekend.
YES. The clear and plain teaching. Amen!
I have read the Bible from Genesis through Revelation…several times. I see something new every time! This year, I’m using John MacArthur’s Daily Bible so each day I am reading from the Old Testament, Psalms, Proverbs and New Testament.
We are studying the book of Malachi in Sunday School and have been for quite a while. Our Pastor takes it verse by verse when we study a book. 🙂
I read a bit of the Old and New each day and finish by the end of the year. I’ve read the whole Bible many many times. I always read the KJV which is the only version my church uses.
The old stone church is beautiful.
Yes, I’ve read the Bible through. Now I concentrate on a Psalm a day, some OT reading and NT reading.
Lovely! Thank you Ellen! Have a great weekend!
…Ellen, I wish you a wonderful day!
Yes, I have read the Bible through in one year several times, using a chronological edition.
I think I would like the ESV Church History Study Bible. Willow
Simply beautiful!