1. The year was 1864. Today, we will remember Adelaide Anne Procter, one of the most famous Victorian poets who was a devout Catholic and advocate for the poor and distressed. The reading is from Procter, "The Shadows of the Evening Hours."
  2. מלכי־צדק - And Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine. (He was priest of God Most High.) And he blessed him and said, “Blessed be Abram by God Most High, Possessor of heaven and earth; and blessed be God Most High, who has delivered your enemies into your hand!” And Abram gave him a tenth of everything. (GENESIS 14:18–20)
  3. רגל - [The LORD told Abram,] "Arise, walk through the length and the breadth of the land, for I will give it to you.” (GENESIS 13:17)
  4. The year was 1945. We remember the historian of the Middle Ages, Johann Huizinga. The last word for today comes from another Dutchman, Herman Bavinck.
  5. A dead heart, a quick wedding, and a vulnerable king.
  6. נגע - But the LORD afflicted Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai, Abram’s wife. (GENESIS 12:17)
  7. The year was 1561. We remember Menno Simons. The reading for today, recommended by a listener, a poem by E.H. Hamilton.
  8. רעב - Now there was a famine in the land. So Abram went down to Egypt to sojourn there, for the famine was severe in the land. (GENESIS 12:10)
  9. The year was 1972. We remember Belfast’s Bloody Sunday. The last word for today comes from Henry Vaughn, his poem, “Peace.”
  10. At the outset of His ministry, Jesus' authority is on full display. Authority over sickness, authority over demons, and the authority to call you to follow Him