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Bible Reading #12 and more...
Bible Reading #12 Sunday, March 15, 2026 NKJV Wide Margin Sovereign Deuteronomy 1-3, Ezra 1-5; Luke 15-16 ESV Women's Study Bible Matthew 19 KJV Chronological Life Application Bible Ezekiel 5-15 NASB 95 Large Print Compact Bible Joshua 1-10 Monday, March 16, 2026 NKJV Wide Margin Sovereign Deuteronomy 4-8; Ezra 6-10; Luke 17-18 ESV Women's Study Bible Matthew 20-22 KJV Chronological Life Application Bible Ezekiel 14-22 NASB 95 Large Print Compact Bible Joshua 11-24 Tuesday, March 17, 2026 NKJV Wide Margin Sovereign Deuteronomy 9-12; Luke 19-20; Nehemiah 1-5; ESV Women's Study Bible Matthew 23-24 KJV Chronological Life Application Bible Ezekiel 23-27; 20, 29, 30-31; Jeremiah 34, 21, 32, 33, 39, 52; 2 Kings 25; 2 Chronicles 36; NASB 95 Large Print Compact Bible Judges 1-5 Wednesday, March 18, 2026 NKJV Wide Margin Sovereign Deuteronomy 13-19; Nehemiah 6-13; Luke 21-24 ESV Women's Study Bible Matthew 25-26 KJV Chronological Life Application Bible Lamentations; Obadiah; 2 Kings 25, Jeremiah 40-44; Ezekiel 33-39, 32 NASB 95 Large Print Compact Bible Judges 6-21 Thursday, March 19, 2026 NKJV Wide Margin Sovereign Deuteronomy 20-25; Esther; Acts 1-2 ESV Women's Study Bible Matthew 27-28; James 1; KJV Chronological Life Application Bible Daniel 4, 7, 8, 5, 6, 9; Ezekiel 40-48, 29-30; 2 Kings 25 NASB 95 Large Print Compact Bible Ruth; 1 Samuel 1-3 Friday, March 20, 2026 NKJV Wide Margin Sovereign Deuteronomy 26-34; Job 1-2; Acts 3-4 ESV Women's Study Bible James 2-5; KJV Chronological Life Application Bible Ezra 1-4; Psalms 126, 147; Daniel 10-12; NASB 95 Large Print Compact Bible 1 Samuel 4-15 Saturday, March 21, 2026 NKJV Wide Margin Sovereign Joshua 1-6; Job 3-10; Acts 5-7; ESV Women's Study Bible Mark 1-3; KJV Chronological Life Application Bible Haggai; Zechariah NASB 95 Large Print Compact Bible 1 Samuel 16-20     • View comments • Track comments •
10. The French Kitchen 10. The French Kitchen. Kristy Cambron. 2025. 384 pages. [Source: Review copy] [3 stars, historical fiction, Christian fiction] First sentence: What would a French glamour girl wear to stash weapons in the dead of winter besides a haute couture gown? Kat Harris wished she knew. The description of French Kitchen sounds great, interesting, intriguing. However, for me at least, the book failed to match the description. The French Kitchen has dual timelines. There is a timeline set in France during World War II where the heroine, Kat Harris, is masquerading as Celine a woman part of the Resistance. The real Celine never arrived at her assignment. Kat Harris took her place and assumed her name. She's going undercover as a pastry chef, I think??? Regardless, she's going undercover in a French kitchen. France is occupied. The book opens with a cliff hanger, though since you have no investment in the characters much of the intensity and suspense is wasted. The second timeline is France in the 1950s. Kat Harris has received a telegram that may or may not be concerning her dead or not dead brother who was also a spy working with the Resistance. For whatever reason she feels the best way to find her possibly-not-dead brother is to find a man she may or may not be able to trust, Gerard, and marry him. For whatever reason he says yes. (At this point, readers are most likely as clueless as I was as to why he would say yes and why she would propose and what the point is). The chapters alternate between the past and present. In the 'present' story line Kat is once again become interested in cooking and meets Julia Child. This is what the description emphasizes. This is what the author's note emphasizes. This supposedly is the whole reason the book exists--to create fictional characters to interact with a fictional Julia Child. She's also searching for her possibly-not-dead brother. There are characters--friends, enemies, frenemies--in both timelines. But the way this story unfolds...at least to me...is not as effective as it could be if the author had chosen a timeline and kept things chronological. I am not opposed to dual timelines IF the story flows well and most importantly if it makes sense with little to no confusion. The description seems like it was written by someone who only heard a summary of the book and didn't actually read it.   • View comments • Track comments •
Bible Reading #11Sunday, March 8, 2026 NKJV Wide Margin Sovereign Leviticus 16-20; 2 Chronicles 1-5; Mark 7-9; RSV Sovereign Isaiah 40-43; Jeremiah 32-36; ESV Women's Study Bible Proverbs 12-17 KJV Chronological Life Application Study Bible Isaiah 49-59 NASB 95 Large Print Compact Bible Exodus 31-40 Monday, March 9, 2026 NKJV Wide Margin Sovereign Leviticus 21-27; 2 Chronicles 6-9; Mark 10-13; RSV Sovereign Isaiah 44-66; Jeremiah 37-52 ESV Women's Study Bible Proverbs 18-26 KJV Chronological Life Application Study Bible Isaiah 60-66; 2 Kings 21, 2 Chronicles 33, 34, 2 Kings 22:1-2 NASB 95 Large Print Compact Bible Leviticus 1-11; Tuesday, March 10, 2026 NKJV Wide Margin Sovereign Numbers 1-8; 2 Chronicles 10-13; Mark 14-16 ESV Women's Study Bible Proverbs 27-31; Matthew 1 KJV Chronological Life Application Study Bible Jeremiah 1-6, 22, 26, 47, 48, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah NASB 95 Large Print Compact Bible Leviticus 12-27 Wednesday, March 11, 2026 NKJV Wide Margin Sovereign Numbers 9-15; 2 Chronicles 14-20; Luke 1-6 ESV Women's Study Bible Matthew 2-4 KJV Chronological Life Application Study Bible 2 Kings 24:1-4; Jeremiah 25, 36, 45, 46, 19, 20, Daniel 1-3; NASB 95 Large Print Compact Bible Numbers 1-36 Thursday, March 12, 2026 NKJV Wide Margin Sovereign Numbers 16-21; 2 Chronicles 21-26; Luke 7-8 ESV Women's Study Bible Matthew 5-9 KJV Chronological Life Application Study Bible Jeremiah 7-18, 35, 49 NASB 95 Large Print Compact Bible Deuteronomy 1-5 Friday, March 13, 2026 NKJV Wide Margin Sovereign Numbers 22-26; 2 Chronicles 27-32; Luke 9-11; ESV Women's Study Bible Matthew 10-14; KJV Chronological Life Application Study Bible Jeremiah 22-24; 29-31; 37-38, 50-51, 2 Kings 24:5-19; 2 Chronicles 36:1-14; NASB 95 Large Print Compact Bible Deuteronomy 6-16; Saturday, March 14, 2026 NKJV Wide Margin Sovereign 2 Chronicles 33-36; Numbers 27-36; Luke 12-14; ESV Women's Study Bible Matthew 15-18; KJV Chronological Life Application Study Bible Ezekiel 1-4; Jeremiah 27-28 NASB 95 Large Print Compact Bible Deuteronomy 17-34   • View comments • Track comments •
1. RSV Sovereign 1. RSV Sovereign. God. 1977. Thomas Nelson. 1488 pages. [Source: Bought] [5 stars, Bible review] Start date: December 30, 2025 End date: March 9, 2026 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the Spirit of God was moving over the face of the waters. Genesis 1:1-2 About the RSV: The Revised Standard Version was a revision of the American Standard Version of 1901. The New Testament was released as early as 1946. The Old and New Testaments together were published in 1952. The translation went through several updates becoming finalized, I believe, in 1977. According to Wikipedia, the VERY first copy of the RSV to come off the press was given to Harry S. Truman in September 1946. It was released to the general public a few days later. Not every Christian embraced this new translation especially regarding the Old Testament. A strong reaction against this NEW translation in part led to a King-James-Only Movement. The fuss was over how Isaiah 7:14 was translated. Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, a young woman shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. Isaiah 7:14Some pastors preached sermons and wrote pamphlets against this "horrid" "modern" translation. A few even made a spectacle of themselves by burning it. The RSV has been the basis for two different revisions: the NRSV (1989) and the ESV (2001). My thoughts: I was not aware of the controversy before I started reading it! I didn't always love, love, love how they translated particular verses. But I wouldn't have been an angry protester, at least I don't think! But then again, I did get quite upset with the Common English Bible over how they translated a verse in Genesis, so maybe I would have been. I CAN ONLY IMAGINE the fuss that would have resulted if the MESSAGE had been published in 1952. It would actually be a little fun to imagine the uproar. I have read the RSV three perhaps four times. It is not my favorite translation. It is not my least favorite translation. The method I used to read this one was to start with TWO ribbons--or bookmarks--with one in Genesis and one in Revelation. To read forwards from one and backwards from the other. (Revelation, Jude, 3 John, 2 John, etc. and Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, etc.) I was curious WHERE I would meet in my read through. I ended up meeting in Isaiah. The Sovereign was a nice printing of the RSV for the most part. Sometimes the verse numbers are too close to the verse. BUT I love the size and weight of the Sovereign collection.   • View comments • Track comments •
Bible Reading #10Sunday, March 1, 2026 NKJV Wide Margin Sovereign Romans 13-16; Exodus 8-9; Matthew 13-14; RSV Sovereign Proverbs 5-11; Ezekiel 33-36; ESV Women's Study Bible Psalms 86-94; KJV Chronological Life Application Study Bible Psalms 42-49 Monday, March 2, 2026 NKJV Wide Margin Sovereign Exodus 10-13; Matthew 15-17; Proverbs 1-2 RSV Sovereign Ezekiel 37-48; Proverbs 12-21; ESV Women's Study Bible Psalms 95-104 KJV Chronological Life Application Study Bible Psalms 84, 85, 87, 1, 2, 10, 33, 66, 67, 71, 91 Tuesday, March 3, 2026 NKJV Wide Margin Sovereign Exodus 14-17; Matthew 18-21; Proverbs 3-6 RSV Sovereign Lamentations; Proverbs 22-31 ESV Women's Study Bible Psalms 105-115 KJV Chronological Life Application Study Bible Psalms 92-93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 102, 104, 105, 106, 107 NASB 95 Large Print Compact Bible Genesis 1-24 Wednesday, March 4, 2026 NKJV Wide Margin Sovereign Exodus 18-28; Proverbs 7-11; Matthew 22-25 RSV Sovereign Jeremiah 1-4; Ecclesiastes; Song of Songs; ESV Women's Study Bible Psalms 116-131; KJV Chronological Life Application Study Bible Psalms 111-118 NASB 95 Large Print Compact Bible Genesis 25-50 Thursday, March 5, 2026 NKJV Wide Margin Sovereign Exodus 29-40; Matthew 26-28; Proverbs 12-19 RSV Sovereign Jeremiah 5-13; Isaiah 1-7 ESV Women's Study Bible Psalms 132-150 KJV Chronological Life Application Study Bible Psalms 119-125, 128-130, 132, 134-136, 146, 148-150 NASB 95 Large Print Compact Bible Exodus 1-10 Friday, March 6, 2026 NKJV Wide Margin Sovereign Leviticus 1-11; Proverbs 20-31; 1 Chronicles 1-12; Mark 1-3 RSV Sovereign Isaiah 8-27; Jeremiah 14-23; ESV Women's Study Bible Proverbs 1-5 KJV Chronological Life Application Study Bible Micah 2-7; Isaiah 36-39; 2 Kings 18-20; 2 Chronicles 32 NASB 95 Large Print Compact Bible Exodus 11-18 Saturday, March 7, 2026 NKJV Wide Margin Sovereign Leviticus 12-15; 1 Chronicles 13-29; Mark 4-6 RSV Sovereign Jeremiah 24-31; Isaiah 28-39 ESV Women's Study Bible Proverbs 6-11 KJV Chronological Life Application Study Bible Isaiah 40-48 NASB 95 Large Print Compact Bible Exodus 19-30   • View comments • Track comments •
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