The Bible Breakdown: Daily Bible Reading

A king on a donkey, a jar shattered at his feet, and a voice that sounds like thunder to some and clarity to others—John 12 is where momentum turns and meaning deepens. We trace the arc from a feast in Bethany to a crowded Jerusalem street and discover why glory in God’s kingdom often looks like humility, surrender, and a cross that draws the world. With Lazarus alive at the table and Mary pouring out a year’s wages, the contrast b...

A sealed tomb, a grieving family, and a risky return to Judea—John 11 doesn’t just tell a miracle story, it confronts how we think about time, hope, and the power behind the word resurrection. We walk through the chapter line by line and watch Jesus turn a late arrival into a living revelation: “I am the resurrection and the life.”

Martha meets us first with clarity and courage. She believes Jesus could have prevented deat...

What if the clearest path through a dark world isn’t a tactic, but a voice? We dive into John 10 where Jesus names Himself both the Gate and the Good Shepherd, promising not mere survival but abundant life. Think high beams on a night road: the dangers don’t disappear, but the way forward becomes visible. That’s the difference His presence makes—clarity, courage, and a peace that holds when everything else shakes.

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Ever faced pain and felt the urge to assign blame? We take a fresh look at John 9, where Jesus meets a man born blind and flips the script from “Who messed up?” to “What will God reveal?” The moment is raw and human—spit, mud, a simple command—and the outcome is unmistakable: the man sees. That ordinary-meets-miraculous pattern becomes a blueprint for how grace often moves through our lives today, partnering with ordinary means whi...

A woman stands in the temple, dragged into public shame. Stones are clenched. Laws are quoted. Then Jesus kneels, writes in dust, and turns a trap into a mirror. The crowd leaves quieter than they came, and one voice remains: neither do I condemn you; go and sin no more. From that moment, the chapter opens like a sunrise as Jesus declares, I am the light of the world—inviting those who follow him out of darkness and into life.
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A festival crowd whispers, leaders scheme, and Jesus steps into the temple with a challenge and a promise that won’t let anyone stay neutral. We walk through John 7 as family pressure collides with divine timing, public myths crumble under Scripture, and religious certainty meets the kind of healing that exposes hypocrisy. The result isn’t calm; it’s clarity—truth that confronts and living water that satisfies.

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A free meal draws a massive crowd, but a hard truth reveals true followers. We walk through John 6 as Jesus multiplies bread, refuses a political throne, and then makes a claim that can’t be managed: “I am the bread of life.” That divine name echoes through the story, turning a picnic into a crossroads. Are we chasing the show, or do we really want the Savior?

We trace the whole arc: the sign that satisfies hunger, the sto...

A man waits thirty-eight years by a pool for healing—and walks home carrying the mat that once carried him. That moment at Bethesda isn’t just a miracle; it’s a mirror that shows how easily we cling to rules and miss mercy when it stands up right in front of us. We lean into John 5 to explore how Jesus turns a Sabbath controversy into a revelation of who He is and why the Word of God is meant to lead us to the Word made flesh.
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A tired traveler sits by a well at noon, and everything changes. We walk through John 4 as Jesus breaks cultural barriers, speaks hard truth without malice, and offers living water that turns private shame into public hope. The conversation is simple and bold: a request for a drink, an invitation to eternal life, and a revelation that redirects a lifetime of arguments about where to worship toward how to worship—spirit and truth, h...

A rooftop conversation in the dark. A respected teacher with careful questions. And a startling claim from Jesus that still confronts our assumptions: you must be born again. We walk through John 3 with Nicodemus, tracing the move from head knowledge to heart-level trust and discovering why spiritual life cannot be engineered, only received. The wind image becomes our guide—mysterious, undeniable, and free—inviting us to stop contr...

A wedding on the brink of disaster and a temple humming with corruption set the stage for one of the boldest portraits of Jesus in John’s Gospel. We walk through Cana’s first sign—where water becomes wine—and watch how quiet obedience and divine abundance restore honor, stabilize a community, and reveal glory that raises real faith. Then we step into Jerusalem at Passover, where Jesus’ holy zeal flips tables, scatters coins, and pr...

Start with wonder, not assumptions: John opens by taking us back before time, presenting Jesus as the Word who was with God and is God, the source of life whose light the darkness can’t extinguish. We share why this Gospel is our favorite to hand to new believers and curious skeptics alike, and we map the big picture—authorship, audience, Ephesus roots, and the driving purpose that you would believe and have life in His name.
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Mercy that disrupts our comfort is hard to celebrate. When Nineveh repented and God relented, Jonah didn’t throw a party—he threw a fit. We unpack why a prophet who experienced rescue himself struggled to accept rescue for his enemies, and how a leafy plant, a hungry worm, and a scorching wind became God’s masterclass on compassion, priorities, and calling.

We walk through the tension between justice and mercy, and why ref...

A prophet walks into his enemy’s capital, speaks a single stark warning, and watches an empire kneel. That’s the shock of Jonah 3—and the heartbeat of this conversation: simple obedience meets unthinkable mercy, and the result is a city changed from the throne to the livestock.

We revisit Jonah’s second chance and why it matters for anyone who has ever run the other way. Then we step into Nineveh’s streets to hear the blun...

A storm rages, a prophet sinks, and a prayer rises from the dark. Jonah 2 isn’t a children’s tale about a big fish; it’s a field guide for the moments when our plans collapse and the only honest move left is to cry out. We open the text with fresh eyes—reading Jonah’s words as a trauma-marked memory that names consequences, clings to hope, and discovers that salvation doesn’t always arrive in tidy packaging.

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A prophet runs, a storm rises, and mercy finds a way through the chaos. We open Jonah 1 not as a children’s tale about a big fish, but as a disruptive story about God’s grace colliding with our prejudices. Brandon sets the world of Jonah in sharp relief—Assyria’s notorious cruelty, Israel’s spiritual drift under Jeroboam II, and the scandal of being sent to preach to an enemy city. That context changes everything: Jonah’s flight is...

A stone rolled back before sunrise. A table where bread breaks and eyes open. A quiet room electrified by peace as scarred hands reach out and ask for fish. We close Luke’s Gospel at full stride—with resurrection that feels shockingly material, Scripture that suddenly makes sense, and a mission that still presses on us today.

We walk through the empty tomb with the women who first carried the news, then pace the seven mile...

A courtroom that won’t hold truth, a crowd that won’t sit still, and a king who refuses to save himself—Luke 23 brings history’s darkest hour into sharp focus. We walk scene by scene through the trial before Pilate and Herod, the crowd’s shocking choice of Barabbas, and the road to Golgotha, where Rome’s power meets a deeper plan. Along the way, we unpack why substitution sits at the heart of the gospel, how ancient Leviticus patte...

Chaos can flood a room fast—especially when fear, pride, and pressure collide. We open Luke 22 and watch a community wobble: Judas bargains in secret, friends bicker over status, swords flash in the dark, and a rooster outs a disciple’s bravado. Through it all, Jesus stays steady—reframing Passover as a new covenant, redefining leadership as service, and choosing surrender over spectacle in Gethsemane.

We walk scene by sce...