Author Archives: Clark Bunch

Read the Bible: Genesis 20

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Chapter 19 was kind of long and I felt some things needed to be said. Good news: Genesis 20 is a shorter chapter, only 18 verses, and it gives us a break from some of the heavy stuff of the past two chapters. Abraham is traveling abroad telling people that Sarah is his sister, which we have seen before.

I presume at this point if you are listening to these recordings that you are familiar with The Master’s Table, and are most likely a subscriber of some type. We may try to offer Read the Bible as a podcast on other outlets in the future. It is also possible that you have come across a website or someone on social media that has stolen this content and reposted it. So in today’s broadcast we will add some type of identifier, probably a closing (outro) that identifies The Master’s Table and Clark Bunch as the original producer of this content. You can listen to it, download it, share it with others, just don’t pass it off as your work. Please give credit where credit is due and include a link back to The Master’s Table.

Read the Bible: Genesis 19

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This is the longest chapter that we have read yet and there is a lot to talk about. I did some editing on the final product and got it down to a runtime of 29 minutes. This is one of those Rated R chapters; there may be a children’s coloring page of Lot’s wife turning to a pillar of salt; it’s less likely they had a discussion in Children’s Church about the men of Sodom trying to break down the door of Lot’s house.

Read the Bible: Genesis 18

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This chapter is longer than the last and there is a lot to say about this one. Three men visit Abraham – long discussion about who they might be – and they deliver two pieces of information. 1) Sarah will give birth at the age of 90 and 2) Sodom and Gomorrah will be judged for their great sins.

Link to Read the Bible: the LORD for a refresher in the Old Testament name for God.

Read the Bible: Genesis 17

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God has made promises to Abram and in this chapter will establish his covenant with him and give the sign of circumcision. Abram will be known as Abraham, Sarai as Sarah, and the birth of Isaac is promised. This chapter is a little longer than the past couple we’ve read and I felt a lot needed to be said.

Read the Bible: Genesis 16

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Mistakes have consequences. Sometimes you don’t even realize you are making a mistake in the moment, it seems like the right thing to do, but there are still consequences. And sometimes, if you are Abram and Sarai, you make mistakes that change the course of world history and the consequences of your actions will continue to be felt for millennia.

Satur-deja Vu

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Did you see the blood moon last night? I never doubted the forecast. And I believe Jesus is coming back. But the two are not related; there will be no warning. No one knows the day or the hour, not even the angels in heaven nor Jesus himself. Anyone that tells you they know is a liar. Jesus will return, according to his own words, when no one expects. So don’t wait to get ready, but if you are ready then fine, stay that way.

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Read the Bible: Genesis 15

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God repeats promises in chapter 15 that were made in chapters 12 and 13. He reveals details about the next 400 years and beyond and Abram believes, an act of faith that God regards as righteousness.

In Genesis 4, Cain killed his brother Abel. I know that but I got my words a little mixed up tonight. Abel offered the more excellent sacrifice which is why he is mentioned in Hebrews 11.

Read the Bible: Genesis 14

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This is the first time we read about Lot getting into trouble and needing to be rescued; it will not be the last. The big thing in this chapter is Melchizedek, king of Salem and priest of God Most High. Little is said about him and there is much we don’t know but he will be presented in the New Testament as a type of Christ.

If you click the play button and listen to the audio you may not notice a difference between this and the other recordings up to this point. If you download the file to a laptop, cell phone – I don’t know what the other options are these days – you might notice this file is an mp3 while the first 13 chapters were saved as m4a files. Mp3 is a slightly larger format so I want to know if anyone has any issues or if the 25 MB size is going to be a problem. I am running a free version of some recording and editing software; I could save as m4a but that’s a feature that would cost something. I used to have a file type converter but that was years ago; I could probably find something like that again but I don’t want to take a bunch of unnecessary steps if nobody cares. I’m the one that is going to run into problems when I run out of storage space for the blog archives. I would like to someday have all 1,189 chapters available for anyone to listen to at any time.

Read the Bible: Genesis 13

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Abram returns from Egypt, wealthier than he went in. He and Lot have so much stuff between them it is necessary to part ways. It seems innocuous in this short chapter but Lot lands near Sodom and you probably know at least a little something of what happens next.

Read the Bible: Genesis 12

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God makes promises to Abram for the first time in Genesis 12 that will be repeated in Genesis 15. God spoke to Abram in verse 1 and appeared to him in verse 7. Some weirdness happens later in the chapter but what we see in the early verses is the beginning of the history of Israel.