Congratulations! to those readers who have resolutely continued with the
Daily Reading for the last six months. For they have now read half the Old
Testament, and ALL of the New.
May God bless your continued effort and dedication.

Bible Readings for Today
2 Samuel l7
Jeremiah 21
Romans 7-8

For those who want to go directly to the source of this study guide,
it can be found at http://www.antipas.org/readings/readings.html

It takes normally between 20-30 mins per day depending on one's reading
speed.
It will be found many unanswered questions which may have seemed puzzling
and "Hard to be understood" are slowly and precisely answered as the Bible
is methodically read through day after day.

Here is a helpful link for anyone who either does not have a Bible to
hand, or might prefer reading from their computer, or might want to compare
different translations, or even read non-English versions:
http://www.biblegateway.com/

The Olympic Creed

Who was the American football coach who said: 'Winning or losing is not
just a matter of life and death: it's more important than that'?
Addiction to winning is not only a capitalist phenomenon, either.
Remember past East German and Chinese drug scandals?

The Olympic Creed says: 'The most important thing in the Olympic Games
is not to win but to take part, just as the most important thing in life
is not the triumph but the struggle. The essential thing is not to have
conquered but to have fought well.' Google tells me Pierre de Coubertin
got the idea from a speech given by the Bishop of Pennsylvania,
Ethelbert Talbot, at a service for Olympic champions during the 1908
London Games.

It's a variant on the ancient Chinese proverb, 'The journey is the
reward'. And it's related to the beautiful notion of serendipity ('Look
for something, find something else, and realize that what you've found
is more suited to your needs than what you thought you were looking for'
- Lawrence Block).