Day 199: Times for War (2026)
7/18/202619 min
Fr. Mike explains why Joel would say there are certain times for war, even within God's plan. In a broken world, we are sometimes called to fight the brokenness around us, but we must believe that God is allowing this not because he likes war, but because something better will come in its place. Today's readings are Isaiah 16-17, Joel 3, and Proverbs 10:21-24.
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First 90 secondsFather Mike Schmitz· Host0:00
[outro jingle] Hi, my name is Father Mike Schmitz, and you're listening to the Bible in a Year podcast, where we encounter God's voice and live life through the lens of scripture. The Bible in a Year podcast is brought to you by Ascension. Using the Great Adventure Bible timeline, we'll read all the way from Genesis to Revelation, discovering how the story of salvation unfolds and how we fit into that story today. It is day one hundred and ninety-nine. You guys, one more day and it's day two hundred. How amazing is that? And we're reading from Isaiah chapters sixteen and seventeen. We're reading the conclusion of the book of the prophet Joel, chapter three. We're also reading Proverbs chapter ten, verses twenty-one through twenty-four. The Bible translation that I'm reading from is the Revised Standard Version, Second Catholic Edition. I'm using the Great Adventure Bible from Ascension. If you want to download your own Bible in a Year reading plan, you can visit ascensionpress.com/bibleinayear. You can also subscribe to this podcast, pod- podcast? Podcast, by clicking on Subscribe and you receive daily episode updates and all that stuff because gosh, you guys, day one ninety-nine. If you haven't figured it out by now, you probably have a system. Even if you've not subscribed, you probably have a system like, "Listen, bro, Father, I know how to get it. Don't worry about me." I'm not worried about you. I just wanna, I wanna make sure. Maybe your friends, maybe your friends wanna jump in on day one ninety-nine, and they don't even know what to do. Man, help your friends out. Subscribe. Teach them how to subscribe. As I said, it's day one ninety-nine. We are reading Isaiah chapter sixteen and seventeen, Joel chapter three, Proverbs chapter ten, verses twenty-one through twenty-four. The book of the Prophet Isaiah, chapter sixteen. They have sent