Day 222: Idolatry and Adultery (2025)

The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)

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🗓️ 10 August 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Fr. Mike explains the relationship between idolatry and adultery, and how one can easily lead to another, especially in our relationship with God. He also talks about the difference between discipline and abuse, as we cover some tough topics today. Today's readings are Isaiah 65, Ezekiel 23-24, and Proverbs 13:21-25.

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0:00.0	Hi, my name is Father Mike Schmitz, and you're listening to the Bible in a year podcast,
0:07.9	where we encounter God's voice and live life through the lens of scripture.
0:11.1	The Bible in a year podcast is brought to you by Ascension.
0:14.0	Using the great adventure Bible timeline, we'll read all the way from Genesis to Revelation,
0:18.2	discovering how the story of salvation unfold and how we fit into that
0:21.2	story today. It is day 222, triple two. And we're reading Isaiah. What am I? This is a phone call.
0:28.6	Call triple two. Anyways, day 22. We're reading Isaiah's chapter 65. We only have one more chapter
0:34.0	left after this chapter. Remember Isaiah from chapters 1 to 39 was the book of woe.
0:40.4	And now we've experienced the book of consolation.
0:42.3	We're coming to a close in the book of the prophet Isaiah, chapter 65.
0:46.0	We're also reading Ezekiel chapter 23 and 24, Proverbs chapter 13 versus 21 through 25.
0:51.4	As always, the Bible translation that I am reading from is the revised standard version, the 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 slash Bible in a year. You can also subscribe to this podcast by clicking on subscribe, and then you'll be subscribed and all will be right in the world. And man, you can mark the day 22.
1:12.9	Would that was the day I subscribed?
1:14.5	That was the day.
1:15.5	I remember it because there's three twos right in a row, just like that.
1:18.6	And we're reading Isaiah 65, Ezekiel 23 and 24, Proverbs 13, verses 21 through 25.
1:26.5	The Book of the Prophet Isaiah, Chapter 65, the righteousness of God's judgment.
1:32.6	I was ready to be sought by those who did not ask for me. I was ready to be found by those
1:37.5	who did not seek me. I said, here am I, here am I, to a nation that did not call on my name.
1:47.1	I spread out my hands all the day to a rebellious people who walk in a way that is not good following their own devices. A people who provoke me to my
1:54.0	face continually, sacrificing in gardens and burning incense upon bricks, who sit in tombs and spend the
2:00.6	night in secret places, who eat
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