January 14th, 26: Genesis 34-36; Luke 14: Daily Bible in a Year:

Welcome to the Daily Radio Bible podcast for January 14th, 2026! In today’s episode, Hunter invites us to journey together through some pivotal passages in the Bible, starting with dramatic events in Genesis—where betrayal, family conflict, and God’s unwavering faithfulness take center stage. We witness the aftermath of Dinah’s tragic story, Jacob’s return to Bethel, God’s renewed covenant, and the legacy of Esau’s descendants. Then, we turn to the Gospel of Luke, where Jesus challenges religious pride, encourages humility, and invites everyone—especially the overlooked—to God’s grand banquet.

Along the way, Hunter reflects on how these stories point us toward the transforming love and grace of Jesus, reminding us that we’re called to lay aside our pride, embrace God’s invitations, and live with self-giving love. The episode closes with heartfelt prayers and encouragement to walk in humility, gratitude, and the assurance that we are deeply loved. So grab your Bible, open your heart, and let’s step into today’s reading and reflection together.

TODAY'S DEVOTION:

Our arrogance and pride will inevitably put us at the head of the table. And putting ourselves at the head of the table will inevitably lead to our humiliation and our ruin. That's what this Pharisee and these teachings in Luke 14 point out. And inevitably, when we make this life about us, we miss out altogether on the party that God has prepared. That's what it seems to tell us here in this parable of the banquet.

There's nothing wrong with having land or oxen, having a wife. There's nothing bad about these things. These are blessings. These are—these are and can be very good. But when they become ultimate things, they blind us to the gift that God is offering us. Because they become idols. And idols inevitably blind us. They fool us into thinking that we are the main character in this movie, that this life is my project, it's my story.

We imagine that we sit at the head of the table in our own movie. Our spouse, our parents, our children—they are the supporting cast. We can begin to think that maybe it's all about us. And this posture in life will lead to a rude awakening someday. That's why Jesus says that we have to hate all of it in comparison to our love for God, because in the end, it will rob us of life.

And the prayer of my own heart today is that I will see the richness and the reward, the party that has been prepared for those who receive and participate, who repent and believe that every good and perfect gift comes down from God, the Father of Lights, that he is the Source, and that every human being, no matter how humble they might be, have been invited into his very life.

The prayer of my own soul is that I will sit there at the foot of the table with great joy at the life that I have in him; that I will learn the ways of self-giving love and follow him. That's a prayer that I have for my family too—for my wife and my daughters and my son. And that's a prayer that I have for you.

May it be so.