JESUS, THE TRUTH
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Daily Readings: Revelation 21-22 and Psalm 63 The final chapters of the Revelation are filled with the promise of the new creation. When Jesus returns as King and Lord of all, the entire universe is re-created, never to be corrupted by sin again. In this glorious new creation, God dwells with His people in a
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Daily Readings: 2 John, 3 John and Psalm 51 Writing during a time of severe persecution, the apostle John did not name himself or the congregation to which he wrote. Instead he cryptically referred to himself as “the elder”, to the local church as “the lady”, and to the members as “her children”. When he
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Daily Readings: 1 John 1-2 and Psalm 48 The letters of 1-3 John were written by the apostle John, the son of Zebedee and brother of James, around about 90AD. At the time he lived in Ephesus and probably wrote it as a letter to be circulated among the churches of that region. Having known
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Daily Readings: Luke 18 and Psalm 34 40 Jesus stopped and ordered the man to be brought to him. When he came near, Jesus asked him, 41 ‘What do you want me to do for you?’ ‘Lord, I want to see,’ he replied. 42 Jesus said to him, ‘Receive your sight; your faith has healed you.’ In the sovereignty of
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Daily Readings: 2 Corinthians 10 and Psalm 128 There were those in Corinth who publicly maligned and opposed Paul’s ministry, saying all sorts of negative things about him. One derogatory ‘accusation’ against Paul was that he was unimpressive and timid in person. They claimed that while his letters were highly impressive, face-to-face he just seemed
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Daily Readings: 2 Corinthians 4 and Psalm 122 Therefore, since God in his mercy has given us this new way, we never give up. 2 We reject all shameful deeds and underhanded methods. We don’t try to trick anyone or distort the word of God. We tell the truth before God, and all who are honest know
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Today we start reading 2 Corinthians. After writing 1 Corinthians, it seems that Paul actually briefly visited Corinth (a visit referred to in 2 Corinthians 2 as ‘a painful visit’) and then wrote them a letter which was not preserved for us, addressing some of the matters he observed on that visit. 2 Corinthians is
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Daily Readings: Acts 24 and Psalm 92 In Luke 21:12 Jesus warned His disciples: “They will hand you over to synagogues and put you in prison, and you will be brought before kings and governors, and all on account of my name.” Acts 24 presented Paul with his first opportunity to witness to a Roman
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Daily Readings: Mark 16 and Psalm 69 6 ‘Don’t be alarmed,’ he said. ‘You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid him. 7 But go, tell his disciples and Peter, “He is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him,
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Daily Readings: 3 John 1 and Psalm 51 We can learn a lot from this letter written by John (“the elder”), particularly from the way he describes its recipient, a local Christian named Gaius. The letter was most likely sent as a letter of recommendation and support for those who carried it (one of whom
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