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Daily Readings: Titus 1-2 and Psalm 8 The Letter to Titus is another product of Paul’s imprisonment in Rome. Titus had been assigned by Paul to pastor and teach the fledgling Church on the island of Crete, and to appoint elders who would provide long-term oversight and leadership to the Church there. It seems that…
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Daily Readings: 2 Timothy 3-4 and Psalm 7 The exhortations Paul gave Timothy in this letter are made all the more forceful and poignant by the fact that Paul wrote them on the verge of his own martyrdom. Paul knew that his own physical ministry was about to be ended by a Roman executioner, so…
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The letter we call 2 Timothy was written not long before Paul’s execution. At the time of writing it, Paul knew that the time of his death was drawing near (4:6-8), and he wanted to send final words of love, encouragement and instruction to his younger disciple, Timothy. Daily Readings: 2 Timothy 1-2 and Psalm…
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Daily Readings: 1 Timothy 5-6 and Psalm 5 5 … (They) have been robbed of the truth and (they) think that godliness is a means to financial gain.6 But godliness with contentment is great gain. 7 For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it … 10 For the love of money is a…
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Daily Readings: 1 Timothy 3-4 and Psalm 4 14 Although I hope to come to you soon, I am writing to you with these instructions so that, 15 if I am delayed, you will know how people ought to conduct themselves in God’s household, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the…
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Daily Readings: 1 Timothy 1-2 and Psalm 3 Paul wrote his first letter to Timothy, who was ministering to the Church in Ephesus, to encourage him to stand firm in the face of false teaching. This false teaching was harmful to the Christians because it distracted them with “myths and endless genealogies … controversial speculations…
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Daily Readings: 2 Thessalonians 3 and Psalm 2 It seems that some Thessalonian Christians had decided to stop working and live off the charity of the Church. Sadly, idle hands once again proved to be “the devil’s workshop” (as the old saying goes), and their idleness provided opportunities for them to disrupt the Church’s unity.…
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Daily Readings: 2 Thessalonians 1-2 and Psalm 1 (Yip, we’re starting all over again) Shortly after writing 1 Thessalonians, the apostle Paul received a report (see 2 Thess. 3:11) that the Thessalonian church had accepted the strange claim that Paul was teaching that “the day of the Lord has come” already (2:1–2). Paul sent them…
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Daily Readings: 1 Thessalonians 5 and Psalm 150 “Now, brothers and sisters, about times and dates we do not need to write to you, 2 for you know very well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night … 4 But you, brothers and sisters, are not in darkness so that this…
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Daily Readings: 1 Thessalonians 3-4 and Psalm 149 13 Brothers and sisters, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you do not grieve like the rest of mankind, who have no hope. Paul commended the Thessalonians for doing a great job of loving one another. Therefore, it…
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