TRUTH
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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 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: Mark 15 and Psalm 68 Yesterday we noted how Jesus stood boldly before the High Priest and the Sanhedrin and made “the good confession” (1 Timothy 6:13) of the truth about His identity as the Messiah, the Son of the Blessed One, despite knowing that it would give them the excuse they were
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Believe it or not, we have completed the Gospel of John; and we now turn our attention to the two shortest letters written by the same apostle John; namely, 2 John (today) and 3 John (on Monday). Daily Readings: 2 John 1 and Psalm 50 Because John wrote this letter at a time of intense
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Daily Readings: John 16 and Psalm 49 13 But when He, the Spirit of truth, comes, He will guide you into all the truth. He will not speak on His own; He will speak only what He hears, and He will tell you what is yet to come. 14 He will glorify Me because it is from Me
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