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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: Ephesians 5 and Psalm 14 1 Follow God’s example … 2 and live a life of love … 3 But among you there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed, because these are improper for God’s holy people. As in the days of the early
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Daily Readings: Ephesians 4 and Psalm 141 On Friday, in reflecting on Ephesians 3, I invited you to … “Imagine when we are empowered to encounter this love not only inwardly and individually by the Spirit, but also as it overflows between us in loving relationship too. Imagine when each member becomes an instrument of
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Daily Readings: 1 Corinthians 8 and Psalm 119:17-32 In 1 Corinthians 8 Paul dealt with a controversial issue for Christians living in a majority pagan population who worshiped at the temples of the many Greek gods. To provide context: A portion of the meat of every animal sacrificed at a pagan temple belonged to the
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Daily Readings: Romans 14 and Psalm 110 Are our disagreements loving, or do we just love disagreements? Romans 14 addresses the unloving way in which some early Christians in Rome were allowing “disputable matters” to cause division among themselves. God’s Word remains clear on many, many matters, but it seems that each generation finds points
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Daily Readings: Mark 5 and Psalm 56 Jesus had just demonstrated His power and authority over the forces of nature in Mark 4:35-41 by calming a violent storm on Lake Galilee. Now, in Mark 5, Jesus stilled storms of a different kind. First, He stilled a violent demonic storm with His word of command. Next,
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Daily Reading: 1 John 4 One very helpful way to study a passage in an apostolic letter of the New Testament (an epistle) is to work on rewriting it’s teaching, or the argument it is presenting, in one’s own words. This exercise helps one to ensure that one is digesting the core truths of the
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Daily Reading: John 15:1-17 The image of the Vine and its branches gives us a wonderful perspective on the Christian value of Love. It teaches us that remaining in a deeply connected relationship with Jesus is the only way to truly live a life of love. Such a relationship with Jesus brings with it a
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Daily Reading: Philippians 2:1-4 Philippians 2 highlights that living by the value of love involves deliberately taking my focus off myself and putting it firmly onto the needs of others. I am to lay aside my selfish ambitions of pursuing my own gain and advantage, in order to pursue the ambition of seeing other people
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Daily Reading: John 13:1-17, 34-35 34 ‘A new command I give you: love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. 35 By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.’ Years ago Christian retailers started producing WWJD bracelets, based on a concept described in Charles Sheldon’s
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