TRUTH
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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: Mark 4 and Psalm 55 Mark 4 records four of Jesus’ parables about the Kingdom of God, each teaching us in a different way about the power of God’s Word to bring about the growth of the Kingdom. And then the chapter ends with Jesus miraculously calming a storm with the power of
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Daily Readings: Matthew 16 and Psalm 16 In Matthew 13, Jesus told a parable explaining how the Kingdom of God influences and transforms. Just as a tiny measure of yeast in a batch of dough gradually but fundamentally transforms the dough from the inside, the Kingdom of God brings fundamental change to people and communities
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Daily Reading: John 18:28-40 As Jesus stood on trial, Pilate’s chief concern was whether this man was somehow claiming to be the rightful king of Israel in opposition to Caesar. Jesus’ response to his questioning was to clarify that His Kingdom was unlike any earthly Kingdom. And when Pilate asked Jesus directly, “You are a
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Daily Readings: Ephesians 4:1-16 In Ephesians 4, the apostle Paul upholds God’s own vision of a perfectly healthy “Body of Christ” (the Church). In that perfect Body, every member lives in a healthy, mature relationship of Christ-centred union with every other member. Through that union, every member is brought into a perfect internal experience of
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Daily Reading: 1 John 1:1-10 Many of us grew up hearing hypocritical Christians being criticised for not “practising what they preach!” Today’s passage highlights that people living by the value of truth do everything within their power to ensure that they do indeed “practice what they preach”. They strive to ensure that they are people
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Daily Reading: Mark 12:13-17 The religious authorities were lying when they spoke to Jesus. The words they spoke were not a true reflection of the reality they claimed to be representing, because they did not truly believe what they claimed to believe. They said, “Teacher we know you are a man of integrity,” but, in
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Daily Reading: Proverbs 12:17-19 The second Christian Value we’re considering in our series is Truth. Just as a Christian’s life is to be guided by what’s in the highest best interests of others (i.e. love), so too our lives are to be characterised and guided by Truth. In John 18:37-38, Jesus told Pilate, “The reason
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