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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: Romans 13 and Psalm 109 8 Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for whoever loves others has fulfilled the law. 9 The commandments, ‘You shall not commit adultery,’ ‘You shall not murder,’ ‘You shall not steal,’ ‘You shall not covet,’and whatever other command there may be, are summed
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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 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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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 20 and Psalm 36 Yesterday, believers all over the world gathered to celebrate and to sing the praises of the Lord Jesus Christ, Who was crucified, dead and buried … but then, on the morning of the 3rd day, was raised to life again by the power of God! It’s such good
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Daily Readings: John 2 and Psalm 30 Remember that the Gospel of John presents seven miraculous signs performed by Jesus to reveal His identity. In John 2 we find the first of these signs. By turning water into wine at the wedding of an unnamed friend or family member, who was evidently not well-enough-off to
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Daily Readings: John 1 and Psalm 29 Today we begin our journey through John’s Gospel. We will read it slightly out of chronological chapter order by virtue of taking a detour to chapters 12-19 next week, so that we can focus on the events of Holy Week as recorded in John. The Gospel of John,
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Daily Readings: Matthew 27 and Psalm 27 It all happened so quickly after Jesus was betrayed, arrested, abandoned and falsely accused that Thursday night (Matt. 26). Early on the Friday morning, shortly after the rooster crowed the third time, Jesus was already hauled off to the palace of Pilate, the Roman governor. Standing alone and
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