Read Romans 6:12-23. Therefore, do not let sin exercise dominion in your mortal bodies, to make you obey their passions. (Romans 6:12) After saying in chapter five that salvation is a free gift of grace through faith, Paul warns us in the first half of chapter six not to take Read more…
Read Romans 6:1-11 How can you who have died to sin go on living in it? (Romans 6:2) “Therefore, since we are justified by faith, we have peace with God.” “We boast in our hope of sharing in the glory of God.” “Much more surely then, now that we have Read more…
Read Romans 4:1-5:8. Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have obtained access to this grace in which we stand; and we boast in our hope of sharing the glory of God. (Romans 5:1-2) I believe Read more…
Read Acts 2:1-21 and 1 Corinthians 12:3b-13. And then keep going into chapter 13. A rushing wind. Tongues of fire. Tongues of other peoples. I’ve always had a fascination with spiritual gifts such as healing or prophecy or speaking in tongues. Paul names nine such gifts and seems to imply Read more…
Read John 17:1-11. I once heard the complaint that we don’t really get to know much about Jesus in the gospels. We see his activities, we hear his sermons, but who was the man? What did he love? What were his hopes and plans? What kinds of thoughts ran through Read more…
Read 1 Peter 3:13-22. A. The country is being torn into pieces. How then should we live? B. Unity is the most important thing. You are to be one in spirit. You are to love each other, have sympathy for each other, repay evil with good. This is your calling, Read more…
Read John 14:1-14. Jesus’ discourse to his disciples on the night of the last supper as related by John is one of the most sublime sections of the Bible. In it Jesus tells his disciples all the remaining things they need to learn. He addresses the deepest matters—the relationship between Read more…
Read Acts 2:42-47. The author of the Cloud of Unknowing describes how to enter into yourself and to seek God in love. “God is apprehended not by reason but by love,” “for it is love alone that can reach God in this life.” Thus, the prayer he describes is a Read more…
“I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinegrower. He removes every branch in me that bears no fruit. Every branch that bears fruit he prunes to make it bear more fruit. You have already been cleansed by the word that I have spoken to you. Abide in Read more…
Read 1 Peter 1:3-9. I have a little red spot on my hand. It itches. It looks like a reaction to poison ivy, though I don’t think I’ve come into contact with any while holed up in my house during this pandemic. Maybe I’ve developed a new allergy to something Read more…