Today’s reading is Romans 7: 1-13 Romans 7 is one of the most heartbreaking and painful chapters of the Bible, to me at least. But Chapter 7 is the Good Friday to Chapter 8’s Easter. Chapter 8 is so beautiful … Continue reading
The Law and Grace
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Today’s reading is Romans 5: 12-21 In today’s passage, we see Paul contrast Jesus and Adam. Through Adam, sin entered the world. Through the fall, all humans have original sin and that their sinful actions deserve punishment. That is the way … Continue reading
At Just the Right Moment
Today’s reading is Romans 5: 1-11 Today’s passage has some of the most important verses in all the bible within it, or at least it does to me. Verse 7 says that at the right time, Jesus died for us. Then … Continue reading
How is Your Heart?
Today’s reading is Romans 2: 16-29 Many of Paul’s day who were of the Jewish tradition said that they could not possibly be sinful, for they were circumcised. If they were circumcised and had this external marking upon them, this showed … Continue reading
On Your Side
Today’s reading is John 14: 15-31 We are reminded today by Jesus that we have someone on our side, that we have an “advocate.” We have the Holy Spirit who is for us. The Spirit will help us; He will intercede … Continue reading
You Have a Place
Today’s reading is John 14: 1-14 This is a famous teaching of Jesus, one that you have probably heard, especially at funerals. It is one of the main texts suggested for funerals in the United Methodist Book of Worship. In this … Continue reading
Life
Today’s reading is John 3: 31-36 We see the reiteration of what we saw earlier in John 3. Whoever believes in the Son has life. Life is not found by our work, or by our stuff, or by our righteousness. But it … Continue reading
I Must Decrease
Today’s reading is John 3: 22-30 It would have been easy for John the Baptist to have resented Jesus. I mean, he was out there preaching, baptizing, do all this hard work. Everything was going great. People were turning from their … Continue reading
Light or Darkness
Today’s reading is John 3: 1-21 Here is another passage that is so very familiar to us. There are a couple of things that I want you to notice in this text. Notice when Nicodemus comes to Jesus. At night. In … Continue reading
Lost Things Matter
Today’s reading is Luke 15: 1-10 This week we’ll continue with some of my favorite passages. The first two days we are looking at Luke 15 and it’s parables about lost things. We see a lost sheep, a lost coin, and … Continue reading
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