July 4 In yesterday’s Bible reading and devotional, we read Paul’s discussion on sexual immorality. He continues to discussion today in 1 Corinthians 6. But he begins chapter 6 talking about church members litigating against other church members. He says that believers should not take their church disagreements to secular courts. There are two issues…
May 8 Imagine having to sit outside your place of worship, destined to beg for your daily needs. You have been unable to walk your entire life, and you have to depend on your family members to take you there every day to beg. You sit there every. Single. Day, just hoping to be given…
April 24 What does the Kingdom of God look like? The New Testament uses several titles for it: the Kingdom (Matt. 8:12; 13:19), the Kingdom of Heaven (Matthew 3:2; 4:17), and even the Kingdom of David (Mark 11:10). All of these names, though, describe the same thing. As with any other kingdom, the Kingdom of…
April 16 On January 23, we looked at the Lord’s Prayer in John 17. Today, we read the Disciples’ Prayer. As I said in January, John 17 is the prayer that Jesus prayed for His disciples and their disciples. Here, in Luke 11, we encounter a disciple who asks Jesus to teach them to pray,…
March 5 In Matthew 25, Jesus makes another reference to eschatology in his Parable of the Virgins. Ten virgins waited for the groom to arrive for a wedding, five of whom had extra oil for their lamps. When the groom arrived, all of them trimmed their lamps, but the five foolish virgins, who didn’t have…
March 2 A favorite topic of conversation for many believers is the End Times. Theologians call this subject: Eschatology. The Bible says quite a bit about it in Daniel, Revelation, and Matthew 24. But comparatively, it’s a very small part of Scripture. Many theologians and preachers make a big deal of eschatology, trying to determine…
