July 5 Paul begins 1 Corinthians 7 talking about sexual intimacy in marriage. While he prohibits sexual immorality (all sexual behavior outside the context of a one-man-one-woman covenant marital relationship), Paul encourages sexual intimacy within a covenant marital relationship. In fact, he says that giving yourself to your spouse is your conjugal duty. And it’s…
June 29 In yesterday’s Bible reading and devotional, we saw that there are two types of people: spiritual and natural people. Spiritual people are able to understand the things of God, but natural people cannot. (1 Corinthians 2:12) Many have read today’s Bible readings in 1 Corinthians 3 and saw a third type of person:…
April 6 Luke 5 tells us about a miraculous catch of fish. Simon and his partners, James and John, had been fishing through the night without catching any fish. They had hauled their nets ashore and were cleaning them in preparation for the next night’s work. But, after teaching from one of the boats, Jesus…
April 2 Chapter 1 covers a lot of ground from Dr. Luke’s careful investigation into Jesus’ background, to his relative John’s birth after his father was struck speechless while serving in the Temple, and finally to Zechariah’s prophecy regarding his son. Luke was a Gentile physician, likely from Troas. His Gentile background is why he,…
February 26 In Matthew 20, we see two instances where people expected preferential treatment in the Kingdom of Heaven. Jesus told a parable in which people were hired to work in a man’s vineyard. He hired five groups of workers in the morning, at nine o’clock, noon, three, and five, promising a day’s wage to…
February 22 Matthew 18 begins with Jesus teaching His disciples from the viewpoint of children. He says that we must all become like children to enter the Kingdom of Heaven, meaning we must come to Him on His terms, submitting to His kingship over us and His domain, and trusting Him like a child trusts…
