Contemplative Bible Reading

2 Peter 3:3-4 (New Living Translation) 3 Most importantly, I want to remind you that in the last days scoffers will come, mocking the truth and following their own desires. 4 They will say, “What happened to the promise that Jesus is coming again? From before the times of our ancestors, everything has remained the […]

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2 Peter 2:19 (New Living Translation) They promise freedom, but they themselves are slaves of sin and corruption. For you are a slave to whatever controls you. This is but one verse and one description in a chapter full of them. The persons described herein “know better.” They are surrounded by those who live for […]

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John 6:59-61 (New Living Translation) 59 He (Jesus) said these things while he was teaching in the synagogue in Capernaum. 60 Many of his disciples said, “This is very hard to understand. How can anyone accept it?” 61 Jesus was aware that his disciples were complaining, so he said to them, “Does this offend you? […]

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Matthew 5:21-22 (New Living Translation) 21 “You have heard that our ancestors were told, ‘You must not murder. If you commit murder, you are subject to judgment.’ 22 But I say, if you are even angry with someone, you are subject to judgment! If you call someone an idiot, you are in danger of being […]

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John 1:31-34 (New Living Translation) 31 I did not recognize him as the Messiah, but I have been baptizing with water so that he might be revealed to Israel.” 32 Then John testified, “I saw the Holy Spirit descending like a dove from heaven and resting upon him. 33 I didn’t know he was the […]

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John 20:13 (New Living Translation) “Dear woman, why are you crying?” the angels asked her. “Because they have taken away my Lord,” she replied, “and I don’t know where they have put him.” This is on the morning of Jesus’ resurrection. Mary Magdalene finds an empty tomb. Jesus is gone. She doesn’t assume that Jesus […]

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2 Corinthians 5:21 (New Living Translation) For God made Christ, who never sinned, to be the offering for our sin, so that we could be made right with God through Christ. There are a few places in the Bible where one sentence summarizes the entire thing. We should take note of these sentences. There are […]

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John 20:8-9 (New Living Translation) Then the disciple who had reached the tomb first also went in, and he saw and believed— for until then they still hadn’t understood the Scriptures that said Jesus must rise from the dead. Jesus has been crucified and buried in the tomb. On the first day of the week […]

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John 17:3 (New Living Translation) And this is the way to have eternal life—to know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, the one you sent to earth. Want eternal life? Who doesn’t. How do we get? What is the way? Where do we go? Good questions. The verse above tells us in a […]

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John 16:23-24 (New Living Translation) 23 At that time you won’t need to ask me for anything. I tell you the truth, you will ask the Father directly, and he will grant your request because you use my name. 24 You haven’t done this before. Ask, using my name, and you will receive, and you […]

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