Contemplative Bible Reading

Acts 12:6 (New Living Translation) The night before Peter was to be placed on trial, he was asleep, fastened with two chains between two soldiers. Others stood guard at the prison gate. Peter is on death row. On the morrow, he was to go to trial. The outcome of the “trial” was known to all. […]

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Acts 5:42 (New Living Translation) And every day, in the Temple and from house to house, they continued to teach and preach this message: “Jesus is the Messiah.” Yeah, yeah, yeah, blah blah blah. NOT. What the followers of Jesus were doing was radical. It was dangerous—deadly dangerous as some were executed for this. Here […]

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Acts 2:38 (New Living Translation) Peter replied, “Each of you must repent of your sins and turn to God, and be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. Then you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. This may be the most familiar verse in the Bible to […]

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John 15:5 (New Living Translation) Anyone who does not remain in me is thrown away like a useless branch and withers. Such branches are gathered into a pile to be burned. This is Jesus describing the Christian life. On this occasion, He is speaking to followers—those who have already accepted Him as the Son of […]

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Matthew 27:6 (New Living Translation) The leading priests picked up the coins. “It wouldn’t be right to put this money in the Temple treasury,” they said, “since it was payment for murder.” This is after the crucifixion. The leading priests are gathering the thirty pieces of silver from the floor. Why don’t they put the […]

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by Dwayne Phillips This post is different from all others. Today is Christmas. So? The best explanation I can find comes from the heart and soul of Charles Shultz. This childlike man best explains it through a little boy named Linus. Odd, but no television network would dare make a show like this today. That […]

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John 14:27 (New Living Translation) I am leaving you with a gift—peace of mind and heart. And the peace I give is a gift the world cannot give. So don’t be troubled or afraid. Jesus gives us peace of mind and peace of heart. No one else can give that. World leaders can give what most […]

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Mark 10:46-48 (New Living Translation) 46 Then they reached Jericho, and as Jesus and his disciples left town, a large crowd followed him. A blind beggar named Bartimaeus (son of Timaeus) was sitting beside the road. 47 When Bartimaeus heard that Jesus of Nazareth was nearby, he began to shout, “Jesus, Son of David, have […]

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Luke 17:10 (New Living Translation) In the same way, when you obey me you should say, ‘We are unworthy servants who have simply done our duty.’ Jesus is telling us something here. The glory of doing what Jesus asks me to do? There is none. That’s my duty. And, I am an unworthy servant. I […]

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Matthew 20:13-15 (New Living Translation) He answered one of them, ‘Friend, I haven’t been unfair! Didn’t you agree to work all day for the usual wage? 14 Take your money and go. I wanted to pay this last worker the same as you. 15 Is it against the law for me to do what I […]

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