Contemplative Bible Reading

2 Peter 2:9 (New Living Translation) So you see, the Lord knows how to rescue godly people from their trials, even while keeping the wicked under punishment until the day of final judgment. Here’s the task: rescue godly people from their trials, even while keeping the wicked under punishment. Okay, rescue, not easy, but okay, […]

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1 Timothy 1:9 (New Living Translation) For the law was not intended for people who do what is right. It is for people who are lawless and rebellious, who are ungodly and sinful, who consider nothing sacred and defile what is holy, who kill their father or mother or commit other murders. There are many […]

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Ephesians 2:10 (New Living Translation) For we are God’s masterpiece. Wikipedia tells me that a masterpiece is: one that is considered the greatest work of a person’s career or a work of outstanding creativity, skill, profundity, or workmanship. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masterpiece We are the greatest work of God’s career. Let’s consider that one for twenty or thirty […]

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Luke 5:20 (New Living Translation) Seeing their faith, Jesus said to the man, “Young man, your sins are forgiven.” This is part of the (hi)story of Jesus healing a paralyzed man. Jesus was in a home. The crowds of people wanting to hear Jesus were big and thick and … crowded. There was a paralyzed […]

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Luke 4:5-7 (New Living Translation) 5 Then the devil took him (Jesus) up and revealed to him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. 6 “I will give you the glory of these kingdoms and authority over them,” the devil said, “because they are mine to give to anyone I please. […]

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Galatians 1:4 (New Living Translation) Jesus gave his life for our sins, just as God our Father planned, in order to rescue us from this evil world in which we live. Paul is writing this letter to the churches of Galatia. This is part of the first words or the introduction. In the, “Dear Folks […]

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Luke 2:52 (New Living Translation) Jesus grew in wisdom and in stature and in favor with God and all the people. This verse describes a mostly unknown part of the life of Jesus. What did Jesus do from about age 13 to about age 30? We don’t know much. This sentence gives us one glimpse […]

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Acts 14:16-17 (New Living Translation) 16 In the past he permitted all the nations to go their own ways, 17 but he never left them without evidence of himself and his goodness. For instance, he sends you rain and good crops and gives you food and joyful hearts.” Paul is talking to a group of […]

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2 Peter 2:1 (King James Version) But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction. Let’s go back to the King James Version for today’s version […]

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Ephesians 2:20 (New Living Translation) Together, we are his house, built on the foundation of the apostles and the prophets. And the cornerstone is Christ Jesus himself. There is some old saying that has a thousand variations about “standing on others’ shoulders, not on others’ toes.” Of course, most old sayings go back to the […]

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