Contemplative Bible Reading

John 15:19 (New Living Translation) The world would love you as one of its own if you belonged to it, but you are no longer part of the world. I chose you to come out of the world, so it hates you. Christians are no longer part of the world. We have opted out for […]

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Romans 2:1 (New Living Translation) You may think you can condemn such people, but you are just as bad, and you have no excuse! When you say they are wicked and should be punished, you are condemning yourself, for you who judge others do these very same things. Who, me? Just as bad? This must […]

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Romans 1:25 (New Living Translation) They traded the truth about God for a lie. So they worshiped and served the things God created instead of the Creator himself, who is worthy of eternal praise! Amen. This is a problem in man. We worship the first thing we see. We don’t tend to look beyond the […]

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Romans 1:16-17 (New Living Translation) 16 For I am not ashamed of this Good News about Christ. It is the power of God at work, saving everyone who believes—the Jew first and also the Gentile. 17 This Good News tells us how God makes us right in his sight. This is accomplished from start to finish […]

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Acts 10:2 (New Living Translation) He gave generously to the poor and prayed regularly to God. Read that description of a man. Read it several times. How would you describe that man? What comes to my mind is: He was a good man. He gave generously to the poor. He prayed to God regularly. Yes, […]

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John 4:4-7 (New Living Translation) 4 He had to go through Samaria on the way. 5 Eventually he came to the Samaritan village of Sychar, near the field that Jacob gave to his son Joseph. 6 Jacob’s well was there; and Jesus, tired from the long walk, sat wearily beside the well about noontime. 7 Soon a Samaritan […]

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John 3:19-21 (New Living Translation) “And the judgment is based on this fact: God’s light came into the world, but people loved the darkness more than the light, for their actions were evil. 20 All who do evil hate the light and refuse to go near it for fear their sins will be exposed. 21 But those […]

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Luke 2:15 (New Living Translation) When the angels had returned to heaven, the shepherds said to each other, “Let’s go to Bethlehem! Let’s see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about.” Where do angels go after they complete a mission to earth? Simple, they return to heaven. At least that […]

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Luke 9:23 (New Living Translation) Then he said to the crowd, “If any of you wants to be my follower, you must turn from your selfish ways, take up your cross daily, and follow me. Jesus is talking to a crowd. Consider the subject: a cross. The cross was an instrument of capital punishment. Like a […]

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Mark 6:12 (New Living Translation) So the disciples went out, telling everyone they met to repent of their sins and turn to God. This isn’t complicated. The followers of Jesus went out with a two-point message: repent of sins turn to God I wonder how many missionary seminars they attended before they traveled with this […]

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