Contemplative Bible Reading

Acts 28:4-6 (New International Version) 4When the islanders saw the snake hanging from his hand, they said to each other, “This man must be a murderer; for though he escaped from the sea, Justice has not allowed him to live.” 5But Paul shook the snake off into the fire and suffered no ill effects. 6The […]

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2 Corinthians 7:2-4 (New International Version) 2Make room for us in your hearts. We have wronged no one, we have corrupted no one, we have exploited no one. 3I do not say this to condemn you; I have said before that you have such a place in our hearts that we would live or die […]

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Acts 16:16-18 (New International Version) 16Once when we were going to the place of prayer, we were met by a slave girl who had a spirit by which she predicted the future. She earned a great deal of money for her owners by fortune-telling. 17This girl followed Paul and the rest of us, shouting, “These […]

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1 Thessalonians 4:11-12 (New International Version) 11Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business and to work with your hands, just as we told you, 12so that your daily life may win the respect of outsiders and so that you will not be dependent on anybody. Dependence brings with […]

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1 Corinthians 5:12-13 (New International Version) 12What business is it of mine to judge those outside the church? Are you not to judge those inside? 13God will judge those outside. “Expel the wicked man from among you.” Few thoughts in the Bible strike to my heart as much as the one in the first part […]

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Acts 17:30 (New International Version) In the past God overlooked such ignorance, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent. Paul said this while speaking to the general public in Athens. This is a masterful way to speak with people who don’t know what Paul knows. He tells them, You didn’t know any better. […]

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Acts 14 (New International Version) 11When the crowd saw what Paul had done, they shouted in the Lycaonian language, “The gods have come down to us in human form!” 12Barnabas they called Zeus, and Paul they called Hermes because he was the chief speaker. 13The priest of Zeus, whose temple was just outside the city, […]

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Mark 10:27 (New International Version) Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but not with God; all things are possible with God.” This was Jesus’ answer after his followers had asked Him who could be saved. Oh course, this is it, all things are possible with God. We believe this – […]

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Luke 24:32 (New International Version) They asked each other, “Were not our hearts burning within us while he talked with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?” This verse comes after the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus. Two of His followers had walked and talked with him for a while. Once […]

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This post is out of the ordinary in several ways: I am posting it the day I write it It is neither a Saturday nor a Sunday It is not based on a single passage Yesterday, my 12-month-old grandson James fell ten or twelve feet from the loft in the apartment where he lives with […]

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