Contemplative Bible Reading

Acts 17:27 (New Living Translation) 27 His (God’s) purpose was for the nations to seek after God and perhaps feel their way toward him and find him—though he is not far from any one of us. Paul is speaking to the educated people in Athens. Paul is telling these smart folks about the God that […]

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Luke 18:34 (New Living Translation) 34 But they didn’t understand any of this. The significance of his words was hidden from them, and they failed to grasp what he was talking about. Jesus is talking to the group of insiders who walked with Him daily. Jesus told them what was to happen in Jerusalem. Given […]

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Matthew 3:13-15 (Christian Standard Bible) 13 Then Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan, to be baptized by him. 14 But John tried to stop him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and yet you come to me?” 15 Jesus answered him, “Allow it for now, because this is the way for us to […]

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Luke 3:23 (New Living Translation) 23 Jesus was about thirty years old when he began his public ministry. Jesus was about half the age of life expectancy when He began His public ministry. Three score and ten is seventy years of age. The life expectancy in Jesus’ time and place was much less than seventy. Jesus […]

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Mark 3:20-22 (New Living Translation) 20 One time Jesus entered a house, and the crowds began to gather again. Soon he and his disciples couldn’t even find time to eat. 21 When his family heard what was happening, they tried to take him away. “He’s out of his mind,” they said. 22 But the teachers of religious law […]

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Matthew 8:16-17 (New Living Translation) …and he (Jesus) healed all the sick. 17 This fulfilled the word of the Lord through the prophet Isaiah, who said, “He took our sicknesses    and removed our diseases.” Told many centuries earlier, the Messiah, the Son of God, the one who would take away the sins of mankind, the Christ would […]

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Matthew 8:32-34 (New Living Translation) 32 “All right, go!” Jesus commanded them. So the demons came out of the men and entered the pigs, and the whole herd plunged down the steep hillside into the lake and drowned in the water. 33 The herdsmen fled to the nearby town, telling everyone what happened to the demon-possessed men. […]

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Matthew 20:28 (New Living Translation) 28 For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve others and to give his life as a ransom for many. Jesus concludes a discussion on what we value with this statement about His own life and ransom. One definition of ransom is “something paid or […]

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This is a different from most posts. Today, December 25th 2022, is Christmas Day. Christianity worldwide celebrates this as the day Christ came to earth. Well, there are 365 or so days in a year, so there is a chance that Christ was born close to the winter solstice. Researchers who research such things have […]

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Luke 8:46-48 (New Living Translation) 46 But Jesus said, “Someone deliberately touched me, for I felt healing power go out from me.” 47 When the woman realized that she could not stay hidden, she began to tremble and fell to her knees in front of him. The whole crowd heard her explain why she had touched him […]

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