Contemplative Bible Reading

Romans 16:10a (New Living Translation) 10 Greet Apelles, a good man whom Christ approves… Here we hear about a man named Apelles. No, I don’t know how to pronounce that correctly. And I don’t know anything else about this man. What I do know is that Apelles was a good man whom Christ approves. We […]

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Numbers 35:20-21 (New Living Translation) 20 So if someone hates another person and waits in ambush, then pushes him or throws something at him and he dies, it is murder. 21 Or if someone hates another person and hits him with a fist and he dies, it is murder. In such cases, the avenger must […]

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2 Timothy 3:1-5 (New Living Translation) 1 You should know this, Timothy, that in the last days there will be very difficult times. 2 For people will love only themselves and their money. They will be boastful and proud, scoffing at God, disobedient to their parents, and ungrateful. They will consider nothing sacred. 3 They […]

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Hebrews 2:16 (New Living Translation) 16 We also know that the Son did not come to help angels; he came to help the descendants of Abraham. Angels need help? They are angels. Yes, but they are not perfect, I guess. It seems from this sentence that angels could use some help. Now comes the BUT. […]

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Deuteronomy 2:25 (New Living Translation) 25 Beginning today I will make people throughout the earth terrified because of you. When they hear reports about you, they will tremble with dread and fear. God is speaking to the people through Moses. God made the peoples who were in the way of God’s people terrified. Those poor […]

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2 Timothy 3:1-5 (New Living Translation) You should know this, Timothy, that in the last days there will be very difficult times. 2 For people will love only themselves and their money. They will be boastful and proud, scoffing at God, disobedient to their parents, and ungrateful. They will consider nothing sacred. 3 They will […]

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Leviticus 16:17 (New Living Translation) 17 No one else is allowed inside the Tabernacle when Aaron enters it for the purification ceremony in the Most Holy Place. No one may enter until he comes out again after purifying himself, his family, and all the congregation of Israel, making them right with the Lord. The words […]

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Titus 3:2 (English Standard Version) 3 For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, hated by others and hating one another. Yuck. What life. Hated by others and hating one another. I sometimes ask young adults to experiment with something: For […]

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