Monday, April 18 2 Timothy 2:1-2 “Teach these truths” The need for what Paul teaches and commands to be passed on pervades Paul’s letters to his “dear son” in the faith. The teachings of Paul are something valuable that require the care of reliable people. Paul emphasizes that what he has taught and commanded… Read more about Letters of Paul
Easter Sunday
Monday, April 11 John 18:1-18 “Jesus is arrested” Jesus moves into the events of his betrayal, arrest, trial, crucifixion and death with a calm courage, even anticipation. This is why he has come. Jesus is the central actor, the prime mover, throughout these events, not Judas or Annas or Caiaphas or Pilate, although their… Read more about Easter Sunday
Palm Sunday
Monday, April 4 John 12:12-19 “The news that Jesus was on his way swept through the city” Lazarus has been raised from the dead! The word is out! There are witnesses who have seen it. Now the One who raised him is on his way to Jerusalem in spite of all the earlier threats… Read more about Palm Sunday
Letters of Paul
Monday, March 28 2 Timothy 1:1-2 “Paul, an apostle” Paul connects his apostleship with the “will of God, according to the promise of life that is in Christ Jesus.” Paul is an apostle of Christ because God has willed it, not because he, Paul, or another human being has somehow decided that Paul… Read more about Letters of Paul
Letters of Paul
Monday, March 21 1 Timothy 6:3-5 “False Teachers” There are some who will teach false doctrine, defined as that which runs counter to the teaching of Jesus. It is not so much that these false teachers contradict Christ directly, for that would be easy to show as being against Christ. Rather, their teaching… Read more about Letters of Paul
Letters of Paul
Monday, March 14 1 Timothy 5:1-8 “Relationships in the church family” After providing a brief introduction to the topic of relationships in the church family in verses one and two, Paul establishes a connection between one’s faith and one’s concern for others. It may stem from the Ten Commandments, the fifth of which… Read more about Letters of Paul
Letters of Paul
Monday, March 7 1 Timothy 4:1-5 “Some follow deceiving spirits” However far we may be into the “last days,” most would agree that there seems to be intense activity now on the part of deceiving spirits. Beliefs and practices that were usually only confronted by overseas missionaries a few generations ago are now… Read more about Letters of Paul
Letters of Paul
Monday, February 28 1 Timothy 2:1-7 “There is one God and one Mediator” God’s concern for people is comprehensive, and his being the one God is both exclusive and inclusive. It is exclusive in the sense that there is no other God. He is the only God, with no competitors other than in… Read more about Letters of Paul