Category Archives: Readings

3 John 1:9-10

I wrote to the church, but Diotrephes, who loves to be first, will not welcome us. So when I come, I will call attention to what he is doing, spreading malicious nonsense about us. Not satisfied with that, he even … Continue reading

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James 2:10

For whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it. One of the roles of the law is to remind us of our great need for grace. We all stumble … Continue reading

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1 Corinthians 13:4

Love is patient, love is kind. The essence of a good teacher is patience.  As our children’s teachers, we have unlimited opportunities to learn and practice patience.  ~  Dr T. Evans Iowa Web Network This article is subject to Creative … Continue reading

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Titus 2:1

You, however, must teach what is appropriate to sound doctrine. The word doctrine can cause some Christians to react. Yet when Paul writes to Titus, he places proper doctrine at a very high place. This means that we don’t just … Continue reading

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2 Thessalonians 2:16-17

May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and by his grace gave us eternal encouragement and good hope, encourage your hearts and strengthen you in every good deed and word. Good deeds are not … Continue reading

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1 Thessalonians 4:3-6

It is God’s will that you should be sanctified: that you should avoid sexual immorality; that each of you should learn to control your own body in a way that is holy and honorable, not in passionate lust like the … Continue reading

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Ephesians 3:10-11

His intent was that now, through the church, the manifold wisdom of God should be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly realms, according to his eternal purpose that he accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord. The … Continue reading

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Titus 1:15

To the pure, all things are pure, but to those who are corrupted and do not believe, nothing is pure. In fact, both their minds and consciences are corrupted. This passage is revolutionary in how we perceive the world around … Continue reading

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John 17: 21, 22

As you, Father, are in me and I am in you, may they also be in us… so that they may be one as we are one. Marriage is an earthly replica of the divine Trinity – three persons who … Continue reading

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2 Corinthians 2:14-15

But thanks be to God, who always leads us as captives in Christ’s triumphal procession and uses us to spread the aroma of the knowledge of him everywhere. For we are to God the pleasing aroma of Christ among those … Continue reading

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