Philippians 2:1-11 Today’s reading, especially verses 4-11, is probably a favorite for all of us. Certainly it is for me. Even now the refrain from “He is Lord” is running through my head. So many words that Paul wrote are so glorious, so beautiful. We are blessed to have his writings at our fingertips! I …
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July 27 / Philippians 1:19-30
Philippians 1:19-30 For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. (v. 21) I have quoted this verse so many times, especially in the context of our present COVID life! So many dead – but how many were “in Christ”? Undoubtedly, He knew them all and He called them home when it …
July 26 / Philippians 1:1-18
Philippians 1:1-18 Philippians… We now embark on one of Carol’s and my favorite epistles. For me, Philippians was probably my first real connection between the book of Acts and Paul’s writings. I had read Acts well before I read any of Paul’s epistles, so I was aware of his imprisonment with Silas in Philippi (Acts …
July 25 / Acts 24:10-27
Acts 24:10-27 Felix… We’ve often heard that God’s word never goes out void. (Isaiah 55:11) So what about Felix in today’s reading? Evidently he spent a lot of time listening to Paul: (a) But Felix, having a rather accurate knowledge of the Way… (v. 22a). (b) After some days Felix came with his wife Drusilla, …
July 24 / Acts 24:1-9
Acts 24:1-9 And after five days the high priest Ananias came down with some elders… (v. 1) At first glance it may seem like the Jews took their time to come to Caesarea to make their case to the governor. However, Paul was swept away in the middle of the night and I doubt anyone …
July 23 / Acts 23:23-35
Acts 23:23-35 Then he called two of the centurions and said, “Get ready two hundred soldiers, with seventy horsemen and two hundred spearmen to go as far as Caesarea at the third hour of the night… So the soldiers, according to their instructions, took Paul and brought him by night to Antipatris. (vv. 23, 31) …
July 22 / Acts 23:11-22
Acts 23:11-22 Paul called one of the centurions and said, “Take this young man to the tribune, for he has something to tell him.” So he took him and brought him to the tribune and said, “Paul the prisoner called me and asked me to bring this young man to you, as he has something …
July 21 / Acts 23:1-10
Acts 23:1-10 I’ve always thought it was clever of Paul to get the Pharisees and Sadducees fighting one another. I’m not sure it was much of an evangelistic tool, but I’m not sure Paul had a great deal of evangelism on his mind at that point – though, certainly, evangelism is never far from Paul’s …
July 20 / Acts 22:22-30
Acts 22:22-30 So those who were about to examine him withdrew from him immediately, and the tribune also was afraid, for he realized that Paul was a Roman citizen and that he had bound him. (v. 29) There is so much in Paul’s background that made him such an excellent missionary. In addition to his …
July 19 / Acts 22:1-21
Acts 22:1-21 Today’s reading is now the third account that we have of Paul’s conversion. The first account takes up most of Acts 9. Paul also recounts his conversion in Galatians 1:13-17. The same exact details are not mentioned in all three accounts, so it is difficult to work completely through his conversion, but it …