Acts 15:36-16:16 And when Paul had seen the vision, immediately we sought to go on into Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to preach the gospel to them. (v. 10) No doubt, upon reading this verse the words “we” and “us” immediately jumped out at you. Yes, this is the first occurrence of the …
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August 2021 Readings
Date Reading(s) Verses 01-Aug Acts 15:36-16:15 21 02-Aug Acts 16:16-40 25 03-Aug Acts 17:1-15 15 04-Aug Acts 17:16-34 19 05-Aug Acts 18:1-28 28 06-Aug I Thess.1:1-10 10 07-Aug I Thess. 2:1-20 20 08-Aug I Thess. 3:1-13 13 09-Aug I Thess. 4:1-18 18 10-Aug I Thess. 5:1-28 28 11-Aug II Thess. 1:1-12 12 12-Aug II Thess. …
July 31 / James 5:1-20
James 5:1-20 Come now, you rich, weep and howl… (v. 1a) You have lived on the earth in luxury and in self-indulgence. (v. 5a) Often when I read a New Testament item about the rich I pause and consider the full context, because compared to the rest of the world we in the USA are …
July 30 / James 4:1-17
James 4:1-17 I’m thinking again about the profiteering that James discusses in James 4:13-17. I already discussed entrepreneurship in my second post (below) from last year and I see good in a lot of entrepreneurial activities. But there are some that strike me wrong. Right now I’m thinking of housing developments. We live in the …
July 29 / James 3:1-18
James 3:1-18 But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts… (v. 14) and For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist… (v. 16) I wonder what’s going on in James’ world that he would point out jealousy and selfish ambition twice here. Back in Galatians Paul seemed to imply that this was …
July 28 / James 2:1-26
James 2:1-26 James writes that in keeping the Law but failing in one point a person is guilty of the whole Law. He uses an example: If you do not commit adultery but do murder, you have become a transgressor of the law. (v. 11b) For our 21st-century society that example needs to be flipped: …
July 27 / James 1:1-27
James 1:1-27 Welcome to the Epistle of James! Sin, with a number of verses (seemingly?) reflecting temptations from outside and from inside… First, from outside: Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds… (v. 2) and Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial… (v. 12) [I’m sure brothers …
July 26 / Gal. 6:1-18
Galatians 6:1-18 My daily pattern is to read through two translations and notes and sidebars of our scheduled reading, then to read my comments from last year, then to read a third translation and post new comments. With this pattern it is often the case that in my first readings I do not understand a …
July 25 / Gal. 5:16-26
Galatians 5:16-26 When we did our “Three Streams” series at St. Andrew’s last March during Lent it was Archbishop Foley Beach who spoke on the third “stream”, the Pentecostal/Charismatic stream – the Spirit-filled life. And as he spoke of the work of the Holy Spirit in our lives, he was clear in distinguishing the manifestations …
July 24 / Gal. 5:1-15
Galatians 5:1-15 When I read this section last year I was really confused by verse 11. I looked at another translation, and the first paragraph in my comments in the link below helped me to understand what Paul was saying. There are a few other confusions in today’s reading. Please read on. I wish those …