Read 1 Peter 1:18–21 Today’s Scripture: You know that it was not with perishable things such as silver and gold that you were redeemed … but with the precious blood of Christ. 1Peter 1:18–19 There were probably fifty million slaves in the Roman Empire! Slaves could purchase their own freedom...
Read Hebrews 5:11–14 Today’s Scripture: Solid food is for the mature. Hebrews 5:14 Just as our physical bodies have senses, without which we could not function, so our inner “spiritual man” has “spiritual senses.” As we feed on the Word of God, and apply it in daily life, our inner...
Read Romans 14:1–12 Today’s Scripture: Who are you to judge someone else’s servant? To his own master he stands or falls. And he will stand, for the Lord is able to make him stand. Romans 14:4 Two of the most famous Christians in the Victorian era in England were Charles...
Read Galatians 5:16–26 Today’s Scripture: So I say, live by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the sinful nature. Galatians 5:16 At the close of an important speech to congress on January 6, 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt shared his vision of the kind of world...
Read 2 Timothy 3:1–9 Today’s Scripture: But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. 2Timothy 3:1 Too many Christians are like the pilot who informed his passengers, “We are lost, but we are making very good time.” “These last days” began with the ministry of Jesus...
Read Colossians 1:15 Today’s Scripture: [Jesus] is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. Colossians 1:15 Paul’s main theme in Colossians is the preeminence of Jesus Christ (Col. 1:18 KJV). There is no need for us to worry about angelic mediators or spiritual emanations. Every person...
Read James 4:7–12 Today’s Scripture: Submit yourselves … to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Come near to God and he will come near to you. James4:7–8 Dr. A. W. Tozer has a profound essay in one of his books entitled “Nearness Is Likeness.” The more...
Read Colossians 4:3–4 Today’s Scripture: Pray for us, too, that God may open a door for our message, so that we may proclaim the mystery of Christ, for which I am in chains. Colossians 4:3 A visitor at Spurgeon’s Tabernacle in London was being shown around the building by the...
Read James 4:15–17 Today’s Scripture: You ought to say, “If it is the Lord’s will, we will live and do this or that.” James 4:15 Some people think God’s will is a cold, impersonal machine. God starts it going, and it is up to them to keep it functioning smoothly....
Read Ecclesiastes 1:4–8 Today’s Scripture: Generations come and generations go, but the earth remains forever. Ecclesiastes 1:4 From the human point of view, nothing seems more permanent and durable than the planet on which we live. When we say that something is as sure as the world, we are echoing...