2 Timothy 1–2: The Standard & The Treasure

Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 35: Sunday “Retain the standard of sound words which you have heard from me, in the faith and love which are in Christ Jesus. Guard, through the Holy Spirit who dwells in us, the treasure which has been entrusted to you.” 2 Timothy 1:13–14 Sunday’s Bible reading is 2 […]

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Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 35: House On The Rock

Week 35 of Read the Bible in 2011 begins today. You can read the complete explanation of what I’m doing here. Why is it so important for us to read God’s Word? When I started the blog I never expected to have so many posts with nautical themes, but in the Bible storms are a […]

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Creation & Women

The role and nature of women has now been in continual debate for an entire generation. I wrote about the consequent calamity and my personal experience of this crisis in my first post on 1 Timothy 2:9–15. In this post I want to look at who God created us to be as women. Paul’s commands […]

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1 Timothy 2:9–15: Creation, the Fall, & Women

Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 33: Sunday “Likewise, I want women to adorn themselves with proper clothing, modestly and discreetly, not with braided hair and gold or pearls or costly garments, but rather by means of good works, as is proper for women making a claim to godliness. “A woman must quietly receive […]

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1 Timothy 1–3: The Pillar & Support of the Truth

Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 33: Sunday “I am writing these things to you, hoping to come to you before long; but in case I am delayed, I write so that you will know how one ought to conduct himself in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, […]

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‘…the chains of Christ’s love’

In the last two chapters of his gospel, Luke writes of the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Luke tells of Jesus’ journey on the road to Emmaus with two of His followers, and Jesus’ charge to those gathered with the eleven remaining apostles. “Then He opened their minds to understand the Scriptures, and […]

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Luke 23–24: Eyewitnesses & Faith

Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 30: Saturday “Then He opened their minds to understand the Scriptures, and he said to them, “Thus it is written, that the Christ would suffer and rise again from the dead the third day, and that repentance for forgiveness of sins would be proclaimed in His name to […]

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1 Thessalonians 1–3: Idols & The Living God

Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 30: Sunday “Paul and Silvanus and Timothy, “To the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace. “We give thanks to God always for all of you, making mention of you in our prayers; constantly bearing in mind […]

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Music

After writing  Psalms 81–83: Worship & Songs this week I added the category of Music to the list in the sidebar. I’m surprised I didn’t think of this earlier because I posted so much music last year during the Christmas season, and I added more songs at Easter. We are a singing faith. May God […]

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2 Corinthians 11–13: Weakness & Strength

Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 21: Sunday “Because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations, for this reason, to keep me from exalting myself, there was given me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to torment me—to keep me from exalting myself! Concerning this I implored the Lord three times […]

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Looking Back—Looking Forward

Early this morning I realized yesterday marked the first anniversary of Kindling for Candles. In Welcome! I wrote that I chose the name for this blog from Isaiah 42 and Matthew 12 and the themes within those passages of justice, confrontation of evil, compassion, comfort and hope. On the About page in the heading, you […]

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