“Love or Die”

Pursue love… 1 Corinthians 14:1 With those two words Alexander Strauch opens his book, Love or Die, with its subtitle of Christ’s Wake-Up Call to the Church Revelation 2:4. This terrific small book is divided into two parts, “The Problem of Lost Love: Revelation 2:4,” and “How to Cultivate Love: Hebrews 10:24.” It ends with […]

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Looking Forward to 2012

So what do I have in mind for 2012? I won’t post daily this year, instead I’ll aim for at least two days a week—probably on Wednesday and Saturday. I have several series to continue, including Studying the Bible, and I’ll be writing more on God’s purposes for us as women. One thing I want […]

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Looking Back On 2011

Here are the top ten posts for 2011: • Exodus 9–12: Death & The Passover Lamb In God’s providence the Bible reading for this post was on the first night of Passover 2011. It was also Monday of Easter week. After it was published it became the most viewed post for most of the year. […]

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Acts 27–28: Preaching & Teaching

Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 52: Saturday “And he stayed two full years in his own rented quarters and was welcoming all who came to him, preaching the kingdom of God and teaching concerning the Lord Jesus Christ with all openness, unhindered.” Acts 28:30–31 Saturday’s Bible reading is Acts 27–28. Although yesterday’s reading […]

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1 John 4–5: Truth

Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 49: Sunday Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world. By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the […]

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1 John 4–5: Love

Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 49: Sunday Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. We have come to know and have believed the love which God has for us. God is love, and the one who abides in love abides in God, and […]

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Acts 19–20

Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 48: Saturday From Miletus he sent to Ephesus and called to him the elders of the church. And when they had come to him, he said to them, “You yourselves know, from the first day that I set foot in Asia, how I was with you the whole […]

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Proverbs 31: Open Your Mouth & Defend The Unfortunate

Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 42: Thursday Open your mouth for the mute, For the rights of all the unfortunate. Open your mouth, judge righteously, And defend the rights of the afflicted and needy. Proverbs 31:8–9 Thursday’s Bible reading is Proverbs 31. Derek Kidner divides this last chapter of Proverbs into two sections: […]

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Learning Love

Having so fond an affection for you, we were well-pleased to impart to you not only the gospel of God but also our own lives, because you had become very dear to us. 1 Thessalonians 2:8 When I wrote the story of how I became a Christian I shared how the genuine love I experienced […]

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