Category: April

This pearl is meant to grow and come to its full beauty in the grace and truth of God

April 9, 2024

We read about principles for marriage in 1 Corinthians 7. (1 Corinthians 7:1-6 in our Bible reading plan today) Now concerning the matters about which you wrote: “It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman.” But because of the temptation to sexual immorality, each man should have his own … More This pearl is meant to grow and come to its full beauty in the grace and truth of God

Grant us eyes to see

April 9, 2024

Kim Riddlebarger asks, “What, then, should we take with us from this section of Mark?” [Mark 3:20-35, from our Bible reading plan today.] The very fact that so many different and diverse people witnessed the miracles of Jesus with their own eyes and yet did not understand his mission or understand who he was, should remind … More Grant us eyes to see

Cities of Refuge Point to Christ, Our Great High Priest

April 9, 2024

Having just celebrated Jesus’ death and resurrection, it is exciting to have passages of Scripture that point us to Christ.  Sometimes verses jump right off the page at us, even though we have read it before and didn’t see it.  Did you notice the cities of refuge in today’s reading in Joshua 20-21?  Here is … More Cities of Refuge Point to Christ, Our Great High Priest

Bought With a Price

April 8, 2024

For you have been bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body. —1 Corinthians 6:20 John Piper asks, “What Does It Mean That Your Body Was Bought?” When Christ paid the price for his people, he bought our bodies. So let me try to show you from this passage of God’s Word what … More Bought With a Price

All the way my Savior leads me, O the fullness of His love!

April 8, 2024

Psalm 78: 52  Then he led out his people like sheep and guided them in the wilderness like a flock. C.H. Spurgeon comments on this verse in The Treasury of David: The contrast is striking, and ought never to have been forgotten by the people. The wolves were slain in heaps, the sheep were carefully gathered, … More All the way my Savior leads me, O the fullness of His love!

And such were some of you

April 7, 2024

In the passage for today, 1 Corinthians 6:9-11, Paul wrote: Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality, nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit … More And such were some of you