Category: Devotional Readings

The term bishop or elder came up twice in my reading today.Along with preaching and the gospel....multiple times read Philippians 1 and Titus 1.I just note below the section on qualifications. Is it possible that one who does not know or rejects could doctrine could be qualified?Tit 1:5  For this cause left I thee in Crete,… Continue reading Requirements of Elders – Titus 1

This is too good not to post. Eph 6:17  And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:Heb 4:12  For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints… Continue reading Ephesians 6:17 – the Sword of the Spirit

I'm really looking forward to being in John's Gospel, it's a favorite I have been turning to often in arguments lately. It wii be good to go through it verse by verse. Apparent contradictions.Our God is a God of logic and there are no contidictions in logic or in God or in His word.The Word… Continue reading John 1:21 – art thou Elias? And he saith, I am not.

When we consider the speeches we read in Acts, we often are seeing Peter, Stephen or Paul, giving a history of Israel in making their witness.Perhaps Jesus modeled this to them as we read in Luke 24.Luk 24:25  Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have… Continue reading A view of some key verses from Luke 24