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Read the Word: Daniel 6:1-28 Meditate on the Word: As a young child, I was taught to love this story as it showed God’s protection to one who was faithful to Him. Some of the artwork from when I was a child showed Daniel sleeping while the lions just laid there. I always figured that… Read More »

Read the Word: 1 Corinthians 11:23-26 Meditate on the Word: If you regularly attend Sappony, the words of this passage should be familiar to you. When we observe the Lord’s Supper, this passage is read in order to prepare our hearts to receive the elements of the bread and the cup. Today is known as… Read More »

Read the Word: John 13:21-30 Meditate on the Word: This Sunday, we celebrate the Resurrection of our Lord. But before there can be a Resurrection, there must be a death. This can be very difficult to accept. The disciples (with one apparent exception) loved Jesus and did not want Him to die. But He had… Read More »

Read the Word: 1 Corinthians 1:18-31 Meditate on the Word: I think that often, those who have been lifelong Christians have a hard time understanding why others do not understand or accept our understanding of Christ. It can be very tempting to see the message of the cross as common knowledge. It can be easy… Read More »

Read the Word: Hebrews 9:11-14 Meditate on the Word: A blood payment has always been the requirement for sin. It is a reminder of the seriousness of our sin and the holiness of God. The first sin, committed in the Garden of Eden, left Adam and Eve aware of their nakedness and they needed to… Read More »

Read the Word: Philippians 2:12-18 Meditate on the Word: Following the Lord is hard. Some days it is really hard. Certainly Apostle Paul was aware of this fact. Following the Lord let to him being beaten, tortured, run out of multiple cities, arrested multiple times, put on trial, and eventually executed. I’m sure that, at… Read More »

Read the Word: Philippians 2:1-11 Meditate on the Word: We live in a world geared toward selfishness. We can have anything we want, almost instantly, delivered to our door. We love people who serve us, help us, entertain us. We expect others to allow us to do what we want and even support and celebrate… Read More »

Read the Word: John 12:37-43 Meditate on the Word: Two different groups of people come into focus in this short passage. There are those who, even seeing Christ’s miracles, do not believe because of the hardness of their hearts. Then, there are those who believe, but are unwilling to publicly confess Christ because of what… Read More »

Read the Word: Psalm 119:9-16 Meditate on the Word: I can remember as a child a certain brand of soap being advertized as “99 and 44/100% pure.” Research shows that at the time Proctor and Gamble started advertizing this, it was the most pure soap available. And that really seems like a high percentage. After… Read More »

Read the Word: Hebrews 4:14-16 Meditate on the Word: Our legal system in the United States provides for someone accused of a crime to receive legal representation, even if they cannot afford to pay for this representation. This is very important, because even though we may read a look of books, or watch a lot… Read More »