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Daily Devotion Archive
God’s Word for You – 1 Corinthians 15:11-14 The illogic of Greek logic
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU1 CORINTHIANS 15:11-14 Click to listen to this devotion. 11 So then, whether it was me preaching or them, that is what we preached, and that is what you believed. Paul is confident that where Christ is preached, the full message is proclaimed no matter who is preaching: the suffering, death, and […]
God’s Word for You – 1 Corinthians 15:5-10
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU1 CORINTHIANS 15:5-10 Click to listen to this devotion. 5 after that he appeared to Cephas, and then to the twelve. 6 After that he appeared to more than five hundred brothers at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have fallen asleep. 7 Then he appeared to James, […]
God’s Word for You – 1 Corinthians 15:4 He was buried
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU1 CORINTHIANS 15:4 Click to listen to this devotion. 4 that he was buried, and that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the scriptures, The second point in Paul’s gospel of first importance is that Jesus Christ, the Son of God, was buried after his death. The facts […]
God’s Word for You – Susanna 1:15-21 The big lie
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUSUSANNA 1:15-21 Click to listen to this devotion. 15 Once, while they were carefully watching for the right day, she went in as usual with only two maids, and wished to bathe in the garden because it was very hot. 16 No one else was there except the two elders, who had […]
God’s Word for You – Susanna 1:10-14 Sin compounding sin
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUSUSANNA 1:10-14 Click to listen to this devotion. The reader may notice some differences between my translation that follows and others. I have tried to follow the Greek text of the Septuagint as much as possible, making substitutions from Theodotian’s Greek translation and even from the Latin in some cases. I have […]
God’s Word for You – 1 Corinthians 15:3 Christ died for our sins
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU1 CORINTHIANS 15:3 Click to listen to this devotion. 3 For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the scriptures, The three events (died, buried, raised) followed by a string of resurrection appearances are not first, second, third, […]
God’s Word for You – 1 Corinthians 15:2 You too are being saved
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU1 CORINTHIANS 15:2 Click to listen to this devotion. 2 Through it, you too are being saved, if you hold firmly to the message that I preached to you– unless you believe in vain. I want to unpack this verse like an old family photograph. All of the best things are here, […]
God’s Word for You – 1 Corinthians 15:1 The Gospel and Justification
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU1 CORINTHIANS 15:1 Click to listen to this devotion. 15 Brothers, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you. You received it, and on it you now take your stand. Just three questions from the Corinthians remain for Paul to answer. The last two he will handle quickly […]
God’s Word for You – 1 Corinthians 14:40 In a proper and orderly way
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU1 CORINTHIANS 14:40 Click to listen to this devotion. 40 But all things should be done in a proper and orderly way. The term “a proper way” (or “decently”) is used by Paul a few times: “Let us behave decently, as in the daytime” (Romans 13:13), and “conduct yourselves decently toward outsiders” […]
God’s Word for You – 1 Corinthians 14:36-39 The Lord’s Commands
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU1 CORINTHIANS 14:36-39 Click to listen to this devotion. 36 Or did the word of God first come out of you? Or are you the only ones it came to? 37 If anyone claims to be a prophet, or to be spiritual, he must recognize that what I am writing to you […]
God’s Word for You – Susanna 1:9 The Conscience
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUSUSANNA 1:9 Click to listen to this devotion. 9 They led their own minds astray and turned their eyes away from looking to heaven or keeping righteous judgments in mind. The first phrase shows the way sin twists a man’s mind, heart, and even his conscience away into sin. “Turned their eyes […]
God’s Word for You – Susanna 1:6-8 Lust and other sins
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUSUSANNA 1:6-8 Click to listen to this devotion. 6 These men were frequently at Jehoiakim’s house, and all who had a case to be tried came to them there. 7 When the people would go home at noon, Susanna would go into her husband’s garden to walk. 8 The two elders used […]
