Tag: paul
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Sending Another
1 Thessalonians 3:1-5 – 6/15/2026 When we could bear it no longer, we decided to be left alone in Athens and sent Timothy, our brother and God’s coworker in the gospel of Christ, to strengthen and encourage you for the sake of your faith. 1 Thessalonians 3:1-2 (NRSVue) Paul is on a mission to the…
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Always Check the Greek
2 Corinthians 6:14-7:2 – 6/8/2026 Do not be mismatched with [the unfaithful]. For what do righteousness and lawlessness have in common? 2 Corinthians 6:14 (NRSVue, my correction) When reading Scripture, if you encounter a passage or verse that gives you pause and makes you think, “That doesn’t seem quite right” or “That doesn’t sit well…
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A Cure Not a Miracle
Acts 28:1-10 – 6/5/2026 It so happened that the father of Publius lay sick in bed with fever and dysentery. Paul visited him and cured him by praying and putting his hands on him. After this happened, the rest of the people on the island [of Malta] who had diseases also came and were cured.…
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An Unknown God
Acts 17:22-31 – 5/10/2026 – Sixth Sunday of Easter What therefore you worship as unknown, this I proclaim to you. Acts 17:23 Paul’s appeal to the Athenians to follow Jesus is unlike any of the other recorded words of Paul, either in his epistles or in the book of Acts. Instead of starting from the…
Dionysus on a Bike 