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Acts 24 Previously, Paul was arrested, almost flogged, allowed to make a defense before the Council, bound over for trial before the governor and then transported to Caesarea after a plot to kill Paul was discovered. Now Felix, the Roman governor, as allowed the Jewish leaders to bring their case to be heard before him. They’ve ...

2 Peter 2 This chapter can’t be read separated from the first chapter in which Peter has clearly stated that the testimony and prophecies of the apostles can be trusted because they were eyewitnesses to the things they are professing. So when he writes in the beginning of the second chapter that the reader needs to ...

“Pray, Write, Grow: Cultivating Prayer and Writing Together” by Ed Cyzewski This book is short in length, just 82 pages, but it encourages the reader to view / use the acts of writing and praying as a partnership in growing in their faith.  The author doesn’t offer a step-by-step plan for how to do this but rather ...

“Boundaries: When to Say Yes, When to Say No, To Take Control of Your Life” by Dr. Henry Cloud and Dr. John Townsend This is one book that I’ve been meaning to read for a number of years but never seemed to get around to it until recently.  I borrowed the copy I read from my ...

Jeremiah 46 Verse 1 serves as an introduction to a portion that covers the rest if the book in which Jeremiah shares the prophecies he receives regarding the various nations around Israel and includes prophecies about Israel as well. To read more, download the PDF below.

Job 19 Job responds again to his friends and pleads with them to stop their reasoning with him. Job states that he believes that he has been insulted ten times and they are elevating themselves against him. Job freely acknowledges that any errors that he truly made reside solely with him but he believes that it ...

Psalms 112 This is not a long psalm compared to others, a mere ten stanzas. But in it are treasures worthy of the effort to seek them. To read more, download the PDF below.  

1 Kings 8 Solomon’s prayer of dedication is one that should be read often by anyone who is in a leadership position. In it he asks God to hear the prayers of His people and of foreigners who would seek to worship Him in a variety of different situations. There is no need for much explanation ...

Leviticus 22 God outlines His desires regarding the priests, the high priest, the sacrificial gifts given to the Lord, and the portion to be used by the priests and their families. To read more, download the PDF below.

Acts 23 At the end of the last chapter, Paul was held over by the Roman centurion in order to appear before the Jewish Council, or Sanhedrin, to hear complaints against him and for him to give his defense. Paul’s speech causes a rousing debate among the Jews which eventually resulted being returned to the barracks ...