1When morning came, all the chief priests and the elders of the people conferred together against Jesus in order to bring about his death. 2They bound him, led him away, and handed him over to Pilate the governor. 3When Judas, his betrayer, saw that Jesus was condemned, he repented and brought back the thirty pieces…
The Word of God: Romans 15:14-24 – July 24, 2020
14I myself feel confident about you, my brothers and sisters, that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, and able to instruct one another. 15Nevertheless on some points I have written to you rather boldly by way of reminder, because of the grace given me by God 16to be a minister of…
The Word of God: Joshua 9:22-10:15 – July 24, 2020
22Joshua summoned them, and said to them, “Why did you deceive us, saying, ‘We are very far from you,’ while in fact you are living among us? 23Now therefore you are cursed, and some of you shall always be slaves, hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God.” 24They answered…
Psalm of the Day – July 23, 2020 (Psalm 147:12-20)
12 Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem!Praise your God, O Zion!13 For he strengthens the bars of your gates;he blesses your children within you.14 He grants peace within your borders;he fills you with the finest of wheat.15 He sends out his command to the earth;his word runs swiftly.16 He gives snow like wool;he scatters frost like…
The Word of God: Matthew 26:69-75 – July 23, 2020
69Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard. A servant-girl came to him and said, “You also were with Jesus the Galilean.” 70But he denied it before all of them, saying, “I do not know what you are talking about.” 71When he went out to the porch, another servant-girl saw him, and she said to…
The Word of God: Romans 15:1-13 – July 23, 2020
1We who are strong ought to put up with the failings of the weak, and not to please ourselves. 2Each of us must please our neighbor for the good purpose of building up the neighbor. 3For Christ did not please himself; but, as it is written, “The insults of those who insult you have fallen…
The Word of God: Joshua 9:3-21 – July 23, 2020
3But when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and to Ai, 4they on their part acted with cunning: they went and prepared provisions, and took worn-out sacks for their donkeys, and wineskins, worn-out and torn and mended, 5with worn-out, patched sandals on their feet, and worn-out clothes; and all their…
Psalm of the Day – July 22, 2020 (Psalm 4)
1 Answer me when I call, O God of my right!You gave me room when I was in distress.Be gracious to me, and hear my prayer. 2 How long, you people, shall my honor suffer shame?How long will you love vain words, and seek after lies? Selah3 But know that the LORD has set apart…
The Word of God: Matthew 26:57-68 – July 22, 2020
57Those who had arrested Jesus took him to Caiaphas the high priest, in whose house the scribes and the elders had gathered. 58But Peter was following him at a distance, as far as the courtyard of the high priest; and going inside, he sat with the guards in order to see how this would end….
The Word of God: Romans 14:13-23 – July 22, 2020
13Let us therefore no longer pass judgment on one another, but resolve instead never to put a stumbling block or hindrance in the way of another. 14I know and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself; but it is unclean for anyone who thinks it unclean. 15If your brother or…