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Day 272 – Peter Warns of False Prophets
Day 272 – Peter Warns of False Prophets
By David Vermont
In today’s reading for discussion Peter warns against the coming of false teachers. Warnings against false teachers are some of the most important passages in the Bible.
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Conversion Requires Convincing of Sin
Conversion Requires Convincing of Sin
By Rev. John H. Hampsch, C.M.F
Conversion requires convincing of sin through the Holy Spirit’s intervention. “And when he comes he will prove the world wrong about sin and righteousness and judgement,” Jesus said (John 16:8). Hence conversion renews and perfects the interior judgment of conscience.
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Day 271 – Divinization – No Private Interpretation of Scripture
Day 271 – Divinization – No Private Interpretation of Scripture
By David Vermont
Today we start the Second Letter of Peter. If you read it carefully, it is one of the most thought-provoking of all the books of the Bible.
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Counterfeit Repentance
Counterfeit Repentance
By Rev. John H. Hampsch, C.M.F
God describes somewhat poetically through Isaiah the totality of sin remission: “I have swept away your transgressions like a cloud, and your sins like mist” (Isaiah 44:22).
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Day 270 – The Presbyters
Day 270 – The Presbyters
By David Vermont
Today’s reading: 1 Ptr 5 My footnotes define “Presbyters” as “official appointed leaders and teachers of the Christian Community”. Many translations use the term “elders”.
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Prayer Is the Source of Strength
Prayer Is the Source of Strength
By Bill Dunn
In this week’s gospel reading, Jesus spent time at Simon Peter’s house. When the local villagers heard that Jesus was in town, they brought sick people to Him to be healed. It was non-stop work for Jesus, as a sizable crowd pushed and shoved around Him all day long.
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Deleting Sin
Deleting Sin
By Rev. John H. Hampsch, C.M.F
To elicit our response to his mercy more effectively, the Lord may present himself in many postures – for instance, as the Good Shepherd who seeks out and rescues his beloved lamb that has strayed into the brambles of sin. We can at any time bleat out our cry for help to our Good Shepherd and allow him to disentangle us from whatever thornbush into which we have plodded.
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Day 269 – Suffering Stops Sin
Day 269 – Suffering Stops Sin
By David Vermont
Today’s reading: 1 Ptr 4 Today we read one of the Christians proposed solution to the question as to why we suffer.
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Repentance
Repentance
By Rev. John H. Hampsch, C.M.F
Sincere change for the better is essentially an act of the will. There’s no mental action more demanding of trust than the act of sincere repentance. We trust the Lord to respond to our protestation that we’ve really changes, that we’ve made a “firm purpose of amendment” change as radical as a U-turn, which the early Greek fathers of the church called metanoia.
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Day 268 – Baptism Now Saves You
Day 268 – Baptism Now Saves You
By David Vermont
Today’s reading: 1 Ptr 3 Today Peter makes a statement that must seem strange to some.
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Why Not Forty Days of Christmastide?
Why Not Forty Days of Christmastide?
By Helen Losse
The frigid moon opens a casebook of wonderings. Frozen reflections and frost-writing on windows overshadow the foreshadowing of the coming
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Read the Whole Bible in One Year
Read the Whole Bible in One Year
By Bill Dunn
During 2017, I did something interesting. I read the entire Bible, from Genesis 1:1 all the way through to Revelation 22:21. Back on January 1st, 2017, I downloaded a smartphone app that laid out a very specific daily schedule. By reading 3 or 4 chapters each day, the Bible can be completed in exactly one year.
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God's Poor Memory
God's Poor Memory
By Rev. John H. Hampsch, C.M.F
During the first days of his presidency, Calvin Coolidge stayed in a suite at the Willard Hotel in Washington, before he and his family could arrange to move into the White House. Early one morning he awoke to see a burglar removing a wallet and a watch chain from his trouser pockets. Coolidge told the burglar that those items were not that important to him, but he asked him not to take the charm
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Day 267 – Did you know that you are a priest…
Day 267 – Did you know that you are a priest…
By David Vermont
Today’s reading: 1 Ptr 2 In today’s reading, twice Peter reminds us that we are a new nation of priests:
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From Acquaintance to Friendship, From Discipleship to Intimacy
From Acquaintance to Friendship, From Discipleship to Intimacy
By Mary Rivers
Sitting around a fire is a tradition our family enjoys. Having no outside distractions promotes a closeness, an intimacy whereby our true self is developed.
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What Sins?
What Sins?
By Rev. John H. Hampsch, C.M.F
There is a story about a man who repeatedly begged God for forgiveness for a sin that he had committed countless times. As he eagerly listened for the Lord’s reply, the Lord finally spoke to him: “You are forgiven, my son.”
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Day 266 – The First Letter of Peter
Day 266 – The First Letter of Peter
By David Vermont
Today’s reading: 1 Ptr 1 Today we begin the First Letter of Peter. The letter was written by Peter, likely dictated to a secretary, probably Silvanus, who had also traveled with Paul. Peter was martyred in Rome in A.D. 64. We can tell from the text that it was written in the later part of his life after some persecutions of Christians had taken place.
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