Ecclesiastes 1-2

A bit of perspective for students, and quite possibly the most peaceful section of scripture there is. What is important is finding joy in our day-to-day toil and labor. Life is about loving God. All else in the end does not matter as much. So, students, don’t sweat that next test too much.

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Philemon

A simple plea from a wise man to a friend. Rather than condeming slavery Paul sends Onesimus back to his master Philemon with the plea that they regard each other as brothers in Christ. Why would he do this? Could it be that God looks at our world completely differently than we do?

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I John 1-2:26

This letter would have been written a few decades after the death of Jesus. John had become concerned that some churches are being led astray by people trying to mix their society's worldly values into church teachings.

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I John 2:28-3:24

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Jonah

A story about a big fish, a story about fear, a story about disobedience, repentance and forgiveness, an allegory about resurrection, a prophesy of Christ, a lesson to love your enemies, a story about God's mercy. Yes, yes, yes, and after all of that a story about you & God.

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II John

A loaded book, and short enough to read again and again. Either a letter to a prominent Christian woman and her family or to a church and its members, John's letter passionately calls on us to hold fast to Christ's teachings so that we won't be led astray by wise-sounding falsehoods.

Of particular note is how he links loving one another to being obedient to God's commandments. In effect, rather than saying that we must love those who don't keep God's commandments, John turns the whole thing back to us by saying that it is by following God's commandments that we love one another.

Zephaniah

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Luke 1-2

Christmas! Have you ever noticed how short the passage describing Christ's birth really is? We have the story of what led up to the event, and a nice story about shepherds, but the only thing we know about the actual day it happened is that He had a feed-trough for a bed. The rest has been left to our imaginations, and maybe it's better that way!

Here's a challenge: Read the Christmas story every year. Read it each year with fresh eyes. Share it with a fresh heart. Merry Christmas.

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1 Peter 1:1-2

So who is this Peter guy anyhow? Rock? Stone? Confident leader, first amongst the apostles? Jesus Christ's favorite? The first Pope? Cornerstone of the Church? The guy with the keys to the gates of Heaven? Bonehead? Fearless? Fisherman? The one who denied? The one who got out of the boat? The first one to recognize who Jesus really was? Martyr? Husband? Prisoner? Saint?

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1 Peter 1:1-16

At it's heart, this passage is a cry for understanding. Understanding how great God is, how precious our salvation is, how great a blessing it is to believe, and maybe most of all, how we should conduct ourselves now that we do believe.

Peter Rocks.

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