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Written for the Methodist Churches Online Bible study, A Word in Time. The original post appears here Colossians 3:12-17 As God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience. (v. 12) On the other amerikabulteni.com purchase generic levitra hand, they cannot simply impose the goal. The unrealities of movies have led us into believing …
1 Peter 4:8-10 The Beatles once sang ‘all you need is love’; maybe they had been reading 1 Peter. As well as loving each other, God also calls us to offer hospitality and to serve one another. All three of these are vital for the life of a community. Love helps us bear with each other when disagreements occur so …
James 5:13-17 No one likes to admit they have messed up. We don’t like to let on to others that we have made mistakes. Most of our energy is often spent trying to make sure no one sees our halos slip. But here, in James, we are instructed in what can be two of our most difficult and hard times, …
Acts 2:42-47 The book of Acts sees the explosion of faith in Jesus from a small sect based in Jerusalem to the ends of the earth. It is the book where the church is born and we are given an insight into the life of the early church community. We are given lots of insight to what the believers did, …
Matthew 22:19-22 + 34-40 In Jesus’ day, you could not separate politics and religion. When Jesus is asked about paying the Imperial tax he asks them to look at a coin and tell him whose image was on it. The answer is ‘Caesar’ and so Jesus tells them to give to Caesar what is his and to God what is …
Zechariah 7:9-10 These words from the prophet Zechariah are a reminder of what the people should be doing. It comes in a larger section in which God through the prophets, tells the people He wants to see particular things more than their fasting. This is also about more than fasting, though. It’s about how we put things in the way …
Genesis 2:18-22 In the opening words of the bible we are used to hearing God proclaim that each entity that has been created is good. As you read on, though, you come to something strange in chapter 2, God declares it is not good. What! Something wasn’t good. The issue God sees that isn’t right is that Adam is alone …
Leviticus 25:35-37 In today’s climate it does not seem that it takes much for someone to exploit a situation for their gain. This kind of dishonesty breaks down the bonds between people and breeds distrust and disharmony. God specifically asks that the people do not make profit of their brothers or sisters. More than that, if any of them finds …
In recent years the term community has become a bit of a buzzword used in all walks of life from politics to religion. One of the reasons it has become a popular word is because of the perceived lack of it in society today. This has been especially so within the church where those connected with particular places have shared …
