1 Peter

Today’s two chapters in Deuteronomy contain the heart of Moses’ final exhortation to the people of Israel. It is an impassioned plea for them to remain faithful after his death and they cross the Jordan into the promised land …

Today we start reading John; this is a gospel which challenges us to think very carefully and make sure we harmonise our thoughts about various passages of scripture …

We have been reading in Leviticus about the laws and offerings that we to come into operation now that they had the Tabernacle in which to worship with its altars and other furnishings. The clothing and rituals for the priests are very detailed and elaborate …

We reflected at length on the verse that includes the above quotation in reading 1 Corinthians 14 today …

Today, we read the inspiring vision of the future contained in Psalm 72. Now, David’s primary vision in writing it was for his son Solomon’s’ reign. It starts, “Give the king your justice, O God” …

Matthew 26 recounts the agonies of Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane and his prayers. “My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless not as I will, but as you will” …

Job’s friends have given up reasoning with him! This is good; their point of view was a sort of tunnel vision arising from their conviction that his woes were the result of some concealed misbehaviour on his part …

Zerubbabel is the “governor of Judah” at the time Haggai uttered his prophecy, the prophet is contemporary to Ezra and Nehemiah and there are dozens of references to him …

It has always been so – but it is more obvious today – how meaningless life is in the ultimate sense. More than ever before people are living for the here and now …

We meditate thoughtfully on Peter’s first letter: he was writing to the “elect exiles of the Dispersion” (1:1) – primarily Jews – as James (1:1) had also done …