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Reflections
Reflections brings together thoughtful, devotional pieces that consider Scripture, experience, and discipleship with care and honesty. These articles dwell on the personal side of faith, drawing lessons from everyday life, prayer, struggle, and growth, and offering readers encouragement, perspective, and space to think more deeply about their walk with God.
September 9, 2020
Luke chapter 1 is all about the birth announcements of John the Baptist and our Lord Jesus Christ. The two of them were to become a team, with John’s preaching preparing the way of the Lord. Straightaway, in this chapter, we get little hints of the grand purpose of this partnership; how Jesus’ work would replace the Old Covenant with the New.
September 8, 2020
The apostle Paul was in a difficult situation. The so-called super-apostles (2 Cor. 11:5) had exerted their influence on the new community of believers. They were threatening to lead people away from the true gospel as well as were maligning Paul.
September 7, 2020
We read in the New Testament about the opposition the apostles received from those who called themselves followers of Christ but were straying from apostolic teaching.
September 6, 2020
As Paul traveled through Gentile lands preaching the gospel and strengthening the ecclesias, he began collecting resources to help the brethren in Jerusalem.
September 6, 2020
The main difference between how Christadelphians differ from mainstream Christianity concerning the meaning of the death of Christ is about whether we are spectators or participants.
September 4, 2020
The grisly end of Jezebel’s life recorded at the end of 2 Kings 9 is a fitting testimony to the justice of God.
September 3, 2020
The apostle Paul’s perspective is extraordinary. Here is a man who gave up everything for Christ. He was at the upper echelon of the Jewish world and everything he had studied for and lived for he counted as nothing now that he knew Christ.
September 2, 2020
There are times in our lives where we feel like we’ve hit rock bottom. It may come from one event that has had drastic effects on us or our loved ones. Or it may be a series of events that batters us down. What do we do when we feel like we’re at the bottom of the pit, and the walls are closing in on us?
September 1, 2020
Concepts are often personified in Scripture to help us understand them. For example, in Romans 6, sin is personified as a king ruling over us. Viewing sin in this way helps us relate to sin’s power and the way we come under its control.
August 31, 2020
There can be no doubt that the Bible teaches us the importance of sound doctrine. Paul’s epistles are full of the principle, and he emphatically states several times that correct teaching matters.
August 30, 2020
The key to understanding Paul’s famous exposition in 1 Corinthians 13 on the quality of love is the last verse of chapter 12, “And I will show you a still more excellent way.”
August 29, 2020
What does Paul mean when he tells the Corinthians, “Whoever, therefore, eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty concerning the body and blood of the Lord.” (1 Cor. 11:27)?