Category: Books of the Bible
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Day 322: Six Jolly Cowboys (Acts 8:2)
A meditation on Johnny Cash, funerals, and the stark contrast between Ananias, Sapphira, and Stephen—asking what kind of life we’re living toward our own funeral, and what kind of people will carry us when our time comes.
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Seals and Trumpets and Bowls, Part 2 (Revelation 13-16)
Revelation 13–16 reveals a world full of convincing counterfeits—and a God who exposes them with truth, mercy, and final justice. The beasts form a counterfeit trinity, demanding allegiance, but Revelation 14 lifts our eyes to the Lamb who stands victorious on Mount Zion. Heaven answers hell’s rage with the gospel, with warning, and with a…
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Day 319: The Sweet Aroma of Redemption (John 21:9-12)
When Peter smelled the charcoal fire on the shore of Galilee, he was pulled back to the night of his greatest failure. But Jesus didn’t build that fire to shame him—He built it to restore him. Jesus didn’t need the fish that morning. He wanted the fisherman.
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Day 318: Anticlimactic (Mark 16:8)
Mark’s Gospel ends with the women running away in fear—and then… nothing. No appearance of the risen Jesus, no reunion, no Great Commission. Just silence. But the most anticlimactic ending in Scripture might be the most intentional. Mark leaves the story unfinished so the reader will step into it.
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Day 317: Jesus or Barabbas? (John 18:40)
Pilate offered Israel a choice between two sons: Barabbas, the violent son of a human father, and Jesus, the suffering Son of the Heavenly Father. The crowd chose Barabbas—and we’ve been choosing him ever since.
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Day 316: Two that Got it Right (Mark 15:39)
“And when the centurion, who stood facing him, saw that in this way he breathed his last, he said, ‘Truly this man was the Son of God!’” — Mark 15:39 Through the Bible: Matthew 27, Mark 15 No one likes feeling like an outsider. Maybe you remember the first time you showed up as an…