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Acts 16:31 – Verse of the Day 1/17/14

Earlier in the passage, Paul and Silas were arrested after casting a demon out of a slave girl and consequently ending her ability to predict the future, an ability that had proven quite lucrative for her owners. Yet what the …

Psalm 107:9 – Verse of the Day 1/16/14

Psalm 107 is a song of thanksgiving for God’s salvation. The people of Israel sang it while they offered sacrifices to the Lord for their sins. In this verse, the Lord not only offers the forgiveness of sins, but he …

1 Thessalonians 1:6 – Verse of the Day 1/15/14

After emphasizing the role of the Holy Spirit in making the Thessalonian believers imitators of God, Paul goes on in the following verse to encourage them by recounting how other believers in Macedonia and Achaia had come to God by …

John 3:3 – Verse of the Day 1/14/14

The Greek word translated “again” can also mean “from above.” Jesus utilized this ambiguity in order to communicate both meanings. The new birth that comes through faith is a birth that comes from heaven. When Jesus explained this to Nicodemus, …

Isaiah 1:17 – Verse of the Day 1/13/14

In Isaiah’s first chapter, he offers a blistering critique of worship that maintains outward but lacks heartfelt intentions. The person who prays a ‘correct’ prayer, but then fails to care for the oppressed, the fatherless, and the widow will not …