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When there is danger ahead, we appreciate a warning. If you are driving down a highway and see a sign that says “Lane Closed Ahead” you know that you are going to have to move into a line of traffic that will probably be getting pretty heavy. Likewise, if you see a “Detour” sign youContinue reading “June 9: 2 Chronicles 34-36; John 19:1-22”

The reputation of King Manasseh of Judah as recorded by the Chronicler is one few would want to have. He is said to have done more evil than the Canaanite nation’s Israel had replaced. Those nations had been judged by God and destroyed for their sin, and now Israel was going down the same path.Continue reading “June 8: 2 Chronicles 32-33; John 18:19-40”

During his account of the arrest of Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane, John provides several details left out of the other gospels. John wrote his gospel about 30 years or so after the other three, so he likely knew what they had contained and chose to supplement their reports with other details. John leavesContinue reading “June 7: 2 Chronicles 30-31; John 18:1-18”

We know from the Scriptures that Jesus intercedes for us with the Father. Many Christians do not realize, though, that the Bible records a prayer that Jesus prayed for us while He was still here on earth. In John 17 we read what has been called Jesus’ “Great High Priestly Prayer” in which He intercedesContinue reading “June 6: 2 Chronicles 28-29; John 17”

Perseverance in the Christian life is not easy. It takes faith, patience, strength, and an overwhelming dependence of God to continue day after day on the right path. Many Christians struggle with persecution, which causes them to question where God is in their trials. Others find it difficult to focus on the Lord with allContinue reading “June 5: 2 Chronicles 25-27; John 16”

People who hate Christians no longer make a secret about it. While persecution is a way of life for many around the world, for a long time attacks on Christianity had to be subtle in order to avoid consequences. As the culture became more and more self-centered and less and less religious in general, peopleContinue reading “June 4: 2 Chronicles 23-24; John 15”

John 14-17 is called the “Upper Room Discourse” or “Final Discourse” of Jesus, and it is one of the most significant sections of sustained teaching from Jesus in any of the gospels. This discourse is unique to John’s gospel and it is not hard to see why he thought it was so important to includeContinue reading “June 3: 2 Chronicles 21-22; John 14”

Where sin runs rampant, hatred is sure to follow. I don’t think you could read very far into a news feed, check out social media, watch news and commentary on TV, or tune in to an Internet video very long before you could find an example of hatred for a person or group. I haveContinue reading “June 2: 2 Chronicles 19-20; John 13:21-38”

After King Asa of Judah died, his son Jehoshaphat became king. When we examine the timing given in the Bible, it seems that Jehoshaphat was made a co-regent with his father for about three years at the end of Asa’s reign. This may have been due to the serious disease Asa suffered in his feet,Continue reading “June 1: 2 Chronicles 17-18; John 13:1-20”

Many people say they believe in God. While for some that means a very different kind of god than the God of the Bible, for many, especially in our culture, it means God as presented in a Judeo-Christian context. There are certainly some militant atheists and agnostics, but many find comfort in the idea thatContinue reading “May 31: 2 Chronicles 15-16; John12:27-50”