Chapter 8 ⁽²⁵⁾

Passage Read: Hebrews 7-8 Meditation Verses: 8:9-11 The Old Covenant was given with fire and smoke and earthquake and the sound of a trumpet. Very impressive and frightening, to impress God's Words onto the hearts of the people, to impress His greatness into their hearts.

Passage Read: Romans 8-9 Meditation Verses: 8:23-25 It is the hope of the resurrection that enables and encourages obedience and endurance in the things of God. It is the promise that we will live forever, that we will receive a new, eternal body, freed from…

Passage Read: Acts 8-9 Meditation Verses: 8:21-23 Simon believed the Gospel at Philip's preaching, but he used to be someone great, called the "Great Power of God." But he saw in Philip and the Gospel something greater, and when the apostles came to give the…

Passage Read: Luke 7-8 Meditation Verse: 8:18 Jesus speaks sometimes in parables and sometimes in clear teaching. The parables obscure the meaning of His teachings, so that people have to meditate and pray and seek out God for an explanation. But the clear teachings shouldn't…

Passage Read: Mark 7-8 Meditation Verses: 8:31-33 The desire to preserve life is so strong, whether it be a friend's life, a loved one's life or our own. Peter is unwilling for Jesus to die, at minimum purely out of human compassion, probably also because…