Thinking Theologian

Today’s Reading, Luke 19-20 Title: Love Your City   Focal Scripture: Luke 19:41 “As he approached and saw the city, he wept for it,” Tomorrow, I plan on reading Luke 21-22

Today’s Reading, Luke 17-18 Title: How is Your Faith in Prayer?   Focal Scripture: Luke 18:8 “I tell you that he will swiftly grant them justice. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?” Tomorrow, I plan on reading Luke 19-20

Today’s Reading, Luke 14-16 Title: Nothing Can Persuade Some Focal Scripture: Luke 16:31 “But he told him, ‘If they don’t listen to Moses and the prophets, they will not be persuaded if someone rises from the dead.’” Tomorrow, I plan on reading Luke 17-18

Today’s Reading, Luke 12-13 Title: Nothing Hidden     Focal Scripture: Luke 12:3 “Therefore, whatever you have said in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you have whispered in an ear in private rooms will be proclaimed on the housetops.” Tomorrow, I plan on reading Luke 14-16

Today’s Reading, Luke 10-11 Title: Ask, Seek, Knock     Focal Scripture: Luke 11:10 “For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.” Tomorrow, I plan on reading Luke 12-13

Today’s Reading, Luke 8-9 Title: Who Do You Say He Is?     Focal Scripture: Luke 9:20 "But you, "He asked them.  "Who do you say that I am?" Peter answered, "God's Messiah." Tomorrow, I plan on reading Luke 10-11

Today’s Reading, Luke 6-7 Title: The Overflow       Focal Scripture: Luke 6:45 “A good person produces good out of the good stored up in his heart. An evil person produces evil out of the evil stored up in his heart, for his mouth speaks from the overflow of the heart.” Tomorrow, I plan on reading Luke 8-9

Today’s Reading, Luke 4-5 Title: Temptations Will Come      Focal Scripture: Luke 4:13 “After the devil had finished every temptation, he departed from him for a time.” Tomorrow, I plan on reading Luke 6-7

Today’s Reading, Luke 2-3 Title: Repentance Matters     Focal Scripture: Luke 3:8 “Therefore produce fruit consistent with repentance. And don’t start saying to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father,’ for I tell you that God is able to raise up children for Abraham from these stones.” Tomorrow, I plan on reading Luke 4-5

Today’s Reading, Luke 1 Title: Believe the Message     Focal Scripture: Luke 1:20 “Now listen. You will become silent and unable to speak until the day these things take place, because you did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled in their proper time.” Tomorrow, I plan on reading Luke 2-3

Today’s Reading, Mark 15-16 Title: Silence Can Be Powerful    Focal Scripture: Mark 15:5 “But Jesus still did not answer, and so Pilate was amazed.” Tomorrow, I plan on reading Luke 1

Today’s Reading, Mark 14 Title: Failure Will Happen    Focal Scripture: Mark 14:30 “Truly I tell you,” Jesus said to him, “today, this very night, before the rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times.” Tomorrow, I plan on reading Mark 15-16

Today’s Reading, Mark 12-13 Title: Persecution Will Come    Focal Scripture: Mark 13:9 “But you, be on your guard! They will hand you over to local courts, and you will be flogged in the synagogues. You will stand before governors and kings because of me, as a witness to them.” Tomorrow, I plan on reading Mark 14

Today’s Reading, Mark 10-11 Title: Persistence is Key    Focal Scripture: Mark 10:48 “Many warned him to keep quiet, but he was crying out all the more, “Have mercy on me, Son of David!” Tomorrow, I plan on reading Mark 12-13

Today’s Reading, Mark 8-9 Title: Help My Unbelief    Focal Scripture: Mark 9:24 “Immediately the father of the boy cried out, “I do believe; help my unbelief!” Tomorrow, I plan on reading Mark 10-11

Today’s Reading, Mark 6-7 Title: Everything Done Well   Focal Scripture: Mark 7:37   “They were extremely astonished and said, “He has done everything well. He even makes the deaf hear and the mute speak.” Tomorrow, I plan on reading Mark 8-9

Today’s Reading, Mark 4-5 Title: Led Into Storms Focal Scripture: Mark 4:35 “On that day, when evening had come, he told them, “Let’s cross over to the other side of the sea.” Tomorrow, I plan on reading Mark 5-6

Today’s Reading, Mark 1-3 Title: The Primacy of Preaching Focal Scripture: Mark 1:38 “And he said to them, “Let’s go on to the neighboring villages so that I may preach there too. This is why I have come.” Tomorrow, I plan on reading Mark 4-5

Today’s Reading, Matthew 27-28 Title: All Authority         Focal Scripture: Matthew 28:18-20 “Jesus came near and said to them, “All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth. Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe everything I have commanded you. And remember, I am with...

Today’s Reading, Matthew 26 Title: Importance of Prayer        Focal Scripture: Matthew 26:44 “After leaving them, he went away again and prayed a third time, saying the same thing once more.” Tomorrow, I plan on reading Matthew 27-28

Today’s Reading, Matthew 24-25 Title: Don’t Be Deceived       Focal Scripture: Matthew 24:5 “For many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am the Messiah,’ and they will deceive many.” Tomorrow, I plan on reading Matthew 26

Today’s Reading, Matthew 22-23 Title: Bad Religious Leaders Will Be Exposed      Focal Scripture: Matthew 23:28 “In the same way, on the outside you seem righteous to people, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.” Tomorrow, I plan on reading Matthew 24-25

Today’s Reading, Matthew 20-21 Title: Servant Leadership     Focal Scripture: Matthew 20:26 “It must not be like that among you. On the contrary, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant,” Tomorrow, I plan on reading Matthew 22-23

Today’s Reading, Matthew 17-19 Title: The Glory of Christ    Focal Scripture: Matthew 17:2 “He was transfigured in front of them, and his face shone like the sun; his clothes became as white as the light.” Tomorrow, I plan on reading Matthew 20-21

Today’s Reading, Matthew 14-16 Title: The Heart Shows Defilement    Focal Scripture: Matthew 15:18 “But what comes out of the mouth comes from the heart, and this defiles a person.” Tomorrow, I plan on reading Matthew 17-19