September 14, 2025
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2 Timothy 3.16-17
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Bible study, habits
Americans today have more access to the Bible than any previous generation. Most us have several copies in various versions. We even Bible apps on our phones. Yet according to recent polls the overwhelming majority do not actually read those Bibles regularly, much less study or deeply engage with the Bible.
In the apostle Paul’s second letter to Timothy, he charged him to remain faithful to the study and preaching of God’s Word that God’s people might be thoroughly equipped for every good work. We can practice the spiritual habit of Bible study that we might be thoroughly equipped for every good work.
June 29, 2023
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Bible study, discipleship, fellowship, prayer, small groups
“And they devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers” (Acts 2:42 ESV). We’re not a church with small groups. We’re a church of small groups. Our church started in my living room with seven people. So, we’ve considered small groups to be one of the keys to fulfilling our
August 24, 2018
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Bible study, community, community groups, fellowship, small groups
“And they devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers” (Acts 2:42 ESV). We’re not a church with small groups. We’re a church of small groups. Our church started in my living room with seven people. So, we’ve considered small groups to be one of the keys to fulfilling our
October 13, 2017
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bible, Bible study, children, family devotions, teaching children
“I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.” – 3 John 4 (ESV) This past Wednesday as I was studying the Bible with both my sons in our breakfast nook, I experienced a very thankful moment as I considered the work that had been done at that
March 24, 2017
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Bible study, cross, crucifixion, jesus, last words of jesus
“And Jesus uttered a loud cry and breathed his last.” – Mark 15:37 (ESV) “It was most fitting that every word of our Lord upon the cross should be gathered up and preserved. As not a bone of him shall be broken, so not a word shall be lost. The Holy Spirit took special care that
May 2, 2014
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bible, Bible study, devotions, divine reading, Gary Combs, God's Word, lectio divina, reflection, Scripture, study, Word
“All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be competent, equipped for every good work” (2 Timothy 3:16-17 ESV). “For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of
January 18, 2013
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bible, Bible reading, Bible study
“Jesus replied, ‘Your problem is that you don’t know the Scriptures…’” (Matthew 22:29 NLT). “Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth” (2 Timothy 2:15 KJV). There was a time not too long ago in the English speaking world that to be
February 22, 2009
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Joshua 1:6-9
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Bible study, spiritual disciplines